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Accurate Notorious B.I.G. Lyrics
Accurate Notorious B.I.G. lyrics for research, informative, and entertainment purposes.
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B.I.G.
The 6'3", 300 pound (136 kg) rapper, was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. B.I.G.'s mother Voletta Wallace was a preschool teacher who claimed that Christopher lived a comfortable life. He would later profess otherwise on songs such as "Juicy". As an honor-roll student, he dropped out of school at 17 to work as a small-time crack cocaine dealer in his hometown. He would later traffic the drug into North Carolina, where it could be sold at a higher price. Even as a drug dealer, young Wallace was known for his charisma. He rapped as a hobby and was soon discovered by DJ Mister Cee (Big Daddy Kane's former DJ), with whom he released his demo tape.
Life After Death, Biggie's second album, debuted at #1 on the charts. The album was released only two weeks after Biggie's murder. Its lead single was "Hypnotize", which was also the last video Biggie would take part in. Life After Death hit number one on the Billboard charts and spawned several hit singles in the United States. The album sold 10 million copies, and, as of 2005, is the best selling hip-hop album of all time. Biggie's biggest chart hit was with the song "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems," an upbeat number featuring rappers Mase and Puff Daddy, and sampling the disco song "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross for the beat. The video is noted for having started the "Shiny Suit" era in hip hop. The last video single from Life After Death was "Sky's The Limit" featuring 112. The video for this song, directed by Spike Jonze, was noted for the use of children portraying a day in the life of Biggie.
During the summer of 1997, Puff Daddy released his debut album "No Way Out," which featured Biggie on a number of songs, notably in the chorus of the single "Been Around the World" over David Bowie's sample ("Let's Dance"). However, the single that carried this album to the top was "I'll Be Missing You", a tribute and a massively successful single dedicated to Biggie. . The song sampled the melody of The Police's hit song "Every Breath You Take."
The year 1999 saw another release of a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. album. Puff Daddy released Biggie's third album, Born Again. It had two hit singles, "N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S." featuring Puff Daddy and Lil' Kim, and "Dead Wrong" a single that later was remixed with a verse from Eminem.
In 2002, Puff Daddy gave 50 Cent rights to sample Biggie's verses from "Niggas" (a song from the Born Again album) into a song called "The Realest Niggas". It got out as a single and hit New York radio stations as a big hit. Many have attributed that song as a major key to the rise of 50 Cent, who is now one of hip-hop's biggest superstars. The song (which also featured and was produced by Eminem) was later put on the soundtrack for the 2003 hit movie Bad Boys 2. Later on in 2003, Biggie appeared on "Runnin (Dying To Live)" along with 2Pac. The song was produced by Eminem.
On August 28, 2005, at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Biggie was paid tribute to by host Diddy, and Snoop Dogg. The setup had an orchestra playing while the lyrics from "Juicy" and "Warning" played on the arena speakers. It was a well-received tribute for that evening.
Though the Notorious B.I.G. is mentioned numerously as "The greatest" rapper of all time, when this comes up one should consider East Coast spin ajd bias as a factor in this claim.
The issue of "The greatest of all time" is still hotly debated between hip hop afficionados.
Below are accurate Notorious B.I.G. lyrics to some of his most requested songs. If you have any requests for accurate lyrics to a Notorious B.I.G. song please feel free to email
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-Notorious B.I.G.
Big Poppa
Juicy
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997) [Disc 1]
Hypnotize
Mo Money Mo Problems
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997) [Disc 2]
Going Back To Cali
Playa Hater
Sky's The Limit
Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again (1999)
Niggas
Rap Phenomenon
Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter (2005)
Notorious B.I.G. - Miscellaneous
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