Having just checked out Biz's albums in 2025, moving forward into more modern production is a welcome change. Biz brags and tells us about his love for 'Chinese Food' on the Asian influenced second track with final bars where he "ching chongs" at the end that he wouldn't get a pass for these days. 'Let Me See You Bounce' is pretty average and a genericly energetic dance-rap attempt but Elephant Man always sounds good over these beats. The RnB/rap song, 'Like a Dream' sees Biz being thankful and bragging about what he's done. 'Friends' bowing heavily from 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers and topically borrows from Biz's best known song, 'Just a Friend' where he is friend-zoned. The sample is a cheat code for any song, and you can't dislike it. "Was a hook-up from my man, word bond she was bad/If I met her whole family I would kiss her dad" - These lyrics sound like a toned down version of Biggie's, "When I met you I admit my first thoughts was to trick/You look so good huh, I suck on your daddy's d****." The next Diddy featured 'Do Your Thang' uses 'Down by Law' by Fab 5 Freddy. After Biz's comedic skit, 'Country', we see one of the best tracks. 'Turn Back the Hands of Time' features a nicely sung hooked from Lil' Kal with Biz reminiscing about the past throughout the verses over another sample. This time it's 'You Made A Promise to Me' by The Spinners. 'Throw Back' has a similar theme a few tracks prior. The last track is the worst thing here with its "Ei ya, oi ya, ei ya ya ya" hook. The three biggest features here are Diddy, Erick Sermon and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Unfortunately none of them produce. Jeff just adds some scratches on the underwhelming opener. Diddy adds some bars on the opening of 'Do Your Thang' and Sermon offers a worthy verse on 'Not a Freak'. While Biz still shows signs of being the 'Clown Prince of Hip Hop' on this, he doesn't have the same unique qualities his earlier projects had with some more generic topics. But at the time, it is his fifth album, so you can forgive that to an extent. I like a lot of the production. The well chosen samples carry it and Biz is still enjoyable to listen to spit. Props to Biz for not wasting a song on shout-outs that he did on his previous albums. Obviously this album didn't have the impact his earlier ones did, but for 10 years between drinks for Biz, he's done a more than solid job here (handling about half of the production too) and the more likeable consistency make this the album from his with the most replay value. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Friends, Throw Back, Turn Back the Hands of Time, Games

Largely written by Big Daddy Kane and produced by Marley Marl, this has all of the hallmarks of an '88 album. Listening to this, so much has been influential. The amount of his lines that have been flipped to be classic hooks or just memorable bars from other artists demonstrates this. It's tough to evaluate older projects because I can't put myself in 1988, but all of this other albums have more going for them listening to them these days. Some of the mastering of the vocals sound very low quality too. I can barely understand him on 'This Is Something for the Radio' and he's just talking giving shout outs. If you’re a fan of ’80s hip-hop, you’ll likely appreciate this more than I do. For those who enjoy Biz’s style but prefer a more polished, modern approach to production, his later albums might be a better fit. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: Biz Is Goin' Off, Vapors 1. Pickin' Boogers 50 2. Albee Square Mall 54 3. Biz Is Goin' Off 70 4. Return of the Biz Dance 60 5. Vapors 73 6. Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz 60 7. Biz Dance (Part One) 55 8. Nobody Beats the Biz 65 9. This Is Something for the Radio 45 10. Cool V's Tribute to Scratching 60

After kicking off his last two albums with dull shout-outs, Biz Markie's opening here feels much more positive. 'I'm the Biz Markie' delivers, while 'Young Girl Bluez' fully justifies why, in my review of 'The Biz Never Sleeps', I mentioned looking forward to his later work. The '93 production shines, bolstered by a Slick Rick sample who's been flipped countless times but always still works well. Unfortunately, after the strong first three tracks, the album starts to lose momentum. 'Groovin' drags things down with yet another shout-out session—this time placed awkwardly in the middle of the record. It doesn't stop there: 'Singin' follows with more shout-outs at the end. That one’s at least fun, with Biz belting out his best singin' in the rain impression on the hook. But as if that wasn’t enough, the closer piles on a full five minutes of thank-yous. Sure, being grateful is admirable, but someone really should’ve told Biz to ease up it 'Funk Is Back' lands a notch below the album's top-tier tracks. 'Let Me Turn You On' takes a dive into disco territory, and 'The Gator (Dance)' is more of a quirky mumbling experiment from Biz. Meanwhile, 'Hooker Got a Boyfriend' offers a classic Biz storytelling moment—this time about a hooker’s boyfriend repeatedly crashing his good time. The top two tracks here easily rank among my favorite Biz cuts from his first four albums. However, after binging his last two records recently, the formula is starting to wear thin. While the '93 production is more consistent overall, the songs themselves just aren’t as captivating. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: I'm the Biz Markie, Young Girl Bluez

I just wrote a review criticizing Biz for starting an album with four minutes of shoutouts, and he follows on from his previous album to do it again here... The production is nice too, but it's wasted. On the chorus of the next track, Biz off key and drunkenly sings "American Woman" borrowing from the Guess Who song, but I thought he was ahead of his time and yelling "MAGA woman" until i checked the lyrics. 'Let Go My Egoo' is slow and drags on with its repetitive loop of keys. Not a great start so far. Thankfully it improves from there. 'What Goes Around Comes Around' adds some more life to the production sampling some vocals from 'A Feeling Is' by The Emotions. You'll have to like the instrumentation because it continually loops for four minutes with Biz just spitting a story about karma for the entirety of the song without any hook to speak of. 'Romeo & Juliet' has one of the best instrument on the album. It's kind of dark and the hook stands out. 'Toilet Stool Rap' again offers a step up in terms of its beat compared to the album's opening tracks, but unfortunately, its theme revolves around brainstorming ideas while sitting on the toilet. The sample in 'I Told You' made me save the original for later. Like 'Romeo & Juliet', this adds someone of a dark feel to the song. On this song Biz has messages for all of those who doubted him. 'Take it from the Top' is a posse cut of sorts. None of the features ring a bell. - Backspin, Capital T, Diamond Shell or Force Fell and the beat is very standard. The sample used on 'Alone Again' was uncleared, causing this album to be pulled from shelves and later re-released without the track. It’s a straightforward piano loop that leaves you wondering why they didn’t simply create a replacement. The finale, 'On and On' is a fun track that sees Biz rapping with a different style. There are some good uses of samples here, but there are a number of tracks that are fairly forgettable. In comparing to his previous album, 'The Biz Never Sleeps', there isn't a lot in it, but I'd say the hooks are a step down from his last album as is the consistency, but the high points of the best tracks listed below, are higher. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Romeo & Juliet, I Told You 1. To My Boys 35 2. Road Block 51 3. Let Go My Eggo 44 4. What Comes Around Goes Around 60 5. Romeo and Juliet 78 6. T.S.R. (Toilet Stool Rap) 60 7. Busy Doing Nuthin' 70 8. I Told You 80 9. Buck Wild 65 10. Kung Fu 61 11. Take It From the Top 50 12. Alone Again 64 13. On and On 60

The Jerry Springer Shows was so interesting, but I don't think this was a well put together documentary at all. Why aren't there more interviews with previous guests? They gloss over some aspects that leave you asking questions. It seems like the budget for this wasn't too large.