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 Biz MarkieAll Samples Cleared! Release Date: 1993 06 22 Running Time: 54:23 Label: Warner Bros. Records Rating:  |
Chastened by his court battle over a sample from pop crooner Gilbert O'Sullivan, Biz Markie returned with All Samples Cleared!, a safe record, both legally and artistically. Sampling conservatively, Markie nevertheless opened with a forceful statement of purpose ("I'm the Biz Markie"), but elsewhere hoped for another hit with the same blend of great storytelling and artless balladeering that had made "Just a Friend" his only Top Ten hit. "Young Girl Bluez," one of the few outside productions, was a solid return to form, but his reinvention as a disco diva for "Let Me Turn You On" was a step too far. All Samples Cleared! had a few amusing songs, including "I'm a Ugly Nigga (So What)" and "The Gator (Dance)," as well as an interesting blend of humor with social topic ("Hooker Got a Boyfriend"), but for the most part Biz Markie was keeping his head down, and it showed. John Bush, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | I'm the Biz Markie | Hall, Walker | 4:08 |
| 2 | I'm a Ugly Nigga (So What) | Hall | 4:57 |
| 3 | Young Girl Bluez | Hall, Gibbs | 4:08 |
| 4 | Family Tree | Hall | 2:18 |
| 5 | Let Me Turn You On | Hall, Whitehead, Cohen, Hall, McFadden | 5:34 |
| 6 | Gator (Dance) | Gibbs, Hall, Hall | 4:03 |
| 7 | Groovin' | Hall | 5:18 |
| 8 | I'm Singin' | Hall | 5:12 |
| 9 | Hooker Got a Boyfriend | Porter, Hall, Cave, Jones | 4:47 |
| 10 | Bad by Myself | Mills, Scales, McClelland, Robinson, Hall | 5:07 |
| 11 | Funk Is Back | Hall | 3:43 |
| 12 | Thanks | Hall, Brown | 5:21 |
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