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12 For '12: A Dozen Songs From This Year That You Should Hear Right Now

By Maura Johnston Wed., May 23 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Adam Lambert, Beth Jeans Houghton, Biz Markie, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Evans The Death, FOE, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Icona Pop, Ke$ha, Kindness, Lists, Nile Rodgers, R. Kelly, Rebecca Ferguson, Sylver Tongue

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Evans The Death.
In this week's Voice I offered up a midseason report of sorts, listing 12 particularly outstanding tracks from this year. Here, for your listening pleasure, are the 12 songs in streamable form (via a combination of YouTube and Soundcloud so as to not lock anyone—or any songs—out). Happy listening, and if you'd like to share a 2012 song that's particularly tickled your ears, by all means do so in the comments.

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Ten Highly Entertaining Videos By Biz Markie

By Phillip Mlynar Thu., Oct. 13 2011 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Biz Markie, Lists, Phillip Mlynar

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Biz Markie is hip-hop's most brilliant buffoon. An adept beatboxer, endearingly entertaining rapper, and deliberately awful singer, Biz coined classics during hip-hop's late-'80s golden era and rolled with Marley Marl's almighty Juice Crew. Then he pulled his biggest prank: sampling and getting sued by Gilbert O'Sullivan for illegal use of the song "Alone Again (Naturally)," and therein scuppering many a creative thought about sampling someone else's music without applying (and paying) for permission.

In honor of Biz's appearance at the Brooklyn Bowl tonight—where he'll be spinning records from his vast vinyl crates—here are ten clips starring the man and his antics.

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Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems

By Phillip Mlynar Thu., Jul. 14 2011 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Biz Markie, Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, Dana Dane, Divine Sounds, Finsta Bundy, Gang Starr, Lists, Lordz Of Brooklyn, M.O.P., Marco Polo, Phillip Mlynar, Special Ed, T.H.U.G. Angelz

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This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their heritage, and the borough's nary birthed an MC who hasn't felt moved to pen a tribute to their home base at some point in their career. Some rappers have brought things closer to home by dropping insights about their experiences growing up in specific areas and on individual blocks. Here then are ten supra-local Brooklyn rap anthems, handily sectioned-up by neighborhood.

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Live: Biz Markie Regales A Bunch Of Ad-Agency People, And Why Not

By Chris Tarantino Fri., Oct. 15 2010 at 10:44 AM
Categories: Biz Markie, Chris Tarantino, Featured, Last Night, Live

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The maddest man of all. Pics by Chris, more below.
Ad Week is over, but you'd never know it from the glut of agency parties happening constantly around town. If it's a weeknight and you're looking for something to do, just talk to your closest ad buddy, because chances are they can break you in. Tonight, music-production company Headroom's soiree is doin' the do early on a Thursday: Business-minded people pack into a somewhat small space on the 19th floor of an East 26th St. building in a random part of town, with small amounts of food and large amounts of liquor. And tonight, as silly as it may sound, is a decent ticket, thanks to one Biz Markie.

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