GnauzBookOfRhymes
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let's marinate on the greatness of "you're nobody (till somebody kills you)"
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feelsthecitybreathin
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great track
always loved the line "watch casino, im hip hops version of nicky tarantino, ask nino, he know"
bigs flow was always
always loved the line "watch casino, im hip hops version of nicky tarantino, ask nino, he know"
bigs flow was always
pimpineasy
Superstar
the kids the dog everybody dying 
no lying
no lying
Breh Obama
First Breh President. Coli Prophet.
Except for the last verse.....nothing Biggie was talkin about had anything to do with the subject of the song.
Biggie was nowhere as versatile as Pac was.
Even on sentimental real life songs, Biggie was still always talkin bout the same damn shyt.
One of my favorite songs ever tho IJS......
Biggie was nowhere as versatile as Pac was.
Even on sentimental real life songs, Biggie was still always talkin bout the same damn shyt.
One of my favorite songs ever tho IJS......
It's crazy how big of a theme death was in Bigs work and Pac's later work and the music ended up gaining impact because of what happened to both of them...Life After Death is a paranoid ass album but him dying before it was released just took it to another level...like the closest thing to a true autobiographical album
I don't think there have been any artists since that made death or the fragility of life such a major theme in their work...obviously besides shoot em up rappers...
I don't think there have been any artists since that made death or the fragility of life such a major theme in their work...obviously besides shoot em up rappers...
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
One of the greatest.
GnauzBookOfRhymes
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yeah because rhyming henessey with enemies 12 times a song is so versatile
Breh Obama
First Breh President. Coli Prophet.
Biggie could never make songs like Dear Momma, Keep ya Head Up, Changes, Brendas got a baby,.........i can go on all day long
GnauzBookOfRhymes
Superstar
Im joking man. relax
Rapmastermind
Superstar
Actually the last verse of the song fits perfectly in the theme. He was telling the story of Dark Skin Jermaine and how nobody remembers him until he died. Also why turn it into a Biggie Vs Pac. There was things Pac did that Biggie couldn't and there was things Big did that Pac could not do, like Pac could never tell a story as descriptive as "nikkas Bleed" or play multiple characters like "Warning or Gimmie the Loot" or switch his style and flow like Big did on "Notorious Thugs". But the song was Epic and the perfect way to end the album. Faith and Him singing on the hook together was magic. The beat was perfect, the flow and Puffy saying the scripture at the beginning. The Original Version was dope too, it had the original sample which was strings but they replayed the sampled cause it didn't get cleared:
Your nobody till somebody kills U (Original)
(Jay Z sampled lyrics on this song on "Say Hello" and "Death of Autotune")
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Rapmastermind
Superstar
great track
always loved the line "watch casino, im hip hops version of nicky tarantino, ask nino, he know"
bigs flow was always
On the surface that line seems like Biggie made a mistake cause Joe Pesci's character is actually named "Nicky Santuro" but what Biggie was doing is naming violent people in Cinema:
Nicky - Nicky Santuro (Casino)
Tarantino - Quentien Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, R. Dogs)
Nino - Nino Brown (New Jack City) (Biggie also had a boy named Nino)
His entandre's were always ILL.