Beatboxing

History

Hip hop flyer announcing Doug E Fresh as "the human beatbox" for a party in 1982

Even though beatboxing has

It seems that Doug E Fresh, who was located in Harlem, developed his skills independently from Buffy, who grew up in East Brooklyn, it is rather doubtful as both boroughs are part of New York City.

The Fat Boys's popularity was very high in particular in the USA and Europe but also worldwide with the release of several singles, commercials, and even feature films etc. while in the beginning Doug E Fresh was rather limited to the US market.

Albums

1980s

• Fat Boys – "Human Beat Box" from Fat Boys (1984)
• Doug E. Fresh – The Show & La Di Da Di (1985)
• Roxanne Shante & Biz Markie – Def Fresh Crew / Biz Beat 12” (1986)
• Just-Ice – Back to the Old School (1986)
• Wise – Just Say Stet (1985), Faye (1986) & Stet Troop 88 (1988)
• Biz Markie – Goin' Off (includes beatbox track "Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz") (1988)
• Vanilla Ice – "Havin' a Roni" – from To The Extreme (1990)
• Snap! – "Only Human" – B-side on Mary Had A Little Boy 12" (1990)

1990s

• Click Tha Supah Latin – This Iz How I Know (1997)
• Rahzel – Make The Music 2000 (1999)

2000s

• BeatBoxing Vol. 1.0 – The Mystery of BeatBox (2001)
• Click Tha Supah Latin – Square Won (2001)
• Kyle "Scratch" Jones – The Embodiment of Instrumentation (2002)
• Killa Kela – The Permanent Marker (2002)
• Esham – Out Cold (2003)
• Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body (2003)
• Rahzel – Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs (2004)
• Björk – Medúlla (2004)
• Joel Turner – These Kids (2004)
• Matisyahu – Live at Stubb's (2005)
• Biz Markie – Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz (2006)
• Click Tha Supah Latin – Contact (2007) under the artist name Click88
• Poizunus – A.D.D. (Active Dreaming Disorder) (2007)
• Kid Beyond – Amplivate (2004)
• Blake Lewis – A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) (2007)
• Dub FX – "Everythinks a Ripple" (2009)

2010s

• Beardyman – I Done A Album (2011)
• Hopsin – Lunch Time Cypher (2013)
• Reeps One – Move (2013)
• Berywam – Berywam (2017)
• NaPoM – Lips (2018)

Music Videos

• Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – "All the way to heaven" (1986)
• The Fat Boys – "Stick'em" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape The Fat Boys – Brrr Watch’em)
• The Fat Boys – "Can You Feel it" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape The Fat Boys – Brrr Watch’em)
• The Fat Boys – "Fat Boys" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape The Fat Boys – Brrr Watch’em)
• The Fat Boys – "Jail House Rap" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape The Fat Boys – Brrr Watch’em)
• The Fat Boys – "Wipeout" (1986)
• The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker – "The Twist" (1986)
• Rahzel – "All I Know" (1999 ???)
• Rahzel – "Make The Music 2000" (1999 ???)
• Beatbox Allstars – Living beatbox (2001)
• Justin Timberlake – "Rock your Body" (2003)
• Click Tha Supah Latin with his family – "Contact" (2007)

Feature Films

• Police Academy (1984) with Michael Winslow
• Krush Groove (1985) with The Fat Boys
• Knights of the City (1986) with The Fat Boys
• Disorderlies (1987) with The Fat Boys
• Coming To America (1988) with Jeanette and Vanessa Colon (min. 35:38)
• Juice – City War (1992) with Jermaine Hopkins (min. 6:27)
• She's All That (1999) with Click Tha Supah Latin
• My Sassy Girl (2001) Korean Movie (min. 94:45)
• 8 Mile (2002) with audio by Click Tha Supah Latin (added in post-production)
• Men in Black II (2002) with Biz Markie
• Night at the Museum (2006) with Ben Stiller
• Pitch Perfect (2012)
• Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
• Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

TV Shows

• Graffiti Rock (1984), particularly the extra features on DVD (produced and hosted by Michael Holman)
• The Morning Show (1984) with The Fat Boys (hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey)
• Comedy Night (1986)
• The Morning Show (1987) with The Fat Boys and The Fat Girls consisting of Tracy Barbara, Michelle Parker (Human Beatbox), Kim Harry (hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey)

https://youtu.be/CLRlvKrqORA

• Miami Vice (1986) (Season 2, Episode 16 "Florence Italy") with The Fat Boys
• Futurama (2001) (Season 3, Episode 36 "The Luck of the Fryrish")
• Oprah Winfrey Show (1993) with Michael Jackson beatboxing an intro to his a cappella sung version of "Who is it"

• Midday with The Fat Boys hosted by Bill Boggs

https://youtu.be/Hwb9-3UQ5nE

Documentary

• Big Fun in the Big Town (1986) by Bram van Splunteren (Dutch documentary about hip hop in New York)
• Lost in Music – Rap & Söhne (1999) by Uwe Klinkmann and Markus Schneider, first aired on ZDF (German TV channel) in 1998
• Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box (2002) by Joey Garfield
• Love, Peace & Beatbox (2008) (German) by Volker Meyer-Dabisch
• Beatboxing – The Fifth Element of Hip Hop (2011) by Klaus Schneyder

Video Games

• B Rap Boys (1992) this arcade game (the part with robot suits) contains music with unlicensed audio samples from the movie Knights of the City

https://youtu.be/v-jHYqN_-4o?t=512

TV Commercials

• Coca Cola (1993)
• Nike (200?) with Click Tha Supah Latin
• Barcadi (20??) - with Beardyman
• Beartbox Movistar (20??) - THePETEBOX
• Drumstick Loaded (20??) - Joel Turner
• Edeka (20??)
• Express Your Stress (2???)
• Fruit Pastilles (20??) with Killa Kela
• Geico (20??) with Michael Winslow
• KFC (Philippines) (20??) with Picoy Cruz
• IKEA Dormroom (2???)
• Mc Donalds (20??) with Lytos and Markooz
• McDonalds (20??) - with Team Awesome - GCode -
• McDonalds (20??)
• Mentos (20??) - (Beat It)
• Pepsi (20??) - Rahzel
• Twix Commercial (20??) - Rahzel
• Sony Beatbox (20??)
• Sprint Commercial (200?) - Masai Electro
• Suzuki (20??) - (1st Cut)
• Swatch (19??) with The Fat Boys
• Taco Bell $5 - Scott Jackson
• T-Mobile (2010) - with Bellatrix, Andrew Frost
• Vodafone (20??) with Poolpo
• Windows Vista (20??) with Poolpo

Weblinks

• Humanbeatbox.com (englisch)
• Beatbox Battle World Championship (englisch)
• American Beatbox Championships (englisch)
• Swissbeatbox.com – World’s largest Beatbox Community (englisch)