Which songs does "White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five sample?

Question

In about 1999 or 2000 I was watching an MTV channel (Base or something similar), quite late at night, when a song came on that had an animated video that featured black and white line drawings merging together. The song was rather strange, with no lryrics that I can recall, but the main "thread" of the song was a kind of wailing voice, and the theme was very similar to the melody of "White Lines" (you know, the bit that goes "whiiiite liiiiines, bloooow awaaaaay"). It's been nagging at the back of my mind for years, and so far any search fields I've put into google, etc. have been fruitless. I don't know if this was sampled BY "White Lines" or a sample OF "White Lines", but any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Cheers Mark, but didn't Duran Duran do a COVER of "White Lines" in the early 1990s? (if that's what you're thinking of, it's not that) This tune, to me, seemed more like a strange funk/dance song from the late 1970s that was then sampled by Grandmaster flash, Melle Mell, etc.

Answer 1

the music from white lines - especially the bassline - comes from a tune called ' cavern ', by liquid liquid.

Answer 2

It's a bit difficult to tell any sampling in the early 80's as the wholesale sampling of records wasn't credited by the people who used the sample, and it wasn't until 87 when James brown sued for use of a sample that everything started gettign credited.
There is no mention of any sample or co writers on the White Lines track, and i haven't come across the kind of track you are describing.
It is felt that for most of the music that Flash and Melle mel used was actually created by them and the Sugarhill in house musical team, and that the music for white lines was their own. it is likely that any musical similarities to the track you have on your mind are purely coincidental

Answer 3

Unbelievable, they pushed a lot of boundries in hip hop. Specifically, lyricism. Melle Mel could STILL rap circles around a lot of rappers today. "World War III", "Beat Street", "The Message", "New York New York", "White Lines", **** they have so many classics... Legends in every sense of the word.

Answer 4

It's from early eighties - Duran duran...