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UTFO Self-Titled Vinyl LP Select SEL 21614 Full Force CANADA OG Shrink 1985 VG+Used · Buy It Now$23.99
UTFO Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me 12" Select Records FMS-62293 Orig 1987 Golden Era Used · Buy It Now$18.70
Utfo - Self-titled LP Record 1985 Select Records Hip-Hop 33 RPMUsed · Buy It Now$20.00
UTFO - LETHAL - SELECT RECORDS LPUsed · Buy It Now$12.50
UTFO is the 1985 debut album by UTFO, the Brooklyn group of Kangol Kid, the Educated Rapper, Doctor Ice and Mix Master Ice, released by Select Records.
The story
“Roxanne, Roxanne,” about a woman who turns down the group’s advances, set off the Roxanne Wars. Teenage MC Roxanne Shanté answered with “Roxanne’s Revenge,” produced by Marley Marl, and dozens of answer records followed.
Sound and production
Full Force, the Brooklyn production team, produced the group, with clean drum-machine grooves and playful vocal routines.
Legacy
The Roxanne Wars were rap’s first great answer-record frenzy and showed how fast the culture could turn a song into a conversation.
Tracklist & credits
Produced by Full Force
- 1Leader Of The Pack4:59
- 2Bite It3:52
- 3Calling Her A Crab - Roxanne Part 25:05
- 4Hanging Out5:04
- 5Beats And Rhymes5:56
- 6Roxanne, Roxanne5:12
- 7Lisa Lips6:03
- 8Fairy Tale Lover5:46
- 9The Real Roxanne4:31
Tracklist and producer credits: Discogs. Gear credits: Breakbeat Archive, sourced on each credit.
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