Grandmaster & Melle Mel (Glover) issued the single "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" (Sylvia Robinson - Mel Glover) in 1983. The tune peaked at forty-seven on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, number nine on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play while reaching the top ten in the U.K.. Melle Mel co-authored the release with Sylvia Robinson, the Mother of Hip-Hop, the same Sylvia who topped the Billboard chart with "Pillow Talk", the co-founder of Sugarhill Records and the Sylvia of Mickey and Sylvia.

Duran Duran covered "White Lines" in 1995 featuring Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel on the LP consisting of covers, "Thank You". This time the single peaked at number five on the Hot Dance chart while reaching the top thirty in Canada, Australia, The U.K. and other countries.