Sure Blondie tapped into the hiphop/rapper inclusion in a non-rap single, but I think Rick nailed it. To me to even pull Roxanne Shante was just... genius. Both albums have serious flashes of greatness. It's odd cause Glow would have been a MUCH bigger single if he had stayed away from the obvious Purple Rain story line - P was a monster at that point.

The whole packaging of the Flag with the Red, Black and Green just showed you how connected to the streets Rick was.

He also dropped alot of 5 percent intellect (as well as PFunk and George) with lines about L7 and staying out of the square. The man was the SHIT.