Biggies Verse on "Only You" Sounds Like He Was Trying to Copy E-40

[Max Goonberg]

BIg actually had a smooth flow on that. E40 flow is on some uncontrolable down syndrome shyt. Especially back then so nah

 

[Steezy]

Slippety dag dastardy sauce

 

[mrken12]

Why does no one talk about how blatantly Biggie took inspiration from the West Coast when the East/West beef was so high tension?

I'm pretty sure that has been discussed ad nauseam. Especially the Me Against the World / Ready to Die comparisons.

 

[Reebok Jones]

I'm pretty sure that has been discussed ad nauseam. Especially the Me Against the World / Ready to Die comparisons.

so whats the general consensus then? do people still justify crediting big as the king of the east

 

[Newportbox]

Yall dudes stay gunning to discredit NY's legacy.

 

[mrken12]

so whats the general consensus then? do people still justify crediting big as the king of the east

Make a thread about it and find out. Certified platinum thread.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Biggie's favorite rapper and main influence was King Tee.

 

[WaveGang]

Mase wrote that biggie verse allegedly

 

[WaveGang]

Biggie's favorite rapper and main influence was King Tee.

Big daddy kane

 

[Yehuda]

Big daddy kane

Diddy and Ice-T have said this before, King T was his favorite MC

 

[Stuntone]

OP set E40 up

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Well he came here and died too

fukking (no pun intended )

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yall dudes stay gunning to discredit NY's legacy.

Current NY hip hop is doing a bang up job of that themselves, so no

 

[Newportbox]

shytting on NY won't make people like E40.

 

[Aje]

40 Water is that dude, but some of these jokes are funny.