PoopRhymes

T.S.R. (Toilet Stool Rap)

Biz Markie

The Biz Never Sleeps, 1989

The reference

A whole song about composing rhymes while sitting on the toilet, with bathroom rules.

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Annotation

The founding text. Biz dedicates an entire song to writing his rhymes on the toilet, complete with rules of bathroom etiquette, and does it with the same goofy warmth he brought to everything.

Vice's history of poop rap traces the genre to this track, and there's a credible claim that Run from Run-DMC wrote hits on the toilet too. Biz just had the nerve to say so on record. Everything on this site descends from T.S.R.

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