Strictly speaking this should be filed under Brandon Cooke rather than Roxanne Shante, but since she is more likely to be cropping up in this blog than he is, I'm filing it under her.
Sorry Brandon!
Anyway.
This track is a a fairly simple stomper, easy to mix, with a simple acid line on repeat. It starts off straight away with Roxanne's rap.
Roxanne Shante has an astounding voice and has done some great work, but in this case is let down a bit by the dodgy lyrics (I think this was a quick freestyle). Still - wouldn't have taken too much effort to come up with something a little less inane. If you hate it that much, there is an instrumental on the flipside. You might be able to get away with that if your dancefloor isn't paying attention (sometimes they arent).
Which is just as well cos the rest of the track is pretty sweet. Nothing spectacular, just more acid gurglings and some 'Acieeeed!' vocals. But its nice.
Although I haven't tried yet, I strongly suspect that this is one of those tracks which would REALLY work well with using two copies to beat juggle, repeat parts and generally mess around with. The rhythm is so simple you would have to be stone deaf and crippled to not be able to have a lot of fun with it.
When I get another copy I will report back and TELL YOU.
This goes for less than a packet of crisps so get one and stop moaning:
http://www.discogs.com/Brandon-Cooke-Sharp-As-A-Knife/master/34887
