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Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz + The Biz Game + They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa /  A One, Two + The Biz Dance + Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz
Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz + The Biz Game + They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa / A One, Two + The Biz Dance + Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz

Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz + The Biz Game + They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa / A One, Two + The Biz Dance + Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz

Performing artist Biz Markie
Mixing engineer Marley Marl
Producer Marley Marl
Writer Tyrone Williams
Associated name Frankford/Wayne
Associated name Herb Powers Jr.
Performing artist T.J. Swan
Record company Prism Records
Date1986
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.482.18.A,.B
Text Entries

Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz is an EP released in 1986 by Biz Markie. Released under Prism Records, this EP was produced by Marley Mal.

Biz Markie (Marcel Theo Hall, b. 1964-2021) is a rapper, beatboxer, and original member of the Juice Crew. Biz Markie is considered one of the most humorous and comedic cartoon-like rappers in Hip-Hop. Born in Harlem, Biz Markie grew up learning the electric keyboard and had a respect for broad genres of music. He met producer Marley Marl who was mixing tracks for the Juice Crew and began his career performing as a human beatbox for Juice members MC Shan and Roxanne Shante. Markie was best known for his 1989 single, “Just a Friend”, which became a Top 40 hit in several countries and was listed as No. 100 on VH1’s list of the 100 greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time. Known as the “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop”, Biz Markie was a human-beatbox pioneer and remains a prominent Harlem leader of Hip-Hop music.

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