The late, great Biz Markie was sometimes referred to as The Clown Prince of Rap, which isn’t the greatest nickname because clowns generally get a bad…erm…rap. Later in his career, I believe Biz was getting a lot of DJ work at fancy parties and whatnot after he hit the mainstream as a regular on Yo Gabba Gabba, due to his fun-loving and ‘jubilant’ personality. I have no idea where the following recording was sourced from, but it appears on a bootleg I picked-up the other day, on the strength of the two Converse promos included (originally given away on a tape when you bought a pair, which also offered a sweet Biz/Converse t-shirt for another seven bucks!).
This DJ set starts off with the Biz playing some classics, but then out of nowhere he starts ‘working blue’ and dropping some bawdy add-libs over the music. Was this the result of The Diabolical working his drink card to the bone in the first hour, to the point where he was powered by pure Henny and Coke? Or was he always know to start channeling Red Foxx when he was spinning tunes?
Download: Biz Markie Working Blue and Bawdy While Playing Records
Dee Rock just told me that this is from the Biz Markie ‘Theory Of Old School’ tape.
^^^ absolutely classic mixtape.
Classic…thanks for sharing
Wow, I’ve been looking for this for years, since it came out. I can’t remember where I bought the tape, somewhere in LA like 98 or so? My dumb X grabbed it when we broke up. Thank god for you making this a download my friend. I remember the tape being longer though, but I’m so happy to have this again just for the Mary Jane part “All night long.” Biz is hilarious on this.