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Today's Artist is Adelaida Martinez, July 24, 1963 an American female hip hop MC who recorded for Select Records. ....... N Joy
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Martinez was born in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s she, Roxanne Shanté, and others were engaged in the Roxanne Wars, a series of answer records inspired by UTFO's hit song "Roxanne, Roxanne", being the officially sanctioned artist in response to all of the answer records. She scored her biggest hit in 1986 by teaming up with Howie Tee on the single "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)," which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart, her only UK Top 40 hit to date.[1]
The role of The Real Roxanne was originally filled by a different woman, Elease Jack, who recorded the first single The Real Roxanne under the character's name. Meanwhile, Martinez claims to have been introduced to UTFO in a fashion very similar to the Roxanne story. Already acquainted with Paul Anthony George, a member of Full Force, the group that produced UTFO:
Ironic enough, I briefly met Doc Ice and Kangol (Kid) at the Albee Square Mall in Brooklyn, and, like Roxanne, I paid them no mind when they tried to get their rap on. All this was taking place while Paul Anthony and I were just becoming friends. Full Force was looking for someone to play the permanent role of Roxanne, even though they had already cut the track with someone they picked out of a club, whom, by the way, had absolutely no rap experience. They utilized her for an answer back to outbid Roxanne Shante's track. It seems that while they tried to create this character, they were having issues with this individual and her mother, so I was told, and that's when I was asked by Paul Anthony if I would audition for the guys, and I said sure, and I did. And, from there, I kept on walking in the shoes of THE REAL Roxanne!
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These women could hang in the rap game of today easily. These artists show a tremendous amount of skills and wit in there rhymes. They show a "take the bull by the horns" type attitude and they flow on time to the beat. The best part of these rhymes is that they have a messege in between the boasting and don't even curse while doing it. If your a beat oriented type of person you won't miss with this, Lots of hot beats, cuttin' and scatching the way rap music ought to be. Cuttin' and scratching and consciousness is something that is almost absent in today's rap music, an element that I feel really leaves rap songs of today kind of empty. This album has the whole package. The lyrics, consciousness, beats and the skills of the DJ. which makes it enjoyable to listen to. Women rappers should never be under estimated, If you got skills you got skills, period.
Anchored by three tracks from the pioneering Real Roxanne and two apiece by the ultraconfident Queen Latifah and the inimitably nasty Roxanne Shanté, this disc of trailblazing women in hip-hop has a few significant gaps as a survey but kicks like crazy as a string of surefire jams. Mostly plucked from the late 1980s, it's also a unique sideways look at the way some subgenres of hip-hop evolved: pop-dance with rapping (Oaktown's 3-5-7 and the Real Roxanne's embrace of go-go beats), reggae-fied bounce (Latifah), and even the X-rated Southern style (of which 2 Much's "Wild Thang," which launched LeShaun's career, is an obvious big mama). Everything here will get a floor moving, and a few tracks--especially Shanté's scathing "Have a Nice Day"--may burn some ears, too.
.VA - Fat Beats & Bra Straps - Classics (flac 439mb)
01 Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) - Dimples D.
02 Throwdown - Sparky-D
03 Wild Thang - 2 Much
04 Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) - The Real Roxanne
05 Romeo (Part I) - The Real Roxanne
06 Romeo (Part II) - The Real Roxanne
07 Have A Nice Day - Roxanne Shante
08 Runaway - Roxanne Shante
09 It's My Beat - Sweet Tee
10 I Got An Attitude - Hurby's Machine
11 Inside Out - Queen Latifah
12 Wrath Of My Madness - Queen Latifah
13 Can't Hold Back - Ice Cream Tee
14 Juicy Gotcha Krazy - Oaktown's 3-5-7
15 Somethin' To Ride To (Fonky Expedition) - The Conscious Daughters
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At the height of Full Force's production and recording career came the UTFO-spwaned 'Roxanne' phenomenon, which by its very nature unfortunately gave Adelaida Martinez, the Real Roxanne, an undeserved stereotype as an artist cashing in on the Roxanne fad.
This, the self-titled debut from Martinez under "The Real Roxanne" monicker stands the test of time: some twenty years after its initial release, almost every cut on the album still works where many other rap albums of the day sound ridiculously dated. The album is a showcase not only for Full Force's production genius but also for Martinez's vocal abilities, both on the mic ("Early Early" and the R&B hit "Respect" which uses samples from and the melody of Aretha's classic "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.") and as an accomplished vocalist ("Luv Scandal") as well as her ability to switch gears without missing a beat: check out the segue in "Bang Zoom" from Roxanne's rap dissing the other Roxannes to Roxanne singing a few lines from the Isley Brothers' "Living For The Love Of You" with Full Force on backup back to the bass-heavy, almost breakbeat sound that made the song a huge hit in the first place. Had the album not been overshadowed by the "Roxanne, Roxanne" fad that spawned it, "The Real Roxanne" could have been the springboard that catapulted Martinez to mainstream stardom not unlike "All Hail The Queen" did for Queen Latifah. The talent was certainly there, just not the timing.
The Real Roxanne - I (flac 345mb)
01 Roxanne's On A Roll 3:46
02 Look But Don't Touch 3:39
03 Early Early (La La) 4:31
04 Infatuated 5:10
05 Luv Scandal 4:46
06 Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) 5:55
07 Don't Even Feel It 4:13
08 Her Bad Self 4:05
09 Get Up On The Get Down 2:49
10 Oh Darlin' (Like We User To) 5:12
11 Respect 4:18
12 Howie's Teed Off 5:25
13 Rap To Me 6:10
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Roxanne Shanté (born Lolita Gooden) was walking outside a New York housing project called Queensbridge when she heard three men talking about how the trio U.T.F.O. had canceled their appearance at a show they were promoting. Gooden offered to make a rap record that would get back at U.T.F.O., who'd previously recorded "Roxanne, Roxanne," a song about a woman too stuck up to notice them. The three -- Tyrone Williams, disc jockey Mister Magic, and producer Marley Marl -- took her up on the idea, with Marl producing "Roxanne's Revenge." The song was confrontational, sneering, boastful, and even borderline obscene, and it spawned 102 additional answer records. Eventually U.T.F.O. threatened to sue Shanté for using their B-side as the musical foundation. She settled with them and recut the song with a different, though related, track. Shanté's fortunes were thin shortly after the heyday of "Roxanne, Roxanne," though she did share a number one R&B and a Top Ten pop hit with Rick James in 1986, "Loosey's Rap."
Shanté retired when she was 25 to focus her attention on obtaining a higher education. She went on to receive a Ph.D. in psychology, eventually running her own practice and building a family in New York. She stayed involved with the entertainment industry by being a mentor to young, female rappers and taking part in a series of Sprite commercials that highlighted freestyling hip-hop artists.
Most hip-hop fans wouldn't recognize a single track from Roxanne Shanté other than "Roxanne's Revenge," making some wonder whether The Best of Cold Chillin' is worth it when compared to all the great compilations that include her lone rap classic. There's a case to be made, though, since "Roxanne's Revenge" was her first single and she greatly improved over five years of recording. She found her niche quite soon, as evidenced by tough, no-nonsense beats-and-rhymes tracks like "Bite This" and "The Payback." Also, Shanté's "Def Fresh Crew" featured a lovable human beatbox named Biz Markie, and the future commercial king of Cold Chillin' makes a great appearance on "Def Fresh Crew." (Another all-time rapper, Kool G Rap, stops by for "Deadly Rhymes.") Listeners might be surprised at the quality of material here, but all in all The Best of Cold Chillin' definitely works best for golden-age fans who want to get back in the mood with a few period tracks they haven't heard before.
Roxanne Shante - The Best Of Cold Chillin' (flac 488mb)
01 Roxanne's Revenge 5:01
02 Def Fresh Crew 4:21
03 Bite This 4:32
04 Run Away 4:33
05 The Payback 4:23
06 Have A Nice Day (Original 12" Version) 5:10
07 Go On Girl (Original 12" Version)3:46
08 Dance To This 4:36
09 Live On Stage 7:01
10 Knockin' Hiney 3:40
11 Feelin' Kinda Horny 4:11
12 Brothers Ain't Shit 4:56
13 Big Mama 5:19
14 Yes Yes Y'All 4:31
15 Straight Razor 4:15
16 Deadly Rhymes 2:59
17 Queen Pin 4:24
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The third and final installment of Rhino's female hip-hop series Fat Beats & Bra Straps concentrates on New MCs -- that is, '90s rappers that haven't quite gotten widespread exposure and remain unheard even by many serious hip-hop fans. Of all the volumes in Fat Beats, this is the most uneven because it lacks the historical perspective that make the first two discs so interesting, and several acts are included simply because the compilers needed to fill out the disc. Still, New MCs is a wildly diverse, frequently interesting collection of promising female rappers, featuring cuts by the Conscious Daughters, Suga T., Bahamadia, Makeba Mooncy, Love N' Props, Natural Resource and the Herbaliser.
VA - Fat Beats & Bra Straps - New MC's (flac 426mb)
01 Boss - Deeper (Radio Edit) 4:00
02 The Conscious Daughters - Gamers 4:31
03 Suga T - Recognize 4:37
04 Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 4:46
05 Bahamadia - Da Jawn 5:21
06 Sha Key - Soulsville 5:18
07 The Roots - The Adventures In Wonderland 4:35
08 Makeba Mooncycle - Desert Storm (Remix) 5:11
09 P.E.A.C.E., T Love, AceyAlone, Nefertiti - Heavyweights Round 2 4:26
10 Love 'N' Props - Nobody Knows My Name 3:47
11 Shortie No Mass - I Know You Like My Style 3:52
12 Natural Resource - Bum Deal Remix (Remix Edit) 4:15
13 Mia X - Payback II 4:24
14 Heather B. - No Doubt 4:08
15 Mama Mystique - Tremendous (LP Mix) 4:24
16 The Herbaliser - New + Improved 3:59
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Today's Artist is Adelaida Martinez, July 24, 1963 an American female hip hop MC who recorded for Select Records. ....... N Joy
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Martinez was born in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s she, Roxanne Shanté, and others were engaged in the Roxanne Wars, a series of answer records inspired by UTFO's hit song "Roxanne, Roxanne", being the officially sanctioned artist in response to all of the answer records. She scored her biggest hit in 1986 by teaming up with Howie Tee on the single "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)," which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart, her only UK Top 40 hit to date.[1]
The role of The Real Roxanne was originally filled by a different woman, Elease Jack, who recorded the first single The Real Roxanne under the character's name. Meanwhile, Martinez claims to have been introduced to UTFO in a fashion very similar to the Roxanne story. Already acquainted with Paul Anthony George, a member of Full Force, the group that produced UTFO:
Ironic enough, I briefly met Doc Ice and Kangol (Kid) at the Albee Square Mall in Brooklyn, and, like Roxanne, I paid them no mind when they tried to get their rap on. All this was taking place while Paul Anthony and I were just becoming friends. Full Force was looking for someone to play the permanent role of Roxanne, even though they had already cut the track with someone they picked out of a club, whom, by the way, had absolutely no rap experience. They utilized her for an answer back to outbid Roxanne Shante's track. It seems that while they tried to create this character, they were having issues with this individual and her mother, so I was told, and that's when I was asked by Paul Anthony if I would audition for the guys, and I said sure, and I did. And, from there, I kept on walking in the shoes of THE REAL Roxanne!
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
These women could hang in the rap game of today easily. These artists show a tremendous amount of skills and wit in there rhymes. They show a "take the bull by the horns" type attitude and they flow on time to the beat. The best part of these rhymes is that they have a messege in between the boasting and don't even curse while doing it. If your a beat oriented type of person you won't miss with this, Lots of hot beats, cuttin' and scatching the way rap music ought to be. Cuttin' and scratching and consciousness is something that is almost absent in today's rap music, an element that I feel really leaves rap songs of today kind of empty. This album has the whole package. The lyrics, consciousness, beats and the skills of the DJ. which makes it enjoyable to listen to. Women rappers should never be under estimated, If you got skills you got skills, period.
Anchored by three tracks from the pioneering Real Roxanne and two apiece by the ultraconfident Queen Latifah and the inimitably nasty Roxanne Shanté, this disc of trailblazing women in hip-hop has a few significant gaps as a survey but kicks like crazy as a string of surefire jams. Mostly plucked from the late 1980s, it's also a unique sideways look at the way some subgenres of hip-hop evolved: pop-dance with rapping (Oaktown's 3-5-7 and the Real Roxanne's embrace of go-go beats), reggae-fied bounce (Latifah), and even the X-rated Southern style (of which 2 Much's "Wild Thang," which launched LeShaun's career, is an obvious big mama). Everything here will get a floor moving, and a few tracks--especially Shanté's scathing "Have a Nice Day"--may burn some ears, too.
.VA - Fat Beats & Bra Straps - Classics (flac 439mb)
01 Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) - Dimples D.
02 Throwdown - Sparky-D
03 Wild Thang - 2 Much
04 Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) - The Real Roxanne
05 Romeo (Part I) - The Real Roxanne
06 Romeo (Part II) - The Real Roxanne
07 Have A Nice Day - Roxanne Shante
08 Runaway - Roxanne Shante
09 It's My Beat - Sweet Tee
10 I Got An Attitude - Hurby's Machine
11 Inside Out - Queen Latifah
12 Wrath Of My Madness - Queen Latifah
13 Can't Hold Back - Ice Cream Tee
14 Juicy Gotcha Krazy - Oaktown's 3-5-7
15 Somethin' To Ride To (Fonky Expedition) - The Conscious Daughters
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At the height of Full Force's production and recording career came the UTFO-spwaned 'Roxanne' phenomenon, which by its very nature unfortunately gave Adelaida Martinez, the Real Roxanne, an undeserved stereotype as an artist cashing in on the Roxanne fad.
This, the self-titled debut from Martinez under "The Real Roxanne" monicker stands the test of time: some twenty years after its initial release, almost every cut on the album still works where many other rap albums of the day sound ridiculously dated. The album is a showcase not only for Full Force's production genius but also for Martinez's vocal abilities, both on the mic ("Early Early" and the R&B hit "Respect" which uses samples from and the melody of Aretha's classic "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.") and as an accomplished vocalist ("Luv Scandal") as well as her ability to switch gears without missing a beat: check out the segue in "Bang Zoom" from Roxanne's rap dissing the other Roxannes to Roxanne singing a few lines from the Isley Brothers' "Living For The Love Of You" with Full Force on backup back to the bass-heavy, almost breakbeat sound that made the song a huge hit in the first place. Had the album not been overshadowed by the "Roxanne, Roxanne" fad that spawned it, "The Real Roxanne" could have been the springboard that catapulted Martinez to mainstream stardom not unlike "All Hail The Queen" did for Queen Latifah. The talent was certainly there, just not the timing.
The Real Roxanne - I (flac 345mb)
01 Roxanne's On A Roll 3:46
02 Look But Don't Touch 3:39
03 Early Early (La La) 4:31
04 Infatuated 5:10
05 Luv Scandal 4:46
06 Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) 5:55
07 Don't Even Feel It 4:13
08 Her Bad Self 4:05
09 Get Up On The Get Down 2:49
10 Oh Darlin' (Like We User To) 5:12
11 Respect 4:18
12 Howie's Teed Off 5:25
13 Rap To Me 6:10
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Roxanne Shanté (born Lolita Gooden) was walking outside a New York housing project called Queensbridge when she heard three men talking about how the trio U.T.F.O. had canceled their appearance at a show they were promoting. Gooden offered to make a rap record that would get back at U.T.F.O., who'd previously recorded "Roxanne, Roxanne," a song about a woman too stuck up to notice them. The three -- Tyrone Williams, disc jockey Mister Magic, and producer Marley Marl -- took her up on the idea, with Marl producing "Roxanne's Revenge." The song was confrontational, sneering, boastful, and even borderline obscene, and it spawned 102 additional answer records. Eventually U.T.F.O. threatened to sue Shanté for using their B-side as the musical foundation. She settled with them and recut the song with a different, though related, track. Shanté's fortunes were thin shortly after the heyday of "Roxanne, Roxanne," though she did share a number one R&B and a Top Ten pop hit with Rick James in 1986, "Loosey's Rap."
Shanté retired when she was 25 to focus her attention on obtaining a higher education. She went on to receive a Ph.D. in psychology, eventually running her own practice and building a family in New York. She stayed involved with the entertainment industry by being a mentor to young, female rappers and taking part in a series of Sprite commercials that highlighted freestyling hip-hop artists.
Most hip-hop fans wouldn't recognize a single track from Roxanne Shanté other than "Roxanne's Revenge," making some wonder whether The Best of Cold Chillin' is worth it when compared to all the great compilations that include her lone rap classic. There's a case to be made, though, since "Roxanne's Revenge" was her first single and she greatly improved over five years of recording. She found her niche quite soon, as evidenced by tough, no-nonsense beats-and-rhymes tracks like "Bite This" and "The Payback." Also, Shanté's "Def Fresh Crew" featured a lovable human beatbox named Biz Markie, and the future commercial king of Cold Chillin' makes a great appearance on "Def Fresh Crew." (Another all-time rapper, Kool G Rap, stops by for "Deadly Rhymes.") Listeners might be surprised at the quality of material here, but all in all The Best of Cold Chillin' definitely works best for golden-age fans who want to get back in the mood with a few period tracks they haven't heard before.
Roxanne Shante - The Best Of Cold Chillin' (flac 488mb)
01 Roxanne's Revenge 5:01
02 Def Fresh Crew 4:21
03 Bite This 4:32
04 Run Away 4:33
05 The Payback 4:23
06 Have A Nice Day (Original 12" Version) 5:10
07 Go On Girl (Original 12" Version)3:46
08 Dance To This 4:36
09 Live On Stage 7:01
10 Knockin' Hiney 3:40
11 Feelin' Kinda Horny 4:11
12 Brothers Ain't Shit 4:56
13 Big Mama 5:19
14 Yes Yes Y'All 4:31
15 Straight Razor 4:15
16 Deadly Rhymes 2:59
17 Queen Pin 4:24
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The third and final installment of Rhino's female hip-hop series Fat Beats & Bra Straps concentrates on New MCs -- that is, '90s rappers that haven't quite gotten widespread exposure and remain unheard even by many serious hip-hop fans. Of all the volumes in Fat Beats, this is the most uneven because it lacks the historical perspective that make the first two discs so interesting, and several acts are included simply because the compilers needed to fill out the disc. Still, New MCs is a wildly diverse, frequently interesting collection of promising female rappers, featuring cuts by the Conscious Daughters, Suga T., Bahamadia, Makeba Mooncy, Love N' Props, Natural Resource and the Herbaliser.
VA - Fat Beats & Bra Straps - New MC's (flac 426mb)
01 Boss - Deeper (Radio Edit) 4:00
02 The Conscious Daughters - Gamers 4:31
03 Suga T - Recognize 4:37
04 Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 4:46
05 Bahamadia - Da Jawn 5:21
06 Sha Key - Soulsville 5:18
07 The Roots - The Adventures In Wonderland 4:35
08 Makeba Mooncycle - Desert Storm (Remix) 5:11
09 P.E.A.C.E., T Love, AceyAlone, Nefertiti - Heavyweights Round 2 4:26
10 Love 'N' Props - Nobody Knows My Name 3:47
11 Shortie No Mass - I Know You Like My Style 3:52
12 Natural Resource - Bum Deal Remix (Remix Edit) 4:15
13 Mia X - Payback II 4:24
14 Heather B. - No Doubt 4:08
15 Mama Mystique - Tremendous (LP Mix) 4:24
16 The Herbaliser - New + Improved 3:59
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Sweet! I grew up listening to the Roxanne Wars, and the subsequent releases by both Roxanne Artists. Nothing like those crunchy drums on Hip-Hop records circa 1984-1986. As these are FLAC, some of these drums will going into my hardware samplers (ENSONIQ et al.) and getting chopped up. Thank you!
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