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A cover version of "White Lines" featuring performances from Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel was released in March 1995 by EMI and Capitol Records as the second single from English new wave band Duran Duran's eighth studio album, Thank You (1995).
In 1995, Duran Duran did a cover version of "White Lines" featuring performances from Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel and released it as the second single from their cover album Thank You. In 1996, Mel contributed vocals to the US edition of Cher 's hit "One By One".
No tracks from the three Grandmaster Flash albums on Elektra Records are included or anything from the 1988 comeback album On the Strength. The fold-out booklet contains an essay by Shannita Williams, Rap Editor of Hits Magazine. Strangely, it also features two unrelated photos of the later Grandmaster Flash line-up.
The song was first written in 1980 by rappers Duke Bootee and Melle Mel in response to the 1980 New York City transit strike, which is mentioned in the song's lyrics. [3] "The Message" was an early prominent hip hop song to provide social commentary. The song's lyrics describe the stress of inner-city poverty.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five split into two separate groups in 1983 until a brief reunion in 1987 led to the release of the original line-up's second album On the Strength. Afterwards, they disbanded permanently. Today, the group's legacy continues as Grandmaster's Furious Five with only Melle Mel and Scorpio as remaining members.
Melle Mel, whose group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five is credited with releasing hip-hop’s first politically conscious song “The Message” in 1982, provides a scathing verse that pleads ...
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (On the Strength is their official second album). It was released in July 1983, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records hit singles including "The Message", "New York New York", and "White Lines". Over half of the tracks ...
Flash shared an encouraging video message on the mix-ups, saying, "It's your boy DJ Grandmaster Flash. And I just wanna say to all the grandmothers and grandfathers that's been tagging me, by ...