Round 1 - Roxanne Shante' vs. Sparky Dee

[controllerismdj]

This is the best battle I have ever heard.... The lyrics are jokes, walking round town with your knickers all damp :) haha

Great battle, great MC's

[FashiionDolly]

Roxanne love her

[stedtheman]

MAD RESPECT Roxanne went in !!!

[zoltron30]

Roxanne won but Sparky came hard though

[hundredthough]

@zoltron30 sparky is competition, no doubt. lyrical, battle ready, emcee!

[jonstjamesnumba1]

isn't dis 12 IN a classic . . .

[hundredthough]

@jonstjamesnumba1 yup. it is. 

[redhairedvixen1]

ROXANNE MOPPED HER SHIT

[mac36009]

man i remember having the cassette of roxannes round one

that tells you just how old i am i still have a cassette player

[MsAlleycat00]

Hahahh This shits sickk !

[jesumele]

Never heard this one!! Thanks!!!

[mj1717fly]

Even tho im 8 n a half and this song old but i like this now get to know how it was bacc in the day!:D

[mrisor892]

@TheThirdEyeCeesU yes indeed my friend, i was around back then, i got into graf and hip hop in 85 and i do remember Shante and her battlin at 14 and i followed her career up until independent women in 1989-90? i always liked her voice cos it was different but so ill, my favourite plate is bite this as her no nonsense delivery went so well with marley marls hefty thunderin production, love those high hatz in that choon too. fucking awesome.

[mrisor892]

HA HA HA HAAAA!!! OM-FUCKIN-GEE i never heard this before today, its hilarious. Roxanne knocks the dumb bitch out tha box fo sho! check out roxanne just after she belts out her last lyric on this track, you hear her say, "pissed" you reckon?

[TheThirdEyeCeesU]

@mrisor892 Yeah, U R right; it's obvious that Shante wiped the floor up w/ Sparky. But if U were around back then, U wood know that Shante came N2 this thg an underdog. It was common thought that Sparky's bold & commanding voice wood take it 2 the girl w/ the "cracky, wacky voice", but Shante proved that she was more than battle worthy & prevailed. Shante mayB the best pure battle female MC in the history of Hip Hop music. Ain't none of these FEMECEE's seeing her N a battle; except prob MC Lyte.

[jammawun]

roxanne wins!

[gazathug53]

real freestyling.....FINALLY!!!!!!!­!!

[berry3094]

hey im Roxanne :) born 4/1977 .. not that many ..the shit

[candyceapple]

they should do this now...drop a beat and two rapper get on each other, thats the only i feel like we'll know if someone is a great rapper or not

[dellculookin]

I loved how the emcees from back in the day took their battles on the MICROPHONE and showed skills through lyrics , they didn't have punk twitter beefs/internet wars. Also, at the end of the day, they took care of each other. Sparky-D battled Shante but also split money that was made at shows. That's love!

[drey204]

PENNY?:.....a nickel, heard you fucked yourself with a mothafuckin pickle!!".....LOL that shit was raw

[ricky252325]

hip-hop..!!!

[JuneBugg1219]

Roxanne Shonte the real QUEEN. LOL how Kim gonna say she the Queen this is like true hip hop royalty.

[GambitDamit74]

lol roxanne shante had many rivals lmao seemed like she ripper them all, dam she was cursing her ass off in the 80's like that at 15 wow...lol roxanne roxanne:) I likes her still.

[hundredthough]

@GambitDamit74

yes, she did. its safe to say that roxanne went up against more emcees than any other emcee in the histrory of hip hop.

[sourdeeznuts]

@hundredthough busy b

[roxannebhadd850]

roxanne murked dat shyt

[JrG171]

Roxanne was rapping way ahead of her time which is why she did stronger in this battle towards the end. 

[valencia653]

why cant it be like this now a days ??

[candyceapple]

damn i would of been scared. . .

[hundredthough]

@candyceapple

of who, roxanne or sparky?

[candyceapple]

@hundredthough both cause i cant rap. but mostly scared of roxanne

[hundredthough]

@candyceapple ha ha. i hear ya. even those who could rap were scared to battle roxanne, and sparky for that matter.

[candyceapple]

@hundredthough yeah wouldnt wanna battle them, i would just walk away

[hundredthough]

@candyceapple that's exactly what a lof of emcees should have done.

[2441883]

@candyceapple Me too! Roxanne was rough! Do you recall back in the day they (the Roxanne peeps) used to tour roller rinks looking for battles? When they came to my town... I thought..."what? Me? Battle Roxanne? I dont think so! I (will) have to go to school Monday!" LOL.

[candyceapple]

@2441883 lol i wish but i was born in 1991 but that sounds cool

[2441883]

@candyceapple Oh, it was! Creativity was everywhere-- in rhyme, rhythm, and fashion. And everyone had lots to spare, but me and my crew (then called a sorority LOL) were like lollipop kids getting sassy with a jumprope. We just were not this hardcore. LOL

[candyceapple]

@2441883 lol yeah i know i go back and listen to music in the 80's (way better music back then now) the clothes were a little crazy but cool and flash. lol i remember wearing baggy jeans, big ass colorful sweaters, flora tights in elementary school.

[2441883]

@candyceapple You all were so cute! You all looked like Cosby Kids! :)

[2441883]

@2441883 Ooh... but back to the subject! Roxanne... no way would I have got into a ring with her; no way!

[candyceapple]

@2441883 yeah i did lol we all havin a conversation on here lol

[funkyfreshbboy]

@hundredthough in 1985 a group call UTFO thay made a song call roxxnne roxxanne it started a big rap war it was the first rap beef in rap history

[hundredthough]

@funkyfreshbboy "roxanne roxanne" came out in 1984

[funkyfreshbboy]

@hundredthough ok i was off by a year but my point was was the first rap beef ever

[lwj24]

@funkyfreshbboy The first rap battle was actually Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee in 81 or 82

[colemank1407]

5:06 killed it.... Im sorry Sparky D, but your pussy is through.... Funny As...

[Nikki101891]

lmao! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!!!!!! evertime ihear it im in awe! the r.o.x.a.n.n.e. DESTROYED Sparky D!!

[KingTreonn]

if a 15 yr old girl were to rap like this in 2011 she would be called a whore for these lyrics. people are so brainwashed now :/

[kymheartschris]

im listening to all this old school rap makes me want to walk up to walmart and get my money back for this nicki minaj album low key pissed lol

[originalblerd]

that was awesome.

[demonethagreat]

i just seen the one on the left side just the other day.

[reese4240]

Roxanne killed it......

[msQuoya7196]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAADEY BOTH KILLD IT BUT ROXANNE GOT IT

[MLPIntl]

Roxanne hands down

[BabyyGottItt]

damn they was both good!

[FILABJBOY]

Roxanne Shante pisses all over Sparky D..............

[SistaNoTomsAllowed]

Thx for posting. Rox killed the shit hands down! This was battling - unlike that shit that commercial stunts pull today! Rox said: Yeah your pussy is all crumbs & you're the only low life bitch who's a bum! For a teen Rox was ahead of her time! She started to get mad when talking about Rox being Black... As if Rox didn't look better than her. Them raw meat looking bitches kill me w/ that dumb bourgie shit! When sparky freestyled all I thought was SKEET-SKEET-SKEET-SKEET!

[MISSKIERRADAQUEEN]

Nick vs. Lil Kim has nothing on this battle!! This is some real rap... Loving this...

[TeamMinajLaLa]

"A PENNY? A NICKEL YOU PROLLY FUCK YA SELF WITH A MUTHAFUCKIN PICKLE" ROXANNE KILLED HER ASS

[rosey10880]

@TeamMinajLaLa LOL that verse was cool right!

[lilnae164]

roxanne went hard well its funny how everybody new a bout roxanne but who iss da other girl

[hundredthough]

@lilnae164

she is the legend and pioneer battle emcee Sparky Dee! search for "sparky's turn". its first record , which was a diss to roxanne shante and what promted this battle.

[MISSKIERRADAQUEEN]

@hundredthough Hell Yeah.. Sparky D is a legend... She was a real Lyricist..

[hundredthough]

@MISSKIERRADAQUEEN

no doubt.

[1rEalFaG]

@hundredthough they know who sparky- d is

[holywar911]

@lilnae164 sparky d!!!!!!! come on

[lilnae164]

roxanne went hard

[TheCharlesSisters]

This shit goes HARD!!!!!!

[msnike0426]

Roxanne got on sparky dee

[dayja3286]

Roxanne Killed It,!

[dayja3286]

Roxznne Killed It,!

[hundredthough]

"...Get it right baby, Roxanne Shante'! "

[TheMatie123]

YO SPARKY D WENT HARD BUT YO ROXANNE WENT HARDER!!

[JrG171]

A penny? A nickle, how you fucked yourself with a motherfuckin' pickle. Roxanne is a freestyle master.

[MrTyjuan45]

who many people die roxanne shante have beef with

[hundredthough]

@MrTyjuan45 wow, good question. a lot of mc's dissed her first: and then there were those who roxanne dissed because of something that happened behind the scenes: utfo the real roxanne ( both of them) sparky dee run dmc kutis blow ll cool j krs, scott la rock, and the whole bpd crew steady b five star moet jj fad latifah yo yo mc lyte isis salt n pepa monie love busy bee ( no beef, just battled at seminar) frukwan ( no beef, just battled at seminar) bad boys & klove

[MrTyjuan45]

@hundredthough damn

[MrTyjuan45]

were could i see round two

[hundredthough]

@MrTyjuan45 i don't think it ever went down. they're really close friends now. if you search for "zulu nation 33rd anniversary" you'll see them rock the mic togther live on stage. it's the next best thing to seeing them battle. i'm lucky to have seen that back in the 80's.

[oldschoolbx1970]

@hundredthough Actually,Roxanne Shante performed at the 32nd Zulu Nation Anniversary back in 2005,not 2006.

[thelivingpoet]

roxanne won

[setbro]

"Now ya got me mad! You got me started, Now I'll bug out, clod get retarded!"-Shanté killed her!

[twistedginger82]

I know sparky D she was my pastor she is a very good friend what a great woman

[shortywompwomp01]

shante was a beast....she murcked her

[UniverSouLove]

After understanding what a battle is all about, and my knowledge of skills, Shante' clearly won this one. I knew back in the days she won, but I didn't realize by how much, and how much she roasted Sparky Dee.

[MrTime2smash]

Jazzy D One of LAs first! @JazzyMgt

[lliltt10]

ROXANNE MOST DEF

[FoziaAbdi]

Im 15 and this is awesome, old rap is better then today's shit, oh and roxanne won this battle

[theduchessTV]

They were neck & neck , then Roxanne went crazy .

[zoltron30]

sparky dee i dont know but i agree she shouldnt have let shante go last.... but sparky dee was nice though

[hundredthough]

@2CEsizedcutey i think they were toe to toe until the last round. that's when roxanne took it.

[CNJ20020]

Now that's a fuckin rap battle..that's how u suppose to do it!! #CLASSIC

[sniderof5]

They were 15 and I was 18 in the US Navy stationed in Hawaii when this hit ther air. My two boys from The Bronx, Julius "Ju" Brown and "Ace" Alexander Black from Brooklyn was playin ball when we heard this. Them girls was "RAW"!!

[MrSexyguy4]

this is my joint back in the da

[rappinreed2150]

Does any1 have "I want You Back? by Sparky D?

[djbrianshighrollas]

Roxanne is one of the few female mc's that can actually freestyle!!!! Sparky did good also!!! 5*

[diamond90005]

roxanne shante thats ha she go am

[livelifeluvgodbreath]

Muthafuckin pickle!!! Hahahaha

[livelifeluvgodbreath]

Im 13 and i love old music, ppl tink im old fashion but Fuck dem haha, skinny gay ass freak dont top dis

[JeTsEt439]

This is my muthafuckin' girl! She was 14 and holding her own. I'm 37, still listen to rap and still know the best rap came from the mid to late '80's and early 90's.

[Ant3lop3]

roxanne straight smashed sorry sparky d

[superblackteen]

heard u effed yaseld with a muthaeffin pickle!! lmao

♥shanté

[GaryColinGATEX2418]

Shante the queen of rap and she probably the king too because KRS-1 ran from her. But there's a new rapper worthy of the crown. Check out Lady Assassin at LadyAssassin2010

[chocolatetone22]

daammnn ok rox

[BTreborn]

LMAO!!!!! Roxanne put her ass to SHAME!!!!!!!!!

[lilHippo]

damn them bitches went in!!!

[hennylo68]

Damn roxanne is amazing, the way she rides the beat, her voice and delivery she is better than most dudes.

[TheEaglesfanindc]

shante is the best female artist ever she better than male and female rappers out now hip hop is dead

[Ben4uNYC]

@ hundredthough true, true, true. Everyone thinks Kane and G Rap wrote all her sh*t sorry but they didn't. Home girl free styled on her records at the beginning all the way and she should be getting mad credit for it!

[hundredthough]

@Ben4uNYC i agree.

[mrshotlanta]

ROXXANNE SHANTAE IS THE REAL QUEEN. SPARKY D GOT HER FAT ASS KICKED BY SHANTAE. SPARKY HAS BORROWED MONEY FROM EVERYWHERE IN ATL AND NYC. ROXXANNE SHANTAE KICKED SPARKY D ASS" SPARKY D AINT NOBODY".

[hennylo68]

@mrshotlanta Yea but sparky was right who the hell is Shonte to go at utfo? But roxanne is clearly better. She is a rymming machine.

[NJNupe1911]

@mrshotlanta

Wow, lol...Does Sparky live in ATL now?

[chuckuufarlee]

DAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNN!!!!!!!!! This is hip-hop history right here!!

[bornjust2003]

ROXANNE SHANTE THE ORIGINAL QUEEN OF HIP HOP

[FILABJBOY]

What is Shante doing now ,she is a fuckin LEGEND......

[1ladyjagware]

kool

[ghostface2006]

unbelievable! 

[rayzadad]

check sparky d 'v' the play girls. nuver battle to grip with. (has a ref to give spice to it). nuff respect to all fly mcs, with out, life would be soooooo wac

[jemiee]

both are the best female mcs of all time

[TBlack234]

I'm speechless!!!! Damn, Roxanne Shante killed Sparky D!!!

[wittyexquisite]

God damn Roxanne Shante murdered that ass wow!

[siimplyymee09]

@wittyexquisite I agree! Shante was only 15!!! man she is the BEST!!

[dhrdth]

aww man it was a good battle but i think shante won it

[chandiggy]

This was the funniest. I still have this LP somehwere in the archives.

[erickbaill12345]

sparky won all the way

[erickbaill12345]

sparky beat shane if people would listen to the words.

[dhrdth]

@erickbaill12345 come on now of coarse shante won

[msmiabj]

This is crazy... I had this 12" single on wax.... I just saw Sparky D last week in Atlanta....

[jdominod1]

Off Stage they Were friends.Both Good People.Doreen(Sparky Dee lived in next building to me.Brooklyn Brownsville.Same place were movie "Brooklyns Finest" was Shot."VanDyke" Houses.

[Taaj357]

thats what i like good sportsmanship. lmao let me diss 50 cent and i wont live to see next week lol

[93lovelythang]

@Taaj357 lmao!

[hundredthough]

@jdominod1 yeah, they eventually became good friends. but, they surely weren't in the beginning.

[CEEPMDEE]

wow

[kseward1070]

Whatever happen to this. DJ's battling. No killing no dope no bling.

[Hexcalibur]

i don't think it's a real freestyle battle.

[hundredthough]

why not? because they're girls? i ask because from the very beginning rappers who happened to be female have been doubted. they're writing ability always comes into question. and god forbid they say they can freestyle. if they were guys no one would question it. guess that's just how it goes. must suck big time being a rapper who's female.

[TheSonsOfLight]

Shante was a master at freestyling. Some of her best records were freestyles. U beeter ask somebody..

[SaintIzzle]

shante did go off top.....just not on record....Kane and G Rap wrote verses for her later on....She was a pioneer no doubt....but please do the knowledge...if you can go off top...you can write your own shit....Lyte got at all them chicks..."Those that write your rhymes might as well hold your microphone."

[TheSonsOfLight]

@SaintIzzle : not all her lyrics were written for her. Regardless what is your point? SHante is a legend. A pioneer & the true Queen Of Hip Hop from that angle.

[hundredthough]

@SaintIzzle actually, she did go off top on records. this is one of them. same for roxanne's revenge, queen of rox, runaway, bite this, def fresh crew, fly shante, freestyle live, payback, wack itt, and others. its crazy how just because kane and g rap wrote a few recods for her people want to ignore the fact that she freestyled like crazy, on and off wax, way before kane or grap was even on the map.

[MrLAKERS21]

@SaintIzzle That was directed to Antoinette not Shante or any other female rapper! Lyte was good but Shante crushed her with "Big Mama" and her response was a weak BDP remake of "Shante is only good for steady f'n" Shante was a pioneer and did a lot of writing on her own! (Antoinette did as well) this is all fact!

[hundredthough]

@TheSonsOfLight yup! its funny how no one seems to remember that.

[KurtBlowTV]

shante is the illest.

[mysterymediacorp]

AGREE !

[1rEalFaG]

Sparky dee fucked up by letting Shante go last. Shante was like ok bitch im bout to go-in lol

[TheLadyStew]

Roxanne Shante got that round even though Sparky D was commin with fire

[hundredthough]

@TheLadyStew true!

[TheRealKookie00]

what is sparky saying at the beginning:.."You started looking at ya yah, pulling off crabs, he said damn, where yall get this from Sparky D was right, I am a crab_?"

[hundredthough]

@TheRealKookie00 she says " ..you started looking at your yock (oldschool slang for vagina), pulling of crabs, you said damn, where i get this from?/sparky dee was right, i am a crab bum!. later in the record roxanne responds to that line with: " ..yes your cookie ( vagina) is all crumbs/ and you's the only crab- low-life-bitch who's a bum!." i'll type out the lyrics for you under the info section over to the right.

[TheRealKookie00]

Is there anywhere I can find lyrics to this? I know it's a freestyle but still

[hundredthough]

@TheRealKookie00 i tried to write the lyrics under the video discription, but its too long. wont take,

[bluegreen1234579]

why can't we fight like that?  w: what you said about my mama?! Let's rap!

[aisleyloveyou]

@bluegreen1234579 lol i like dat

[sbgal13]

hahaha word right!

[martianswag1000]

Roxy Finished Sparks and the sad thing is Sparky from Brownsville my hood smfh

[pimpson2]

you gotta be a real old school to remember sparky dee. shante ate sparky up huh?

[hulkdogon]

Who u think was bette Roxanne Shante or The Real Roxanne?

[cuttynyc]

shanney of course I just saw her yesterday at macy's in queens center doing a price check, on queens blvd in Queens newyork. I meant to get her autograph.

[pimpson2]

SHANTE HAS THE CROWN.

[JayChyllin09]

The Real Roxanne

[shaundaun]

Mc's Need To Hear This, True Battles On WAX, Shante was always a battle Mc, she holds her crown down, her and Lyte should have battled

[mysterymediacorp]

what could Lyte really say after the 'Big Mama" diss ?!

[1rEalFaG]

Not a damn thing...Shante shut it down after that

[jdominod1]

@mysterymediacorp Yea She could.She could diss on how Grand daddy I.U. Wrote the song.

[assmuncher1984]

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[nemoism]

2 of my favorite old school females!

[thisweekinvandalism]

CAT  FIGHT !!!!!!!

[thisweekinvandalism]

SP 1200 beats !

[missp2753]

this is real hip-hop man!!! shante' killed it like i knew she would!!

[pr2409]

classic classic classic.... Hip Hop was so much fun back in the 80's ....

[assmuncher1984]

Cant fuck with Juice Crew

[BygFury]

I think SPARKY D got some jabs in as well but that was real Hip-Hop back then for the ladies. Shoutout to my girl ROXANNE SHANTE. She ripped it at the Jacobs Javits Center not too long ago with the Juice Crew, Chubb Rock, J. Holiday, Doitall (LOTUG), Salt N Pepa, DJ Wiz and Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD).

[assmuncher1984]

Straight hustlin'

[8201t]

Shante killed it lol

[kauaibel]

Rank out! Ahhh the good old days - some raw shit!

SHANTE!!!!