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Members<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n Kangol Kid
\n Doctor Ice
\n Educated Rapper
\n Mixmaster Ice<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Brooklyn based group (Untouchable Force Organization) released one of hip hop’s most important and successful records, “Roxanne, Roxanne” in 1984.\u00a0 Before that record they were official dancers for Whodini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It spawned over 100 answer records, the most famous of which was from Roxanne Shante<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After their first album, the Educated Rapper left the group.\u00a0 They recorded “Skeezer Pleezer,” which featured the popular song “Split Personality,” he returned for the rest of the tenure.<\/p>\n

Their next album “Lethal” went for a darker and frankly, more foul mouthed approach.\u00a0 The Educated Rapper returned.\u00a0 The group recorded a track with Anthrax (pre-dating that groups work with Public Enemy).<\/p>\n

They never really reached the plateau they set for themselves with “Roxanne…” and as a result most of their later work was ignored.\u00a0 They have a greatest hits album that is good, but not comprehensive of the group’s often times overlooked talent.<\/p>\n

Doctor Ice recorded solo albums that also failed to gain a lot of attention, but were not all that bad of a listen.<\/p>\n

Many of the members are still active in the hip hop community and are working on new material.<\/p>\n

The group has appeared at a few shows in the 2000’s.<\/p>\n

Watch the “Roxanne, Roxanne” Video!<\/h2>\n