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Ticket to ride the white line highway
Tell all your friends they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound it costs more than gold

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential Hip Hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978

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#EDM101 Composed of one DJ (Grandmaster Flash) and 5 rappers (Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, & Rahiem), the group's use of turntablism, break-beat deejaying, choreographed stage routines and lyricism was a significant force in the development of Hip Hop
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The group rose to fame in the early 80s with their first successful single "Freedom" and later on with their magnum opus "The Message", which is often cited as among the most influential Hip Hop songs

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#EDM101 White Lines was released on Sugar Hill Records, a eminal late 70s/early 80s rap label owned and operated by Sylvia Robinson and her husband Joe with financial back-up from Morris Levy and his Roulette Records

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However, Sugar Hill was also renowned for shady business practices (mainly the convoluted way it, as Sugar Hill's predecessor company All Platinum Records, acquired Chess Records in the late Seventies and routinely short-changing its roster on royalties)

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In 1995 Rhino Records Inc. and Castle Communications PLC purchased the "Sugar Hill Records" catalog from Joseph and Sylvia Robinson.

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The bassline for White Lines was taken from a performance of the Sugar Hill house band (featuring bassist Doug Wimbish) covering "Cavern", a single by New York City band Liquid Liquid

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White Lines top chart positions

US Billboard Hot Black Singles 47

New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 45

Netherlands (Single Top 100) 40

Australia and Belgium 27

Ireland (IRMA) 22

US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 9

UK Singles (OCC) 7

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