Melle Mel has to be one of the best rappers of all time.

@deefunkstrong7818

4 жыл бұрын

Man, him and kool moe Dee are EXTREMELY underrated fathers of style just like T la rock and RAKIM

@brooklynboiprod

3 жыл бұрын

@@deefunkstrong7818 Let's not forget Big Daddy Kane

@maccagrabme

3 жыл бұрын

Yes def and he has the best rap voice.

@rachaelclarke1033

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 💯

@kollusion1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he'd class himself as an MC, rather than a rapster. Don't forget GM Caz ppl.

I can't even explain how influential Melle Mel is. A true King of Hip Hop!

That second Melle verse is f#$king amazing!

@brianburton5946

7 ай бұрын

DMC said he was dissing Run DMC in that verse. Because he thought they dissed him

@evilnightmare1276

6 ай бұрын

Very powerfulll fantastic voice.

@Grandmaster__Gee

5 ай бұрын

​@@brianburton5946Rahiem said that's a diss track to Grandmaster flash, Kidd creole and Rahiem.

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.

No doubt about it. Melle Mel is the best rapper there's ever been.

How is Melie Mel never in the conversation as one of the greatest MC’s ?

" im the power of the sun that shines in the sky , and im the only MC that will never die " - Grandmaster Melle Mel.....

@JB-xl4zg

3 жыл бұрын

Classic!

@alexvos7165

3 жыл бұрын

I scratched with that sentence lol

@rapgamepapi

3 жыл бұрын

30 years later and he's still here

@7777Lace

3 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!!!

@timrobinson6573

3 жыл бұрын

RIP Melle Mel

"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

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!

Melle Mel still respected

one of the best raps of all time

@christophermiller7532

7 жыл бұрын

Melle murked this and actually this was a change of style of hip hop when it dropped.

@dionwallace845

3 жыл бұрын

Pol

@dionwallace845

3 жыл бұрын

Nippon

This songs still knocks til this day!!

Not one pause...I can understand every word and the beat is on point ..

"I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a Pioneer..." Gives me goosebumps. Perfection.

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

10 ай бұрын

SOUTH BRONX, SOUTH-SOUTH BRONX!!

Melle Mel is the best rapper of all times!

I think Melle Mel and Rakim have the most commanding voices in the history of rap

@missayawk

6 ай бұрын

You ever heard of Chuck D or Chill Rob G?

@thedaydreamer7972

6 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

@missayawk

6 ай бұрын

@@thedaydreamer7972 Even Chubb Rock. You see the " CH" connection 😂

Melle's voice is and always be powerful. Beast.

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!!!

@kimbaone

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@farmerdan7274

4 жыл бұрын

Melle Mel is the GOAT 👍

@LanceVance1983

Жыл бұрын

2023 and he still is THE GOAT!!!

@Abraham0Abram

8 ай бұрын

2023 y aún está al mando.

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.

@Crunchysopa52

9 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more man.

@frankie134

9 жыл бұрын

You nailed it.

@bendflikshteyn

9 жыл бұрын

+maccagrabme listen to reasonable doubt, the jay z album

@adamlon1

8 жыл бұрын

+maccagrabme >Jay Z >Bored to Tears Have you listened to the blueprint >Kanye West >Bored to tears Have you listened to Graduation

@hectorestrada5373

8 жыл бұрын

+Mybuttishighonheroin Sorry man, that's not real Hip-Hop

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

That synth breack at 4:30 is fucking crucial...so good.

@darrenfair8927

3 жыл бұрын

True

@juancarlosayala8961

Жыл бұрын

Gets me everytime..

Love the use of The O'Jays 'For The Love of Money' in this epic rap. Powerful.

@dancarter482

10 ай бұрын

_MY_ _MAN_ !

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 !

These rhymes still stand as one of the best lics ever...

Being a grown ass man brought me here.

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!!!

@ants8527

3 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!!!🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎

@Robotron2084psn

2 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.

I can’t help but feel impressed every time I hear this song. An all time classic.

Melle Mel killed this... he was spittin' on this...

This the SHIT!!! that beat, Hook, and they was flowing smooth..... Dammmmmm...

Mel KILLED this, twice !!

THIS SHIT IS STILL AWESOME

@stevep7837

3 жыл бұрын

It will always be

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.

@sarahwalker377

2 ай бұрын

This was me. Thought all the tunes were from Grandmaster Flash. It was really Melle Mel

The days of positive good message rap

This was a big hit in the UK, 40 bloody years ago now, still sounds as good as it did back then!

THIS SHIT GO HARD FOR 84!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my favorites groups back in the day!!! Mel is a hell of a rapper!!

This song is amazing what a quality for a 1984 track, perfect flows perfect lyrics... A real gem. Crazy

One of my favorite tracks ever, the founding fathers of hip hop right there

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.

@villedocvalle

2 жыл бұрын

Lol real REAL talk.

@reedblackwell6262

Жыл бұрын

You're a hip hop DJ!!

One of the hardest songs ever period

this hip hop puts u in a good vibe....unlike the crap nowadays

Grandmaster Melle Mel his rapping is superb.

This is what I tell these young Kid,s STEP OFF,I WAS ROCKING THE HOUSE WHEN YOU WAS A KID!WORD.

Melle Mel has a legendary flow. He is amazing.

RIP Cowboy.

Legendary. GOAT status.

Imagine a rap battle against the old Skool rappers vs today's so called rappers

@raybori6808

7 ай бұрын

Hate to say it but they'd get MERKED

@ClaesVaack-ce8vi

3 ай бұрын

A big win for old school rappers for sure

@ayodejilanre1790

3 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

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

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!

MELE MELE IS THE G.O.A.T.........best voice in HIP HOP...rhymes all make sense

Still fresh today.

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.

@DJDanceClassic

2 жыл бұрын

I bought all your 18 hip hop records, bro’ !

@terrylucas630

11 ай 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🫡

I am getting old haha. Grandmaster and his Five wil never die!!!!!!!

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 😥😥😥😥😥

Melle Mel is a living legend. His flow is timeless.

Melle Mel, Fat Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Run, Kurtis Blow, Sugarhill Gang, Whodini, UTFO....those were the days. That Brooklyn sound....that Brooklyn sound....

The spirit of early 80s New York City is so strong

This has been stuck in my head since 1984 and I've never gotten tired of it.

Melle Mel is the Greatest Rap Artist to have ever!

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.

"im here 2 run it down 4 da lady&gents cuz my rhymes make dollars plus they make sense i may sound possessed but you kno im blessed with the will 2 make sense of all of this mess i wanna rock u shaka baby cuz my name is melle-mel" dang i see Pac KRS1 and even some DeAngelo all and more in one person...#Legend

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,

@michaelhussein870

2 жыл бұрын

"Melle-Mel Rockwell with the clientele, gonna rock your block and ring your bell." 🎤🎤🔥

The king of hip-hop , this rappin stills putting 2021 rappers to sleep

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!

Hands down, one of the best songs ever.

These cats gave rap class. Also Kurtis Blow, NWA, Cube, Eminem, Geto Boys and RUN-DMC back in 80's. Tupac and Big.

Grandmaster Melle And The Furious 5 MC's were so ahead of their time way way back then Especially Melle with his dope rhyemes!!!🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎

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

One of the coolest tracks ever

Keef Cowboy was literally the dopest rapper ever, that energy is unmatched.

Legend ❤️🎶👍

52 and this still fye!

These lyrics are a national treasure and should part of any curriculm that teaches poetry and American literature.

Melle Mel, Father of Emcees ! Bow Down 👑

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

Legendary flow!

this is raw man, never heard it, melle mel is the grandmaster of rap. cowboy sounded like 2chains just then...

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

Classic👑 melle Mel best mc ever👊 hands down,RIP cowboy 🤘

That's the guy that brought rap to the attention of the mainstream. He's the one that got the ball rolling.

Mel has a style that flows and carries you away.

Writer pioneer. He created something people wanted to hear.. rap music...history. learn it. Know it

My two favorite rap songs of all time Melle Mel step off and Jimmy Spicer super rhymes classic

Big tune for me when I was 12. First rap record I ever bought, used to rap it in the classroom.

I thought I didn't like rap. Now I realize that's just because the modern rap is crap. Edit: Okay, there's some great stuff out there. Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions!

@Eudaletism

9 жыл бұрын

+MrGladBEASTftw When it comes to rap, I'm ignorant, not stupid. Show me some good modern rap. ^.^

@colinwichman1084

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Baker +Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ somewhat true y'all but hip aint dead yet, it's not just about music, and it's very much another iteration of rock and roll, blues, jazz etc and now we're doing it to breaks and drum and bass, but it's still about the lyrics and we have had to take it underground since these cops can't stop hating.

@steventyers125

9 жыл бұрын

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ Ganster rap popularised a particular image that gave rap an aggressive edge. Now commercial rap is dudes telling the world how big their cocks are and how much cash they have. Kinda boring, music is now secondary to image.

@saltysteve6466

9 жыл бұрын

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ try like any eminem song, he crafts like stories in some of his songs, stan is a great song, try to go uncensored though, or try kim even though its spooky

@MrBeastknows

8 жыл бұрын

+Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ Mick Jenkins, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock especially, Vince Staples, Kanye West (just listen to Roses and/or Dark Fantasy he's great if you don't pay attention to the headlines), Pusha T (Numbers On The Boards), Joey Badass, Earl Sweatshirt, Isaiah Rashad, Danny Brown, and ASAP Ferg is absolutely hilarious please note not all good rap music has to be serious. Also, please, PLEASE do not start listening to underground KZread rap artists. They're all shit. Hopsin, ICP, Tech N9ne...no matter what anyone says those types of artists are shit. Tech I'll be honest, he spits like no one else but his lyrics and style are so corny and it sucks. Underground rap is shit, just actually pay attention to the lyrics. They make Tyler the Creator look good (I sometimes enjoy him tbh) which is ironic cause they hate him too.

I like this no swearing. You can hear every lyric.

@chrisjiles12

8 жыл бұрын

pen n pad

They got hits definitely

is this old song better than this new music , unfortunately YES

@alonsogodoy2707

9 жыл бұрын

allways

Soundtrack to my childhood....feel sorry for the poor lil fuckers who gotta settle for soulja boy,drake,lil wayne,riff raff n all the shit that ppl try call hip hop but is in fact just ringtone pop rap music shit....

@EdubleRaps

9 жыл бұрын

For sure hip hop isn't the same sine illuminati took it over

@DieMenschMaschine85

9 жыл бұрын

Fresh Rap Yeah and the reptiles man.

@EdubleRaps

9 жыл бұрын

haha no look at kanye and jay-z flashing Illuminati symbols no joke man

living in a post covid world - this tune just gets better

Mel is such a lyrical BEAST!

Long live the King Melle Mel!!! Rest in peace Cowboy!!!

Excellent remastering this from VHS!!! WOW!!!

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.

@dancarter482

2 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Flash sampling the OJ's to devastating effect ........

this is real hip hop

Damn!!!....Melle Mel is that dude, spittn MADD bars with a stupid flow, lets not forget this 84...

like a shadow in the night, I'm a sight unseen

How could anyone thumb down this.???

Absolutely class