My friend Prasad and I got to talk to Rahzel after the Roots show
in central park NYC last summer. He mentioned Biz Markie and Dougie
Fresh as major inspirations. He also said that since he was a kid
he'd always been fascinated by that guy in those Police Academy
movies who'd make all those crazy sounds. And just like that guy in
the movie (I forget his name) Rahzel used to clown around in class,
making all these noises, often frustrating the hell out of his
teachers. Like a rapper constantly playing on words, or a DJ always
never sleeping on a record for making music, Rahzel said that he
never slept on any sounds - always taking whatever fell on his ears
and practicing day and night to imitate it - all that with a daily
routine of breathing and vocal exercises. His talent is truely
legendary.
He mentioned he was going to record a solo album featuring other
beatbox junkies - anyone got any info on that? I think he does some
stuff on the new Bush Babies LP (at least it sounds like him, but
there's no info on the promo copy).
> appearance on Marly Marl and Mr. Magic's WBLS show. In it he does a
> live
> Human Orchestra for each of the names in his newly formed Juice
> Crew.
"...we came to rock for brooklyn...Bbb..Bbb...Bbb....Bbb...BBBrrrrrrr
and ...KHHHH...queens...Bbb..Bbb...Bbb....Bbb...BBBrrrrrrr...and
...KHHHH...manhattan...BBBrrrrrrr...KHHHH...Bbb..Bbb...Brrrrrrr...and
...KHHHH...the bronx....."
shanti,
ashwin
ashwin@visgen.com