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Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall April 8, 1964 in Harlem, New York) is a rapper and DJ, best known for humorous singles such as "Just a Friend". He has been labeled The Clown Prince of Hip-Hop.
A year later, Biz broke into the mainstream when Just a Friend, a single featuring rapped verses and out-of-tune, sung choruses, reached the pop Top Ten, and its accompanying album, The Biz Never Sleeps, which also included "Things Get A Little Easier", that was sampled from the 1972 Bobby Susser song, "Once You Understand" and his group Think, went gold.
As one of the most prominent hip-hop stars of a still low-key musical scene, expectations were high for Biz's next album, I Need a Haircut. Sales were already disappointing when Biz was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan, who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit Alone Again (Naturally). O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a landmark ruling, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Brothers Records, Inc., that altered the landscape of hip-hop, finding that all samples must be cleared with the original artist before being used. In accordance with the ruling, Warner Bros., the parent company of Cold Chillin', had to pull I Need a Haircut from circulation, and all companies had to clear samples with the samples' creators before releasing the records. This development mirrored the increasing popularity of hip-hop and the financial stakes over which releases were set. Biz responded in 1993 with the mischievously titled All Samples Cleared!, but his career had been hurt by the publicity emanating from the lawsuit, and the record suffered accordingly. For the remainder of the decade, he stayed out of the spotlight, occasionally doing work like his 1996 freestyle rap commercial on MTV2 and many guest appearances with the Beastie Boys, "Check Your Head" (1992), "Ill Communication" (1994), "Hello Nasty" (1998), and their anthology The Sounds of Science (1999). He also worked with Canibus on the first track on the Office Space soundtrack (1999).
At the turn of the century, Biz redirected his focus to turntablism over rapping, but he continued making various appearances in mainstream media. He interpreted the song Bennie and the Jets on an episode of The Chris Rock Show. Biz also appeared on records by Morcheeba, Will Smith (e.g. Willennium), and Len, a Canadian rock/rap ensemble most notable for their hit Steal My Sunshine.
In 2002, he appeared as a rapping alien in Men in Black II with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, essentially playing an alien parody of himself (beatboxing was his native language in the film). In 2003 he appeared in the international television series titled Kung Faux performing a series of voice over characters featured in a variety of episodes. In 2004, his song The Vapors appeared on the soundtrack of Rockstar's popular videogame which featured a Classic hip hop radio station, Playback FM. In 2005, Biz detoured from his recording duties to appear on the first season of the television show Celebrity Fit Club which challenged celebrities to lose weight by a combination of diet and exercise. Biz Markie lost more weight than anybody else in the competition. That year, he was also in an episode of The Andy Milonakis Show. He appeared as the Rap Fairy, and said, "I'm the Biz Markie, and it's about that time I grant you the powers of rap and rhyme." He granted Milonakis "rap powers", and demanded $35 from Milonakis, who paid him with potato chips and beef jerky.
He has also made a career as a DJ, giving performances where he uses his abdomen to move a record on a turntable and thus scratch. He is also a legendary record collector and supposedly the sole owner of a rare CTI 12" containing a version of Take Me To The Mardi Gras which has no bells in the intro.
One item of interest with regard to Biz has been the truthfulness of some of his claims about various musical and pop-culture miscellany which he has alleged he owns. He has bragged in interviews about toys, lunchboxes, videotapes and records that no one has ever heard of although he swears to his ownership of said items. Perhaps most significantly, the extent of his extensive vinyl collection has been called into question. He has claimed that it is stored 'in a building next to his house', although many have questioned this. Biz has also claimed he owns certain 12" singles of famous breakbeat records that were not formally released although this claim might be more plausible, given Biz's early participation in the genre and his position as a pioneering hip/hop artist. Also supporting Biz' claims on this count is the fact that New York recordstore Downstairs Records pressed their own white label bootlegs of said records and which were widely respected within the hip-hop community. One claim which Biz made which was later shown to be false was that he inherited Lenny Roberts' entire collection (Ultimate Breaks And Beats compilation series). The range of falsehoods and possible truths about Biz' musical holdings only serve to enhance his legacy, and at least focus attention on a man with an undoubtedly significant role in the development of hip-hop. Since speculation about his holdings has died down, Biz quietly re-entered the very competitive recording industry with his 2003 release Weekend Warrior through Tommy Boy Records.
Biz Marke is also a cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild n Out. He came on as a guest on season 1 and is now a cast member as of Season 3.
Biz does beatboxing on the Nickelodeon kid's show Yo Gabba Gabba
R&B Crooner Mario paid tribute to Biz Markie, when he released his hit debut single "Just A Friend 2002". Biz also appeared in the video.
His song, "Just a Friend", is featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in the episode titled "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare". The song is played and sung while the two are drinking in the early afternoon on the footsteps of their apartment as they were on welfare and had nothing to do, but drink and sing some Biz Markie.
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Rap name
Many believe his name was inspired by that of German statesman Otto von Bismarck, but there is a compelling argument that he was really named after Negro League baseball player Biz Mackey. Biz Markie has offered an alternative version in interviews, saying it was an homage to old-school rapper Busy Bee, calling himself "Busy Bee Markie" as a youth.Biography
Markie's career began in the early 1980s. He established his reputation and cemented his place in Hip-Hop history as a beat-box artist. He was one of the original artists that helped producer Marley Marl build Cold Chillin' Records. MC Shan and Roxanne Shante were Marley Marl's and Cold Chillin' Records first acts. Biz beatboxed on Roxanne Shante's underground hit Def Fresh Crew (1986) which lent credibility to his recording career and put Cold Chillin' on the map. In the same year, Biz Markie 'coming out' single, Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz, was released on Prism Records. He released his debut album, Goin' Off, which attracted a fair amount of attention, largely due to the lead single, Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz. The album also featured the underground hit singles The Vapors and Pickin' Boogers.A year later, Biz broke into the mainstream when Just a Friend, a single featuring rapped verses and out-of-tune, sung choruses, reached the pop Top Ten, and its accompanying album, The Biz Never Sleeps, which also included "Things Get A Little Easier", that was sampled from the 1972 Bobby Susser song, "Once You Understand" and his group Think, went gold.
As one of the most prominent hip-hop stars of a still low-key musical scene, expectations were high for Biz's next album, I Need a Haircut. Sales were already disappointing when Biz was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan, who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit Alone Again (Naturally). O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a landmark ruling, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Brothers Records, Inc., that altered the landscape of hip-hop, finding that all samples must be cleared with the original artist before being used. In accordance with the ruling, Warner Bros., the parent company of Cold Chillin', had to pull I Need a Haircut from circulation, and all companies had to clear samples with the samples' creators before releasing the records. This development mirrored the increasing popularity of hip-hop and the financial stakes over which releases were set. Biz responded in 1993 with the mischievously titled All Samples Cleared!, but his career had been hurt by the publicity emanating from the lawsuit, and the record suffered accordingly. For the remainder of the decade, he stayed out of the spotlight, occasionally doing work like his 1996 freestyle rap commercial on MTV2 and many guest appearances with the Beastie Boys, "Check Your Head" (1992), "Ill Communication" (1994), "Hello Nasty" (1998), and their anthology The Sounds of Science (1999). He also worked with Canibus on the first track on the Office Space soundtrack (1999).
At the turn of the century, Biz redirected his focus to turntablism over rapping, but he continued making various appearances in mainstream media. He interpreted the song Bennie and the Jets on an episode of The Chris Rock Show. Biz also appeared on records by Morcheeba, Will Smith (e.g. Willennium), and Len, a Canadian rock/rap ensemble most notable for their hit Steal My Sunshine.
In 2002, he appeared as a rapping alien in Men in Black II with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, essentially playing an alien parody of himself (beatboxing was his native language in the film). In 2003 he appeared in the international television series titled Kung Faux performing a series of voice over characters featured in a variety of episodes. In 2004, his song The Vapors appeared on the soundtrack of Rockstar's popular videogame which featured a Classic hip hop radio station, Playback FM. In 2005, Biz detoured from his recording duties to appear on the first season of the television show Celebrity Fit Club which challenged celebrities to lose weight by a combination of diet and exercise. Biz Markie lost more weight than anybody else in the competition. That year, he was also in an episode of The Andy Milonakis Show. He appeared as the Rap Fairy, and said, "I'm the Biz Markie, and it's about that time I grant you the powers of rap and rhyme." He granted Milonakis "rap powers", and demanded $35 from Milonakis, who paid him with potato chips and beef jerky.
He has also made a career as a DJ, giving performances where he uses his abdomen to move a record on a turntable and thus scratch. He is also a legendary record collector and supposedly the sole owner of a rare CTI 12" containing a version of Take Me To The Mardi Gras which has no bells in the intro.
One item of interest with regard to Biz has been the truthfulness of some of his claims about various musical and pop-culture miscellany which he has alleged he owns. He has bragged in interviews about toys, lunchboxes, videotapes and records that no one has ever heard of although he swears to his ownership of said items. Perhaps most significantly, the extent of his extensive vinyl collection has been called into question. He has claimed that it is stored 'in a building next to his house', although many have questioned this. Biz has also claimed he owns certain 12" singles of famous breakbeat records that were not formally released although this claim might be more plausible, given Biz's early participation in the genre and his position as a pioneering hip/hop artist. Also supporting Biz' claims on this count is the fact that New York recordstore Downstairs Records pressed their own white label bootlegs of said records and which were widely respected within the hip-hop community. One claim which Biz made which was later shown to be false was that he inherited Lenny Roberts' entire collection (Ultimate Breaks And Beats compilation series). The range of falsehoods and possible truths about Biz' musical holdings only serve to enhance his legacy, and at least focus attention on a man with an undoubtedly significant role in the development of hip-hop. Since speculation about his holdings has died down, Biz quietly re-entered the very competitive recording industry with his 2003 release Weekend Warrior through Tommy Boy Records.
Biz Marke is also a cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild n Out. He came on as a guest on season 1 and is now a cast member as of Season 3.
Biz does beatboxing on the Nickelodeon kid's show Yo Gabba Gabba
"Oh, snap!"
Oh, snap! is an expression popularized by Markie in the 1989 song "Just a Friend". It has since entered the mainstream as an expression of disbelief. The phrase is a polite substitution for "Oh, shit!" You can hear it frequently used by Raven-Symone on the Disney Channel show "That's So Raven". As a result of the popular phrase, Disney channel aired the St. Patrick's Day "That's So Raven" O'Snap-O'thon in which the viewers count the time Raven says it. Jaime Pressley's character "Joy" also says the phrase often on the NBC sitcom "My Name is Earl". It has also entered use as acknowledgment of a diss by third parties, to heighten the feeling of disrespect and insult.Trivia
Markie's work was sampled by the Rolling Stones for the song "Anybody Seen My Baby?," off their 1997 album, "Bridges to Babylon."R&B Crooner Mario paid tribute to Biz Markie, when he released his hit debut single "Just A Friend 2002". Biz also appeared in the video.
His song, "Just a Friend", is featured in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in the episode titled "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare". The song is played and sung while the two are drinking in the early afternoon on the footsteps of their apartment as they were on welfare and had nothing to do, but drink and sing some Biz Markie.
Discography
- Goin' Off (1988)
- The Biz Never Sleeps (1989) Gold
- I Need a Haircut (1991)
- All Samples Cleared! (1993)
- Biz's Baddest Beats (1994)
- On the Turntable (1998)
- On the Turntable V.2 (2000)
- Greatest Hits (2002)
- Weekend Warrior (2003)
- Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz
See also
References
External links
- Biz Markie Official Website
- Biz Markie bio The 411 on Biz Markie [authored by Balance: 411@hiphop.sh]
- VH-1 Biography
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