Jay Bizzy - March/April 2006
Who: Jay Bizzy
What: get bizzy
Where: Halifax, NS
To Contact: Urbnet, PO Box 10617, 998 Bloor Street W., Toronto ON, M6H 1L8 (647) 271-7736, , www.jaybizzy.com.
Jay Bizzy (a.k.a. Jay Flemming) grew up in Shelburne, NS, where in 1999, the aspiring MC created an anthem for the town of about two thousand when he recorded “U R Shelburne When,” popularized on Napster. Later, he moved back to his native Halifax, where local rapper/producer Classified helped him make his 2002 debut CD, Hard Rhymes In The Maritimes. The ECMA-nominated album gave him cred and he landed opening slots for the likes of The Game, Busta Rhymes, Kardinal Offishall, Rascalz, and Buck 65. On his second album, the 16-track The Ghost Of Jacob Marley, he offers to “take you on a trip to Nova Scotia/Show ya hip-hop the way yer s’posed ta.” His tracks are eclectic, chilled and fun, ranging in flavor from the Jamaican interjections of “Get Busy On ‘Em”, featuring Rocky Ninja to the jazzy “The Party Crasher”. Produced by Classified, Fresh Kils, Jorun, Beatmason, and Dexter Doolittle, 13 of the tracks were recorded at Beatmason’s Stonecutter Labs, the other three at Classified’s Halflife Studios.