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Monday, June 20, 2011



Busy Bee


Chief Rocker Busy Bee (David Parker) first entered the hip hop in 1977.  He earned his reputation and amassed a large following in early battles around New York, including winning the New Music Seminar’s MC World Supremacy Belt in 1986.
He made a record in1980 called “Rappin’ All Over” as a member of the Marvelous Three (which included DJ SMALLS and AJ (later AJ Scratch- Kurtis Blow’s DJ).
He’s a member of Africa Bambaata's   Zulu Nation.
One of his most famous and high profile roles was in  Wild Style,  As one of the main characters, he is featured in a battle against Lil’ Rodney C of theFunky 4+1 and Double Trouble, as well as at the show in the film’s finale with DJ AJ.  Be sure to check out the funky fresh suit he’s wearing on stage at the amphitheatre.
He was also involved in one of the most infamous battles in history againstKoll Moe Dee. Copies of this battle have been traded around for last twenty years (including on this site).
He had an early 12″ pre-Sugarhill Records was “School days” in 1980.  On Sugar hill he made “Making Cash Money” in 1981 and “Busy Bee’s Groove” in 1984.
His biggest record to date is “Suicide” in 1987 which was produced by Jazzy Jay  and appeared on Strong City.
He did release two albums (“Running Thangs” in 1988 and “Thank God for Busy Bee”), but his work on the Wild Style soundtrack is widely considered his most memorable recordings as well as some featured tracks on the Sugar Hill box set.
He appeared on Funkmaster Flex’s Mixtape Vol. 3 in 1998.



   



The  B -Boys




Members
DJ Chuck Chillout
Donald D
Brother B
The B-boys hail from the Bronx, New York.
Their best known record is “Rock The House” which has been sampled on just about every early cut and paste jam.
“2 3 break” and “Cuttin Herbie” were two equally good scratch instrumentals displaying the turntable finesse of Chuck Chillout.  “2 3 break” was one of the first records to cut up the well known “Rocket in the pocket” break by Cerrone.  All of these tracks were released on Vintertainment records in 1983.
1985 saw their return with “Stick Up Kid” and “Girls” and “Girls Part 2″.
Chuck Chillout worked with Run DMC on the “King of Rock” LP primarily on the cut “Daryll & Joe”.
Chuck Chillout went on to host a NY rap show on WBLS.  In the mid 80′s he putt out a solo record on Vintertainment called “Hip Hop On Wax Part 1″. This release was part of a three part series.  Part 2 was by Kool DJ RED ALERT and Part 3 was by DJ Born Supreme Allah (who also made “2,3 Break Pt 2″ in 1985).  Chuck also put out an album in 1989 called “The Masters of Rhythm” with Kool Chip on Mercury Records which featured “Rhythm is the Master”, “No DJ Like Chuck” and “I’m Large”. he is also credited with mixing Public Enemy’s “Night of the Living Baseheads”.  He was also known as DJ Steel of Steel Productions.
Donald D was a solo artist for a few years affiliated with Ice T’s west coast Rhyme Syndicate putting out two albums.  The first one of which was called “Notorious” in 1990. He also did a cameo on Ice T’s album “Power”.  He currently resides in LA where he is working on “Girls Part 3″ with Brother B.
In 1995 Chuck Chillout released a single called “2-3 Break ’95″ on Phat Wax with a vocal group he produced on the b side.
He also discovered the hip hop group Black Moon.
Chuck has a record pool in Newark (which was started in 1999) called Full Blast Record Pool and is working with a new upcoming artist named FT. NOX.
In addition, he has a show on XM radio Channel 66 Raw.

Grabbin’ the Mic and Rockin’ the Crowd




Imperial Brothers


“We Come to Rock” was their first 12″ from Cutting Records in 1984.
The B side features DJ Whiz Kid and is usually considered the better version of track.
The follow called “Live it Up” in 1985 was more hip hop than its electro predecessor.
As of 2007, El Don and Chedda have reunited and are making tracks appearing on Smack dvd and New york mixtapes. They are currently working on a comeback overseas album with a label based in France.