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Songs Performed or Written by Grandmaster Melle MelTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel or simply Melle Mel (), is an American rapper who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. == Career == Glover began performing in the late 1970s. He may have been the first rapper to call himself MC (master of ceremonies). Other Furious Five members included his brother Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams)... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - #2: It's Over Now - #3: The Message - #4: Fix - #5: White Lines (Don't Do It)

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

07/1982

#3 The Message
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from The Message

136 pts

dance

R&B

featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #51]
[Sugar Hill 584]
written by Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel

& Bobby Robinson

10/1982

Scorpio
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from The Message

13 pts

R&B

[Sugar Hill 790]
written by Guy Todd Williams, Keith Wiggins, Eddie Morris, Nathaniel Glover Jr. & Melvin Glover

Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

12/1982

Message II (Survival)
Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

4 pts

R&B

[Sugar Hill 594]
written by Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover

& Joey Robinson Jr.

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

05/1983

New York New York
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from Greatest Messages

14 pts

R&B

[Sugar Hill 457]
written by Melvin Glover

, Sylvia Robinson, Edward Fletcher & Reggie Griffin

10/1983

#5 White Lines (Don't Do It)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five

112 pts

101

dance

R&B

as Grandmaster & Melle Mel
[Sugar Hill 465]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover

Grandmaster Melle Mel

03/1984

Jesse
Grandmaster Melle Mel

1 pts

R&B

[Sugar Hill 32016]
written by Mel Glover

, Reggie Griffin, Sylvia Robinson & Ronald Isley

Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five

06/1984

Beat Street Breakdown - Part I
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five

from Beat Street

12 pts

R&B

[Atlantic 89659]
written by Melvin Glover

& Reggie Griffin

08/1984

Beat Street Breakdown - Part 1
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five

6 pts

[Atlantic 89659]
written by Melvin Glover

, Reggie Griffin & Sylvia Robinson

09/1984

We Don't Work for Free
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five

from Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five

2 pts

R&B

[Sugar Hill 32025]
written by Clayton Savage & Melvin Glover

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

10.

12/1984

Step Off (Part 1)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

87 pts

R&B

as the Furious Five featuring Cowboy, Melle Mel & Scorpio
[Sugar Hill 32033]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover

Grandmaster Melle Mel

11.

11/1985

Vice
Grandmaster Melle Mel

from Miami Vice

1 pts

R&B

[MCA 52740]
written by Melvin Glover

, Leland Robinson & Sylvia Robinson

King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew

12.

02/1986

King Holiday
King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew

4 pts

R&B

[Mercury 884442]
written by Phillip Jones, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Melle Mel

& Bill Adler

Duran Duran

13.

02/1995

White Lines
Duran Duran

from Thank You

89 pts

dance

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Melvin Glover

& Sylvia Robinson

Diddy

14.

01/1997

#1 Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
Diddy

from No Way Out

295 pts

R&B

as Puff Daddy featuring Mase
[Bad Boy 79083]
written by Diddy, Steven Jordan, Carlos Broady, Nashiem Myrick, Mason Betha, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder, Sylvia Robinson, Grandmaster Melle Mel

, Clifton Chase & Duke Bootee

BLACKstreet

15.

08/1997

#4 Fix
BLACKstreet

from Another Level

123 pts

R&B

featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & Slash
[Interscope 95011]
written by Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover

, Chauncey Hannibal, Teddy Riley, Markell Riley & Sylvia Robinson

Brand Nubian

16.

09/1997

A Child Is Born
Brand Nubian

1 pts

125

R&B

written by Derrick Murphy, Lorenzo DeChalus, Maxwell Dixon, Vance Wright, Edward Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel

, Sylvia Robinson & Clifton Chase

Mobb Deep

17.

04/1999

Quiet Storm
Mobb Deep

from Murda Muzik

7 pts

106

R&B

[Loud/RCA 65718]
written by Smokey Robinson, Havoc, Prodigy & Melle Mel

Busta Rhymes

18.

07/2000

Fire
Busta Rhymes

from Anarchy

14 pts

R&B

[FlipMode 67087]
written by Joe Budden, Justin Smith, Trevor Smith Jr., Melvin Glover

, Frank Ski & Al McLaran Jr.

112

19.

11/2000

#2 It's Over Now
112

from Part III

199 pts

R&B

[Bad Boy 79366]
written by Melvin Glover

, Daron Jones, Quinnes Parker & Sylvia Robinson

Young Gunz

20.

05/2003

Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Young Gunz

from Tough Luv

86 pts

R&B

[Roc-A-Fella LP Cut]
written by Darrell Branch, The Kidd Creole, Grandmaster Melle Mel

, Scorpio [Eddie Morris], Hanif Muhammad, Dwight Myers, Christopher Ries, Keef Cowboy, G. Williams & Marlon Williams

Joe Budden

21.

07/2003

Fire (Yes, Yes Y'all)
Joe Budden

from Joe Budden

6 pts

R&B

128

featuring Busta Rhymes
[Def Jam 000844]
written by Joe Budden, Justin Smith, Trevor Smith Jr., Melvin Glover

, Frank Ski & Al McLaran Jr.

Young Gunz

22.

04/2004

Friday Night
Young Gunz

from Tough Luv

6 pts

115

R&B

[Roc-A-Fella LP Cut]
written by Guy T. Williams, DJ Run, Sylvia Robinson, DMC, Joseph Robert Saddler, Just Blaze, Neef Buck, Scorpio [Eddie Morris], Young Chris, Grandmaster Melle Mel

& Douglas Arthur Wimbish

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

23.

06/2004

Step Off
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

3 pts