Grandmaster Flash - White Lines

[freespirit110]

this song is the jam!

[boombya123]

i sing this song all the time

[oingofan]

Total flashback to the mid 1980's dances at the highschool gym. GREAT time in music!

[spookyfrog69]

Good old school rap from 79, I think? Love it!

[DRYVEBYMUZIK]

rap was so innocent bakk then it told ppl NOT to do bad things now it dnt reely tell ppl to do bad things but its all about bragging bout doen bad shit n bout cars n shit i gess thaz cool for gangsta rap but not hip hop lol

[theadict666]

this song blows.

[MegaloMarsh]

I was reminded of this song by the movie Shaun of The Dead which I saw earlier this week. I usually don't listen to hip-hop but you just can't deny the power of these hooks! Great stuff.

[ButtSauceversion1]

I know this song is about the dangers of drugs . . . but I listen to it every time I do blow. XDDDDDDD

[mattherbert55]

i hear you their bro

[aceofblades222]

What a tune!! if ya dont move to this,you must be dead...Still sounds fresh...

[dogmandaz]

Heard this tune on the way home from work, on radio 1. Just had to crank it up and boom it out to the world. Fantastic "TUNE!!!"

[manu4never1958]

fukin boss

[Synthia0501]

makes me feel goooooood!

[bombshell333]

i play it in tha car on tha way 2 basketball

[willmanhi1]

this song is soo long

7:27 mins of fun! lol :D

[kestaly]

brings back happy times

[woundedfreedom]

funny thing was,. "They were HIGH when They did this Jam! -hahahhaaaaaa!!!!!

[kickouttheyuppies]

amazing song

[stateandproud]

fuking quality shit nd a fuking legend song

[mwr2245]

Heard some of this song on shaun of the dead and thought it quality. Who can dispute these kind of lyrics though ;

...and don't ever come down - FREEZE - BASE

some one on one baby!

[12344321gog]

freebase!!!

[99tazdevil]

very awesome song

[bombshell333]

bass is sooo cathcy

[markusa]

this is a great song !!! and true too.

[faganhead]

The dude in the video is Morpheus..

[faganhead]

I heard spike lee did this as a student film.. with Morpheus as the main dude..

[divaplum]

i luv this song:P

[clann87]

Don't you get to high baby!

[beardedswine]

china white all the way. you lucky fucks it costs so much here in oz

[AngelCuddle]

Obama's Presidential Anthem!

[cdavisfour]

This song is great.

[JazmyneQQloo]

I use to listen to this in like 4th grade when I had the hip hop millenium cd HAHA :D

[nychic718]

my favorite song of all time.. killer bass line

[bbooboo]

freeze...ROCK....freeze...ROCK­!

[fellowrobots]

This song always makes me smile.

[angelawnd]

Lloret De Mar 1984 !

Classic !

[mattydefc]

sean of the dead (Y)

[rugbylad92]

i really like this song

[frikk92]

Man you gotta luv this ! It's so freaking funky and original and soo far out haha =D

[dubugga]

my friend is always singing this song, lol.

[Paul2492]

Heard this on Shaun of the Dead lol

[rayodele]

classic!!!!!

thanks 4 the upload.

[zackieboy]

To all the people who think this song is "anti-coke": the lyrics are betrayed by the music and the vocals. Get higher baby, AND DON'T EVER COME DOWN! C'mon, this song is a celebration of getting high.

[123w4rp1g321]

"Nothing to gain but killing your brain" "SO DON'T DO IT!" "AND DON'T EVER COME DOWN" (as in your gonna die) "And now I'm broke and that's no joke it hard enough to fight it, so don't buy it!" "This aint funny he lost his money and it went right up his nose". Yep, very pro coke.

[jaseywasey49]

One of the top Rap/Message songs ever.

[Hondamxr13]

The first time I remember hearing this song was on the video game Thrasher Skate and Destroy. I didn't remember it till years later in High School. Kickass song!

[EarlyLAPunk]

gotta love the wack choreography ala debbie allen. not hip hop dancing i guess. looks like those FAME kids are at it again!! lol

[Gleb1995]

hahaha same the dance off! mike luvv lol

[yeeoitsannie]

classic

[6reevesy9]

love this song man, best old schooler of all time, allways will be.

[sisudo21]

hahaha cocaine was EVERYONE in the 80's. This only makes cocaine look even cooler. Hey Obama took it...now he's the president of the US.

[MusicFreak4985]

I've always liked this song since I was a kid growing up. However, there is one thing I just can't understand about this song. Can anyone tell me why the lyrics have both positive and negative feedback about cocaine? I never could understand how he wrote about cocaine, but then would say "Don't do it." Sorry if I sound narrow-minded... I'm trying not to be. I just would love to know the whole meaning behind his lyrics.  =)

[kinkykev306]

love it love it love it

[kinkykev306]

love it love it love it...what mor can i say

[BedStuyBro]

Lee Jeans, Gold Name-Plate belt buckles, Gazzelles (Glasses), Cangols (hats), and a plastic bag to carry your books to school in.

George Wingate HS Brooklyn, NY 1984. You had to be there.

This song brings it all back.

[shockwavexb360]

FREEZE ROCK

[bignicola]

bellissimo pezzo anni 80 mi ricorda i bei tempi

[kinsasha07]

cheq out g the winner yall

[fragster72]

it brought back memories when i heard this on sean of the dead, i laughed my tits off...

[FueledByPanic44]

This song is so bitchin'. :)

[tvercetti1970]

.......I used to breakdance to this song

back in the 1980's.

[bombshell333]

this is when i lyked rap now its just stuk up shit

[zeldagana]

that powder will make yur heat explode.

[royal1000]

Men that's the best thing i heard for a looooong time :D makes me smile

[kromen10]

You guys can have your USDA (white girls), I'll take this song any day.

[kingraven444]

i heard it on shaun of the dead

[BurtonDom13]

I just want to get yay'ed out of my face when I hear this song.

[MrGroove1]

cocaine is a hell of a drug....

[loccedout003]

WHITE LINES

[TwistedFire666]

This is from Shawn of the dead hahaha funny stuff.

[DerangedRanger1]

Grandmaster Flash is so clever!!! I love how they actually talk about the music in their rap and relate it to the lyrical context...like "heart attack, breakdown" in "New York, New York" just before the standard breakdown section in rap music of the time...and here with the play on "freebase" and "free bass" at 3:45(set up by the word "bass" at the beginning)...brilliant!!!

[CHARLOTTExR0S3]

Classic.

Old skool songs like this are EPICCCC

Kurtis Blow..Run DMC.. Grandmaster Flash.. Sugarhill Gang.. legendary.

I like some new hip hop tracks, but no one can really compares to this.

Back when you could listen to real music without bragging about money, being gangsta, or disrespecting women. It was actually good. :]

[pattycat100567]

heard this song on a lasonic box in 1984 the year of rap,in junior high,greateat song eaver....rob l

[pattycat100567]

first heard grand master in summer of 84,playin basket ball in the gym on a lasonic box,in junior high, thought it was the crap,loved old rap ever since...robl

[cosminutz12]

white powder!

[strokesgirl12]

lmfao I LOVE this song!!!

I heard them singing it in shaun of the dead (best movie ever by the way) and I had to look it up

[FuriousFRenZY]

LMAO LOOK AT LARRY @ 5:09

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[stunna360]

cocaine rap, this song was what the 1980's was about.

[pimpinritch]

i love drugs!

[blacksnake2116]

this song is so fukkin catchy n sikk lol

[ArchStantonx]

fat, thick. long, wide lines of white uncut peruvian cocaine baby

[rolybling]

it's...something like a phenomenon, it's so ILL, the lyrics are still relevant today, this is the shit right here!!

My youth.

[rolybling]

it's...something like a phenomenon, it's fucking ILL, this is the shit right here, lyrics are still relevant today 'baby'

[mtjji123]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[mtjji123]

I ♥ THIS SONG!!! DRUGS STINK!!

[usernameted1]

What ever happend to real hip hop with a message????

[figment1988]

i remember hearing this while waiting in line for Dead Exposure at Halloween Horror Nights 18 and thought "WTF does this song have to do with the plot of this house?"

[sikoscot]

does it get better?

[DewbieHaut]

damn straight!

[glassdragonfly]

This song is the shit. Love it.

[funkadelicman4889]

when he was writin these lyrics he was doing lines

[mastershakere]

drugs are for people who are pressured in orrr they just wanna try it i dont care really i think its little kids Huffing is like you die on 5th time or so

sooo there you have it and if your going to reply to my comment dont its annoying

[jdog634]

SHAUN OF THE DEAD lol this song is awesome "white lines"

[Studtwuckel]

Unheard for a very long time. Still hot though. Base-sugar...Up da Master

[streetniggaman]

i like white lines.lol

[kevlaurijo]

the shit will get you eventually

you will loose your family

you will loose all your money

you will

[RodrigoBorgia]

fine track. genuine music.

About the theme: There is of course "Coc. all around my brain"-various intepretators, e.g. Dillinger, Dylan, ect.

the other one is from the grandmaster itself, James Brown, called "king Heroin". Regarding the intense message, that one, "King Heroin" makes you indeed feel bad and you someone even can get a small insight in the horror, when you are in that house of pain...White lines sound fun, and it doesnt show what it is really like..my opinion

[RodrigoBorgia]

Also an absolute classic. A track with a message, with something to say. The point is, that the average audience just dont understand what its about....watching the vid, perhaps they think its about a street dance school on their way up...lol.

Another must have track in the same direction: "K. all around my brain"

and, more unknown, from the real grandaster :) itself: "King Heroin"

[sirpsychosekse]

i love how out of nowhere its just like FREEBASE!

[llelo55]

and dont ever come down! freebase! haha

[llelo55]

lol i love how the video doesnt leave much to imagine

[1alopezpr]

Not only the pioneers of hip hop,but also house music,and hip house to!,this song proove it,cause is at 120bpm(more or less),+ the beats are inspired by disco and funk(the same beats that inspired house and hip house).

[menudoxscm]

Oh, shit, I could listen to the base on this all day. Shit, man, I miss New York Hip Hop!!!

[mcquaid2007]

pound for pound costs more than gold....blow....rockkkkkk

[davideugene]

i prefer ice

[davideugene]

i prefer ice

[Kallepook]

Ragga dag diggidy dang da dang...I love this track! A true classic!

[jarbon5]

This is one of the greatest breakdance songs of all time. Have seen B-Boyz get wicked to this song. Just cut the rug into shreds:)

[ElectricHawk]

Man, I remembered this song from when I was like 3, it was well over 15 years before I heard it again.

[cj25cooldude]

heard it on shawn of the dead, it was awesome

[BeccaJade90]

little jack horen sittin at the corener with no shoes or clothes, this aint funny cus he took his money and sniffed it up his nose! classic

[BeccaJade90]

classic- haha my friend didnt kno this was bout cocaine? lmo love this song! x x

[BeccaJade90]

i looooooove this song, 1 of my friends didnt kno this was bout cocaine! haha lme! xx

timeless classic!

[CatzDaLegit]

SO DON'T DO IT!

Everyone liked the song, but who actually listened to the info!?!?!

[killamofojack]

lol shaun of the dead

[JakeTur25]

This is the song that they sing when they get out of the bar in Saun of the dead!!!

[gagsda2]

i was about twelve when this song came out.. but lived in such a shit area i knew wat it was about!!! I,m a soccer mom now hope my kids have,nt a clue wat its about?? some hope

[bball90]

i love this song!!! I heard it on My Wife and Kids!!! haha.

[oldharve]

and that episode is the best ever...that dance off with katt williams is the funniest, "whoooo rah"

[jimmybigdig]

Really?

[triplenippel123]

BASS. legendary

[ttholt]

They used to play this at my white-bread as anything church dances! You should have seen all the 'good' church kids getting down to this. (because of its anti-drug message, you see.) My mom let me go to church dances because they were 'safe'. Little did she know I was learning quite a bit about all the names for 'cane' and 'sugar' from this song and getting jiggy with the boys to this song back in the day...

[PSMako]

rebel without a cause

[makpak]

drugz iz baaa' real baaa'.

[semitelfeletem]

I have my little brother to thank for liking this song -- and Club 321.

He was right, and there's more to life than Specimen (that woz a joke).

Now he's 6'4" tall and I've got John Taylor's jaw!

[mgalore]

Classsic CALSSSIC !!!!!! THESE GUYS WERE COKED UP WHILE THEY WROTE THE SONG IMAGINAE THAT

[fivefoflow]

I did, I'm surprised I ended up being correct.

[digitalpistol]

is this the video by Spike lee?

[BthaSmoov1]

Damn the haters...yes it was Spike!

[celshader]

Yes it is, read the desciption

[Cheerfullysadistic69]

i like white lines

[kevlaurijo]

ohhhhhh

[dotstar24]

so do i

[antlfc72]

anyone fancy a stripe,,,,hee hee

[tripplemanicstate]

tell all ur frends they can go my way!

[FLCLimax7]

This is sucha good beat...

[XMIR10B]

Listen to ths, then listen to Caberet Voltaire - Sensoria

[XMIR10B]

For all you people, this was the song that made Marky Mark start RAP.

[skipbreakfast]

Marky Mark started rap? O_O

[XMIR10B]

This was when University Radio was at its best: Grandmaster Flash, DePecheMode, Cabaret Voltaire, Ripchords..

[iuhuhc]

The system should play this song at the beginning of every school year..

[crosa002]

base= pure form of speed also known as wizz which keep ya up for aggessss and you wont come down sniff it in white line. peace

[Whatwon1]

What a Phenomenal song!

[fancypantsuk]

it certainly was

[heycortez]

FREEBASE!

[Erdles]

Bass is dope...

[kiddstu]

Good sound on this video, well uploaded.

[tomwalsh94]

yuk ur all druggiez

[colesimlondonuk]

let me just toot this nice phat line of perivian flack.sniffffffffffffffff.

[BLaCkKsHeEp]

stick with marijuana. its not physically addicting so... "Twice as sweet as sugar, twice as bitter as salt

And if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so [DO] do it!"

lol

[MuttsNuttz666]

PHAT LINES lol uve not lived until uve been there its as close as you will ever get get to superman ! lmfao Higher, baby

Get higher, baby!

Get higher, baby!

And don't ever come down! Freebase!

[wa1k3r92]

get higher baby n dnt eva cum dwn free bass lol luv it man

[makavelieldon]

One night, I try a cocaine line and atarts to run to friends house, 5 km out my house and when arrive i start to smoke blunts.... its so potent yes

[1980jlifts]

CLASSIC ! Not over produced at all.

To borrow the subject matter of this song , this is some pure untepped on shit!!!!!

Great post!

[LOUISxJOPPOxJOPLING]

The day I need to take that shit to enjoy meself is the day I think I should give up on living.

[web4eva]

GATBOY1992 learn to understand why before sounding like a nob. Presumably you're working for a charity to help people with this problem? Or just listenin to the song (for reason's that escape me) and posting a remark. If you are doing researh, apologies and good work.

[Hellamar]

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[miketheratguy]

Ooooold schooool flash funk

[kareles08]

bass!

[gatboy1992]

Drugs are pointless tbh.... people only do drugs cuz they must not be satisfified with thier sad little lifes.. you should grow up and face your problems rather than run from them cuz they will always follow you. trust

[idontstuff]

Shut up faggot.

[imnot18yetlol]

im not sad, lol, actually weed makes everything 10x more fun, and i won't kill somebody or anything like the stupid fucking government thinks

[BLaCkKsHeEp]

for real tho, everything you said is true. all my friends smoke, and none of them became murderously violent while on jane. matter of fact, we either hang out, party, work out, or just relax. jane should be legal. if alcohol and cigs are legal, weed should be. its waaaaay less hazardous than those "legal" drugs.

[Dre7Guevara]

they say smoking weed leads 2 worse things...

Yeah, like the munchies, weight gain, & if U don't watch what U eat, it'll probably lead 2 diabetes.

[RaphaRules]

Is Diis In Everybody H8s Chris

Grandmaster Flash Is Funny

[ciao614]

check out Duran Duran's version- I think it's pretty cool. Although I think drugs are for cowards, the song is cool:)

[Amamife]

What a fiendish song! LOL! Love it.

[royalnash]

where all my new york niggas at and where all my hustlers at holler at me 50 a gram that fire lol

[500PUMP]

WOW

[royalnash]

no cocaine is the best weed gets you sleepy coke is a party and drug so is weed but coke is better cause it cost more money the girls love it

[PizzaRat]

I guess it depends on your personal reaction to weed.. I always feel like I'm wired and bouncin off the walls when I smoke up.

[julz415]

spike lee did this video

[agiambrone]

Laurence fishburne wasnt really "unknown" in 1983. He had a large role in Apocalypse Now 4 years earlier.

[xcrcapone]

mdma, coke.. they're all good. But weed is the best.. some dank ass headie nuggz

[D4rKsideBob]

Why do that shit? You can't run from yourself, ya shit is still gonna be with you when you come down. Its all hype bollox. Clean and fucking proud of it. nuff said

[Dre7Guevara]

that's what I can't understand myself, @ least with weed, U can sit there, smoke it, think about Ur problem, smoke some more,& come up with a solution 2 Ur problem after U max that big ass box of Cocoa Puffs.

LOL

[sashi88]

Yeah coke is amazing but its one of the shitest drugs its pricey for good shit and then a half g is gone in a line so personally i would go with mdma. Also Colombia does export some damn nice stuff

[robjp07]

A classic..not many if any rap songs convey a message as strong as this!!! Has to be the number rap song of all time...let me know if im wrong..

[ThaFreshPrinceofGA]

Yep...this and the message

[nicoleayanna]

this was the old nyc,,you would of had to been there to  understand !!!!

[PeterAct2]

The new NYC is rich yuppy land. It's absolutely intolerable.