Roxanne's Revenge (Original-Street Version)

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Roxanne's Revenge (Original-Street Version)

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16 жыл бұрын

The notorious one-take, on the spot, improvised recording that took place in the queensbridge projects in marley marl's apartment. This is the one people heard first in 1984. Roxanne recorded it off the top of her head between laundry cycles. The video version is the studio recorded version they had to make after being sued by UTFO for copyright infringement.

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@mrbrownroyyal 9 жыл бұрын

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...

@aaroncreagh4402 9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't she just a teenager?

@hundredthough 9 жыл бұрын

Aaron Creagh Yup. only 14.

@dabaryammalak2702 9 жыл бұрын

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

@JoEClove 9 жыл бұрын

+Brown Royal What idiot said that..and what they on?!

@dabaryammalak230 9 жыл бұрын

+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.

@CytheriaXylia 5 жыл бұрын

Fourteen years old, one improvised take. Legend.

@bomjam2590 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@xerxer9251 7 жыл бұрын

Well we have youtube drama now

@giovannicolio7057 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@lemonface3028 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheMeanArena 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@thema1998 5 жыл бұрын

@@lemonface3028 There are good new era songs but you have to search for them.

@BIGFACTSENT 10 жыл бұрын

She's the greatest MC of all time she freestyled this shit off the dome on site

@spiderg9755 5 жыл бұрын

It's a shame she not down in history.💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

@streetlavaent1951 4 жыл бұрын

@@spiderg9755 u sound dumb as shit

@spirowthedragon457 4 жыл бұрын

Street Lava ENT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@robertbold5807 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@apumfrey68 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@debrablanchard6471 10 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@javieririzarry4068 8 жыл бұрын

best female battle rapper of all time. This woman paved the way, know your roles yungins!

@mrcrackdonald_1 6 жыл бұрын

Javier Irizarry Lauryn Hill is slightly better imo

@Zickcermacity 7 жыл бұрын

The BEST version ever! Takes me back to my school bus in the 7th grade!

@savannah82374 5 жыл бұрын

I am so with you LOL

@aphex14 3 жыл бұрын

Yup!!

@user-rb8xg2tp4y 2 жыл бұрын

6th grade for me k104

@atlantisblackfish 10 жыл бұрын

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...

@NYC1927 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Invading-Specious 2 ай бұрын

I like Blowfly ,Feb.14, 1939 - Jan. 17, 2016 R.I.P. Peace!

@mrdm1967ify 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Roxanne's Revenge in 1984 went double platinum.... Just throwing it out there.

@philbarnhill7339 2 жыл бұрын

Dat part💯💯💯

@wandahorton9549 2 жыл бұрын

She didn't get the Correct pay though. It's sad😥

@namhsram Жыл бұрын

wowzers

@QueenCraftsChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Her voice is iconic. Love it! She is the most sampled female voice in Hip Hop.

@philipkershaw3557 4 жыл бұрын

Now I am nearly 50 i still remember that I was 13 when this changed my world. Respect Roxanne!!!

@resonate3987 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@firstnamelastname6193 Жыл бұрын

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

@allykatt1849 7 ай бұрын

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. ❤

@mulliganstew72 6 жыл бұрын

I memorized every one of her lyrics. I wanted to name all my pets Roxanne. I was obsessed. Namaste Roxanne Shante.

@512southernbelle 6 жыл бұрын

mulliganstew72 Me too! I remember rewinding the tape playing this over and over on my boom box. Good times 😀

@chadwickreynolds6095 6 жыл бұрын

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!!

@bingiedred 6 жыл бұрын

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...

@guysimmons4305 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@renofederighi4336 7 жыл бұрын

One of the hardest female M cs to ever come out she used to battle men and win wow

@hammammuwwakkil5360 5 жыл бұрын

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 !!

@eaglethree1 3 жыл бұрын

I jammed to this in 8th grade 1984 its all you heard in the hallway in between classes for about two months!

@andrebrown4152 6 жыл бұрын

No disrespect to Salt n Pepa, Latifah, Lyte or even Nicki... But Shanté is the female GOAT.

@reddbih7678 6 жыл бұрын

Facts

@Byczko21 6 жыл бұрын

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~!!!

@kaleoy7584 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@dawb86 4 жыл бұрын

@ 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."

@ljoseph6114 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS. It’s not even close . Shante is the GOAT .

@feckyoo2 2 жыл бұрын

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

@juniorjames7076 Жыл бұрын

I'm still wondering how 90% of my 7th grade class had this song completely memorized 24hrs after it came on the radio!?!!?

@EH-od5eq 7 ай бұрын

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.

@hundredthough 12 жыл бұрын

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.

@cdshawn 2 жыл бұрын

And the other DJ could not match Mixmaster ice

@kyser3ify 4 жыл бұрын

You had to be there to really understand how massive this song was on so many levels.

@DrJiles-gm8ks Жыл бұрын

Facts

@gabrielcedeno5064 6 жыл бұрын

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

@anjejackson2253 5 жыл бұрын

❤

@daveyboy_ 5 жыл бұрын

What about the fat colored laces ?

@markwilliams5601 4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@Rosco-P.Coldchain 5 ай бұрын

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

@izreno Жыл бұрын

4:00 is the TV girl sample

@gabe2448 Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@JadedAsf 6 жыл бұрын

I love her voice 😭

@tera4603 2 жыл бұрын

right so cute but so hardddd !

@stevegarcia6285 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 51 and still rock these Jams!😎

@jameshudson5235 4 жыл бұрын

Just straight flow... no breaks ... no bridge ... no gaps... just ripped it. ... And Marley Marl... my goodness.

@cdshawn 2 жыл бұрын

This is the original beat with Mixmaster ice on the scratch.

@jameshudson5235 2 жыл бұрын

@@cdshawn Mix Master Ice may have created the original beat for UTFO's song Roxanne ... but this is Marley

@Rosco-P.Coldchain 5 ай бұрын

The Greatest living female emcee ever…Pay Homage ❤👌

@araynova 10 жыл бұрын

Shante was soo raw and young. Wow she was gifted man for real.

@minzy421 3 жыл бұрын

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

@dbrice71 15 жыл бұрын

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!!

@ciscopolo711 10 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@kelihendrick8363 9 жыл бұрын

It was all talent back then... not automated, not digital... Just Talent! Nothing today can even compete!

@ciscopolo711 9 жыл бұрын

Yep Absolutely!

@aphex14 3 жыл бұрын

Word!

@potmoses1 Жыл бұрын

2023 and this shit still goes hard

@willreverend-magisterreid6457 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@artistpr5386 6 жыл бұрын

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**.

@dmercy8477 11 ай бұрын

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.

@jehanalexander7563 6 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 14 year old freestyling like this she smoked U.T.F.O on this

@cheezst8ke 9 жыл бұрын

This is the best version of this song. This is the version I heard first back then.

@hundredthough 12 жыл бұрын

i remember when it played on the radio non stop.

@therealshadequeen1 9 жыл бұрын

This is REAL HIP HOP!!! something you Nicki and Iggy fans will never understand.

@maxdondada 9 жыл бұрын

+Erin Andrea Bonner They have no idea what hip-hop really is this is classic.

@torrenceedwards6837 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@maxdondada 8 жыл бұрын

Well said my man

@torrenceedwards6837 7 жыл бұрын

Eww Fat Ass!

@torrenceedwards6837 7 жыл бұрын

Erin Andrea Bonner Lol like where did he come from?

@decemberiswithyou 5 ай бұрын

i love the beat dude its just so old and nostalgic bro

@divvamonroe1 10 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@gusto1776 10 жыл бұрын

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!!

@africanbella28 5 жыл бұрын

This is what you call rap!!! None of these new artists can compare to her!!!

@CanarsieBrooklyn 12 жыл бұрын

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.

@slikdarelic 6 жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS LIKED THIS ONE BETTER THAN THE RADIO VERSION.. THIS ONE WAS STRAIGHT RAW.. SHE AINT CLEAN UP NOTHIN!

@ANACOSTIA2010 5 жыл бұрын

slikdarelic exactly!

@AD3Basketball 7 ай бұрын

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.

@marcusratley9714 6 жыл бұрын

Millennials about to crowd this page cause they never heard of Roxanne Shanté until they saw her movie on Netflix

@pk7ghalm23 6 жыл бұрын

Marcus Ratley they need to. Cause hiphop got so wack they need to take it back to the basics!

@ryane.748 6 жыл бұрын

Marcus Ratley Wait till they hear Sugar Hill Gang!

@pk7ghalm23 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ryane.748 6 жыл бұрын

What??? Didn't know that. Damn!

@pk7ghalm23 6 жыл бұрын

Ryan E. Here he made a dis bout it. Listen to this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqqcmqVqssiwfnU.html

@Crochetstyles4u01 7 жыл бұрын

Takes me back to my young days. Original OG!

@LitexcPUNK 8 ай бұрын

tv girl

@ugottaluvutube 8 ай бұрын

Which record by TV Girl?

@mega_slam 7 ай бұрын

@@ugottaluvutube 'song about me' samples this

@frankcollinsiii6655 8 жыл бұрын

Classic!!! A change in the rap pecking order. The rise of the NY female battle rapper.

@SupaDr00g 10 жыл бұрын

Loved this when it came out and it still blows me away, i swear this girl breathes through her ears.

@actualmc4078 8 жыл бұрын

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

@dorannam5126 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@NUNU082380 7 жыл бұрын

and she was 14...

@You_Tube000 2 жыл бұрын

this is first class quality rap - not hip hop - if you weren't around in the late 70s and 80s you simply have no idea the fun we had - no idea!!

@floydc1 15 жыл бұрын

wow...i still have this record...I remember the first time i heard this on WBLS. This brings back some great memories.

@annettevee1557 2 жыл бұрын

Ur from New York / yes !

@maxdondada 9 жыл бұрын

I miss hip-hop

@thema1998 5 жыл бұрын

Hip-hop is still alive. You just have to look for it.

@EarthWindandFirepower0990 5 жыл бұрын

A CERTIFIED HIP HOP CLASSIC TRACK.

@weerd_ Жыл бұрын

3:59

@gabe2448 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@MrWellington227 2 жыл бұрын

This too me is the BEST VERSION EVER! I don’t know why they re-recorded it. The new version is HORRIBLE!

@ugottaluvutube 2 жыл бұрын

I agree! This is the original!! The tape made in Marleys apartment. The second version, the video version, they had to remake because UTFO wouldn’t let them use this exact beat due to copyright infringement. You’ll notice Marley production . The 3rd version was made so that Shante could re-.record and re-lease it so that she could get publishing! 💰💰💰

@qwertyasdfzxcv121 2 жыл бұрын

This bops yo. Google said this was the first rap beef I had to check it out

@MrLaloman18 10 жыл бұрын

Then this was recorded to the masses into record from taping it straight from the Radio!

@tallypaddy 12 жыл бұрын

this is a true classic, im 53 and i remember this 1st time round, love it

@ChrisWhite-zn1dt 4 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness! Love you girl, you're one of the best. 💯🖤🎶

@hundredthough 12 жыл бұрын

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.

@darrencoar5718 8 ай бұрын

I had all the Roxanne sounds on tape , big back then ❤

@gskeme 14 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@angellovellie4866 7 күн бұрын

This is a whole freestyle like bro she set the bar for what is still going on today. They never give this lady enough respect.

@DaCuddleZone 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest, my idol back in the day! 😀

@OKrepresent 14 жыл бұрын

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

@dtruth5769 2 жыл бұрын

CLASSIC FLOW!!!

@CrookedSnapdragon22 6 ай бұрын

I asked you a question i wanna know why 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

@DennisCampbell777 10 жыл бұрын

This chick woulda smoked anyone who dared pick up the mike in that stupid emimem movie, and she was like 14, slick.

@gimelk 9 жыл бұрын

True dat.

@gwiltl 9 жыл бұрын

Not at all

@MrBEasy24 7 жыл бұрын

word up including B rabbit himself 😎😁

@koreanbarbecue3301 7 жыл бұрын

Dennis Campbell your stupid.eminems da best and da movies called 8 mile

@DennisCampbell777 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry dude, not even close, this is freestyle. B Rabbit wrote it down on paper then memorized it. B Rabbit knows better than to mess with Shante.

@realmczappa 6 жыл бұрын

Know why the length is "4:20"? Cuz it's DOPE as HELL!!

@shyguy778 7 жыл бұрын

Bear in mind that this is from a 14 y/o girl back in 1984, shows a lot of talent to put something like this together all by herself in an age without internet or technology like we have today, though I have to admit, I laughed out loud when I heard she retired at the age of 25 though, lmao what an industry ...

@carlbowles1808 5 жыл бұрын

I immediately fell for Roxanne the first time I heard this in 1985.it's 2018 and this rap still thunders.

@andrewperoti6525 8 жыл бұрын

Pure as pure as it was now corrupted. They should have art galleries with djs n mcs doin it the way it started

@hueyhoodz6563 6 жыл бұрын

BEST FEMALE RAPPER ALL TIME💯

@savingsoul 7 жыл бұрын

this is the original version recoded live. they say they only a 1000 copies of it

@daveyboy_ 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds great

@yaadiebwoy 14 жыл бұрын

Man I have not heard this version in over 20 yrs..I have been searching since forever. Thanks for the upload.

@kalikjr 6 жыл бұрын

She could write. And she was just was 14.

@charliewebb2923 3 жыл бұрын

She didn’t even write this shit, it was off the dome. Absolutely insane

@kalikjr 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliewebb2923 Yep, even more astounding. Brilliant.

@NYC1927 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jasonfagan3104 5 жыл бұрын

UTFO got played.

@markellzy7964 10 жыл бұрын

Maaan This girl's flow was sick. Its hard to believe Roxanne Shante was 14 spittin out rhymes like that especially on a freestyle and in 1 take.

@fredicagoillanoise1309 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Magic screaming " O-MY-GUUDNESS!!" at the end. RIP Super Rockin Mr. Magic

@lancebukkake 10 жыл бұрын

I used to play this over and over and over and over and over and over back in the day.

@rodneybuck5943 Жыл бұрын

50 years of Hip Hop ain’t without this CLASSIC

@paulv1973 15 жыл бұрын

Man I was 11 when I first heard this on the radio. It's always been one of my favorite raps.

@thomasharris6501 Жыл бұрын

Just imagine a Dj like me from this era with two 12 inch version and a pair 1200 turntables💯

@Trumpee22 13 жыл бұрын

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.

@alecoreglio5545 4 жыл бұрын

Takes me back to when 98.7 Kiss FM was the station in NY. Back when you recorded songs on your box tape deck.

@jsmn5059 7 жыл бұрын

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?

@hundredthough 6 жыл бұрын

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 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arZ4epCe3q_OpYE.html

@SupremeNerd 6 жыл бұрын

Yup

@ChillytheMost 6 жыл бұрын

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

@SupremeNerd 6 жыл бұрын

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

@MissHellybaybee 6 жыл бұрын

They weren’t, Sha Rock is the earliest I can think of, the sequence too... I’m sure there’s more.

@SaidUno 12 жыл бұрын

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!