CRaZy DJ BazaRRo "Gets CRUSHED!"

Brooklyn has a lot to offer, we’ve read it before, we have all heard it before and if you are lucky you will experience the many talents and cool shit that makes Brooklyn what it is. I met with a dude that claims to be the Craziest DJ of them all in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, NY at Brownstone Billiards. The deal was we swap skills on the pool table and see who is crowned champion; the winner is bestowed with a box of their favorite cereal! Ha-ha! The stakes were high, Cap N’ Crunch Berries were on the line, I was exhausted from an earlier “Crush” and working my nine to five. I was sweating, hungry, mouth a bit parched and a little nervous. Here I am with Chaundon of the "Just Us League" and the "crush" of the hour, Jean Grae’s DJ and the Dysfunkshunal Familees producer trying to mark my territory on the green. In his own right this man is an underground Hip Hop prodigy. I gotta get my shit together, chalk up my stick, crack my knuckles, cue up the ball and let’s go! World Wide Webbers please peep as I “Crush” the extremely talented and don’t forget “Crazy” DJ Bazarro…..

Drinks are ordered, I order my usual, water, chilled, no ice. Heinekens, Coronas, water and a big ass cheese burger fill the table. He breaks…nothing drops, I’m up and I have a choice of many. The table looks like someone spilt their bag of skittles so I take a shot, I miss. I’m easily distracted by Teddy Pendergrass’ “Come Go with Me” blearing in the background, as it reminds me of a certain someone. He’s up, he makes several shots and damn; he’s pretty good. But big girls don’t play when there’s food on the line this may be the end of my breakfast dreams…or is it?

Ok DJ, let me jump in here what makes you so damn “crazy” you seem pretty serene to me.
Well I got my name from being a little different. I was that dude that stood up to the Decepticons back in the days by myself. Shit, ya know? When the crowd went that way, I went “that” way. That’s what made me so “bizarre” I did shit that made sense when other dudes was doing that dumb shit.

I’m saying. I feel you. Fuck standing around waiting for some shit to pop off witcha nosey ass and to hell with going to the trouble! I mean to make it all short you were a chicken. How was it in high school? Raised in Bushwick!
LOL. I went to Bushwick High School; a lot of talent came out of there. I was classmates with Evil Dee. Me and Dee used to have beef with our mix tapes. We did mix tapes before they were called mix tapes; we battled for the ladies attention. Lol

"My favorite from Jay Dilla would be Players by Slum Village. I just be like how the hell he flip the beat like that? What is he thinking; he was real crazy with it. He changed my life."

Awww what a gentleman! You are quite the ladies man. By the way, being the DJ of Miss. Jean has to be incredibly fly man. Yo!? I hit her “MySpace” so hard son, I bet she either thinks I’m a straight stalker or a lesbian. (gas face) I just think she is outrageous! She kind of scares me in a deliciously evil way. Did you secretly slide my business card into her back pocket like I asked you to? Tee-Hee!
We were at Fat Beats the other day for the re-release of her Jeanius album. She didn't have any back pockets. Lol, Next time we play Scattergories I'm going to tell Jean to invite u over.

((pumps fist)) Yes! Scattergories is my shit! I promise you son, I be like taking it back “Rosie Perez” on that ass “Foods that start with the letter Q”! Ha-Ha! YO! You remember that shit? She was talking about Jeopardy but it’s similar in the category. But nah, I bust that game out with the students at my J-O. It’s mad fun. Still no signs of being crazy! Perhaps I have to bring it out of you. Give me your craziest memory.
The craziest thing actually was with Jean Grae. We were on tour with MF Doom in Spain and at four, five something in the morning we decided we wanted to get something to eat. So we went looking for a restaurant and man we fucking got lost. Lost in the middle of nowhere in Spain, well you know how it is in Spain…

Nah-nah pimpin‘ ((laughing)) I don’t know! I don’t know how it is in Spain!
Well I was talking to Chaundon anyway…

Oh SNAP! I can’t go to Spain!? Mr. Big shot DJ?!
LOL!
I’ve never been to Spain dog; I’m just coming from The Bronx.

LOL! Well everything is just crazy over there and getting lost makes it crazier. You know when you’re really lost you get that look like damn I’m REALLY lost! Yo!? You not lost in the hood, this is a different country and a different kind of lost. Nobodies up, you can’t call anyone for help. Lol, so we just started walking and we ended up finding the hotel. We were lucky, five in the morning looking for a sandwich in Spain. Lost in Spain!

Son, that’s some crazy grits and dangerous, ya’ll could have been kidnapped! You know people over seas love Hip Hop! I can hear the culprits now, “There’s Jean Grae and the DJ grab them!” Straight holding ya’ll hostage in Spain!
LOL!

Crazy DJ Bazarro has three balls left on the table to my six and it’s his shot. The game seems to belong to him, my hopes of crunch Berry bliss are slowly fading. He aims, he misses, yes! Finally this could be my chance to sink some shots.

Crazy I refuse to get “Crushed” on my own shit! You’re not winning this game. Joe Scudda got away with it, but I vowed not to let it happen again! As I take these shots, tell me about some current projects you’re working on and who are you working with.
Right now I'm still working on the Dysfunkshunal Familee album. I look forward in working with my boy Travis Williams again. Some new groups I’m working with like Double Maine and World Famous Rod from Bushwick, look out for that. The Krazy Mixtape is still selling, go get that. I'm preparing for some upcoming parties with Evil Dee; we’ll be in North Carolina, Charlotte and Fayetteville, Dec. 26th and 27th. We’re gonna be in Philly at Club Fluid for New Years Eve. Ninth Wonder has a new radio show coming soon; we’ll be down there for that, shout outs to 9th crew Tru Skool. In January I'm trying to get Jean Grae out to Brazil, she has a big fan base there. Oh yea, right after New Years, I’ll be in Syracuse, Jan 2.

Ok man you seem pretty busy. I dig Travis his vibe is so soulful, he is without doubt “Crushable!” Now, Dysfunkshunal Familee, I took it upon myself to be extremely nosey and pay a few members of the tribe a visit on “MySpace“. Amayss is also on my “Crush” radar, truth! I can tell from the company you keep that you are “Early 90’s NYC Hip Hop” The music that is missed so dearly today, at least by me. Crazy, just lay it out on the pool table man, what do you think is going on with Hip Hop right now?
Man yo, it’s all fucked up. If you do drop an album, it might last about two weeks because there is too much shit out. You don’t appreciate music like you used to. It’s too easy to hit download and just sit on it, back in the day man you really focused on the music because it wasn’t easy to get. You went out and brought the tape and listened to it. It’s just way to easy for Hip Hop but it aint easy for Country or Pop music, plain and simple we don’t support each other enough. The game definitely isn’t being played fair. 95% of the radio is the same wack ass bullshit while the other 5% is dope dudes but their airtime is at 2 or 3 am in the morning. That shit aint fair, the people that think the music is dope and that buy the albums are all asleep.

That is so true, where is the positive promotion? ((RIGHT here Get you some ya’ll Get CRUSHED!)) In my opinion, underground players will always be the dopest emcees to me and real talk it never fails, once they get a signed deal man they do a cross over and well it’s a cycle really. At first you were this incredibly fly chief rocker and now you got ya head swollen with industry bullshit and you’ve lost your flare. Now you just cater to a different audience, you do whatever to blend in with mainstream music to stay on top and keep your bills paid. OK I aint mad, I guess that’s how you have to do it. I wanna say with an exception to Jay.
Now Jay, he can sell out The Garden in a heart beat but The Roots can’t and why not? This is just how fucked up people got the game man, the same chicks that holla stop calling us bitches and hoes is out there buying those albums, going to the concerts, buying any and everything from that rapper. The cats that do respect woman, that are on some positive shit don’t get any shine, I guess they aint cool enough.

Wait a minute hold on what about Will Smith? Lol, I love ya Willy….”Get you some, Get Crushed!”
Aww man come on Will Smith is a different story man.
Will Smith don’t count he is the Obama of Hip Hop!

LOL!!
WILL SMITH! The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, I’m telling you that brother saves the world every summer! He is the greatest.
The greatest! Bush should’ve put that fool in Iraq! Will can defeat an entire clan of aliens in a few hours, he could find Bin Laden, I bet you!

Lolzzzzzz!!! Omg, ok, ok stop!!

It’s my turn to shoot, I refuse to lose! Chaundon reminds me in a comical commentators voice that I have six different shots because there are six ball on the table all belonging to me. Screw you! There’s too much at stake, cereal, pride and bragging rights. I circle the table and cue up.

You got your hopes up low Miss Pink!
Bite me!

I shoot, I miss. Six of my balls remain to his four. The pressure is on….

I’m curious about the equipment you use in your lab. Even though I don’t know shit about production and the tools of the trade, I enjoy learning about it all. So tell me what you got going on.
I use the ASRX Pro Drum Machine and the Akai 22 Track board. I've made records straight out of the house with just a little bit of equipment. Right now I'm learning the program Reason thanks to my man AG from Oakland

Yes, just as I suspected. I don’t know what the freeze you’re talking about, but it sounds absolutely interesting. Lets ask a question that is more my speed ha-ha! Where is your favorite place to get vinyl?
My favorite places are a couple of spots out in Philly, me and the Beatminerz go there at least twice a year. I also go to Malachi Records in NYC downtown Manhattan. I've already got a couple of dope samples from there for the next Dysfunkshunal Familee album.

Oh yea? You should let me play “faucet” when you get done! Yo!? Please tell me where your Crazy ass got that "woodie" call from? Lol, I don’t even know what to call it but its wild. I crack the fuck up every time I hear you do it! Son! When you come back for a second “Crush” we’ll have to get it on MP3 so we can let the world hear that shit! But for now you have to log on to esp51.com every Sunday and hear it for yaself. Lol! “woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie” lol!
Lol! I use to do be down with this crew back in Bushwick called "The More Trouble Crew" we use to do that call just to bug out or instead of ringing somebody doorbell we would yell the woodie call. Lmao!

Ok When I was younger in The Bronx, we used to yell out “A-Yo“, or “Su-Wee“! We were dumb. Lol! I stopped doing that shit once I found out it was all gang related, lawd, smh, I‘m too scuury! You know I’m going to ask you, I need to know who your favorite producers are.
Wow that's hard! I would say Dr. Dre, his mixes are sick. Jay Dilla, one of a kind. And I gotta say Premier. My favorite Dr. Dre track would be “Nutin But A G Thang“, the way he took the sample and raised the levels on it made the mix so crisp. It’s a simple song but a great record. My favorite from Jay Dilla would be Players by Slum Village. I just be like how the hell he flip the beat like that? What is he thinking; he was real crazy with it. He changed my life. And Premo can make a hit record out of a one second sample, check 10 crack commandments! Living Proof, he's incredible.

It all comes down to this final shot. Crazy DJ Bazarro has cleared the table easily as I leave 3 balls on the table and all he must do to win is call pocket and sink the 8. He aims, I bite my finger nails, Chaundon is talking shit trying to intimidate me. The 8 ball sinks…and so does the cue ball! Yes!! ((pumps fist))Crazy DJ “Scratch” has been “Crushed” on the pool table!
What an amazing turn of events ladies and gentleman! "Get Crushed!"

Baz, yo!? How unbelievably dope was the tour man, Red and Meth! Who else was in the building, what was the fliest moment and the livest city? Man, drop the details dude!
Tour was crazy, they’re still touring! I only flew out for two dates. My boy Dollamentary told me to come out, bring beats and network, so I did. He rolls with Redman's camp, Gillahouse and Q-tip was there too. Termanology and his crew open up. Alchemist was there with Evidence of Dilated Peoples. Some new members of Wu-tang shout outs to Allah Mathematics and DJ Dice. Just seeing my boy Dollamentary holding it down with Redman, they tore down the house they have a great stage show and plus they’re crazy! The livest city? I would say Santa Cruz, the people were ready to rock and they rocked all night! I still can't believe Redman jump off of a balcony and into the crowd! lol

Oh Snap! Ha-ha! You were prolly eggin’ him on with your crazy “woodie” calls!! Lmao!! But on a more serious stalker-ish note ((whispers)) did you bring me back the half eaten sandwich from Method Man that I asked for?
LOL! I did, it got spoiled, word mad mold. Mold is dangerous so I threw it away! Sorry.
((skins teeth)) Whateva son! Bazarro let’s wrap it up shall we, I ALWAYS do by playing a game. Let’s play “Remix it!” a combination of all the games. Here we go…

Do you sleep with your socks on?
I sleep with my shoes on cause in the hood you always gotta be prepared to run from something. lol

LMAO!! You wake to find you are the star of an action movie you are…
Jack Savage, I have to track down the kidnapped Halle Berry. I save her and at the end of the movie we get busy. What's your next adventure? My next venture is to paint the sky. It’s a big project because the sky is big; I have to find a team that's down to do it. I’m just looking for the ladders right now that can reach the sky.

((rolls eyes)) Oh brotha!! Jack Black or Black Jack?
Black Jack, girls love it when u gamble and win!

And if the “ladies” saw how I blazed that ass tonight you would be going home to a cold bed! Lollzzzz! Damn YO!! Jay-Z is calling again for like the sixth time today! You can't keep ignoring his calls so you answer and he says:
I need one of them Crazy beats Bazarro for a project called Jay Z & Bazarro in The Best Hip Hop album ever! Nobody does it like you Bazarro and I would be honored if you would do this album with me. You’re my idol.

Oh snap!! Lmao you fool!! Ok, last question. Pool or Basketball? ((ha-ha-ha-ha!!))
Basketball! The big courts not that little game you destroyed me in.

"95% of the radio is the same wack ass bullshit while the other 5% is dope dudes but their airtime is at 2 or 3 am in the morning. That shit aint fair, the people that think the music is dope and that buy the albums are all asleep."

Aye! Dude, where's my "Box Called Cereal" son!?
I can't find it nowhere. It seems like they banned no frills cereal. Lmao! I'm a check Pathmark though; they have to have it there.

Sucka! Baz, don’t get me that nasty booty ass King Vitamin or Kaboom! Cereal neeva! ((shudders)) Lol! Yo, before I put this joint out, are there any smoke signals you want to send to anyone?
Yea, I want to thank you for crushing me! Shout outs to the Dysfunkshunal Familee, Travis Williams, Larry Thomas, Beatminerz, Dj Skinny, ESP51.com, Double Maine, Souls of Mischief, Redman and Method Man, Dollamentary, GillaHouse, Bamboo, RJ. Yo! Jean Grae.

Much love right there! “woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie-woodie” Ha-ha! You have been officially “Crushed by PinkCookiz!” Crazy DJ Bazarro, thanks for chilling with me, and getting your ass kicked in hoops and on the pool table, we will rematch soon, on a real court! You were an incredible crush! I gotta go light up.


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