I Need a Haircut by Biz Markie (CD, Sep-1995, Cold Chillin')

Album Features
UPC:	754647900024
Artist:	Biz Markie
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1995
Record Label:	Cold Chillin'
Genre:	East Coast Rap, R&B

Track Listing
1. To My Boys
2. Road Block
3. Let Go My Eggo
4. What Comes Around Goes Around
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. T.S.R. (Toilet Stool Rap)
7. Busy Doing Nuthin'
8. I Told You
9. Buck Wild
10. Kung Fu
11. Take It from the Top
12. On and On

Details
Playing Time:	53 min.
Producer:	Biz Markie
Distributor:	n/a
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
Recorded At BMV Studios, New Jersey.All lyrics written by Biz Markie.Personnel: Biz Markie (vocals).Recording information: BVM Studios, NJ.Photographer: George DuBose.Unfortunately, I NEED A HAIRCUT is best remembered as a record that made things difficult for rap artists. After the album's release, Biz Markie was slapped with a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan for the unauthorized sampling of his "Alone Again Naturally" on the Biz's "Alone Again." Sullivan won, the record was pulled, and a new ruling prompted all record companies to clear hip-hop samples before their release on record. Following this fiasco, Biz Markie slipped in popularity, and has kept a low profile ever since.The 1995 re-release of I NEED A HAIRCUT appears without "Alone Again," but still contains the qualities that make Biz Markie great--his sly humor, his facility with off-the-cuff freestyle raps, and his exuberant, playful persona. Spinning out goofy narratives and metaphors with apparently effortless ease, Biz Markie drops cultural references ("Let Go My Eggo"), nostalgic folk wisdom ("What Comes Around Goes Around"), and schoolyard humor ("Toilet Stool Rap"). The inventiveness of Markie's wordplay and delivery (his enunciation suggests that he's just woken up from a nap, or taken a shot of Novacane) prevails, making I NEED A HAIRCUT a fine, lost addition to the Biz's small, essential catalogue.