Music

UTFO 1985

hip hop 47 min 9 tracks Select Records

UTFO is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group UTFO, released in 1985 by Select Records. The most notable track on the album is "Roxanne, Roxanne"—the track that ignited the Roxanne Wars. The tracks "The Real Roxanne" and "Calling Her a Crab " are answer songs.

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Character

Classical in form, spare, cool and unpretentious.

classical in formformally daring
sparerichly built
cooloverwhelming
unpretentious

Tracks

1Leader of the Pack4:59
2Bite It3:53
3Calling Her a Crab (Roxanne, Part 2)5:05
4Hanging Out5:04
5Beats and Rhymes5:56
6Roxanne, Roxanne5:12
7Lisa Lips6:03
8Fairytale Lover5:47
9The Real Roxanne4:31

9 tracks, 47 minutes.

About the album

Artist: UTFO
Label: Select Records
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: US

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