How did Biggie and Pun have crazy breath control at their weights?

[Jesus H. Christ]

More noticable on Big pun

 

[NZA]

"When Pun does his verse, he punches every line. That’s some behind the scenes sh** that nobody would know. The way he spits it is like a machine gun. I saw how it was done, that was the first time I ever seen anyone do that. That’s his technique and it worked for him. It was ill.”

Fredro Starr Recalls Recording With Big Pun, Impact Of 'Slam'

fat joe does the same thing. i watched him record online at statik selekt's studio for bun b's album. when he did that basquiat song, he stopped on every single line. it was weird but it all came together.

 

[NormanConnors]

biggie had breath control pun punched in every line confirmed by fredro starr

Facts tons of stories of biggie knocking shyt out in 1 take

 

[jensyao]

big pun raps sitting down. he performs sitting down...i seen footage of him performing and people talking about it in the past

 

[Starman]

Big & Pun were nowhere close in size man

 

[Crumple]

Good thought, but diaphragmatic hypertrophy isn't something described in those with lung disease. After your diaphragm reaches its limit you recruit your intercostal and scalene muscles, and in most severe cases pecs when you're tri podding.

In the obese patient the upright vs recumbent vs exercise pulmonary physiology is vastly different. Rapping is completely doable.

Did you study anatomy?

 

[Crumple]

"When Pun does his verse, he punches every line. That’s some behind the scenes sh** that nobody would know. The way he spits it is like a machine gun. I saw how it was done, that was the first time I ever seen anyone do that. That’s his technique and it worked for him. It was ill.”

Fredro Starr Recalls Recording With Big Pun, Impact Of 'Slam'

How did Big Pun perform live then?
I saw pictures, I know he did shows. I've yet to see live footage of him but I'll check for it.

 

[TripleAgent]

I ended up arguing with this girl watching Gucci Mane perform. He had the backing track going the whole time and that shyt was driving me nuts. I hate it almost as the rappers with 10 other dudes on stage shouting the ending of the lines since they can't spit it themselves. She was saying how great he was and I'm looking at her like she's crazy. I told her I came to hear him rap his tracks not do karoake.

Even Jay-Z who I loved seeing perform because he's up there by himself spitting everything and has it sounding like the album has to use that trick when spitting Jigga What and a couple other tracks.

Sounds like a loss for going there.

 

[Positive Posting]

My theory is these two ate so much food with hella condiments on it, like mad Big Macs with extra special sauce, mad honey mustard and BBQ sauce dips for their chicken nuggets and chicken fingers, and you know Pun probably got down on an extra bucket of guacamole with his helpings of Tortilla chips a day, that these food sauces helped lubricate and smoothen their esophagus and diaphragms for dope breath control

I be using all those condiments. Is that bad?

 

[Master Teacher]

biggie didn't need breathe control, because he didn't try hard to say his raps, he had them in a structure where they are easy to see, you shouldn't have to strain yourself to your rap
I think the fact he made them up in his head and didn't read off paper is why he was able to do it so effortlessly because he had them all memorized before he recorded

Bun had horrible breathe control, and you can hear all his punches on his raps, which is why he overrated rapper to me, a lot of his shyt ain't even listenable now

they just trying hard to make him a puerto rican biggie, when he was never on that level

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Biggie had way more Breath Control than Pun. I remember seeing Pun going Live doing a Verse and at the end dude was like a Motherf.cker, sitting and looking like he was... well, you know..

 

[Greenhornet]

recording rap music isnt hard if you know what you're doing
most if not all rappers who rap fast punch in

jay fukked up perception of music with that "dont write, first take" bullshyt
if cats rapped like that everyone would have 50 albums
nikkas aint magically like "oh after 5 years let me step in the booth and spit something so flawless and iron clad that it will shake the earth to its core" then be like "I'm done being creative and a mystery for another 5 years... yall be good and believe in my powers though"

 

[Womb Raider]

damn I didn't realize so many rappers punch in

 

[KingsOfKings]

Some people naturally have that also of they ever played an instrument it's mostly from the diaphragm. But I believe Method Man me toned how Pun would punch in after 8-10 bars.

 

[Zero]

Even on Capital Punishments there's tracks where you damn hear all of the phlegm and shyt in his breaths between bars

Still Not A Player...if you listen closely, you can hear Pun gulping a drink down during the start of the song just before he says "TS"