Biz Markie "I Need A Haircut" LP Cold Chillin' (US)

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Track Listing:

A1To My Boys5:10A2Road Block3:56A3Let Go My Eggo3:54A4What Comes Around Goes Around4:05A5Romeo And Juliet3:42A6T.S.R. (Toilet Stool Rap)2:34B1Busy Doin' Nuthin'3:53B2I Told You3:55B3Buck Wild4:31B4Kung Fu5:00B5Take It From The Top6:44B6On And On5:14

Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8, 1964 ) better known by his , Biz Markie, is an  , , , , ,  personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "", an American  hit in 1989. In 2008, "Just a Friend" made #100 on 's list of the 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time.Markie has been called "the ."

Life and career

Biz Markie's career began on , New York in the early 1980s, where he established his reputation for and rapping. and were part of 's , and Biz beatboxed on Shante's underground hit "Def Fresh Crew" (1986). This lent credibility to his recording career and put Cold Chillin' on the map. In the same year, Biz Markie's debut single, "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz", was released on . He released his debut album, , 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 "Nobody Beats The Biz", "The Vapors" and "Pickin' Boogers".

I Need a Haircut sales were already low when Markie was served a lawsuit by , who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit "". O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a , , 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 reflected 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 occasionally made television appearances, including guest appearances on (including as contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin in the recurring game show sketch "The Dirty Dozens" and as Marlon Cain in "Ed Bacon: Guidance Counselor") and in a 1996 commercial on . He also made numerous guest appearances with the , "" (1992), "" (1994), "" (1998), and their anthology (1999). He also rapped on the song "Schizo Jam", on Don Byron's 1998 release, "Nu Blaxploitation" (Blue Note/Capitol) and worked with on the first track on the (1999). He also rapped on the track "So Fresh" alongside on 's 1999 album "".

In 1996, he appeared on the 's compilation CD, , alongside , , and , among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by magazine.

In 1997 he appeared on the ' song on their album . His part was shortened on some radio versions. Biz also team up with on his third single and music video title "The Cypher Part 3" and some of veterans.

In 1999 he appeared on song Beautiful Day on their album .

In 2002, he appeared as an alien in with and , essentially playing an alien parody of himself, whose native language sounded exactly like . Between 2002 and 2003 he appeared in episode 5 of the TV series playing himself as a nightclub DJ. In 2003 he appeared in the international television series titled performing a series of voice over characters featured in a variety of episodes. In 2004, his song The Vapors appeared on the soundtrack of 's popular which featured an radio station, . In 2005, Biz detoured from his recording duties to appear on the first season of the television show 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 .

Biz Markie was a cast member on 's , seasons 1 and 3. Biz also does the beatboxing segment, Biz's Beat of the Day on the show .

Biz Markie began 2008 opening for 's "No Apologies" tour. Biz Markie's act includes spinning records ranging from to and then performing "Just a Friend". Biz Markie's playlist includes the following: "" by , "" by , "" by , "" by , "" by , "" by , "" by and "" by .

In December 2009, Biz Markie appeared in a commercial, repeating the line: "Oh Snap! Guess what I saw!" from his song "". That same year saw his debut with in television commercials for the commercial Internet service, Tune Up.

In 2010, Biz Markie appeared on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, providing commentary throughout the series. Biz Markie himself was not included on the list. On November 9, 2010, Biz appeared on new EP, in the title track. On November 11, 2010, Biz sat in with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed "Just a Friend" with actor .

Biz Markie also appeared in the season two episode Slow Love, which aired on November 15, 2010.

In 2012, Biz Markie appeared several times on MTV2's new game show Hip Hop Squares, a spin-off of the popular game show .

Biz Markie is scheduled to perform August 2012 at the 13th annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock, IL.

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