So LAD was originally 1 disc & the album was "basically done".....

[C-Styles]

Goes to show you and erases the myth of BIG being "Lazy", lazy would be him being content with the album already done. He went in and made sure it came out as a double forever solidifying his LEGACY!

He went out swinging and hit a grand slam so he basically gave us 3 albums in total

 

[ZEB WALTON]

Wish we could find out which tracks were originally on the album and which were added later.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Should have just been a single album... and it didn't deserve 5.

Set the modern day template for albums...for better & worse. But my opinion is no better than yours

 

[JayBaldacci]

Set the modern day template for albums...for better & worse. But my opinion is no better than yours

Definately for worse... as we can see from Vol.2, I Am..., etc.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Definately for worse... as we can see from Vol.2, I Am..., etc.

If the predecessor is the standard bearer then those that try to copy it only make the original loom larger

 

[JayBaldacci]

If the predecessor is the standard bearer then those that try to copy it only make the original loom larger

The predecessor only became the predecessor because the lighter critism it recieved because of a tragedy.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

The predecessor only became the predecessor because the lighter critism it recieved because of a tragedy.

Na it was the first of it's kind...The people pleaser album...highly dangerous in execution. The kids are here now with no connection to BI. If nikkax were to have tore it down it would have happened. Some of the same songs that some people have had reservations with are the same ones that highlight Biggie's humor which people loved.

Another
Nasty Boy
Playa Hater

These are the main 3 that I've seen referenced over time as dead weight. Ok...cool Nasty Boy was a big hit on east coast radio though I can't speak for the nation. I do find it funny that of all songs to remake however that one in particular was given a facelift years later. You know how the music biz works though...why make a new hit when you can remix an old one? Nasty Boy was a hit so how can that be filler? Playa Hater was comedy through & through. Meant to be taken lightly and sung along with off key. I'll give you Another though lol

 

[JayBaldacci]

Na it was the first of it's kind...The people pleaser album...highly dangerous in execution. The kids are here now with no connection to BI. If nikkax were to have tore it down it would have happened. Some of the same songs that some people have had reservations with are the same ones that highlight Biggie's humor which people loved.

Another
Nasty Boy
Playa Hater

These are the main 3 that I've seen referenced over time as dead weight. Ok...cool Nasty Boy was a big hit on east coast radio though I can't speak for the nation. I do find it funny that of all songs to remake however that one in particular was given a facelift years later. You know how the music biz works though...why make a new hit when you can remix an old one? Nasty Boy was a hit so how can that be filler? Playa Hater was comedy through & through. Meant to be taken lightly and sung along with off key. I'll give you Another though lol

the album is all over the place... you can't properly sequence an album that varies that much... which is what should have been pointed out by critics.

 

[bigmanharris]

YEAH I agree somewhat.

BUT I can't view that album the same if "ANOTHER" is not on it. It's one of the most honest tracks BIG ever did considering even currently today we have so many dudes going thru that. You're with a girl you really care about but you keep fukking up and messing with other girls. It was a peak into not only BIG's insecurities but a lot of men who do dirt, but cant take it when it's done to them. And then KIM gives her POV.

I know throughout hip-hop we have had the "battle of the sexes" types tracks but to me this was the most honest and well thought out tracks...

Somebody gotta die is the best track on the album. I still play it regularly. It sets the mood for the entire album, and the story telling is very vivid... With albums unless your doing own compilations less is always more. Meaning with double albums you're always gonna have fillers no matter how great it is overall.

Nasty boy, Going back to cali, fukking you tonight, & player hater were not needed imo. Trim it down to 10 tracks each and it's truly an even better masterpiece. Same could be said for Pac's AEOM.

Another is that shyt. My roommates in college had to hide the CD from me because I blasted that every morning

 

[Lord Mecca]

what is light skin then

this post is killin me right now

still waiting for the answer tho