Gettin Bizzie On Those Who Slept Posted by Junior

Bizzie Boyz: For Those Who Slept and Mission Accomplished From: Droppin' It [Yo Records, 1990] What with Independent J and GIO147's posts in the last week bringing back the new school sound and the sun still shining on the sceptered isle I felt inspired to add another new school offering for your listening pleasure. In a flash of genius I opted for a group that I a) Don't know anything about and b) Am unable to find out anything about even with the awesome power that is the internet. All I can tell you is that the group featured Ski who went on to produce a good portion of Jay Z's debut album among others but that's all been covered by other blogs in the past. I can't even find a pic of the group, sorry. However, give me a chance to redeem myself and you may be pleasantly surprised. Everybody and their great aunt is pretty familiar with the Bizzie's single Droppin' It, a classic slice of nice and easy rap, but I thought I'd share with you a couple of tracks from the album that dropped nanoseconds before the group disappeared of the face of the earth for ever. It'd be a big ask indeed to expect the group's album to live up to the single but what is surprising is how solid the longplayer is. Ok, it makes the same mistakes as nigh on every other group of the period with some very unnecessary hip house and reggae-lite tracks but inbetween these lie some true forgotten gems. For Those Who Slept is a great slice of summer rap that bubbles along with an irresistible confidence and charm. I always offer a favourable ear to "day in the mall" raps and this is up there with the best of em. If sunshine could be concentrated into a rap song it'd probably sound something similar to this. Mission Accomplished brings old school fast rap with aplomb, Ski showing that he was a more than competent MC before jacking it in for the beats, as he rips up the microphone and shows "more control than Janet Jackson". This would slay in a club as much today as it would 16 years ago. Summertime rap to roll with.