The second and final release from Brooklyn record label Get Busy Records is historic because it is then sixteen year old (and future rap mogul) Jay-Z's first appearance on wax. "In a conversation at Sway In The Morning, Jaz-O details his rich history in Hip-Hop. Sway, an avid Jaz fan, speaks about the two EMI Records releases from the Marcy Projects MC. The conversation gets especially interesting at the 15:00 mark. Jaz-O details a rarely-discussed 12″ single (embedded below) that marks his first appearance on wax, as well as JAY-Z’s—one that is missed in many discography accounts of Shawn Carter’s Songwriting Hall Of Fame career. “In 1985, I did a song called ‘HP Gets Busy,’ ’cause we had a lil’ group called High Potent MCs. That was myself, JAY-Z, this cat Almond Joy, and his brother, EZ LP. So we did a song…” As Jaz says it, DJ Wonder plays the record. “You f*ckin’ my head up right now…I gotta come down from the ceiling right now.” Sway jokes that the song has never been played on the radio before—despite the teen MCs’ dreams at the time. “We did that song, and we started making our way Uptown. I started doing rap battles at Broadway International and The Rooftop.” Jaz recalls one battle that involved Bronx, New York O.G. Just-Ice, as well as Brooklyn storyteller Dana Dane. He goes on to credit the BX’s Grandmaster Caz as a significant influence." - Ambrosia For Heads
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