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"Roxanne's Revenge" is the debut single by American rapper Roxanne Shante. It was produced by a then unknown Marley Marl and released in 1984 through the independent label Pop Art Records. In the song, a 14-year-old Roxanne Shante, whose real name is Lolita Shanté Gooden, responds to UTFO 's hit song " Roxanne, Roxanne ".
The record called "Round One, Roxanne Shanté vs Sparky Dee" was released by Spin Records and included six tracks: the two original battle tracks ("Roxanne's Revenge" and "Sparky's Turn") as well as "Roxanne's Profile" by Shante, "Sparky's Profile" by Sparky D and a battle track, in which the two rappers freestyle and diss each other, in a ...
The Roxanne Wars helped solidify the careers of multiple rappers, especially those of Roxanne Shante, the Real Roxanne and Sparky D. [11] [12] In 2017, a musical drama film about Shante's life, Roxanne Roxanne , was released.
Roxanne Shanté's hit “Roxanne’s Revenge” received radio airplay — a remarkable feat considering the ambivalence toward rap from music industry brokers in 1984.
"Roxanne's Revenge" was a 7 minute response to the "Roxanne, Roxanne" - the misogynistic social commentary against women who turned down their sexual advances. 14-year old Roxanne created the renowned diss track after freestyling on the instrumental of the original "Roxanne, Roxanne" for 7 minutes straight due to the group, U.T.F.O bailing out ...
(Brandon Cooke featuring Roxanne Shante) 1986 — — — * — 45 — * — Acieed Inferno Volume 2 "Loosey's Rap" (Rick James featuring Roxanne Shante) 1988 — 25 1 28 80 — — Wonderful "The Cypher: Part III" (Frankie Cutlass featuring Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante & Craig G) 1997 22 — [b] 70 24 — 59 9 12 — Politics ...
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2.1 Roxanne Shante - Roxanne's Revenge 12" 3 1986. Toggle 1986 subsection. 3.1 Steady B - Bring the Beat Back. 4 1987. Toggle 1987 subsection. 4.1 MC Shan - Down by Law.