Beat Box 101- 5 Names

The human beatbox or the entertainer
No other title could fit me plainer
In a passing generation I am a remainer
And I'm also known as the beatbox trainer...


Ready Rock C- The beatbox for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the artist formerly known as The Fresh Prince hit it pretty hard. He appeared on a few songs, but none more memorable than “Rock the House,” where he not only hums the Sanford and Son theme, but then he does it underwater. Also the first and only beatbox to win a Grammy Award

The Human Beat Box- He was a founding member of the Disco 3, which later became The Fat Boys. Buffy, as he was also known, was a standout in the rap game of the mid-80s because of his large stature and different techniques. His style was brash and loud and his trademark effect that sounded like a deep breath being took by, well, a fat dude. The Fat Boys released some solid albums at that time and even some pretty hard core tracks (think “Crushin.”) Buffy helped steal the show in their otherwise wack movie, Disorderlies. By the time that movie dropped, Buff and the Fat Boys had gone to the well too many times with remakes of old 60s jams. Tragically, he died in 1995 at the age of 28 and weighing nearly 450 pounds. For most of the mainstream, he was their first glimpse of beatboxing.

That Dork in your Office- You know the guy, he hears you listening to some hip-hop, sees you flipping through XXL, overhears you talking about the Mos Def concert you attended. He then does the worst beat box impression or what might sound like your sick grandfather. He throws in a couple “yo, yo” and exaggerated hand gestures. Maybe a 1987 b-boy stance. In his mind, that's hip hop, but in reality, he looks like a retard. Inspired, when he gets home he finds the only rap cassette he owns, a bootleg copy of Skee-Lo his high school girlfriend gave him

Doug E Fresh- A contemporary of The Human Beat Box, Fresh’s style was a bit more polished and perhaps a bit quieter in his style. He dropped the classic “The Show b/w La Di Da Di” in 1985 where he strictly beatboxed while a young Slick Rick (then MC Ricky D) weaved a 80’s day in the life of a b-boy on “La Di…” Out of most of the era's beatboxers, he was probably the best lyricist with the possible exception of Biz Markie. After his initial success, his popularity waned.

The Police Academy Guy- Remember Michael Winslow from the Academy Award winning Police Academy movies? That guy could beat box with the best of them. Although, he was usually making some robot noises, or mimicking someone devouring their lunch, you know he could kick it old school. He could kick Steve Guttenburg's ass too.

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