R.I.P. Biggie

We all know the story about Biggie and all of that so I won't get into too many details. All I'm going to say is the dude was an incredible lyricist and if you don't agree, you just might want to get your hearing checked.

Due to the fact that I'm only 23, I didn't get to watch Biggies career flourish the way a lot of the older heads did...at first I only knew "Big Poppa" and "Juicy." I loved both songs but I still hadn't heard anything that made open my eyes and say "WELL DAMN!" That is until I bought Funkmaster Flex's 60 Minutes of Funk Vol. 4. That CD contained a freestyle track from Biggie called "The Wickedest" and that craziness was what earned Biggie my respect.



Then Vinney suggested the "Ready To Die" album to me. I went and got that album and immediately realized that not only could he flow/say crazy lines, he could make ALBUMS. Almost every song was crazy. Including this one where Biggie plays two characters in the same song and is definitely one of harder tracks on the album.



If you're wondering what the lines are that have words censored, they are "I don't give a fuck if youre pregnant" and "Bitches get strangled for their earrings and bangles." Not sure why they got edited seeing as how way worse things had been said on record during that time period. Anyway, one of my favorite songs from the Notorious one has to be this track right here.



The track works perfectly. Premier was absolutely on FIRE with the beats in the 90s and Biggies flow/raps were a match made in heaven for this beat.

You're probably wondering why I don't have any selections from Life After Death. Well, I could only pick 3 songs. Both Ready To Die and Life After Death are classics. The 1st song I posted represents what first made me a huge fan of B.I.G., the 2nd is probably one of the first songs I had ever heard where someone was saying some hardcore shit that sounded 100% believable, and the 3rd song is one of the first songs that had me bobbing my head to the beat so hard that I almost snapped my neck.

In my mind, theres only 2 Notorious BIG releases, Ready To Die and Life After Death. I see those other 2 releases as just attempts to make more money. Of course I also think Born Again was much stronger and realistic than Duets which was an atrocity.

Well there you have it. I was going to post my 3 favorite Biggie songs, but ended up posting the 3 songs that were most important to me recognizing why BIG was such a beast. R.I.P. to Christopher Wallace. An unforgettable legend.