UTFO (which stands for Untouchable Force Organization) was a rap group from the 80's. They consisted of Kangol Kid, Educated Rapper (also known as "the Brainiac"), Doctor Ice and Mix Master Ice. Their best known single is Roxanne, Roxanne, a widely-acclaimed and acknowledged hip-hop classic, which created a sensation on the hip-hop scene soon after it was released and inspired numerous "answer" records, most notably by Marley Marl's protege Roxanne Shante. Ironically, Roxanne, Roxanne was the B-Side filler for the lesser known single Hangin' Out. Due to personal issues the Educated Rapper (E.M.D) was absent for their sophmore effort, "Skeezer Pleezer," which produced one notable track in Split Personality. Look up rap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kangol Kid was a rapper in the hip-hop group UTFO, most famous for their song Roxanne, Roxanne. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Roxanne Shanté is an American hip hop vocalist, best known for her hit Roxannes Revenge. Her career began unusually, as she ran into three men talking about U.T.F.O., who had recently cancelled their performance at a show they were performing. ...

UTFO's self-titled debut album, featuring the hit single Roxanne, Roxanne.

The three-man version of UTFO (Left to right: Kangol Kid, Mixmaster Ice, Doctor Ice) on the album Skeezer Pleezer

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Other hits released by the group include Leader Of The Pack, Bite It, Pick Up The Pace, and the R&B tinged cult classic Fairytale Lover.

Innovations

UTFO pioneered and mastered the rapp method of interdigitating three voices on two different recording tracks into one seamless lyric. This effect creates a strong presence for portions of the vocals, and an almost parenthetical presence for the remainder, much like this example from The Ride: The word voice can be used to refer to: Sound: The human voice. ... Presence is a studio album by Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. ... In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses; from the Greek word παρενθεσις, which comes in turn from words meaning alongside of and to place) is An explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage with which it has not necessarily any grammatical connexion, and from which it is usually...

(Kangol Kid, track 1): Hello, my name is Kangol Kid. (Educated Rapper, track 2): You can call him "Kangol," if you choose. (Doctor Ice, track 1): I'm Doctor Ice. (Educated Rapper, track 2): How can you tell? (Doctor Ice, track 1): You can tell by the moves. (Educated Rapper, track 1): And I'm the Educated Rapper. (Kangol Kid, track 2): The brainiac. (Educated Rapper, track 2): And Mixmaster. (Mixmaster, track 2): woo-hah! (Kangol Kid, Educated Rapper and Doctor Ice, in unison, track 2): The four is back.

This finished effect sounds like:

Hello, my name is Kangol Kid (You can call him "Kangol," if you choose)

I'm Doctor Ice (How can you tell?) You can tell by the moves

And I'm the Educated Rapper (The brainiac)

(And Mixmaster) woo-hah (The four is back)

Many of these raps focused on communicating the presence of the individuals within the group, as in the above example.

External links

Mix Master Ice's official Web Site