You're walking down the block, holding your [bleep]

[koganbot]

Holy moly:

KEKE PALMER TO PLAY ROXANNE SHANTÉ

"Roxanne's Revenge (Original-Street Version)" (Watch on YouTube)

(When I first heard this track - midnight on WRKS, 1984 - it was like another planet had been revealed beneath what we thought was our own. It turned out that where we'd been living was just scaffolding.)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!

:DDDDDD

You've heard 'Super Jerkin', right?

Go bum bum biddy dum dum

[koganbot]

Yes, am listening right now.

Re: Go bum bum biddy dum dum

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Try to name me, you can call me what you want
But when it comes to bitin' styles, I suggest you really don't!

My co-DJ Robin played this at the So Bones R&B night I DJed at the other week, it went down v well. Should've b2bed it with The Bangz.

Re: Go bum bum biddy dum dum

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD 'We Jerkin' has a VIDEO.

[(Anonymous)]

" The film is set in New York's Queensbridge Housing Projects, where the Juice Crew originated, and centers mostly around Marl, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane and Roxanne Shante."

AKinCLE: I guess they haven't heard that the Bridge is over!

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Thought you'd like to hear about this.

[koganbot]

I remember being thrilled when I read about her Ph.D. on Wikipedia, but this fleshes it out. I'm impressed with the ethics of what she's doing, among other things.

[koganbot]

Slate challenges the Daily News story.

h/t dubdobdee