Melle Mel has to be one of the best rappers of all time.
@deefunkstrong78184 жыл бұрын
Man, him and kool moe Dee are EXTREMELY underrated fathers of style just like T la rock and RAKIM
@brooklynboiprod4 жыл бұрын
@@deefunkstrong7818 Let's not forget Big Daddy Kane
@maccagrabme4 жыл бұрын
Yes def and he has the best rap voice.
@rachaelclarke10334 жыл бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@kollusion14 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure he'd class himself as an MC, rather than a rapster. Don't forget GM Caz ppl.
@hypesuntheilluminator6 ай бұрын
I can feel spiritual power in these words. These pioneers went to a spiritual place when reciting these rhymes. Aura strengthening, high vibrational deliveries. The Power of Funk and Soul we need that back, it empowers us
@TJiscool13 жыл бұрын
These cats not only rhymed and syncopated, but they harmonised, sang, skatted, ad libbed, dropped punchlines and styled and profiled all in the same track. The cats of today can't never do what these guys did dropping 7,8, 9 and 10 minute masterpieces.
@aconater3 жыл бұрын
How is Melie Mel never in the conversation as one of the greatest MC’s ?
@terrenceliburd86554 ай бұрын
Because 1. Most legends in entertainment who don't generate $$$ are forgotten. 2. The entertainment industry picks who they will promote and who they won't promote. 3. This country as a whole has no connection to the past.
@RobDarkhalf3 жыл бұрын
I can't even explain how influential Melle Mel is. A true King of Hip Hop!
@adesoudan3622 жыл бұрын
That second Melle verse is f#$king amazing!
@brianburton5946 Жыл бұрын
DMC said he was dissing Run DMC in that verse. Because he thought they dissed him
@evilnightmare1276 Жыл бұрын
Very powerfulll fantastic voice.
@Grandmaster__Gee10 ай бұрын
@@brianburton5946Rahiem said that's a diss track to Grandmaster flash, Kidd creole and Rahiem.
@thedaydreamer79722 жыл бұрын
I think Melle Mel and Rakim have the most commanding voices in the history of rap
@missayawk11 ай бұрын
You ever heard of Chuck D or Chill Rob G?
@thedaydreamer797211 ай бұрын
@@missayawk Yes, a real good case for both, I could see all 4 of those as commanding GOATS and powerful voices of all time
@missayawk11 ай бұрын
@@thedaydreamer7972 Even Chubb Rock. You see the " CH" connection 😂
@robplymouth337 ай бұрын
This was a big hit in the UK, 40 bloody years ago now, still sounds as good as it did back then!
@michaelrosado6077 жыл бұрын
" im the power of the sun that shines in the sky , and im the only MC that will never die " - Grandmaster Melle Mel.....
@JB-xl4zg3 жыл бұрын
Classic!
@alexvos71653 жыл бұрын
I scratched with that sentence lol
@sdrapstar3 жыл бұрын
30 years later and he's still here
@7777Lace3 жыл бұрын
“So just rock 🪨 & don’t stop, 🛑 ’til we hit the top. ‘Cause when you see Melle Mel, ya gonna have ta drop! Rrrah!!!
@timrobinson65733 жыл бұрын
RIP Melle Mel
@cleanslate-x3u3 ай бұрын
I think this is the best era of rap
@legaldinho5 жыл бұрын
"I was sitting on a corner, just wasting my time / when I realised I was king of the rhyme"... These opening words always make smile
@Flagg19915 жыл бұрын
White boy born in 1991, not a huge fan of rap, though I like old school a lot. Just stumbled across this for the first time and realized how sick Melle Mel is. He, Cowboy, and Scorpio demolished this track, and unlike a lot of other guys bragging on themselves, they were telling the truth.
@wulftheghost Жыл бұрын
Speaking truth? Lmao you sound like an idiot
@mannysingh66188 жыл бұрын
one of the best raps of all time
@christophermiller75328 жыл бұрын
Melle murked this and actually this was a change of style of hip hop when it dropped.
@dionwallace8454 жыл бұрын
Pol
@dionwallace8454 жыл бұрын
Nippon
@danielslee37719 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel still respected
@maccagrabme10 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel has a voice that gets your attention unlike a lot of the mumblers today. It's a shame that these legends only had a shelf life of around 5 yrs whereas the overhyped clowns today seem to be around for decades like that Jay Z and Kanye that leaves me bored to tears.
@Crunchysopa529 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more man.
@frankie1349 жыл бұрын
You nailed it.
@bendflikshteyn9 жыл бұрын
+maccagrabme listen to reasonable doubt, the jay z album
@adamlon19 жыл бұрын
+maccagrabme >Jay Z >Bored to Tears Have you listened to the blueprint >Kanye West >Bored to tears Have you listened to Graduation
@hectorestrada53739 жыл бұрын
+Mybuttishighonheroin Sorry man, that's not real Hip-Hop
@MizzRos16 жыл бұрын
Not one pause...I can understand every word and the beat is on point ..
@johnnye41910 жыл бұрын
I remember when Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five were dominating Hip Hop and I knew Melle Mel was special!! Even though rap moved forward and the likes of Rakim, Chuck D, LL, KRS One, Biggie etc are undoubtedly great, I always though Mel was and still is THE GREATEST MC ever!!!
@kimbaone6 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@farmerdan72744 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel is the GOAT 👍
@LanceVance1983 Жыл бұрын
2023 and he still is THE GOAT!!!
@Abraham0Abram Жыл бұрын
2023 y aún está al mando.
@MrMusicbyMartin2 ай бұрын
The rapping is great, funny and clever, but it’s the vocal choirs in the background that makes it for me. It’s new psychedelia, hypnotic and dreamy, especially in the bridge section, where they use the vocals as ‘stabs’ in the 80s fashion, and Melle Mel’s ‘Chaka Khan’ rap is justifiably famous. Some mean scratching on this one, too.
@Dvance30 Жыл бұрын
I'm 53 and when I was 14 in 1984 my uncle who at the time was telling me yo youngster you gotta peep Melle Mel I was like ok. I liked white lines but I didn't really listen. I loved the message but that was it. Now I see at 53 years old that Mel fathered this lyricism shit. Damn he was nicer than I thought. Respect to him.
@sarahwalker3778 ай бұрын
This was me. Thought all the tunes were from Grandmaster Flash. It was really Melle Mel
@henkdelange31072 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel is the best rapper of all times!
@omegaweapon1162 жыл бұрын
Just heard this song for the first time a few days ago. Song still sounds good in 2022. I need to keep doing my Hip Hop research.
@dancarter482 Жыл бұрын
SOUTH BRONX, SOUTH-SOUTH BRONX!!
@cswallace971810 жыл бұрын
"I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a Pioneer..." Gives me goosebumps. Perfection.
@clark402310 жыл бұрын
You must spread the words of the Masta Teacha Or you'll die by the rhymes and the streets will eat'cha The words are a gift we will never flaunt That's why we're gonna get everything we want Cause like a shadow in the night, I'm the sight unseen I'm the bona fide vocal masta supreme And I'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents Cause my rhymes make dollars plus they make sense His words are deeper than many people realized then and now. Classic verses!
@alfrednichols92867 ай бұрын
A lot of what these boys rapped about are things you can take with you in everyday life
@catalystwarcry89833 жыл бұрын
This songs still knocks til this day!!
@Greecosoph210 ай бұрын
A fight for power, a nuclear shower A people shout out in the darkest hour Sights unseen and voices unheard And finally the bomb gets the last word -Melle Mel
@PhyllisMLeblanc2 жыл бұрын
Melle's voice is and always be powerful. Beast.
@darryledwards36752 жыл бұрын
The days of positive good message rap
@johndohio7 жыл бұрын
Mel was a favorite of mine when I was a kid but never truly listened to the lyrics in detail. Now in my 40s I pay attention to the detail of his lyrics in this song and all I can say is " damn he was a real poet ! " . Dude ripped this up !
@latitudepost Жыл бұрын
The spirit of early 80s New York City is so strong
@wulftheghost Жыл бұрын
Keef Cowboy was literally the dopest rapper ever, that energy is unmatched.
@ericcaesar54572 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel killed this... he was spittin' on this...
@whippz756 жыл бұрын
i remember listening to this in the 80s when it came out, in my state there wasnt a rap section in the music store and i was only about 9 years old so i didnt go out shopping lol my mom brought me to k mart to buy a toy and i took her to the music section to buy Herbie Hancock album so i could breakdance to "rock it" . rap music didnt really have a name yet....id go to the record section and couldnt find any rap music. some states wouldnt even sell rap records, if you lived in a city then you could find rap records only at record stores. my mom and dad didnt really shop at record stores lol they shopped at k mart. but luckily we had a black radio station KMOJ 89.9 that had a rap show "Travi-trons hip hop shop" and for a few hours they played NEW rap music and i found music to my ears RUN DMC MELLE MEL FAT BOYS LL COOL J. ...this was one of the first songs i heard on the radio station i recorded it and had it on tape for years till i lost it in storage. but yeah to this day i still bump this song ....over 30 years ago. 42 year old B BOY 4 LIFE!!!
@ants85273 жыл бұрын
I feel you bro im 45 years old, And we are those kids of the 80's known as the 80's Babies we are the original Hip Hop kids who were the listeners of all that early mid 80's good Golden Era Hip Hop we was the young listeners and the ones that suported Rap music when people was saying Rap music was'nt gonna last past 1984'' And then came Run Dmc And you know the rest is history!!!🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎
@Robotron2084psn2 жыл бұрын
Same story here friend. Hip-hop was in the R&B section. I was in Harrisburg PA tuning in Baltimore, Philly and sometimes NY if the weather was right. Harrisburg radio was wack.
@ronnieb1635 Жыл бұрын
I can’t help but feel impressed every time I hear this song. An all time classic.
@msboomerizzle303 Жыл бұрын
No doubt about it. Melle Mel is the best rapper there's ever been.
@suave_d12 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel has a legendary flow. He is amazing.
@mikewelsh18732 жыл бұрын
Love the use of The O'Jays 'For The Love of Money' in this epic rap. Powerful.
@dancarter482 Жыл бұрын
_MY_ _MAN_ !
@SkywalkerG1o9 жыл бұрын
This not Old School Hip Hop,this definitive hip -hop,with amazing DJ and the best rappers of all time,Grandmaster Melle Mel is the best MC!
@alvinkelley12552 жыл бұрын
One of the hardest songs ever period
@CJH71587Ай бұрын
Classic from 1984! ❤️🔥
@dgravesfcmd12 жыл бұрын
These rhymes still stand as one of the best lics ever...
@saintcartier68182 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel is a living legend. His flow is timeless.
@placidrenegade6 жыл бұрын
Imagine a rap battle against the old Skool rappers vs today's so called rappers
@raybori6808 Жыл бұрын
Hate to say it but they'd get MERKED
@ClaesVaack-ce8vi9 ай бұрын
A big win for old school rappers for sure
@AIChronicles1449 ай бұрын
The issue will be understanding of worldview. What might seem dope to people in the 80s might not excite the gen z rappers. So they wont understand it. Different generations interprete rhymes differently@@ClaesVaack-ce8vi
@bryanescobar4933 Жыл бұрын
Melle Mel 2023 ..
@brendangeraghty88657 жыл бұрын
That synth breack at 4:30 is fucking crucial...so good.
@darrenfair89273 жыл бұрын
True
@juancarlosayala89612 жыл бұрын
Gets me everytime..
@TechTrailblazer43 жыл бұрын
These lyrics are a national treasure and should part of any curriculm that teaches poetry and American literature.
@ThePassionOfTheMarc10 жыл бұрын
I remember searching everywhere for this 12 inch vinyl when I was 13 or 14 years old and finally found a copy at Tower Records (last copy too!), brought it home and it was scratched. I had to put a penny or two on the stylus cartridge just to listen to it. Good times.
@villedocvalle3 жыл бұрын
Lol real REAL talk.
@reedblackwell62622 жыл бұрын
You're a hip hop DJ!!
@michaelhussein8702 жыл бұрын
These cats gave rap class. Also Kurtis Blow, NWA, Cube, Eminem, Geto Boys and RUN-DMC back in 80's. Tupac and Big.
@funkykid11 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster Melle Mel his rapping is superb.
@michaelhussein8702 жыл бұрын
The very best! Storytelling, rhymes, double & triple rhymes, "like Shakespeare," he's a pioneer. Song is genius, without him, no Kurtis Blow, PE, BDP & Scott La Rock, Rakim, NWA, Treach, he's pioneer. Dope beats, group call & response, and set the tone for real serious conversations. The goods. Nuff Respect !! Pure Dope. 🎧🎤📸🎺 Tupac, Big, Nas, Kool G Rap, Eminem, 3rd Bass,
@michaelhussein8702 жыл бұрын
"Melle-Mel Rockwell with the clientele, gonna rock your block and ring your bell." 🎤🎤🔥
@stephendgoughsr4580 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorites groups back in the day!!! Mel is a hell of a rapper!!
@ninom.20162 жыл бұрын
This song is amazing what a quality for a 1984 track, perfect flows perfect lyrics... A real gem. Crazy
@HWBOXER10 жыл бұрын
THIS SHIT GO HARD FOR 84!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@JeffreyPrather-bs9yb22 күн бұрын
HANDS DOWN , MELLE MELLE G.O.A.T.
@rdr822410 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel, Fat Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Run, Kurtis Blow, Sugarhill Gang, Whodini, UTFO....those were the days. That Brooklyn sound....that Brooklyn sound....
@michaelhussein8702 жыл бұрын
Mel is the first word in rocking the mic, energy, words, lessons, rhymes on rhymes; Chuck D, PE super dope; KRS ONE and BDP; Rakim and Nas. The best!
@YoozaLame8 жыл бұрын
Mel KILLED this, twice !!
@EdubleRaps10 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite tracks ever, the founding fathers of hip hop right there
@Agriff240010 жыл бұрын
This the SHIT!!! that beat, Hook, and they was flowing smooth..... Dammmmmm...
@PhyllisMLeblanc2 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster Flash will ALWAYS reign as King.
@RCLaROCK110 жыл бұрын
MELE MELE IS THE G.O.A.T.........best voice in HIP HOP...rhymes all make sense
@nbatruthbelief85003 жыл бұрын
The king of hip-hop , this rappin stills putting 2021 rappers to sleep
@nobstanutts76508 жыл бұрын
This was the 1st HipHop joint I heard at age 12. It made me dream to be an MC.. Last year at age 43 I released my 18th vinyl Hiphop record..The inspiration started right here.
@DJDanceClassic3 жыл бұрын
I bought all your 18 hip hop records, bro’ !
@terrylucas630 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations young man. I hope your still at it and not only surviving but thriving. I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness🫡
@astrobear53534 жыл бұрын
Hip hop was hip hop back then it has alot of lyrics it was a meaning im a true 80's baby I'm 37 it's always a classic always gonna be i hate that real hip hop is unfortunately went away R.I.P. real hip hop 😥😥😥😥😥
@sdrapstar9 жыл бұрын
Over 25 years went by before I was reunited with this song reminding me of when I truly fell in love with rap music in the late 1980's
@Wayne-wh8oq Жыл бұрын
Melly Mel was a prophet and was wise how he flowed with the truth of how he rapped.
@devmiles7 жыл бұрын
Along the way many great mc's came around and still going strong but Melle Mel is absolutely awesome. His voice and rhymes are so powerful. He is like the Prince of rap, smooth, killer, sexy, vicious, technique. They took hip hop to another (international) level
@REVAMPtheindustry11 жыл бұрын
THIS SHIT IS STILL AWESOME
@stevep78373 жыл бұрын
It will always be
@djessancemr.pitbullstlye4616 жыл бұрын
this hip hop puts u in a good vibe....unlike the crap nowadays
@bsquare28763 жыл бұрын
This has been my joint since I taped it off Red Alert show on Friday night back in 84-85. never knew about video till now. Dope yo.
@darrenlang2583 жыл бұрын
Wow! It's been forever and a day since I've heard that song. This is one classic that's truly underated, and isn't played even on so called classic mix shows. Big ups to the people uploading these songs online, otherwise many of these gems would go unnoticed and largely forgotten.
@dancarter4822 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster Flash sampling the OJ's to devastating effect ........
@melissashimonovich7733 жыл бұрын
Old school rap is the most intelligent music I have heard in my life. And it makes a lot of sense everything else tries to make a lot of dollars but you know where the OG is
@rachendrapyakurel99118 жыл бұрын
RIP Cowboy.
@mikerobs1 Жыл бұрын
Writer pioneer. He created something people wanted to hear.. rap music...history. learn it. Know it
@abrahammitchell55998 жыл бұрын
This is what I tell these young Kid,s STEP OFF,I WAS ROCKING THE HOUSE WHEN YOU WAS A KID!WORD.
@9725saints9 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to music like this. I'm 16.
@Quake28158 жыл бұрын
+0LolaLola because what comes out in our generation.
@Klender12 жыл бұрын
Being a grown ass man brought me here.
@ZenBoeddha10 жыл бұрын
I am getting old haha. Grandmaster and his Five wil never die!!!!!!!
@ZiolaBee11 жыл бұрын
Hands down, one of the best songs ever.
@hyne197212 жыл бұрын
Still fresh today.
@crystalbrame78863 ай бұрын
2025 STILL UP IN HERE!! 🔥🔥😘🎶🔥💙💃🏾💋
@grocket408210 жыл бұрын
7 minutes of smooth rhymes. Slept on this dude for 30 years it seems.. better late than never!
@AmayaCrazy4 жыл бұрын
52 and this still fye!
@yomofo101 Жыл бұрын
Roll on Friday! What an absolute legend Grandmaster Flash is. This was one of my first 7" singles when I was a kid back in the early 80s. White Lines, Dougie Fresh - The Show, Planet Rock, Malcom McLaren ..... I grew up on hip hop. I'm 50 now and get this. Grandmaster Flash is doing a one off gig in my hometown of Falmouth, Cornwall, this Friday, 1st December. The gig is called 50 years of hip hop! To say I'm buzzing is an understatement. Can't wait for this.
@marcedward651012 жыл бұрын
this is raw man, never heard it, melle mel is the grandmaster of rap. cowboy sounded like 2chains just then...
@JeffreyPrather-bs9yb22 күн бұрын
MELLE MELLE THE G.O.A.T.
@kctwobad8 жыл бұрын
i was 11 years old when this track came out just getting into the break dance routine remember those ghetto blasters with the twin cassette players and the graphic equalizer and not to forget the stereo base woofers dammm
@wuwear9122 жыл бұрын
I'm 63 j remember going to the park in the 70s dusted Wilding out listening to them
@MrWillem1970Hlem5 жыл бұрын
Legendary. GOAT status.
@ants85273 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster Melle And The Furious 5 MC's were so ahead of their time way way back then Especially Melle with his dope rhyemes!!!🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎
@fnsmike Жыл бұрын
This has been stuck in my head since 1984 and I've never gotten tired of it.
@titanx81673 ай бұрын
He was the genius of RAP no other Rappers can compare to his fantastic rymes😎
@robincox26723 ай бұрын
He truly is the bona fide vocal master supreme
@KenttheRoofer13 жыл бұрын
Melle Mel is the Greatest Rap Artist to have ever!
@muhamk4 жыл бұрын
There is something to be said about an MC that paves the way.. Mel, Caz, Whip, DLB.. Greatest to ever do it! And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss But then you prayed to God that you could be like us Then God was great and God was true And he tried to show you how to be like you
@vf114doc11 жыл бұрын
Mel has a style that flows and carries you away.
@francishodge32014 күн бұрын
The greatest original Break dancing film of the 80s Beat Street I had the film Sound track on vinyl Like Grandmaster Flash and the furious 5 feat Melle Mel Beat St On 12inch Even in 2024 Timeless masterpiece
@Sbxallday7 күн бұрын
Flash had left the group by then.
@WaleAkinsefunmi-ci9pl10 жыл бұрын
Damn!!!....Melle Mel is that dude, spittn MADD bars with a stupid flow, lets not forget this 84...
@because00118 жыл бұрын
I like this no swearing. You can hear every lyric.
@chrisjiles128 жыл бұрын
pen n pad
@mate071810 жыл бұрын
is this old song better than this new music , unfortunately YES
@alonsogodoy270710 жыл бұрын
allways
@Futura25002 жыл бұрын
living in a post covid world - this tune just gets better