The Battle / The Battle (Dub)

“The Battle / The Battle (Dub)” is a single released in 1985 by Sparky Dee vs The Playgirls. Released under NIA Records, this single was produced by Spyder "D". 

Sparky Dee (Doreen C. Broadnax, b. 1965) is a Hip-Hop artist from Brooklyn, New York emerging in the early 1980s and was a member of the local Hip-Hop group, The Playgirls. The group consisted of City Slim and Mo Ski. After joining the group, The Playgirls recorded "Our Picture of a Man" for Sutra Records in 1983; later released in 1984.[6] During her time with the group, Broadnax was introduced to rapper and music producer Spyder D. With the success and hype of the Roxanne Wars, Roxanne Shante and Sparky Dee released "Round One, Roxanne Shanté vs Sparky Dee" on Spin Records which included a battle track, in which the two rappers freestyle and diss each other. Sparky Dee is known as one of the leading female battle rappers in the mid-1980s, gaining attention through the Roxanne Wars.