Spun From the Underground

Bizz would like to believe that the city's DJs can work within any limitations Houston might have, and eventually slough off any bad karma completely.

"When people ask me about Houston, I tell them that we're the shit," Bizz says. "Whether its the hip-hop guys, whether it's acid jazz, whether it's the jungle kids, it all revolves around the same thing -- which is to promote the music we believe in, whether it be a big party at the International Ballroom, or Chello doing his thing at Cardi's, or the hip-hop guys doing their thing at [the Waxx]. We're doing it because we love it. There's no money in this shit."

Which naturally means that Bizz will continue shopping his wares elsewhere. Already, he's been featured under the same roof as '90s DJ icons Moby, King Britt and the Crystal Method. Meanwhile, the national rave circuit has taken him as far away as San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto. But wherever he spins, he does his part to talk up the scene in Houston -- and, of course, stay out of trouble.

"I've had my day and I've done my shit," Bizz says. "It took a lot of disrespect to get the respect I've earned. I'm all about the music now."

E-mail Hobart Rowland at hobart_rowland@houstonpress.com.