Mar 9, 2020

Arguably the best flow in Hip-Hop. If your Top10 does not include this man... are you even a sane Hip-Hop fan? The one and only died on this day 23 years ago. Murdered on the streets of L.A.

What's your favorite Biggie song? Album?

RIP Black Frank White.

 

Mar 11, 2020

Ready to Die is the greatest rap album ever made.

I was about 14 when I first heard it, I borrowed it from a friend. At the time I was "team Tupac" and never listened to anything Biggie. That night I went to bed and popped in the CD into my disc man turned off the lights, laid in bed and closed my eyes thinking I would fall asleep to the music. Nope, I was f---ing captivated since the start. His storytelling on the album felt like a Martin Scorsese movie. It literally took me to another place. That entire summer I listened to the album before bed each day like a religious practice. I've never had that feeling since about an album.

 

Mar 9, 2020

yeah at least in the NYC area on Hot 97 All day

 

Mar 11, 2020

Can't say he's in my top 10 but can't deny the legacy he had on the art. I just never really got into the East Coast vibe.

 

Mar 11, 2020

I agree one thousand percent with this statement. I almost made a similar post. Not only do I think it’s the greatest rap album ever made, I firmly believe Juicy is the greatest hip hop song ever created.

Juicy is literally a perfect hip hop song in my eyes. It has everything that makes hip hop special. It heavily features an r&b sample from the early 80s (sampling is obviously integral to hip hop’s roots), it oozes with charisma and confidence, smooth as f--- flows, complex rhymes that are easy to remember, a catchy hook, and lastly, not only is the whole song a rags to riches story about a kid from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn who goes on to become a global rap superstar living his wildest dreams while taking care of his family, the song is also a metaphor and celebration for the genre as a whole.

Who can’t relate to a song like this? No matter where you start off in life, it is a basic human desire to be better off tomorrow than you were today. This song celebrates that mentality. And that mentality is what helped create hip hop in the very beginning.

This is why Juicy is the greatest rap song ever to me. Ironically, I listen to Ready to Die a lot and often skip Juicy lol.

Edit: Comparing ready to die to a movie cannot be understated though. It takes you deep into Brooklyn, and whether he's telling real life events or made up stories, Biggie paints intricate pictures to show the listener what his life was like. The s----s a f---ing masterpiece. Not only was he doing different voices for different characters and s---, they were having full on conversations during the verses. Get the f--- out of here. Who was doing that type of s--- to that degree and level of detail back then?

The whole album is a wild ride, from his birth on the intro track, through his struggles in life, finally realizing his dreams have come true, and then ultimately, even though he has everything he’s ever wanted in life, he finds himself paralyzed by suicidal thoughts. That s--- is captivating from beginning to end.

 

Mar 10, 2020

Haha nope, I’m what some would call a dust head. This is why my hip hop tastes skew to the 90s early 2000s artists and sounds. But even to this day, I still love finding new artists that I enjoy. It’s still as fun today finding new artists as it was when I was a teenager.

 

Mar 10, 2020

My favorite rapper of all time. I still remember exactly where I was and who I was with when I heard the news. Yes I’m that old.

RIP

 

Mar 9, 2020

This is the only day of the year I don't mind listening to the radio