Last quarter while Jay-Z was doing his media blitz for Kingdom Come, touring obscure networks broadening his fanbase, he stopped over the Yankees Yes Network to do an interview with an announcer. He and the host sat down and talked, going back and forth about typical Jay-Z questions, barely touching on the music because it was obvious that he was out of the loop with rap music as a whole. But he continued on with his questions, till finally the topic of music came up in which he stopped Jay with a question. “If you were on your death bed and only had five minutes to hear a final song what would it be?” Jay leaned back into his chair thought about it for a split second and the answer quickly came to him. He only responded with one word “Juicy”. The president of Def Jam and rap legend in his own sense, with a classic catalog of his own to choose his own epitaph from, choose the words of another man to captivate his last living moments. That was Biggie.
Rich or poor, there was no way you couldn’t relate to the man. When it came to the wordplay of Biggie, few had the ability to paint a picture so vivid. On Juicy, amongst his many collection of records, not only does he narrate his own tale but that of the many others that grew up in the everyday struggle. Even if it wasn’t you growing up in the lifestyle, you could comprehend what it was like “eating sardines for dinner”. From the humble begininnings “birthdays was the worse days” to the come up “up close and personal with Robin Leech,” you were there with him every step of the way. You were there in at a house party lost in Brooklyn, popping bottles of Moet. You were there on the high speed boat chases in the middle of the Ocean. And you were even there when perportrators were trying to stick you for your papers(Damn).
The way he expressed his views of the lifestyle, there was no way you couldn’t believe him. Nowadays, if a rapper would come up stating he was just rhyming to feed his daughter and later rap about being “Next Frank White,’’ there was no possible way you wouldn’t call bullshit. Yet with Big, it was exceptable. He wasn’t labeled as a “coke rapper”, “backpack rapper,” he was just simply that, a rapper. Numerous times we’ve heard rappers speak of there criminal life before rap, but with Big it was taken to new levels. “I wouldn’t give a fuck if you’re pregnant give me the baby rings and the number #1 mom pendant” proved this wasn’t a man with whom you’d want to cross paths with, in the streets or on the mic. The man who could be more self depricating then Skee-Lo, “Heart throb never, black and ugly as ever,” (sorry Kanye you weren’t the first self-conscience rapper) could also tear mics, “excuse me flows just go through me, like trees to branches, cliffs to avalanches, it’s the praying mantis, deep like the mind of Farrakhan, a motherfucking rap phenomenon,” without losing a step.
In the track “Getting Gwap,” Papoose brags about being the first to have a freestyle put into radio rotation. However not only was he not the first to have a freestyle put into radio rotation, he wasn’t even the first from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to have it done. Even though Papoose’s “Sharades” was a good track, it contained the feeling of a studio recording. On the other hand Biggie Smalls’ “Live at the Garden” freestyle not only includes a crowd cheering in the background, but a simple boom-bap beat, being cut up by Big Daddy Kane’s Dj Mister Cee. Regardless of its radio spins if Sharades were to come on the speakers of any club, the dance floor is liable to be cleared. But let the chant “Where Brooklyn at, Where Brooklyn at?” blast through the speakers, once the words “I got seven Mac elevens about eight thirty eights…,” hits the crowds ear, the club will tear down, still to this day, almost fourteen years since its oringal recording. But what is more amazing is that no Biggie song with the exception of maybe “Hypnotize” has a sound like it was cookie cut especially for clubs or the radio, there simply played in clubs because they all have cross-over appeal.
So here we are ten years to the day since the world lost Biggie. Even though he was a son of Brooklyn, his home was Hip-Hop. So many labels try to repeat the success that was Biggie, but they all seem to fail. They get lost in the fact that although he rhymed of his mafioso ways, he still had a humbleness to his roots. His name dropping wasn’t that of legends that came before him, but that of the sounds he would hear growing up. Coogie wasn’t popular until Biggie told you it was, Brooklyn wasn’t a place you wanted to be at until Biggie made it Brooklyn, it almost seems fitting that he had his reign in between the golden age of rap and the age of coke rap that is occuring now, because it was neither an excess of both ages just a pefect combination that rap fans now and then could relate to.
Deemehlow is a contributor to Defsounds.com and can be contacted at deemehlow@defsounds.com
COMMENTS
Chillin in heaven smokin blunts wit Pac. RIP BIG.
big was the first rapper i liked. first rapper i recited his lines. greatest to me. thats why the name is notorious.
I would give him the crown but 2 albums over Pac's 5 (while they were alive) is not enough. Sadly BIG probably would of been THE GREATEST if he dropped a couple more albums to show his full potential, but his life was taking away 10 years ago.
"neva thought that hip-hop would take it this far" ..... still. r.i.p. BIG. i still dont like going to BK tho lol
^^^^^U should come to Philly.
R.I.P BIG
oh yeah?.. lol what's in philly for me?
^^^^^My cheese steak. LMFAO, sike nah. I can take you to the Liberty Bell. LOL
MY NIGGA THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT RIP BIG
KISSMYYELLOWASS: YOU FINE A SHIT GIRL
perv. i wanna go to chinatown!!lol and thank u brock :D!
Philly got a big ass Chinatown.
so i hear... betta be better than NYC chinatown. im there!
IDK, I neva been to NY's Chinatown.
why dont u guys just exchange aims and hook up lol
aim's don't do it for me; i need a myspace page... lol!
And nooooooooooooo... Our China Town in Philly is a couple'a blocks. NYC's China Town is a WHOLE HOOD. NOT BETTER!
aw man. lol nevermind. im not there!
MJ, i hope u don't think i cock-blocked on you; my bad.
DAMN Cock blocking niggas. LMAO sike nah. We got more than China town in PHI.
LOL nah u good Matic.
Ya'll cats trying to turn this shit into MySpace! LMAO!! She is a cutie pie, so I understand. LOL!!
ahahha yall dudes are to funny my son MJ is tryin to get his swagger up and word radamez ma is hot lol
on the real, shit is fucked up how niggas get takin out like that.....all it takes is some jealous dumbass or hatin ass nigga to ruin somebody's life.....I remember exactly where I was when I heard Biggie died, shit is still fucked up....and some nigga on another blog said Biggie's lyrics were wack, I hope for the sake of Hiphop that any nigga claimin Biggie's rhymes were wack to throw themselves off a fuckin bridge, you niggas talkin bout Biggie wack but then like "I love D4L!!, Laffy Taffy niggas!!" yall niggas fuckin up the game.....LOL
R.I.P B.I.G & All the lost legends of Hip Hop music
What's with the yellow fever going on in here?
R.I.P Biggie
BIggie had the most killer out of anyone thats ever rhymed
BIggie had the most killer flow out of anyone thats ever rhymed
im glad jay-z can stop n think of someone else rather than his cocky self. he gave credit where credit is due... im proud.
and no its too soon to exchange aims! its too soon... u guys are moving too fast! lol kiddin =)
My personal fav Big song is victory.
Thats one of the best ever hip hop songs period.
"raw nights I perform like Mike/
Anyone/Tyson/Jordan/jackson"
Have u noticed that any rapper thats ever done a rhyme on that song has never been able to do it quite like BIG.
KissMyYellowAss is that your real pic. No disrespect
yes! pinky swear :b
Evil_Dre: yellow fever is in full effect lol!! RIP to my nigga BIG!
Any of my people that I show respect to on this site is more than welcome to hit up my page: www.myspace.com/escobar73 - you too yellowass! lol!!
I'm done for the nite.
every time Deemehlow quoted a B.I.G song i was able to do the rest of the verse. and as of right now i'm listenin to Juicy. what a kawinkidink (coincedence).
R.I.P The Notorious B.I.G
KissMyYellowAss sorry ur pic looks a lot like christina milan
Anyone else got a fav big song apart from juicy
another fav of mine is sky's the limit.
"niggas bleed" is a dope ass track.
i like "the what" also
KissMyYellowAss — about 3 hours ago
"neva thought that hip-hop would take it this far" ..... still. r.i.p. BIG. i still dont like going to BK tho lol
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I don't mean to jump in the pack of hounds chasing you lol but whats wrong with bk?!
ADZ1 — 6 minutes ago
Anyone else got a fav big song apart from juicy
another fav of mine is sky's the limit.
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I think i would say "the what" and "give me the loot" besides juicy of course.
Ok heres a question for all u bigie fans.
which life after death Cd is better No 1 or 2.
how so? CM is spanish/black.. im asian. but thanks. lol she's really pretty!
mmmm and i like biggie's spit yo game ft twista and krazie... :)
The track BIG did with Bone Thugs. Killa shit right there!
Deemehlow — 2 minutes ago
I don't mean to jump in the pack of hounds chasing you lol but whats wrong with bk?!
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lets just say 80% of my bk experiences there was trouble lol i'm an LI lady
In The Commision, you ask for permission to hit 'em
He don't like me, hit him while wifey was with him
You heard of us, the murderous, most shady
Been on the low lately, the feds hate me
The son of (*Satan*), they say my killing's too blatant
You hesitatin, I'm in your mama crib waitin
Duct tapin, your fam' destiny
lays in my hands, gat lays in my waist
Francis, M to the iz-H phenominal
Gun rest under your vest by the abdominal
Rhyme a few bars so I can buy a few cars
And I kick a few flows so I can pimp a few hoes
Excellence is my presence, never tense
Never hesitant, leave a nigga bent real quick
Real sick, brawl nights, I perform like Mike
Anyone -- Tyson, Jordan, Jackson
action, pack guns, ridiculous
And I'm, quick to bust, if my ends you touch
Kids or girl you touch, in this world I clutch
Two auto-matoes, used to call me fatso
Now you call me Castro, my rap flows
militant, y'all faggots ain't killin shit
Ooops Cristal keep spillin shit; you overdid it homes
You in the danger zone, you shouldn't be alone
Hold hands and say it like me
The most shady, Frankie baby, fantastic
Graphic, tryin to make dough, like +Jurassic+
+Park+ did quick to spark kids who start shit
See me, only me
The Underboss of this holocaust
Truly yours, Frank White
RIP BIG
my 5 favorite Biggie songs in no particular order
Warning
Niggas Bleed
Notorious Thugs
Machine Gun Funk
The What
Suicidal Thoughts
Kick In The Door
Whats Beef?
Ten Crack Commandments
Sky's The Limit
sorry thats more then 5 but i couldnt stop
Imagine A SONG WITH Big,Nas,Jay and jada with premier or just blaze on the beat.
Now that would have been some shit.
i think cd2 is the better cd of life after death but not to take anything at all away from the album because the whole thing is a great album.
I agree wit u Notorious
I got that venom rhyme like Sprite got lemon lime
Donna Carradine, keep her hair done all the time
My rhyme, somewhat Shakespearean, blood I'm smearin in
Tongue-kissin my lawyer, at my hearin
In this day and age, my rap is like the plague
I married this shit, y'all niggaz still engaged
Turn blowouts to 360 waves
How this 12 gauge feel sittin on ya tongue, on ya lips 'n'
dippin with money L in the green beamer
Sippin Zima's, on our way to see Katrina
She said she need a "Freak Like Me," like Adina
Fucked her by mistake she had a twin named Regina
I seen her, lights excite all the freaks
Squirtin on curtains, lips, tits and sheets
Compete, meet death, ya dead, ya die..
Don't fuck with B-I, that's that!
RIP BIG
Armed and dangerous, ain't too many can bang with us
Straight up weed no angel dust, label us Notorious
Thug ass niggaz that love to bust, it's strange to us
Y'all niggaz be scramblin, gamblin
Up in restaraunts with mandolins, and violins
We just sittin here tryin to win, tryin not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen, steadily countin them Benjamins
Nigga you should too, if you knew
What this game'll do to you
Been in this shit since ninety-two
Look at all the bullshit I been through
So-called beef with you know who
Fuck a few female stars or two
Nigga, blue light, nigga, move like Mike, shit
not to be fucked with
Motherfucker better duck quick, cause
Me and my dogs love to buck shit
Fuck the luck shit, strictly aim
No aspirations to quit the game
Spit yo' game, talk yo' shit
Grab yo' gat, call yo' click
Squeeze yo' clip, hit the right one
Pass that weed, I got to light one
All them niggaz I got ta fight one
All them hoes I got ta like one
Our situation is a tight one
Whatcha gonna do, fight or run?
Seems to me that you'll take B
Bone and Big, nigga die slowly
I'ma tell you like a nigga told me
Cash Rule Everything Around Me
Shit, lyrically, niggaz can't see me
Fuck it, buy the coke
Cook the coke, cut it
Know the bitch 'fore you caught yourself lovin' it
Nigga with a Benz fuckin it
Doesn't it seem odd to you
Big come through with mobs and crews
Goodfellas down to the Mo Thugs dudes
Who's the killa, me or you?
One of the most sickest hip hop verses ever
RIP BIG
It ain't no Gimic!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzU_MGsK5E4&NR
and no its too soon to exchange aims! its too soon... u guys are moving too fast! lol kiddin =)
Fucking hilarious!!You guys should learn to take it slow when talking(or typing) to a girl over the internet.You don't want her to think your desperate,lmao
word hahaha...thun y'all are wildin out on the gurl damn...but yea
R.I.P - B.I.G. the notorious one
and no its too soon to exchange aims! its too soon... u guys are moving too fast! lol kiddin =)
lmao i agree too..we should take it slow but kissmyyellowass ur fuckin beautiful...not too sound desperate but whats yo myspace..lol
R.i.p The late Graet B.i.g
lol i only said they should cuz all u see is them talkin some random ish.
yo that vid was hot. that makes me wanna go out to the bay and go dumb.
my myspace?? =O thats like equivalent to asking for my home phone #! lol nah lemme stop. i wont give out my myspace but i will say its definitely not hard to find my page either.. :) *hint* http://www.myspace.com/defsoundsmag
This shit get funnier by the hours.Now she's sending you dudes off on a scavenger hunt,next you'll have to guess her favorite movies for a her to tell you her name.
Off to go get drunk, and probably in up arrested.Stay up people
TODAY'S AGENDA
GOT THE SUITCASE UP IN THE SENTRA
GO TO ROOM 112, TELL EM BLANCO SENT YA
FEEL THE STRANGEST
IF NO MONEY EXCHANGES
I GOT THESE KIDS IN RANGES
BELEIVE THEM NIGGAS BRAINLESS
ALL THEY TOTE IS STAINLESS
U JUST REMAIN AS
CALM AS POSSIBLE
MAKE THE DEAL GO THROUGH
IF NOT, HERE'S 12 SHOTS
WE KNOW HOW YOU DO
PLEASE MAKE YO KILLINS CLEAN
SLUGS UP IN BETWEEN
YO EYES LIKE TRUE LIES
KILL EM AND FLEE THE SCENE
JUST BRING BACK THE COKE OR THE CREAM
OR ELSE
YOUR LIFE IS ON THE SHELF
WE MEAN THIS FRANK
THEM CATS WE FUCKIN WIT PUT BOMBS IN YA MOMS GAS TANK
LETS GET THIS MONEY BABY
THEY SHADY, WE GET SHADY
DRESS UP LIKE LADIES AND BURN EM WITH DIRTY 380'S
THEN THEY COME TO KILL OUR BABIES
THAT ALL OUT
I GOT GATS THAT BLOW THE WALL OUT
CLEAR THE MALL OUT
FUCK THE FALLOUT
WORD TO STRETCH I BET THEY PUSSY
CAN SEVEN DIGITS PUSH ME?
FUCKIN REAL, HERE'S THE DEAL:
I GOT A HUNDRED BRICKS, 14.5 A PIECE
ENOUGH TO COP THE SIX, BUY THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH
SUPPLY THE PEEPS WIT JEEPS
BRICK A PIECE
CAPISH?
EVERYBODY GETTIN CREAM, NO ONE CONSIDERED A LEECH
THINK ABOUT IT NOW, THAT'S DAMN NEAR 1.5
I KILL EM ALL, ILL BE SET FOR LIFE
FRANK PAY ATTENTION, THESE MUTHAFUCKAS IS HENCHMEN
RENEGADES, IF YOU DIE THEY STILL GET PAID
EXTRA PROBABLY
FUCK A ROBBERY, I'M THE BOSS
PROMISE YOU WON'T ROB EM
I PROMISED, BUT OF COURSE YOU KNOW I HAD MY FINGERS CROSSED
FIRST VERSE OFF "NIGGAS BLEED"
--NOW GO LISTEN TO THE REST AND BE AMAZED AT THE SKILL!
RIP BIG
PEACE
biggie smalls forever r.i.p
favorite Biggie tracks are:
ready to die
machine gun funk
gimmie the loot
juicy
everyday struggle
unbelievable
me and my bitch
and i like all of life after death 1 and 2
my favorite tracks are
ready to die
juicy
runnin(i no it's not a biggie track but he feature on it) and it sounds amazing
my favorite BIG songs are
(in no paticular order)
Notorious Thugs, What's Beef,Long Kiss Goodnight, Ten Crack Commandments, Rap Phenomenon
"First things first I poppa freaks all the honies
Dummies playboy bunnies those wantin money
Those the ones I like cause they don't get nathan
but penetration unless it smells like sanitation
Garbage I turn like doorknobs
Heart throb never black and ugly as ever
However I stay Coogi down to the socks
Rings and watch filled with rocks
And my jam knock in the Mitsubishi
Girls pee pee when they see me
Navajos creep me in they tee pee
As I lay down laws like Alan Coppet
Stop it - if you think they gonna make a prophet
Don't see my ones, don't see my guns - get it
Now tell ya friends Poppa hit it then split it
in two as I flow with the Junior M.A.F.I.A.
I don't know what the hell's stoppin ya
I'm clockin ya, Versace shades watchin ya
Once ya grin, I'm in game, begin
First I talk about how I dresses this
In diamond necklasses - stretch Lexuses
The sex is just immaculate from the back I get
Deeper and deeper, help ya reach the
climax that your man can't make
Call him, tell him you'll be home real late
and sing the break......."
shut up u faggot an weres the 2pac memorial biatches
B.I.G. R.I.P. AND IF HE WAS ALIVE, ALOT OF THESE CATS 2DAY WOULD NOT I REPEAT WOULD NOT BE AS BIG AS THEY ARE! B.I.G. LEFT THE DOOR OPEN AND ALOT OF SHOOTEM UP RHYMIN PUNKS SNUCK IN.
yeh im wid nabizzle on dis 1 no disrespect 2 biggy but if it wasnt 4 2pac dis cat wudnt be were he was, 2pac showed him ropes, took him n gave him the influence 2 be 1 of the greatest rappers eva!! 2pac was and still is the greatest rapper of all time, he didnt just right lyrics he made hip hop a better industry and fought wid numerous people 2 give hip hop a place in the music industry alot of people 4get that!!!
R.I.P 2pac!!!
yeh im wid nabizzle on dis 1 no disrespect 2 biggy but if it wasnt 4 2pac dis cat wudnt be were he was, 2pac showed him ropes, took him n gave him the influence 2 be 1 of the greatest rappers eva!! 2pac was and still is the greatest rapper of all time, he didnt just right lyrics he made hip hop a better industry and fought wid numerous people 2 give hip hop a place in the music industry alot of people 4get that!!!
R.I.P 2pac!!!
The entire paragraph is bullshit, but Pac fanatics are like roaches, they will alway come back, so continue on.
wus poppin yo B.I.G rip chu dig.
2 pac was the best but lyrically(as in rhyming and flow) no one saw B.I.G
That armed and dangerous verse was the best flow in rap history hands down!
biggie is the best rapper ever nobody better than my nigga big
First of all Pac wasn't as nice as Big on da Mic. Pac was a better artist and talked bout real shit, but Biggie ripped shit. So Pac and Big were different, cant really compare.
I think Nas was nastier than Biggie.
2Pac is the gr8est rapper of ALL fucking time and will be hes flow hes lyrics man he talked about Real shyt nigga, biggie was cool to thougt
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