RIP Biz Markie

[Royale with Cheese]

One of the first great early ones of hip hop.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/arts/music/biz-markie-dead.html

[Buffalo716]

Oh baby youuuuuu

[Just Jack]

37 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Oh baby youuuuuu

 

You got what I need...

[Buffalo716]

3 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

You got what I need...

But you say he's just a friend

[Heitz]

The Biz DJ'd our companies 10 year anniversary party in 2005.  Though he wasn't slated to perform songs we all got hyped enough that he did You Got What I Need - pretty cool moment for sure.  RIP Biz. 🙏

[Gugny]

13 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

One of the first great early ones of hip hop.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/arts/music/biz-markie-dead.html

 

I think Hip Hop began long before Biz Markie took the world by storm in the late 80s.

[Fr. Jerk]

 

Kane is still mad about Biz passing him the ball, ya dig?

 

RIP clown prince...

Edited July 17, 2021 by The Jerk

[4_kidd_4]

4 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I think Hip Hop began long before Biz Markie took the world by storm in the late 80s.

 

Yes, but Biz was at the very front of the “golden age” of hip-hop, roughly 1986-93. One of those influential guys that had some pretty damned good albums out way before he hit the pop charts/mainstream  with “Just A Friend”.  

 

“Vapors” is a great great cut, and “Nobody Beats The Biz” is also fantastic with its Steve Miller sample.

 

 

 

 

Got to see Biz DJ as an opening act for Beastie Boys on their “Hello Nasty” tour in Barrie, ON. A Tribe Called Quest was supposed to open but got stopped at the border. Very fortunate that Biz got the slot, he threw down a fantastic set and rapped some too. It was amazing. 

 

RIP to a very unique talent. 

[4_kidd_4]

 

 

Stripped down, a beat, a piano line, and some beat-box. Pretty much the definition of old-school.