Basement Jaxx feat. Roxanne Shanté “Make Me Sweat” Make Me Sweat EP

If you had asked in 1984, I would have told you that Roxanne Shanté was a superstar — and on my block, she was. Back then we were grade school kids from Queens, and Shanté, a 14-year-old girl who grew up blocks from our school in the Queensbridge Projects, was on the radio with “Roxanne’s Revenge” — which might still be the greatest response record ever. You can’t get much fiercer than Shanté in 2008: She’s currently a practicing psychologist, a vegan, and a legendary rapper with a guest turn on this Basement Jaxx twelve-inch from last year. It’s like I’m gonna be sweating this girl forever.