Busy Bee Starski born 1950's is an old school hip hop MC. First coming on the scene in 1977, New York-based Busy Bee worked with many of hip-hop's founding fathers, including Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaataa, and Kool DJ AJ. Known for his comedic rhymes, he originally gained a large following through MC battles in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. He was famously roasted by Kool Moe Dee at Harlem World in Manhattan, NY December 1982 in one of the earliest documented freestyle battle^[1]. In 1986, he won the New Music Seminar's MC World Supremacy Belt^{[citation needed]}. In the early 1980s Afrika Bambaataa asked Busy to join his Zulu Nation where the young MC would DJ for Bambaataa's Zulu Nation parties.^[2] Busy Bee continues to rap today, most recently appearing on KRS-One and Marley Marl's collaborative 2007 album, Hip-Hop Lives. Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Old school hip hop is a term used to describe the very earliest hip hop music to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. ... West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy For information on rap music, see hip hop music. ... Melle Mel (born Melvin Glover on May 15, 1962 in Bronx, New York ) is a hip-hop musician, one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as a lyricist & as lead rapper of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. ... Afrika Bambaataa (born on April 17 in 1957)[1] is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1970s. ... Mohandas Dewese (born 8 August 1962), better known as Kool Moe Dee, was an American old-school rapper prominent in the late 1980s and early 90s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This music festival-related article is a stub. ... KRS-One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. ... {{Infobox musical artist 2 |Name = John Dixon |Img = JohnDixon. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Hip-Hop Lives is the upcoming collaborative album from MC KRS-One and producer Marley Marl that will be released on May 22, 2007. ...

Film and Video

Busy Bee was featured in the 1982 film Wild Style, billed as the first hip hop motion picture. More recently, he played himself in the 2002 inner city drama Paid in Full. In 2007 he was included in the video documentary Hip Hop Legends.^[3] For other uses, see Wild Style (disambiguation). ... Paid in Full is 2002 film that was produced by Roc-A-Fella and directed by Charles Stone III. It is a film that takes place in Harlem at the height of the Crack Epidemic that hit there during the 1980s. ...

Discography

Albums

Running Thangs (Strong City/ UNI - 1988)

1. Running Thangs
2. Suicide
3. Murder
4. Converse
5. Get Busy
6. I Don't Play
7. Kickin' Flavor
8. Express
9. Old School
10. Jazzy On the Mix

Thank God for Busy Bee (Pandisc - 1992)

1. Flavor Man
2. Get With Me
3. Busy Bee's Block Party w/ Reynold's Rap, Jay Dizzy & Globe
4. Jail Bait
5. Bart Dance
6. Busy Signal
7. Kiss My A__
8. You Should Be My Baby w/ Pure Blend
9. Busy's Revenge w/ Kid Capri
10. Home Boyz
11. Poon Tang
12. I Got Things Sewed
13. My Personality
14. Murder Style
15. Thank God for Busy Bee

Look In da Sky Who Do Ya See (Jazz Child Records - 1998)

1. Look In da Sky Who Do Ya See w/ Grandmaster Caz
2. Look In da Sky Who Do Ya See w/ Grandmaster Caz (Chico and the Man Mix)
3. Vintage Busy Bee
4. Stop Lying by Joy
5. DJ Parker Lee's Bee Sting (Mega Mix)
6. The Bee Vs. The Funky Penguin Mix
7. Look In da Sky Who Do Ya See (Inst.)
8. Vintage Busy Bee (Inst.)

Singles

The Marvelous Three and the Younger Generation (Busy Bee, DJ Smalls & AJ) - Rappin' All Over (Brass Records - 1981)

1. Rappin' All Over (Rap)
2. Rappin' All Over (Music)

School Days (Master Five - 1981)

1. School Days (Vocal)
2. School Days (Instrumental)

Making Cash Money (Sugarhill - 1982)

1. Making Cash Money (Vocal)
2. Making Cash Money (Instrumental)

Busy Bee's Groove (Sugarhill - 1984)

1. Busy Bee's Groove (Vocal)
2. Busy Bee's Groove (Instrumental)

Suicide (Strong City/ UNI - 1987)

1. Suicide (Vocal)
2. Suicide (Instrumental)
3. Suicide (Dub)

Express (Strong City/ UNI - 1988)

1. Express (Vocal)
2. Express (Instrumental)

Express (Strong City/ UNI - 1988)

1. Express (Hyped-Up Mix)
2. Express (Bonus Beats)
3. Express (Radio Vocal)
4. Express (Instrumental)

Express (Strong City/ UNI - 1988)

1. Express
2. I Don't Play

Keep It Movin' (Blazin' - 2002)

1. Keep It Movin' w/ DJ Kool (Main Mix)
2. Keep It Movin' w/ DJ Kool (Kool Edit)
3. Keep It Movin' (Bonus Drop)
4. Keep It Movin' w/ DJ Kool (BRONXTALE Remix)
5. Keep It Movin' (BRONXTALE Instrumental)
6. Keep It Movin' w/ DJ Kool (LIVE AND RAW Remix)

Rock the House (Blazin' - 2002)

1. Rock the House
2. Rock the Drop
3. Rock the House (Old School Super Bad Mix)
4. Let the Party Out
5. Let the Party Out (Instrumental)

With Others

• Wild Style w/ Lil Rodney Cee "M.C. Battle" (Animal - 1983)
• Wild Style "Street Rap" (Animal - 1983)
• Hip Hop Artist Against Apartheid "Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa)" (Warlock - 1989)
• Raiders of the Lost Art... w/ Mic Profesah "Real" (Scotti Bros - 1994)
• De La Soul "Words From the Chief Rocker" AOI: Mosaic Thump (Tommy Boy - 2000)
• Legends of Hip Hop w/ Ice-T, Flava Flav, Cheeks, Special K, Afrika Bambaataa, Smooth Approach, Sha-Rock, Whodini, Reggie Reg, Grandmaster Caz, DLB, LA Sunshine, Grand Puba, Pete DJ Jones, Kurtis Blow, DJ Hollywood, Eddie Cheeba, Dano, Ceelo, Waterbed Kev, Speech, Grand Wizard Theodore, Dota Rock, Rakim & DJ Kool Herc "Legends of Hip Hop" (Absolut Records - 2002)
• Legends of Hip Hop w/ Grandmaster Caz, GQ & Smooth Approach "Make It Hot" (Absolut Records - 2002)
• Hip Hop Lives w/ KRS-One & Marley Marl "House of Hits" (Koch Records - 2007)

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