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List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Chart positions Album US R&B [6]UK [7] [8]"Roxanne's Revenge" 1984 22 — Def Mix Vol. 1 "Queen of Rox (Shanté Rox On)"
Shante, who was a member of the Juice Crew, was contracted to write a track in rebuttal to U.T.F.O.'s rap, posing as the Roxanne in the U.T.F.O. song. Marley Marl produced the song "Roxanne's Revenge" using the original beats from an instrumental version of "Roxanne, Roxanne". The track became an instant hit and made Shante, only 14 at the time ...
Big Daddy Kane contributed lyrics to a couple of the album's songs. [4] In Rolling Stone , Chuck Eddy said the album's "homemade double-entendre slang gets as nasty as its beat. That beat – which Marley Marl's mix thickens house style with up-to-the-minute boogie piano, Shaft -derived wah-wah , dub echo, frat-party noise and horny horns ...
The most popular response to UTFO’s “Roxanne, Roxanne” came from 14-year-old rapper Lolita Shante Gooden, who took the name Roxanne Shante when she teamed up with producer Marley Marl for ...
"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 Juice Crew was an American hip hop collective made up largely of Queensbridge, New York–based artists in the mid-to-late 1980s.Founded by radio DJ Mr. Magic, and housed by Tyrone Williams' record label Cold Chillin' Records, the Juice Crew helped introduce New School artists MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante, Masta Ace, Tragedy, Craig G and Kool G Rap.
The Roxanne Wars helped solidify the careers of multiple rappers— notably Roxanne Shanté, The Real Roxanne, and Sparky D. [11] [12] In 2017, a musical drama film about the life of Roxanne Shanté was released. The title, Roxanne Roxanne, is a reference to the U.T.F.O. track which began the Roxanne Wars.
Terence Trent D'Arby (pictured in 2003) was one of many artists to top the chart for the first time in 1988.. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1988 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in African American–oriented genres; the chart's name has changed over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since 2005. [1]