Beatboxing

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Unsecured information:
World Human Beat Box contest in 1985 at the New Music Seminar in New York City.

== History ==
[[File:Flyer_NY_1st_November_1982.jpg|thumb|Hip hop flyer announcing [[Doug E Fresh]] as "the human beatbox" for a party in 1982|border|right|400x400px]]

== Albums ==

===1980s===
* [[Fat Boys]] – ''[[Fat Boys (album)|Fat Boys]]'' (includes beatbox track "[[Human Beat Box (Song)|Human Beat Box]]" and "[[Brrr, Stick' Em (Song)|Brrr, Stick 'Em]]" (1984)
* [[Doug E. Fresh]] – ''[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|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 (Stetsasonic)|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 (Song)|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)
* [[DJ Scratch|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 (musician)|Joel Turner]] – ''[[These Kids]]'' (2004)
* [[Matisyahu]] – ''[[Live at Stubb's (Matisyahu album)|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 (Song)|All the way to heaven]]" (1986)
* [[The Fat Boys]] – "[[Stick'em (Song)|Stick'em]]" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape ''The Fat Boys – [[Brrr Watch’em]]'')
* [[The Fat Boys]] – "[[Can You Feel it (Song)|Can You Feel it]]" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape ''The Fat Boys – [[Brrr Watch’em]]'')
* [[The Fat Boys]] – "[[Fat Boys (Song)|Fat Boys]]" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape ''The Fat Boys – [[Brrr Watch’em]]'')
* [[The Fat Boys]] – "[[Jail House Rap (Song)|Jail House Rap]]" (1986) MCA Home Video (Sutra records) (on VHS tape ''The Fat Boys – [[Brrr Watch’em]]'')
* [[The Fat Boys]] – "[[Wipeout (Song)|Wipeout]]" (1986)
* [[The Fat Boys]] & Chubby Checker – "[[The Twist (Song)|The Twist]]" (1986)
* [[Rahzel]] – "[[All I Know (Song)|All I Know]]" (1999 ???)
* [[Rahzel]] – "[[Make The Music 2000 (Song)|Make The Music 2000]]" (1999 ???)
* [[Beatbox Allstars – Living beatbox]] (2001)
* [[Justin Timberlake]] – "[[Rock your Body (Song)|Rock your Body]]" (2003)
* [[Click Tha Supah Latin]] with his family – "[[Contact (Song)|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 [[Double Destiny|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 (Song)|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 ==
* [http://www.humanbeatbox.com/ Humanbeatbox.com] (englisch)
* [http://www.beatboxbattle.com/ Beatbox Battle World Championship] (englisch)
* [http://www.americanbeatboxchampionships.com/ American Beatbox Championships] (englisch)
* [http://swissbeatbox.com/ Swissbeatbox.com] – World’s largest Beatbox Community (englisch)

Wise

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'''Leonardo Roman''' (born August 20, 1965 in Fajardo) better known as '''Wise''', '''The Human Mix Machine''', and '''Lito Brigante''' is a rapper and beatboxer of the hip hop group [[Stetsasonic]].

[[File:Wise's home.jpeg|thumb|Wise's family home on 783 Williams Avenue (2024)|border|right|200x200px]]

== Life and career ==

=== Early Life ===

Even though his parents lived in the Bronx, New York, Roman was born prematurely in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, when his mother was on vacation to visit her own mother. He has two older brothers Juan and Jose.

[[File:Public_School_260_front_left.JPG|thumb|former Public School 260, which was later changed into Breuckelen School (2024)|border|right|200x200px]]

In 1969 his family moved to Brooklyn, where they lived in a semi-detached house on the corner of Williams Avenue and Dewitt Avenue in New Lots.

In 1971(?) Roman went to PS 260 Elementary School on 875 Williams Avenue.

[[File:Gateway Intermediate School 364.JPG|thumb|Gateway Intermediate School 364, which was later changed into Annex (2024)|border|right|200x200px]]

In 1977(?) he attended IS 364 Junior High School on 1426 Freeport Loop.

From 1979(?) to 1982(?) he went to Canarsie High School on 1600 Rockaway Parkway.

Due to his Puertorican roots Roman was influenced by Latin music like salsa and merengue, but also disco music of the era.

[[File:Canarsie High School.JPG|thumb|former Canarsie High School, which was later changed into Canarsie Educational Campus (2023)|border|right|200x200px]]

The first rap song that he heard was "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by ''The Fatback Band'' (the first rap record ever). He was also heavily inspired by further releases like "Superrappin'" by ''[[Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five|The Furious Five]]'' and songs by ''The Sugarhill Gang''.

=== Musical career ===

Roman is a self-taught person and learnt several instruments that his father brought home from work like Accordeon, Violin, Drumset, Guitar.

Before Roman started beatboxing he played the Kazoo while banging drumsounds on the table.

He learnt beatboxing from his friend Daniel Welfare, who had learnt it from [[Darren Robinson]], whose family home was located just a few blocks away on Schenck Avenue in the same district.

While in Canarsie High School Roman met [[Mark Morales]], who later became a member of [[The Fat Boys]]. Roman beatboxed while Morales was rapping.

Although Wise was a student at Canarsie High School he had his first public performance at South Shore at a talent competition in 1982(?).

In 1985 he appeared on a "Comedy Tonight" hosted by Bill Boggs. There he beatboxed with the two other beatboxers [[Beat Master G]] and [[Beat Rocker Errol Holloman]].

https://youtu.be/JiZNim7wqcA?si=SugNG-NU8GkPbTmw

=== Beatbox style ===

Wise also calls himself The Human Mix Machine as he was the first beatboxer to perform [[vocal scratching]] and record it on vinyl.

=== Later life ===

He moved to New Jersey in 1985 and to Virginia in 2008.

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