UTFO
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 8 episodes found for "UTFO".
Oct 30, 2026
DJ Butter RockHOST
But you can't predict how long a motherfucker be on your clock.
DJ Butter RockHOST
Who gonna do overtime? Who gonna take their PTO? Or UTFO? What the fuck is a UTF-O? Figure it out,
Butter RockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
motherfucker.
Butter RockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I ain't gonna
Jonathan ShecterGUEST
Talking about it.
Jonathan ShecterGUEST
Like I, UTFO came to my house.
Jonathan ShecterGUEST
Like you don't understand.
Jonathan ShecterGUEST
Yeah.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
I mean, Run DMC, they are... definitely one of the greatest bands I think and I love you know I think that just boasting in songs is really fun because you know it's just a way to kind of like pump yourself up and then it translates to the listeners you know listening to it to pump themselves up and it's just a kind of like good vibe circle it's really nice so yeah I think that I think that this is a great song and it's funny because like I you know I was 10 when this came out and I was listening to a lot of pop radio then and And I don't remember this getting a lot of airplay on the radio, but I know that the radio stations that I did listen to were very hip hop friendly.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
Cause I remember like Roxanne Roxanne was one of my, by UTFO was like one of my favorite songs when I was a little kid.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
And, um, you know, there were other hip hop tracks that were the message obviously.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
And, um, you know, other stuff that was being played by, um, Z-100, which was, you know, the pop station in New York that launched in 1983 and kind of revitalized the entire Top 40 format in the early 80s, right in time for the arrival of like Thriller and She's So Unusual and Madonna and etc, etc.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
And it's funny because like I, you know, I was 10 when this came out and I was listening to a lot of pop radio then.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
And I don't remember this getting a lot of airplay on the radio, but I know that the radio stations that I did listen to were very hip hop friendly because I remember like Roxanne, Roxanne was one of my, by UTFO was like one of my favorite songs when I was a little kid.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
And, um, you know, there were other hip hop tracks that were The Message, obviously, and, um, you know, other stuff that was being played by, um, Z100, which was, you know, the pop station in New York that launched in 1983 and kind of revitalized the entire top 40 format in the early 80s right in time for, um, the arrival of like Thriller and She's So Unusual and Madonna and et cetera, et cetera.
Maura JohnstonGUEST
But, um, they definitely were not shy about playing hip hop then.
Too ShortGUEST
Put me on the show, bro.
Too ShortGUEST
And he put me on this show with, um, when UTFO headlining, they were headlining with the song, Roxanne, Roxanne.
Too ShortGUEST
And that was a big deal.
Too ShortGUEST
so sold out show he puts me out there i've never been to a recording studio i've never made a record i've never done anything except sell tapes in the street i get on the stage they give me like 10 minutes or something i squeeze maybe three songs in a little 10 minute set and the whole crowd is singing word for word everything i'm saying i don't even know this gonna happen i'm i had no Like, I really didn't have, like, a blueprint on what to do.
E-40GUEST
Kurtis Blow.
E-40GUEST
Also, um, you know, Kango from UTFO was a big influence.
E-40GUEST
His voice was, uh-
QuestloveHOST
Kango from UTFO
E-40GUEST
... amazing to me.
QuestloveHOST
Yeah.
MC EihtGUEST
So now, you know, I could look for records when I would go to the swap meet and search for records.
MC EihtGUEST
And then I discovered, you know, people like Run DMC or Houdini or Roxanne Sante, UTFO, you know.
MC EihtGUEST
So that's what kind of introduced me to hip hop in the whole as an aspect of music.
MC EihtGUEST
L.A. music and Compton music, you know, we used to sell, guys used to come around and sell TDK tapes, so that introduced us to, you know, the more Compton gangster West Coast sound of music.
DJ King KillerHOST
Right off the top.
DJ King KillerHOST
UTFO.
DJ King KillerHOST
All right?
Kurt GHOST
Bam, got me.
DJ King KillerHOST
You mean to tell me that Select Records, just by itself, Select Records, Easy.
E GreenHOST
Me.
DJ King KillerHOST
UTFO.
E GreenHOST
Tonight I'm claiming, I'm claiming s- whatever I'm claiming tonight.