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Markies legacy exists welloutsidethe opening and closing notes of his most popular track.
Appreciating Biz Markie is a full-body sensory experience.
Even the Northeast electronics chain the Wiz, a competitor to P.C.
Richard & Son, repurposed Markies hook forits inescapable commercial jingle, now the distant memory of a generation.
His legal teamcalled samplinga euphemism in the music industry for what anyone else would call pickpocketing.
Ever the jokester, Markie titled his next studio album, in 1993,All Samples Cleared!
It comes around when its getting ready to be springtime.
Its a prescient, tellingquip.
