Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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13351580 | Play | Vice | 03:59 Tools | |
13351582 | Play | White Lines | 04:28 Tools | |
13351579 | Play | Beat Street Breakdown | 06:48 Tools | |
13351603 | Play | The Message | 07:03 Tools | |
13351585 | Play | Jesse | 06:12 Tools | |
13351594 | Play | Beat Street | 07:08 Tools | |
13351587 | Play | That's What I Like | 04:01 Tools | |
13351588 | Play | Beatstreet Breakdown | 06:48 Tools | |
13351581 | Play | Rapmania | 04:11 Tools | |
13351584 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) | 04:28 Tools | |
54087566 | Play | Step Off - Extended Mix | 00:30 Tools | |
13351583 | Play | White Lines (Don't do It) | 04:28 Tools | |
13351601 | Play | Pump Me Up | 03:16 Tools | |
13351586 | Play | King Of The Streets | 05:15 Tools | |
54087555 | Play | White Lines (Don't Do It) - Long Version | 07:40 Tools | |
13351591 | Play | Mega-Melle Mix | 05:04 Tools | |
13351589 | Play | Vice (From Miami Vice) | 05:04 Tools | |
13351598 | Play | The Truth | 04:15 Tools | |
54087598 | Play | Beat Street Breakdown - Extended Mix | 07:29 Tools | |
13351593 | Play | Rapmania (Live) | 04:10 Tools | |
13351604 | Play | Beat Street [from the Motion Picture Beat Street] | 07:06 Tools | |
13351596 | Play | World War III | 08:52 Tools | |
13351629 | Play | Trinidad Spot | 00:34 Tools | |
13351590 | Play | Vice [From Miami Vice] | 04:02 Tools | |
13351611 | Play | White Lines (Don’t Do It) | 04:28 Tools | |
13351592 | Play | I'm a Star | 03:32 Tools | |
13351617 | Play | Free Style | 04:38 Tools | |
13351599 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Elite Force Mix) | 07:36 Tools | |
54087572 | Play | Message II (Survival) | 07:35 Tools | |
54087556 | Play | Don't Shoot | 03:16 Tools | |
54087559 | Play | We Don't Work for Free | 05:12 Tools | |
13351607 | Play | Freestyle | 10:41 Tools | |
13351612 | Play | Step Off | 07:26 Tools | |
54087557 | Play | At the Party | 04:10 Tools | |
13351624 | Play | Hustlers Convention | 06:12 Tools | |
13351639 | Play | King Of The Steets | 05:12 Tools | |
54087558 | Play | Mega Melle Mix | 04:10 Tools | |
13351597 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel | 07:26 Tools | |
13351620 | Play | We Dont Work for Free | 03:14 Tools | |
54087563 | Play | White Lines 89 | 07:26 Tools | |
13351605 | Play | Beat Street (From the Motion Picture Beat Street) | 07:05 Tools | |
13351606 | Play | Check Yo Self | 00:30 Tools | |
54087560 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It), Pt. 1 | 07:26 Tools | |
77070983 | Play | Message II [Survival] | 04:23 Tools | |
54087561 | Play | Cant Keep Running Away | 07:26 Tools | |
54087567 | Play | The Message - Re-Record | 07:35 Tools | |
54087565 | Play | Internationally Known | 00:30 Tools | |
54087562 | Play | The New Adventures of Gm | 07:26 Tools | |
54087564 | Play | Yesterday | 07:26 Tools | |
13351600 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [Elite Force Mix] | 07:35 Tools | |
77070985 | Play | Beat Street (feat. Mr. Ness & Cowboy) - From the Motion Picture Beat Street | 07:29 Tools | |
54087568 | Play | White Line (Don't Don't Do It) | 07:35 Tools | |
54087576 | Play | Round By Round | 04:06 Tools | |
54087571 | Play | White Lines '89 Part II | 07:35 Tools | |
54087569 | Play | Drug Wars | 07:35 Tools | |
54087570 | Play | Vice (From "Miami Vice") | 07:35 Tools | |
13351595 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Original 12" Mix) | 07:33 Tools | |
13351609 | Play | White Lines - 2000 Version | 04:24 Tools | |
54087578 | Play | Jam | 00:00 Tools | |
54087582 | Play | GRNDMZA pt. 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
13351632 | Play | White Lines (2000 Version) | 04:24 Tools | |
54087573 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't do It) (Long version) | 04:24 Tools | |
54087584 | Play | Intro | 00:00 Tools | |
54087588 | Play | Grndmza Pt. 1 | 04:03 Tools | |
54087592 | Play | Street Walker | 04:23 Tools | |
54087599 | Play | GRNDMZA pt. 3 | 07:29 Tools | |
54087577 | Play | Blow | 04:06 Tools | |
54087612 | Play | Blaze | 07:29 Tools | |
54087604 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [Long Version] | 07:29 Tools | |
54087574 | Play | M-3 | 04:24 Tools | |
13351641 | Play | The Mayor | 04:06 Tools | |
54087575 | Play | Muscles | 04:06 Tools | |
54087581 | Play | New Truck | 00:00 Tools | |
54087579 | Play | Tha Bushes | 00:00 Tools | |
54087580 | Play | Crossfire | 00:00 Tools | |
13351631 | Play | Another Hot Track | 04:03 Tools | |
54087600 | Play | GRNDMZA pt. 5 | 07:29 Tools | |
54087583 | Play | The Clapper | 00:00 Tools | |
54087585 | Play | Move | 04:03 Tools | |
54087586 | Play | Oh! What a Night | 04:03 Tools | |
54087587 | Play | Old School | 04:03 Tools | |
13351602 | Play | White Lines (2000 Version) - 2000 Version | 04:23 Tools | |
54087589 | Play | PIANO | 04:23 Tools | |
54087590 | Play | Hit List | 04:23 Tools | |
54087591 | Play | One More | 04:23 Tools | |
54087597 | Play | Rapmania (Intro) - Live | 07:29 Tools | |
54087593 | Play | Left, Right, Left | 04:23 Tools | |
54087594 | Play | Grandmastera | 04:23 Tools | |
54087595 | Play | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Original 12'' Mix) | 04:23 Tools | |
13351627 | Play | White Lines (Long Version) | 07:29 Tools | |
54087596 | Play | Cotton | 04:23 Tools | |
13351608 | Play | White Lines (2000 Version) (2000 Version) | 04:22 Tools | |
54087618 | Play | GRNDMZA pt. 4 | 07:05 Tools | |
54087603 | Play | White Lines (Don't Do It) (Original Long Version) | 07:29 Tools | |
54087606 | Play | White lines (12inch) | 07:29 Tools | |
54087601 | Play | Gangster Movie | 07:29 Tools | |
54087602 | Play | Grandmasterb | 07:29 Tools | |
54087605 | Play | Ghetto Life | 07:29 Tools | |
54087609 | Play | White Lines (12'') | 07:29 Tools | |
87433762 | Play | Jesse (Instrumental) | 07:29 Tools | |
87433763 | Play | Ball Out | 07:05 Tools | |
54087607 | Play | Message II (Survival) (feat. Duke Bootee) | 07:29 Tools | |
54087608 | Play | Sellin' Those Things | 07:29 Tools | |
54087610 | Play | Kick The Knowledge | 07:29 Tools | |
54087611 | Play | Beat Street Breakdown (feat. The Furious Five) | 07:29 Tools | |
77070984 | Play | White Lines (Grandtheft Remix) | 07:29 Tools | |
54087621 | Play | Whitelines (Don't Do It) | 07:05 Tools | |
54087613 | Play | Freedom | 07:29 Tools | |
54087614 | Play | China White | 07:29 Tools | |
13351618 | Play | Miami Vice | 05:03 Tools | |
54087615 | Play | Dimelo | 00:00 Tools | |
89394470 | Play | Message II - Survival | 00:00 Tools | |
54087616 | Play | White Lines (Don't Do It) (Elite Force Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
54087617 | Play | World Family Tree (feat. Lady Gaga & Britt Beal) | 00:00 Tools | |
13351619 | Play | Beat Street [from the Motion | 07:05 Tools | |
54087619 | Play | Freestyle(Steinski Remix) | 07:05 Tools | |
54087620 | Play | Whitelines | 07:05 Tools | |
89394471 | Play | White Lines (Don't Do It) (12") | 07:05 Tools | |
54087622 | Play | Revenge | 07:05 Tools | |
54087623 | Play | the summer of '79 at the t-connection | 07:05 Tools |
Lyrical leader of the original Furious Five and founder of a splinter version of the group during the mid-'80s, Melle Mel wrote many of the legendary raps featured on Grandmaster Flash tracks. Born Melvin Glover, he and his brother Nate (aka Kidd Creole) (not the Caribbean dance-popster of the same name) joined up with Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) in 1978 to form the Three MC's, with production handled by Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler). After Scorpio (originally Mr. Ness, aka Ed Morris) and Raheim (Guy Williams) joined up as well, the group recorded two singles (one as the Younger Generation and Flash & the Five) before they became Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and recorded the magnificent "Superappin'" for Enjoy, owned by R&B legend Bobby Robinson. One year later, the group began recording for Sugar Hill and scored on the R&B charts with the wild party jams "Freedom" and "Birthday Party." In 1982, "The Message" became an instant rap classic, one of the first glimmers of social consciousness in hip-hop, and Melle Mel was responsible for many of the cutting lyrics. The record's enormous success ended up fracturing the group, however, despite subsequent successes like "New York New York" and "The Message II (Survival)." Melle Mel wasn't happy about sharing composer credits for "The Message" (especially with Sylvia Robinson), and Flash sued Sugar Hill, citing Robinson's conflict of interest (she not only co-owned the label, but produced and managed the group). Though most of their beefs were directed at Sugar Hill and not inwards, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five split down the middle, with Flash departing for Elektra with Kidd Creole (Mel's brother) and Raheim while Melle Mel stayed put and formed his own version of the group with Cowboy and Scorpio. (After a court battle regarding rights to the name, Melle Mel was allowed the use of "Grandmaster" as well.) Late in 1983, Sugar Hill released Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)," variously described as anti-drugs or pro-drugs, though the death of one of Mel's friends, a drug dealer, a few weeks before release caused him to add the parentheses. Mel's best year came in 1984, when he rapped over Chaka Khan's platinum, Grammy-winning "I Feel for You" (the first exposure to rapping for mainstream audiences). He was also drafted for the rap film Beat Street, where Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five performed their new hit "Beat Street" (aka "Beat Street Breakdown") and appeared next to Afrika Bambaataa, the Treacherous Three, Doug E. Fresh, and Rock Steady Crew. Mel recorded a pair of LPs for Sugar Hill during the mid-'80s, then reunited with Flash and the rest of the original Furious Five for a 1988 LP titled On the Strength. It failed miserably in an atmosphere that was decidedly anti-old school, and neither of them recorded for almost ten years. A 1997 record, Right Now, paired Melle Mel with Scorpio, but also failed to sell. His new project, Die Hard, debuted in 2001 with On Lock. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.