![]() ![]() Yet the handclaps and slickly, sickly syncopated congas courtesy of a Gap Band sample are a perfect bed for Frank White’s flow. ![]() He was post-”Juicy” but new enough that Dupri refers to him as “the Big,” which remains jarring. (1994)ĭa Brat was barely off her debut on a Kriss Kross cut when this promo 12” dropped featuring Biggie, still a relatively new artist at the time. “Don’t really wanna show you what a G I be/I’d rather be sipping Remy in the VIP/We can hear the music, it’ll be by me/Twista with the legendary nigga BIG,” raps Twista in a tongue-twisting homage. The video remix finds Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Twista and 8Ball & MJG garlanding the track with Southern and Midwest flows, while Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, and R&B singer Cheri Dennis make cameos. Image Credit: Paul Warner/WireImage for The Recording AcademyĬentered around Biggie’s classic verse from “Notorious Thugs” and remixed by Swizz Beatz for Duets: The Final Chapter, “Spit Your Game” is one of his better posthumous tracks. Twista, Krayzie Bone, and 8Ball & MJG (2005) And his recitable verses made this elegy a heart-rendering hit. His admission that “I swear for three days I cried” still makes you shed a thug tear. exhibits his dominance as a legit song crafter. And on this tribute to his fallen friends, B.I.G. There’s a scene in the 2009 biopic Notorious where a producer, after hours of bar-crammed takes, tells Biggie’s character, “That’s fire!” once he hones a radio-friendly hook. Image Credit: Clarence Davis/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images ![]()
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