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"Vapors"
Vapors

B-side

"Biz Is Goin' Off"

Released

1988

Format

12"

Genre

Hip hop

Length

6:02

Label

Cold Chillin'

Writers

A. Hardy, M. Hall, M. Williams

Producer

Marley Marl

"Vapors" is a song by American rapper Biz Markie, released in 1988 by Cold Chillin' Records. It was the fifth single released from his debut album Goin' Off, and the only single from Goin' Off to be released with a music video. The song is about the lives of Juice Crew members TJ Swan, Big Daddy Kane, Cutmaster Cool V and Biz Markie, and how they were unwanted and hated until they became famous musicians. The people who disrespected them caught the "vapors", which means their attitude towards them changed due to their success. 

Snoop Dogg re-recorded the song for his second album Tha Doggfather in 1996. The song is featured on the fictional radio station Playback FM in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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