If you are a rap fan and didn't grow up during this time, you will never understand how much fun it was listening to these beats for the first time and listening to the word wars. And we had to work hard to find these beats at times because they were not played on the radio often and there was no internet.
Was late night for me as a kid when I'd catch them on the radio. My cassette player was busted so I had to use a tape recorder and record them off the radio.
For people saying she is wack, or this isnt that good, I think you are being unfair. This is back in 1984 when female's were not rapping like this, she opened the door for all female mc's, for this to be a freestyle for almost 5 minutes? come on now, give credit where its due, Roxanne was the truth, and stood up to male artists when it was unheard of...
this the shit i understand the the. end of an era which rakim is responsible for this girl took the likes to krs sparky d busy bee Starkey with a raw style a classic disser most feared by many mcs and non mcs alike impo
Recorded at small flat in the projects, in 1984, By a girl 14 years old, in one take, from the top of the dome! Roxanne Shanté definitely one of the all time greats!
Roxanne Shante tears this track up with her sic ass flow. She got some serious skills. It's hard to believe that she was only 14 when she did this. AMAZING!!!
Roxanne Shante also battled in the New Music Seminar in 1985. She entered the battle at the last minute with no written rhymes. This is common today but back then it was unheard of. That took a lot of confidence and courage.
I'll never forget the pandamonium that this 15 year old girl from Queens, NY caused by stealing the show and dissing 3 rappers from Brooklyn with their music her rhyme, DJ Marlie Marl and those radio explosions from the late great Mr. Magic. When you heard the exposions from Mr Magic you knew you were listening to he hottest song out...
atlantisblackfish YES YES YES! That line, "the UTFO crew, you know what you can do....", to 3 grown men was the ultimate diss from a child to an adult! Lol! Good times.
when does she breathe?? This version is so much better than what they put out after UTFO sued. This version is raw! You can hear it in her voice - she's just tearing it up. In the newer version she had to record it sounds like she's reading it off paper. She was so focused on not cursing because the record company freaked out but it took away the power of her track
No one cares about the studio version, which was only recorded due to UTFO filing a lawsuit. THIS is the version we care about. She made history with this recording.
The crazy thing about Roxanne Shante is that their were female emcees out before her, but she took it to another level with her delivery and that raspy, taking no prisoners voice. For this reason alone, she will be remembered as the greatest female emcee of ALL time.
Definition of a classic, one take, REAL freestyle off the top of the head and she was the first rapper to diss you using your own beat on wax! Let’s not forget that she was 14 years old! Anyone not recognizing the doors she opened and the trends she started is a hip hop CASUAL...
This nostalgia gave me goosebumps and brought tears to me eyes. I felt that I was 13 again, with my Puma track suit and blue suede Adidas with the fat white laces. Thank you!!
Born and raised in my beloved Boogie Down Bronx, this gem came out when I was 13 years old. I remember how all us girls were trying to dress fly and act fly. My mom had bought me a sheep skin coat, and I thought I was so cool...lol This song opened up a whole new world for female rappers. The 80's was the best time of my carefree life. Nothing compares. ❤
after being sued by utfo, pop art had roxanne re-record the record in an actual studio. that version is what you hear in the video for the song. you may have noticed she changed a few lines in the recorded version, leaving out the curse words.
Timeless in my opinion! A trailblazer for sure. I remember when I first heard this as a kid, blew me away! She is one of the best for me, and always will be!
holy shit ive been looking for this original version forever. I remember taping this off z 100 when it came out! my brother erased over it... thank you!!
this was the real hip hop back in 84 I used to put my fly lee pants Addidas sneakers and my hood and go to studio 54 in NewYork City and Rock the place with this song so many memories now Im 51 and still remember those days now I live in Ecuador but my heart is in New York city so peace ya
@@daveyboy_ got some red, back ,and grey ones for my 5 pairs of ewings ,fat lases are hard to find ,ewingsc are hard to get.maybe make some frienship pins for the lases so they know how long you been down,only for certain heads that can remember!
Weren’t Shelltoes jail shoes in the US at this time..A guy from Manchester used to fly from Manchester in the 80s to get red shelltoes and we would travel from Leeds for em…Shout out to the 80s B.Boys
This girl was phenomenal. There was a "Real Roxanne" but when people heard Shante there was no contest. This song was huge and even in the uk she was massive! Such a cute voice too. Wow
She was just 14 when she did this freestyle!!! Now put these wack female, better yet these lame male rappers up against her and I promise you she have their heads bobbing to what she’s saying!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. This is the version I hear in my head when I think back to the 8th grade in NY. The only versions I find now are re-recorded and they do not compare to this. 40 years old now sitting in my home office rapping like I did when I was 13 years old.
she's only 14 years old right here!! Asked last-minute to come in Marley's apartment and start rhymin over a beat she was hearing for the first time!! A Born Natural rhymin MC of the top skill level, it's like it's in her BONES to flow!! Other issues in her life are whatever, but when we're discussing "THE MC" Roxanne Shante, well you got to give it to her cuz she was the Bommmmmb!! Id pay good money to see an MC/DJ combo that sounded like this, today!! Love this one, thanks 4 posting it
There will never be a rap battle like this ever again. This was the first and last where 2 people battled over a name which made it unique. Roxanne Shante is GOAT
I LOVE Salt-n-Pepa due to Salt's voice when she raps and Salt-n-Pepa being a duo rap group. BUT they're not in the same league with the others you'd listed IMO because Salt-n-Pepa rarely wrote their raps.
@ K Y They did on the last three albums, mainly because their producer Hurby was getting all the money from the writing/production side earlier on. They were much more involved in the writing of some of their later records, particularly their arguably two most well known "Shoop" and "Whatta Man."
This my shit kid!!!! Now this is Hip Hop. U hear that scratching & cuttn :) These days u dont hear that. Plus back then lots of beef with other rapper's. Back n 4th GOOD MUSIC THEN!!!
People be overlooking this diss track heavily. Roxanne Shante deserves her flowers for helping to popularize rap beefs and diss tracks. Plus she was only fourteen when she made this diss track. She’s definitely a pioneer of female rap and hip hop as a whole. She even influenced a lot of legendary artists most notably Nas who is from Queens like her. I definitely consider this to be one of the best disses of all time.
Thank you for posting this version. I prefer this original version to the "official version". Shante (Juice Crew) and Sha Rock(Funky 4+1) are the pioneeers!
The QUEEEN!! Can't wait for the movie to drop! This is back when Hip Hop was about the lyrics and emcee not the beats and the producer. Back when female rappers actually could rap and wasn't selling sex and talking about material sh**.
it wasnt on the spot random off the top of her head. it was actually planned and practiced before she did it. yes she performed it in 1 take but it was rehearsed beforehand. WBMX chicago actually DeBunked this myth many many years ago.
@eric646 ,, i remember having this record and always remember this faint voice after the song was ending , I always heard : " I dont know about this" and it ended right there, this is what started the movement right till today ,, damn i miss the 80s ,, guess Ill have to wait till 2080,,,
There will NEVER be music like this hip hop,and I am from that generation therefore, I miss Hip hop music also and it is the grooviest of our black music. And Roxanne was the fines and hippest of us sisters and this is my favorite song by her.
lol I'm A Big Nicki fan & I'm Well Aware Of What Hip Hop Is Which Female Hip Hop Mc's Include Mc Lyte, Queen Latifah, Salt N Pepa, Roxanne Shantae, Monie Love Hell Even Foxy Brown But Nicki Isn't Hip Hop To Me She's A Rapper But I Believe She Needs To Stop With These Water Down Raps & Mainstream Shit Because She Can Really Spit Her Mixtape Era Proves That Even In Some Of Her Lines today You Can See But Idk Maybe She'll Step It up Hopefully.
ok, the "street version" is the actual improvised, original recording that was recorded onto a tape cassete in marley marl's apt in QB. the beeping comes into play because Pop Art made the vynil that you see pictured above by recording it off of the radio. the first few times mr magic played the tape on the radio, we heard the curse word. Pop Art censcred the curse when when they made they converted the tape into vynil.
I found this in a record shop about 16 years ago. They couldn't play it for me so I bought it hoping it was this version and not the other rubbish version. When I got home and put it on my decks I realized I had found me a piece of Hip Hop gold!!!
Let's make sure I understand this correctly - the whole thing from beginning to end was completely improvised? Every word came off the top of her head? She had never done a rap like this one before? And this was all one 4-minute-long take?
Yes!! This is a true off the head, improvised freestyle. She made it up right there on the spot. Several of her records were done this way. If you listen you can hear mistakes and mumbled rhymes , the signs of a true freestyle, done in one take. For examples check out Queen of Rox, Bite This, Def Fresh Crew, Wack It, What's on Your Mind, Runaway, Freestyle Live and her Battles against Sparky D, Busy B and Frukwan. Her amazing freestyle ability was part of what made her so famous. Here's a recent freestyle, she still has it : th-cam.com/video/4PHG-myIjuM/w-d-xo.html
Exactly! That’s how it was done back in the day. Practice makes perfect and builds the dis database but f!ck all these numbskull Bandwagon mofos that don’t even have tapes from that that era. Apologies for jumping the Shanté train thanks to the movie lol. But I was there with TDK ChromeIII and MaxellGold recording what I’ll protect for a lifetime and she was the best then too
CHILLYtheMOST especially since she and sparky dee was the only females doing it at that time. Arguably this was also the first dis track recorded. Heads back in the day played the dozens but that was on the block. This song here opened up the doors for the LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee era of dis joints
THANKS for posting! and allowing me RElive my teenage years -41yrs old now- this is classic and enjoyable.... real female rapping! by the way, who is NICKI MINAJ? Lol!!!! ha!
Yeah this tuneage IS so FRESH - STILL remember linching it out of Virgin OxSt, still got it and sounds THIS fecking dope now! Thank feck for the old skooll!
@iwannabeyourdog1969 it most definitely was. notice there's no hook? "queen of rox", "def fresh crew", "freesyle live" and others records of hers were recorded in the booth in one take, off the top of her head.
Word!!! I agree fam,even in 2016,female emcees STILL DON'T SOUND LIKE THIS,and if they studied women like her,Sparky.D,Sweet Tee,Antoinette,M.C. Lyte,Queen Latifah,Lauryn Hill,Rah Digga,Heather B,Lady of Rage,Yo Yo,Shawnna,Jane Doe,Jane Blaze,Sonya Blade,Lady Luck,the list goes on and on,there'd be more diversity among the Femcees in Hip Hop and not just Nicki Minaj everyday,all day, I miss that era
When this first dropped.....MAN! That verse, "So the UTFO crew, you know what you can do...", coming from "a little girl", this just had everybody saying, "whaaat!?!?, who is this little girl?!?!", These rappers today would have never made it back in the primitive days of raps beginning. 14 years old, one take and OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD (and kept going even when she stumbles at around 2:03) and took over the airwaves....in NEW YORK! Now days these rappers need all of this "extra" to make one damn song.
If you are a rap fan and didn't grow up during this time, you will never understand how much fun it was listening to these beats for the first time and listening to the word wars. And we had to work hard to find these beats at times because they were not played on the radio often and there was no internet.
Well we have youtube drama now
bomjam 2 not from the 80s generation but much respect to this Era, this will always be better than those mumble rappers we have today!
I can relate to this as a 70's baby falling in luv with 80's and 90's hip hop I wont listen to this new era grabage.
Was late night for me as a kid when I'd catch them on the radio. My cassette player was busted so I had to use a tape recorder and record them off the radio.
@@lemonface3028 There are good new era songs but you have to search for them.
For people saying she is wack, or this isnt that good, I think you are being unfair. This is back in 1984 when female's were not rapping like this, she opened the door for all female mc's, for this to be a freestyle for almost 5 minutes? come on now, give credit where its due, Roxanne was the truth, and stood up to male artists when it was unheard of...
Wasn't she just a teenager?
Aaron Creagh Yup. only 14.
this the shit
i understand the the. end of an era which rakim is responsible for
this girl took the likes to krs sparky d busy bee Starkey with a raw style
a classic disser most feared by many mcs and non mcs alike impo
+Brown Royal What idiot said that..and what they on?!
+JoEClove i said it she was a raw rapper
until rakim this roxanne was a beast of a disser.
she battled utfo, busy bee , and KRS1.
Fourteen years old, one improvised take. Legend.
She's the greatest MC of all time she freestyled this shit off the dome on site
It's a shame she not down in history.💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
@@spiderg9755 u sound dumb as shit
Street Lava ENT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Recorded at small flat in the projects, in 1984, By a girl 14 years old, in one take, from the top of the dome!
Roxanne Shanté definitely one of the all time greats!
I was 16 when she released this tune, she was an amazing artist when you consider she was 14. A true pioneer for female Rap back in the day.
best female battle rapper of all time. This woman paved the way, know your roles yungins!
Javier Irizarry Lauryn Hill is slightly better imo
The BEST version ever! Takes me back to my school bus in the 7th grade!
I am so with you LOL
Yup!!
6th grade for me k104
Roxanne Shante tears this track up with her sic ass flow. She got some serious skills. It's hard to believe that she was only 14 when she did this. AMAZING!!!
Now I am nearly 50 i still remember that I was 13 when this changed my world. Respect Roxanne!!!
Roxanne Shante also battled in the New Music Seminar in 1985. She entered the battle at the last minute with no written rhymes. This is common today but back then it was unheard of. That took a lot of confidence and courage.
I'll never forget the pandamonium that this 15 year old girl from Queens, NY caused by stealing the show and dissing 3 rappers from Brooklyn with their music her rhyme, DJ Marlie Marl and those radio explosions from the late great Mr. Magic. When you heard the exposions from Mr Magic you knew you were listening to he hottest song out...
atlantisblackfish YES YES YES! That line, "the UTFO crew, you know what you can do....", to 3 grown men was the ultimate diss from a child to an adult! Lol! Good times.
I like Blowfly ,Feb.14, 1939 - Jan. 17, 2016 R.I.P. Peace!
Her voice is iconic. Love it! She is the most sampled female voice in Hip Hop.
when does she breathe?? This version is so much better than what they put out after UTFO sued. This version is raw! You can hear it in her voice - she's just tearing it up. In the newer version she had to record it sounds like she's reading it off paper. She was so focused on not cursing because the record company freaked out but it took away the power of her track
I jammed to this in 8th grade 1984 its all you heard in the hallway in between classes for about two months!
No one cares about the studio version, which was only recorded due to UTFO filing a lawsuit. THIS is the version we care about. She made history with this recording.
I memorized every one of her lyrics. I wanted to name all my pets Roxanne. I was obsessed.
Namaste Roxanne Shante.
mulliganstew72 Me too! I remember rewinding the tape playing this over and over on my boom box. Good times 😀
The crazy thing about Roxanne Shante is that their were female emcees out before her, but she took it to another level with her delivery and that raspy, taking no prisoners voice. For this reason alone, she will be remembered as the greatest female emcee of ALL time.
Definition of a classic, one take, REAL freestyle off the top of the head and she was the first rapper to diss you using your own beat on wax! Let’s not forget that she was 14 years old! Anyone not recognizing the doors she opened and the trends she started is a hip hop CASUAL...
Fun fact: Roxanne's Revenge in 1984 went double platinum.... Just throwing it out there.
Dat part💯💯💯
She didn't get the Correct pay though. It's sad😥
wowzers
This nostalgia gave me goosebumps and brought tears to me eyes. I felt that I was 13 again, with my Puma track suit and blue suede Adidas with the fat white laces. Thank you!!
Born and raised in my beloved Boogie Down Bronx, this gem came out when I was 13 years old. I remember how all us girls were trying to dress fly and act fly. My mom had bought me a sheep skin coat, and I thought I was so cool...lol This song opened up a whole new world for female rappers. The 80's was the best time of my carefree life. Nothing compares. ❤
after being sued by utfo, pop art had roxanne re-record the record in an actual studio. that version is what you hear in the video for the song. you may have noticed she changed a few lines in the recorded version, leaving out the curse words.
And the other DJ could not match Mixmaster ice
Know why the length is "4:20"? Cuz it's DOPE as HELL!!
One of the hardest female M cs to ever come out she used to battle men and win wow
Reno Federighi right Sistah was No Joke hands down one of the best Female Rappers of all time!! Lyrics roll off her tongue effortlessly right !!
4:00 is the TV girl sample
Thanks.
Timeless in my opinion! A trailblazer for sure. I remember when I first heard this as a kid, blew me away!
She is one of the best for me, and always will be!
holy shit ive been looking for this original version forever. I remember taping this off z 100 when it came out! my brother erased over it... thank you!!
This is the best version of this song. I seen her sing this live at the Funhouse Club in Manhattan when she was 15 years old.
Just straight flow... no breaks ... no bridge ... no gaps... just ripped it. ... And Marley Marl... my goodness.
This is the original beat with Mixmaster ice on the scratch.
@@cdshawn Mix Master Ice may have created the original beat for UTFO's song Roxanne ... but this is Marley
this was the real hip hop back in 84 I used to put my fly lee pants Addidas sneakers and my hood and go to studio 54 in NewYork City and Rock the place with this song so many memories now Im 51 and still remember those days now I live in Ecuador but my heart is in New York city so peace ya
❤
What about the fat colored laces ?
@@daveyboy_ got some red, back ,and grey ones for my 5 pairs of ewings ,fat lases are hard to find ,ewingsc are hard to get.maybe make some frienship pins for the lases so they know how long you been down,only for certain heads that can remember!
Weren’t Shelltoes jail shoes in the US at this time..A guy from Manchester used to fly from Manchester in the 80s to get red shelltoes and we would travel from Leeds for em…Shout out to the 80s B.Boys
This girl was phenomenal. There was a "Real Roxanne" but when people heard Shante there was no contest. This song was huge and even in the uk she was massive! Such a cute voice too. Wow
I'm still wondering how 90% of my 7th grade class had this song completely memorized 24hrs after it came on the radio!?!!?
Man I have not heard this version in over 20 yrs..I have been searching since forever. Thanks for the upload.
I'm 51 and still rock these Jams!😎
You had to be there to really understand how massive this song was on so many levels.
Facts
I love her voice 😭
right so cute but so hardddd !
Loved this when it came out and it still blows me away, i swear this girl breathes through her ears.
She was just 14 when she did this freestyle!!! Now put these wack female, better yet these lame male rappers up against her and I promise you she have their heads bobbing to what she’s saying!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. This is the version I hear in my head when I think back to the 8th grade in NY. The only versions I find now are re-recorded and they do not compare to this. 40 years old now sitting in my home office rapping like I did when I was 13 years old.
she's only 14 years old right here!! Asked last-minute to come in Marley's apartment and start rhymin over a beat she was hearing for the first time!! A Born Natural rhymin MC of the top skill level, it's like it's in her BONES to flow!! Other issues in her life are whatever, but when we're discussing "THE MC" Roxanne Shante, well you got to give it to her cuz she was the Bommmmmb!! Id pay good money to see an MC/DJ combo that sounded like this, today!! Love this one, thanks 4 posting it
Shante was soo raw and young. Wow she was gifted man for real.
There will never be a rap battle like this ever again. This was the first and last where 2 people battled over a name which made it unique. Roxanne Shante is GOAT
This is the best version of this song. This is the version I heard first back then.
2023 and this shit still goes hard
No disrespect to Salt n Pepa, Latifah, Lyte or even Nicki...
But Shanté is the female GOAT.
Facts
Agreed!! Check out old school gal Sweet Tea (and Howie T) from Brooklyn too. My fave is Its My Beat...way more laid back tho~!!!
I LOVE Salt-n-Pepa due to Salt's voice when she raps and Salt-n-Pepa being a duo rap group. BUT they're not in the same league with the others you'd listed IMO because Salt-n-Pepa rarely wrote their raps.
@ K Y They did on the last three albums, mainly because their producer Hurby was getting all the money from the writing/production side earlier on. They were much more involved in the writing of some of their later records, particularly their arguably two most well known "Shoop" and "Whatta Man."
FACTS. It’s not even close . Shante is the GOAT .
wow...i still have this record...I remember the first time i heard this on WBLS. This brings back some great memories.
Ur from New York / yes !
Takes me back to my young days. Original OG!
This my shit kid!!!! Now this is Hip Hop. U hear that scratching & cuttn :) These days u dont hear that. Plus back then lots of beef with other rapper's. Back n 4th GOOD MUSIC THEN!!!
It was all talent back then... not automated, not digital... Just Talent! Nothing today can even compete!
Yep Absolutely!
Word!
People be overlooking this diss track heavily. Roxanne Shante deserves her flowers for helping to popularize rap beefs and diss tracks. Plus she was only fourteen when she made this diss track. She’s definitely a pioneer of female rap and hip hop as a whole. She even influenced a lot of legendary artists most notably Nas who is from Queens like her. I definitely consider this to be one of the best disses of all time.
Love the song!!! Flowers to Shante and DJ Marley Marl. Just watched the biopic on Netflix and it really touched me being a kid from the 80s.
i love the beat dude its just so old and nostalgic bro
this is a true classic, im 53 and i remember this 1st time round, love it
i remember when it played on the radio non stop.
Thank you for posting this version. I prefer this original version to the "official version". Shante (Juice Crew) and Sha Rock(Funky 4+1) are the pioneeers!
Thanks so much for this !!!
this is the original version recoded live. they say they only a 1000 copies of it
Sounds great
The QUEEEN!!
Can't wait for the movie to drop! This is back when Hip Hop was about the lyrics and emcee not the beats and the producer. Back when female rappers actually could rap and wasn't selling sex and talking about material sh**.
this is straight up talent by both marley and shante!
thanks for posting.
I used to play this over and over and over and over and over and over back in the day.
it wasnt on the spot random off the top of her head. it was actually planned and practiced before she did it. yes she performed it in 1 take but it was rehearsed beforehand. WBMX chicago actually DeBunked this myth many many years ago.
CLASSIC FLOW!!!
Then this was recorded to the masses into record from taping it straight from the Radio!
The FIRST TRUE LADY OF RAP!!! MS. ROXANNE SHANTE!!! SHE WAS SO DEVASTATING ALWAYS ROCKIN...ALWAYS HAVE THE N--GAS JOCKIN"..SHANTE WAS SO DOPE!!!
I immediately fell for Roxanne the first time I heard this in 1985.it's 2018 and this rap still thunders.
cheers for upload - big memories on the tune. First heard this on LWR
I had all the Roxanne sounds on tape , big back then ❤
Man I was 11 when I first heard this on the radio. It's always been one of my favorite raps.
@eric646 ,, i remember having this record and always remember this faint voice after the song was ending , I always heard : " I dont know about this" and it ended right there, this is what started the movement right till today ,, damn i miss the 80s ,, guess Ill have to wait till 2080,,,
Oh my goodness! Love you girl, you're one of the best. 💯🖤🎶
There will NEVER be music like this hip hop,and I am from that generation therefore, I miss Hip hop music also and it is the grooviest of our black music. And Roxanne was the fines and hippest of us sisters and this is my favorite song by her.
This bops yo. Google said this was the first rap beef I had to check it out
Takes me back to when 98.7 Kiss FM was the station in NY. Back when you recorded songs on your box tape deck.
One of the greatest, my idol back in the day! 😀
Classic!!! A change in the rap pecking order. The rise of the NY female battle rapper.
WHO R THE 5 GEEKS WHO DON'T LIKE THIS??? THIS IS A CLASSIC...I REMEMBA THE NIGHT IT FIRST WAS ON THE RADIO...!!!
The Greatest living female emcee ever…Pay Homage ❤👌
I ALWAYS LIKED THIS ONE BETTER THAN THE RADIO VERSION.. THIS ONE WAS STRAIGHT RAW.. SHE AINT CLEAN UP NOTHIN!
slikdarelic exactly!
🔥🔥🔥 14 year old freestyling like this she smoked U.T.F.O on this
NICE!!!! Absolute work of genius!!!! Also mad props for the pic of the older pressing of the original 12-inch! Peace.
3:59
Thank you.
This is REAL HIP HOP!!! something you Nicki and Iggy fans will never understand.
+Erin Andrea Bonner They have no idea what hip-hop really is this is classic.
lol I'm A Big Nicki fan & I'm Well Aware Of What Hip Hop Is Which Female Hip Hop Mc's Include Mc Lyte, Queen Latifah, Salt N Pepa, Roxanne Shantae, Monie Love Hell Even Foxy Brown But Nicki Isn't Hip Hop To Me She's A Rapper But I Believe She Needs To Stop With These Water Down Raps & Mainstream Shit Because She Can Really Spit Her Mixtape Era Proves That Even In Some Of Her Lines today You Can See But Idk Maybe She'll Step It up Hopefully.
Well said my man
Eww Fat Ass!
Erin Andrea Bonner Lol like where did he come from?
ok, the "street version" is the actual improvised, original recording that was recorded onto a tape cassete in marley marl's apt in QB. the beeping comes into play because Pop Art made the vynil that you see pictured above by recording it off of the radio. the first few times mr magic played the tape on the radio, we heard the curse word. Pop Art censcred the curse when when they made they converted the tape into vynil.
awesomeness. abundant thanks for the upload ◉‿◉
This still gives me a big thrill like the first Time.best high ever.
I found this in a record shop about 16 years ago. They couldn't play it for me so I bought it hoping it was this version and not the other rubbish version. When I got home and put it on my decks I realized I had found me a piece of Hip Hop gold!!!
Always a favorite. She is one of the best originals
This is the most 80s rap song ive ever listened to
I miss hip-hop
Hip-hop is still alive. You just have to look for it.
Millennials about to crowd this page cause they never heard of Roxanne Shanté until they saw her movie on Netflix
Marcus Ratley they need to. Cause hiphop got so wack they need to take it back to the basics!
Marcus Ratley Wait till they hear Sugar Hill Gang!
Ryan E. Sugar Hill ain't respected by any real hip hop head. Big bank hank stole all his rhymes from Casanova fly aka grandmaster caz
What??? Didn't know that. Damn!
Ryan E. Here he made a dis bout it. Listen to this th-cam.com/video/lDlgB9MbLNA/w-d-xo.html
and she was 14...
Let's make sure I understand this correctly - the whole thing from beginning to end was completely improvised? Every word came off the top of her head? She had never done a rap like this one before? And this was all one 4-minute-long take?
Yes!! This is a true off the head, improvised freestyle. She made it up right there on the spot. Several of her records were done this way. If you listen you can hear mistakes and mumbled rhymes , the signs of a true freestyle, done in one take. For examples check out Queen of Rox, Bite This, Def Fresh Crew, Wack It, What's on Your Mind, Runaway, Freestyle Live and her Battles against Sparky D, Busy B and Frukwan. Her amazing freestyle ability was part of what made her so famous. Here's a recent freestyle, she still has it : th-cam.com/video/4PHG-myIjuM/w-d-xo.html
Yup
Exactly! That’s how it was done back in the day. Practice makes perfect and builds the dis database but f!ck all these numbskull Bandwagon mofos that don’t even have tapes from that that era. Apologies for jumping the Shanté train thanks to the movie lol. But I was there with TDK ChromeIII and MaxellGold recording what I’ll protect for a lifetime and she was the best then too
CHILLYtheMOST especially since she and sparky dee was the only females doing it at that time. Arguably this was also the first dis track recorded. Heads back in the day played the dozens but that was on the block. This song here opened up the doors for the LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee era of dis joints
They weren’t, Sha Rock is the earliest I can think of, the sequence too... I’m sure there’s more.
Well, thank you!!!! Isn't that better than some leaving some silly comment? That's a great help. I didn't know I could do that. Thanx again!
THANKS for posting! and allowing me RElive my teenage years -41yrs old now- this is classic and enjoyable.... real female rapping! by the way, who is NICKI MINAJ? Lol!!!! ha!
50 years of Hip Hop ain’t without this CLASSIC
Yeah this tuneage IS so FRESH - STILL
remember linching it out of Virgin OxSt, still got it and sounds THIS fecking dope now!
Thank feck for the old skooll!
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it most definitely was. notice there's no hook? "queen of rox", "def fresh crew", "freesyle live" and others records of hers were recorded in the booth in one take, off the top of her head.
This is what you call rap!!! None of these new artists can compare to her!!!
Word!!! I agree fam,even in 2016,female emcees STILL DON'T SOUND LIKE THIS,and if they studied women like her,Sparky.D,Sweet Tee,Antoinette,M.C. Lyte,Queen Latifah,Lauryn Hill,Rah Digga,Heather B,Lady of Rage,Yo Yo,Shawnna,Jane Doe,Jane Blaze,Sonya Blade,Lady Luck,the list goes on and on,there'd be more diversity among the Femcees in Hip Hop and not just Nicki Minaj everyday,all day, I miss that era
When this first dropped.....MAN! That verse, "So the UTFO crew, you know what you can do...", coming from "a little girl", this just had everybody saying, "whaaat!?!?, who is this little girl?!?!", These rappers today would have never made it back in the primitive days of raps beginning. 14 years old, one take and OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD (and kept going even when she stumbles at around 2:03) and took over the airwaves....in NEW YORK! Now days these rappers need all of this "extra" to make one damn song.
UTFO got played.
A CERTIFIED HIP HOP CLASSIC TRACK.