Biz Markie’s biggest single, and it would be safe to say what he is known for, “Just A Friend” was released in 1989. 20 years later, he is still packing… Chloe on a Thursday night, sorta. Creating one of the most instantly recognizable, and perhaps most well loved hip hop ballads of the 1980s earns the Biz a permanent place in the annals of hip hop. It does not, however, make him a DJ capable of rocking the party until the wee hours of the morning. Granted, he didn’t have a whole heck of a lot to work with, the club (Chloe, ugh) was brimming with sausage, and no, I don’t mean bratwurst. And unfortunately the smattering of b-boy bourgetto seemed more interested in posing about and flossing their Nike’s than they were in dancing. For a crowd of kids intent on showing off their street-wear savant, I didn’t see a whole lot of originality, sparing a few stars, see below, my man on the left.
Apparently, I’m behind on the times for thinking Stussy was a whole lot cooler in 1994 than it is now, because the store party drew out fans out in droves. Biz Markie’s name must have had mostly to do with it, but in all truth the Biz came on and killed the party. And I don’t mean “he killed it(!!!),” I mean the Biz came on, and the party flat-lined. Perhaps it was the ACDC (although I’m a big fan) but something just seemed wrong about Biz Markie spinning “Back in Black.” And another thing, he played the instrumental loop of his “Just A Friend” about three songs into his set, and never sang along, I mean, c’mon. I’d expect he played it again before the end, but I wouldn’t know because like most people, I left before the end of his set. It was disappointing.
Colorful baseball hats galore! Manufacturers stickers and all. Just like new.
There was a fair amount of break(ish) dancing going on… I believe my favorite part of the battle had to have been when one guy entered the circle and did the robot, immediately eliciting a histrionics from the group and inspiring everyone around the circle to suddenly burst into it’s midst a la mock-robot. (Note to b-boys: see Chapelle show… robot, no longer cool.)
Is it just me? Or does anyone else see Ben Stiller here?
Who needs jumbo slice? Bad Tisa! Don’t bite your friends.
Dag. they put Biz in a cage.
On the ol school tip — RIP Frosty Freeze, of the Rock Steady Crew - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/04/obit.frost.ap/index.html
April 4, 2008 at 2:06 pmStussy? Next you know WilliWear WilliSmith will come back.
April 4, 2008 at 5:57 pmhaha, but miss britt’s armmm is sooooo delicious mr. fine
April 4, 2008 at 6:25 pmactually, there was pleanty of girls there.
April 5, 2008 at 9:13 amstill, shades inside a club will never ever ever be okey, people.
April 5, 2008 at 2:24 pmThis is pretty salty coverage of the event.
“Salty” does not equal “witty”.
April 7, 2008 at 9:49 amokay, point taken… apologies for the saltiness everyone. i agree, it’s not good form to let personal opinions overshadow journalistic integrity. enjoy the pictures.
April 7, 2008 at 11:38 pmYeah, i smell quite a large amount of hatred. That party was hella fly. And I’m glad my pics got posted, I’m actually on the cover picture with my “L.A.’s Finest” sign up. Anyway, there were plenty of ladies there, bad ones, not just average sneaker enthusiasts ladies either. People had on fly gear, the music was good, the drinks were flowing, there was plenty of dancing…and to top it off, Chloe is a hot club. Hey i was blasted, i had an amazing time…holla at me.
April 10, 2008 at 10:38 am
Sausage fest? What? Was it a room filled with sneaker heads and HypeBeasts? I wouldn’t expect anything less from an event like this. It has “dude-tastic” written all over it.
April 4, 2008 at 1:59 pm