The Biz Never Sleeps (studio album)
by Biz Markie

The Biz Never Sleeps by Biz Markie
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 60,271st   
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 15 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (740th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (6,845th)
Award Best albums of all time (60,271st)

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Biz Markie bestography

The Biz Never Sleeps is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Biz Markie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Biz Markie is Goin' Off which is ranked number 36840 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21.

Biz Markie album bestography « Higher ranked (36,840th)
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This album (60,271st)
The Biz Never Sleeps
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The Biz Never Sleeps track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Biz Never Sleeps rankings

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Overall rank: 60,271st | 1980s rank: 6,845th | 1989 rank: 740th

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69/100 (from 15 votes)
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07/11/2025 05:06 zags7000   20,41064/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 67.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.

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A humorous and entertaining album. It doesn't quite reach the absurdist level of Pharcyde and Biz is not a "next level rapper," but he is still quite inventive and uplifting. 9/10!
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