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Arista. Bad Boy. Uptown. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, [ 1 ] was an American rapper. Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap traditions, he is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. [ 2 ]
The music video for Juicy was directed by Sean Combs and premiered in August 1994. In it, The Notorious B.I.G. raps the song first on the stairs in front of a house and later in the form of an interview with a reporter as well as on the street, in prison and at a pool party. Individual scenes are based on the content of the song and show how ...
Released: July 15, 1997. "Sky's the Limit" / "Going Back to Cali". Released: November 18, 1997. Life After Death is the second and final studio album by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G., released on March 25, 1997, on Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. [ 4] A double album, it was released sixteen days after his murder.
"Ten Crack Commandments" is widely considered to be one of Biggie's greatest works. Billboard ranked the song number nine on their list of the 25 greatest Notorious B.I.G. songs, [ 3 ] The Guardian ranked the song number five on their list of the 20 greatest Notorious B.I.G. songs, [ 4 ] and Rolling Stone ranked the song number four on their ...
Sean Combs. " Who Shot Ya? " is a song by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G., backed by Sean Combs. Bad Boy Entertainment released it on February 21, 1995, on an alternate reissue of Wallace's single " Big Poppa /Warning". Its new B-side "Who Shot Ya", a revision of a track already issued earlier in 1995, was "controversial and hugely ...
Composition. "Party and Bullshit" is an East Coast hip hop song. [ 22] The main melody of the song is a loop, made by blending two samples: the siren from the song "UFO" by the band ESG and the organ from Johnny "Hammond" Smith 's cover of "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5. Nate Patrin of Stereogum wrote that the samples "melt into each other to ...
"One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix)" is a song written and recorded by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. Three versions of the song exist: An original, lyrically explicit version prefaced by an answering machine performance featured on the album, and two versions released as singles, both of which contain identical lyrics by B.I.G. despite differing instrumentals and choruses.
Notorious: Music from and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture is the official soundtrack to the 2009 biopic film Notorious based on the life and death of rapper The Notorious B.I.G. It features mostly his previously heard songs, inclusively the ones harder to find such as "Party and Bullshit" and "One More Chance (Remix)".