R.I.P. to Christopher George Latore Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G.
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Big Poppa’s third verse is a sad reality for many youth growing up in the concrete jungle.
Lyrics from OHHLA.
My favorite song from Life After Death’s first disc. DJ Premier’s flip of Screaming Jay Hawkins song is crazy, brilliant even. The track allows B.I.G. to get some ish off his chest. This was played repeatedly on March 25, 1997 and still gets the same treatment thirteen years later when the disc is popped in the CD player.
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“The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th.” Canibus uttered those words on “2nd Round Knockout” back in 1998. March 9 will be upon us next week so the net will be flooded with Big Poppa tributes, mixtapes, fan remixes, video clips, etc. I’m pretty sure the KN crew will cook up something as well.
“Who Shot Ya?” is a suppose diss/mocking of 2-Pac after he was shot in New York, but Puff and B.I.G. denied the accusation. It has been reported and talked about hundreds of times over the years (and pointed out in Notorious) that the song was record prior to Pac’s shooting. Who knows?
I remember grabbing the maxi single from Sam Goody when it dropped and wore this song out. B.I.G’s menacing rhymes along with Puff’s on point ad-libs over David Porter’s often used “I’m Afraid the Masquerade is Over” sample equals classic song. Hit the cut for the lyrics.
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Probably one of my favorite Big Pun verses. We’ll be paying our respects to the Punisher along with Dilla today.
RIP Christopher Lee Carlos Rios: November 10, 1971 -- February 7, 2000 .
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Check out the visuals for Killah Priest’s song “Street Matrix” off his slept on album Elizabeth, which is available now. as a bonus, hit the jump for the lyrics to song.
Masta Killa’s nugget “The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum” = best line on song. I didn’t say verse, but “best line.”
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Lupe dropped his mixtape Enemy of the State: A Love Story at 12am on Thanksgiving day as promised. The tape seems to be getting praise for it’s strong lyricism and witty wordplay. I’m about ten listens already and dopeness is what I call it. Lupe gives great performances on all of the songs and I could have easily picked any song to highlight. “Fireman (Yoga Flame)” has Lupe flowing graciously over Lil’ Wayne’s “Fireman” instrumental and owning the track. The song is really one long verse so I took my favorite part. Enjoy!
Thought’s on the mixtape?
Lyrics from Il(Lu)minNation.
If you are a Wu-Tang Clan fan you know this song. If you’ve been to any underground type club/party you’ve heard this song. When this song is played the head starts to nod, neck starts to snap, and the face is contorted a little. Probably of the the Clan’s best songs solo/group.
“Brooklyn Zoo” is a banger and still sounds fresh even thought it’s fourteen years old. This is Dirty at his best, ish talking, dropping some 5% knowledge and flexing his mic skills. Some many quotable from this song: “But I got stacks that’ll attack any wack host/ Introducin, yo FUCK that nigga’s name!” Pure genius on Dirty’s part.
Hit the cut for stream and lyrics (OHHLA).
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“Life Changes” from Wu-Tang Clan’s heavily slept on 8 Diagrams [sample set] album was a beautiful tribute to Russell Jones. All of the clan except Ghostface contribute a dope verse to Ason. Deck’s verse has always been the stand out for me because of the pain, hurt, and shame he felt because of Dirty’s death and what he didn’t do to help ODB when he needed it. I hope Lil’ Wayne’s people are taking note.
Lyrics from OHHLA. Picture from here.
Paying tribute to Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s life and music will be taking place until Sunday, which happens to be his born day. Highlighting some of Dirt Dog’s lyrics is a must over the next three days as well.
“Raw Hide” is one of my favorites off of his debut album as it has Dirt, Rae, and Method Man throwing sharp darts over RZA’s loop and dusty drums. Even thought Method Man almost steals the whole song from Dirt and Rae with the hook; Dirt sets the tone with his sing song intro and lines like “I came out my momma pussy—I’m on warfare” or “You bound to catch AIDS or something/not sayin I got it, but nigga if I got it you got it.” Simplistic in nature, but playful and humorous as well. When listening to these verse’s it makes me wonder what’s going on in his mind to say THAT? I’ve always loved the unpredictability and seemly randomness of his rhymes. I believe the first two verse’s from “Raw Hide” highlight those positive attributes. There is truly no father to his style.
I couldn’t decide between the first or second verse so I put up both.
Hit the cut for the lyrics and stream of the song. Lyrics from OHHLA.
My frustration of not finding Boy Meets World and some other albums (Born and Raised, Street Hop, or Elizabeth: Introduction To The Psychic) in Best Buy today had me thinking about Phonte’s first few bars of “The Becoming.” Its fitting as Fashawn dropped an extremely dope album that isn’t in the stores (or at least at my Best Buy).
Hit the cut for the stream and lyrics. Phonte is such a poet we dropped a dope post last year about his best verses….peep it. Lyrics from OHHLA.
Skyzoo’s debut album The Salvation [read review] has been getting a lot of love on the net since it’s release. “Dear Whoever” is one of my favorite songs on the album because of the mellow production from Illmind to Sky’s lyrics.
The Salvation [download samples] in stores/iTunes now. Lyrics from Skyzoo718.
Last one! I have only listened to BP3 a couple of times since Tuesday. I didn’t listen to the album when it leaked on purpose…so I’m behind everyone else.
“A Star Is Born” is one of the better tracks on the album and has Jay giving props to many of his peers in the rap game (I don’t think he is dissin 50 tho). The second verse seems appropriate because of his mention of Rae, the purple tape, and Wu-Tang.
Hit the cut for the lyrics (courtesy of CD booklet and stream).
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