Busy Bee Starski

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Busy Bee Starski (also known as Chief Rocker Busy Bee)[1] born October 26, 1962, in the Bronx, New York, is an old school hip hop musician, and MC. First coming on the New York City music scene in 1977, when rap music and hip hop culture was still in its infancy stages in New York City, Busy Bee worked with many of hip-hop's founding fathers, including Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaataa, and Kool DJ AJ.

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[edit] Biography

Born David Parker and known for his comedic rhymes, Busy Bee originally gained a large following through MC rap battles in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. He was famously roasted by Kool Moe Dee at Harlem World in Manhattan, NY, December 1981, in one of the earliest documented rap battles.[2] In 1985, 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.[3] Busy Bee continues to rhyme today, most recently appearing on KRS-One and Marley Marl's collaborative 2007 album, Hip-Hop Lives. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Michelle of over 20 years. He has two daughters.

[edit] Film and Video

Busy Bee was featured in the 1982 film Wild Style, billed as the first hip-hop motion picture, directed by Charlie Ahern. 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.[4]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Running Thangs (Strong City/Uni/MCA Records UNID-2, 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 Records, 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 Ass
  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

(Note: “Murder Style” is actually “Murder” from Runnin’ Thangs)

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.)

[edit] Singles

The Marvelous Three and the Younger Generation (Busy Bee, DJ Small, AJ, Cowboy, Kid Creole, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness, Rahiem ) - Rappin' All Over (Brass Records - 1980)

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

(Note: Only Busy Bee, AJ and DJ Small actually appear on this single)

School Days (Master Five - 1981)

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

Making Cash Money (Sugar Hill - 1982)

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

Busy Bee's Groove (Sugar Hill - 1985)

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

Suicide (Strong City/Uni/MCA - 1987)

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

Express (Strong City/Uni/MCA - 1988)

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

Express (Strong City/Uni/MCA - 1988)

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

Express (Strong City/Uni/MCA - 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)

[edit] Guest appearances

Year Song Artist Album
1982 "MC Battle"
"Street Rap"
"Chief Rocker Busy Bee & DJ AJ At The Amphitheatre"		 V/A Wild Style OST
1985 "Vice" V/A Miami Vice Soundtrack
1989 "Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa)" V/A Hip Hop Artist Against Apartheid
1991 "First Black History Jam Live At The Bronx River Centre" V/A Afrika Bambaataa & The Universal Zulu Nation In Conjunction With Music Of Life Presents Hip Hop Funk Dance Classics Volume 2
1992 "First Black History Jam Live At The Bronx River Centre (Part 2)" V/A Hip Hop Funk Dance Classics Volume 2
"Hip Hop Throwdown" V/A Afrika Bambaataa & The Universal Zulu Nation In Conjunction With Music Of Life Presents Hip Hop Funk Dance Classics Volume 3
1994 "Real" V/A Raiders of the Lost Art...
1998 "Freestyle" Funkmaster Flex The Mix Tape Volume III: 60 Minutes Of Funk
2000 "Words From The Chief Rocker" De La Soul Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
2002 "Make It Hot" V/A Legends Of Hip Hop
2007 "House of Hits" KRS-One & Marley Marl Hip Hop Lives
2008 "Busy Bee Shout Out" KRS-One Maximum Strength
2009 "Intro"
"Dance Sucka (Interlude)"
"Hip Hop Is Something We Live (Interlude)"
"Kickin' Flava (Interlude)"
"We'll Be Here Forever (Interlude)"		 V/A Wilshire District Music Presents: Miracle Mile Volume One
2010 "Married Girl 3462" Greenie It's All Good[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spin Magazine, October 1985, Vol. 1, No. 6, p.39
  2. ^ "Blow Average". Dallas Observer. http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-04-26/news/blow-average/. Retrieved 2007-04-26. 
  3. ^ "Busy Bee Biography". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p23286. Retrieved 2007-04-27. 
  4. ^ "Hip Hop Legends". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961203/. Retrieved 2007-04-28. 
  5. ^ http://www.rapweekly.com/?p=7616
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