Also Biggie loved to put in subliminal political messages in his rhymes. Like this:
"Drop Cops that mistake me for Rodney" (Police Brutality Reference to Rodney King where Big implies he will fight back instead of being killed or beat down by the police.)
Or
"The Streets is a short stop, either your slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot" (Reference to proverty in African American Ghetto's across America as well as the limited choices and opportunites Blacks have to succeed in racist society.
Also
"Not able to move behind great steel gates, Time to comteplate, Damn where did I fail, All the Money I stack was all the Money for Bail (Here Biggie talks about how being a Drug Dealer isn't all that it's cracked up to be and that he found himself in a vicious cycle of consequences because of his bad decisions)
Biggie featuring with Tupac on "Running from the Police" is more relevent now than ever. Even on "RTD" it was more a moral tale of why a certain lifestyle will have you in Jail "Intro" or Dead "Sucidal Thoughts" Will Smith stated that "Ready To Die" should be studied in psychology classes to understand the plight of the black male in the inner city. If you listen to both album there is a moral and social tale woven through the entire work. Big was an artist so his work reflected that artristry. Again I really believe he would of ended up an Author, Screenwriter or Director if he wasn't a rapper because of his storytelling abilities. Big was right, he truly did have a story to tell. I mean Big did say he was the "Hitchcock of Hip Hop" for a reason. Ironically Hitchcock had a Classic film named "Notorious".
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