Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Grandmaster melle mel white lines dont do it lyrics. Its like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under its like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under broken glass everywhere people pissing on the stairs, you know they just dont care. The message rerecorded remastered explicit by grandmaster flash. Melle mel effectively took over the group, keeping he original name which is when white lines was released, but eventually changed to grandmaster melle mel, and then back to just melle mel.
At the same time, they gained noteriety thanks to socially conscious singles like the message or white lines dont do it. White lines is a song by melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records. The message grandmaster flash and the furious five. White lines visions, dreams of passion blowing through my mind and all the while i think of you. White lines was a hit for grandmaster flash, but by this time. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
While the song plays like a party anthem, its actually an antidrug. This is the wack part, he tells me, a few seconds into shack up by banbarra. The official adventures of grandmaster flash on strut and essential mix. A really fun book for those with any background at all on grandmaster flash, the. Dj and hiphop pioneer grandmaster flash at the dawn of hip hop, grandmaster flash recorded hits like the message and white lines dont do it with the furious five. White lines dont do it is a classic song by melle mel that is credited to grandmaster flash and the furious five. Grandmaster flash white lines lyrics genius lyrics. The fights escalated with their first recordings, in 1979, which were credited to grandmaster flash and the furious five, even though studio musicians replaced flashs turntable work on all but. The message by new york hiphop artist grandmaster flash is considered by many to be one of the founding songs of the hiphop genre. Grandmaster flash samples, covers and remixes whosampled. The making of the message by grandmaster flash and the furious five an oral history dont push me, cause im close to the edge its well known that the message, with its slow, spare, ominous groove and downbeat sliceoflife lyric, opened new directions for hiphop. A 1995 cover version of white lines featuring performances from grandmaster flash and melle mel was released as the second single from the duran duran covers album thank you. Listen to your favorite songs from white lines by grandmaster flash now. White lines don t dont do it is a song by melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records.
The bassline is taken from a performance of the sugar hill house band featuring bassist doug wimbish covering cavern, a single by new york city. It features the influential eponymous track and hiphop single the message. White lines by grandmaster flash on amazon music unlimited. This is the most recent information about grandmaster flash that has been submitted to amiright. A2, the adventure of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel.
The message is a song by grandmaster flash and the furious five. The message was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a social commentary rather than the selfcongratulatory boasting or party chants of earlier hip hop. Ooh white, white ooh white, white ooh white, white ooh white lines vision dreams of passion blowin through my mind and all the while i think of you. Sylvia robinson head of sugar hill, grandmaster flashs label had had this concept of the message. August 29, 2005 at the dawn of hip hop, grandmaster flash recorded hits like the message and white lines dont do.
A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term white lines by grandmaster flash from the website. When flash filed a lawsuit against sugar hill records, the factions of the furious five parted. Customers who bought white lines melle mels groove also bought. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4.
Grandmaster flash and melle mel white lines dont do it. A year later, flash and melle mel also appeared on duran durans cover of white lines. When grandmaster flash performed the song in williamsburgs mccarren park on friday, the songs cascading synth rhythm sounded as fresh as ever. Grandmaster flash split from the group after contract disputes between melle mel and their promoter sylvia robinson in regard to royalties for the message. White lines long version rerecorded remastered by grandmaster flash. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Revisiting the furious fives unsung classics with rahiem. Flash was born joseph saddler in barbados on january 1, 1958. Except for a few compilations during the late 90s, flash was relatively quiet until 2002, when a pair of mix albums appeared. Buy grandmaster flashs album titled hits to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Grandmaster flash and the furious 5 released the message in 1982. Is the message by grandmaster flash the greatest ever hiphop.
Grandmaster flash and the furious five were one of the first hiphop groups to come out of nyc in the late 70s early 80s. High quality grandmaster flash gifts and merchandise. White lines is still one of the best antidrugs songs there is. In many ways the music video reinforces the archetypes of hiphop that were set in the lyrics and instrumental of the song. It was released as a single by sugar hill records on july 1, 1982 and was later featured on the groups first studio album, the message. Grandmaster flash author of the adventures of grandmaster. Grandmaster flash stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. If we have more information about grandmaster flash, then we provide a link to the section where it appears the actual page whenever possible. Find great deals on ebay for grandmaster flash and grandmaster flash cd. Grandmaster flash and the furious five was an american hip hop group formed in the south bronx of new york city in 1978. Grandmaster flash beats back time the new york times.
Grandmaster flash is the author of the adventures of grandmaster flash 3. Dj grandmaster flash and his group the furious five were hiphops greatest innovators, transcending the genres partymusic origins to explore the full scope of its lyrical and sonic horizons. Showdown the furious five meets the sugarhill gang 5. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. The groups members were grandmaster flash, melle mel, the kidd creole not to be confused with kid creole and coconuts frontman kid creole, keith cowboy, mr. The message grandmaster flash and the furious five song. Flash had hardly anything to do with the message or white lines.
Grandmaster flash white lines cassette tape rap hip hop old school east coast music. Grandmaster flash and the furious five white lines don. My life, my beats by grandmaster flash, david ritz and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Grandmaster flash the message poster, lyric print, music quote, rap quote, black and white print. White lines rerecorded remastered by grandmaster flash. W ith hindsight, making a mixtape of old school funk and hiphop for grandmaster flash was a bad idea. Backed primarily by the sugar hill house band early on, the group wrote partyfriendly anthems. The message is the debut studio album of american hip hop group grandmaster flash and the furious five, released in october 1982 by sugar hill records. Such a catchy chorus and i wish more hip hop nowadays had a solid message as such. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug smuggling, is one of melle mels signature tracks. In 1983, one year after the message became a commercial and critical hit, grandmaster flash turned his attention from the streets to the drug trade. The message, by grandmaster flash and the furious five.
The message ii survival, released in 1983, was interesting but unfocused. Grandmaster flash and the furious five white lines dont do it. Flash and his group, the furious five, became one of the best known rap acts of the early 1980s, with popular singles such as the message, the adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel, and white lines don t do it. White lines by grandmaster flash song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and. The band continues to perform the song as a regular part of their live set. In a world of rap where money, drugs, sex and more money are the staple diet of many a rappers lyrics, it was, and still is, the real old school that has something to say. Grandmaster flash, kid creole, and rahiem left and became simply grandmaster flash. In the earliest days of the genre, he manipulated music by placing his fingers on the vinyl, perfected beat looping, and discovered many of the most iconic beats still commonly sampled today. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows.
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