Rahzel

The Bronx-born, beatboxing madman down with The Roots, Rahzel goes all out on his debut solo album, spitting raucous rhymes and displaying his untouchable gift on the mic, delivering more bugged-out vocal trickery than Police Academy noise-maker Michael Winslow. NYC legends Pete Rock and Marley Marl provide slamming beats, while Slick Rick and Q-Tip also appear.

The human beatbox is the kid who cupped his hands around his mouth and became the
band. The Biz Markies and the Doug E. Freshes took the art to new levels in the 1980s, but
even those geniuses can't touch Rahzel, the most inventive and ambitious human
sound-effects maker hip-hop has ever known. If the old human beatboxers are Apple IIs,
he's a Macintosh G3. Rahzel's debut album, Make the Music 2000, drops his see-'e... More >

Having fun with the human beatbox (and friends) in the studio (and on stage) ("Southern Girl," "Night Riders"). (Grade - *)