The latter (one word) is a British rock band with Robert Plant and they sang “Sea of Love”.īrad: Both of them are great in very different ways. The former (two words) is the American soul band with the “Impeach the President” song. Jason: By the way, I should point out that The Honey Drippers and The Honeydrippers are two different bands. Jason: Oh yes, what was the Album we had last year on this list that also sampled that song?īrad: That song gets sampled A LOT but I think it was Dr. It is sampled on the song “Unbelievable”. By the way, this is another rap album that includes a sample of “Impeach The President” by the Honey Drippers. I don’t know if he (or producer Puff Daddy) picked amazing samples or if some of these are original melodies?īrad: There are a lot of samples but the production is pretty great. My favorite Biggie song is “Hypnotize” but that is on his 2nd album. Jason: “Big Poppa” was played by every suburban white kid in college that year.īrad: I still hear it quite a bit.
And also, his sound (the songs themselves) are very 90s but they don’t sound too dated.īrad: “Juicy” was the first single off this album. Jason:I am listening to this again as we are typing and there are a couple of songs that I am liking more than before. By the way, why do they still scramble words on the explicit version?īrad: I noticed that too but I have no idea. But also it is so strange that his entire career seemed to be about death. He died so young and it is really sad that he died just a couple weeks before his 2nd album came out. Who killed him, by the way?īrad: I don’t think his murder has ever been solved.īrad: Don’t start those rumors. He only has two studio albums so that Greatest Hits would be short. I don’t feel like my life was improved by finally listening to a full album of his music. It’s not terrible and I “enjoyed” it the more I listened to it but I am not going to queue it up on a playlist anytime soon.īrad: Personally, all I want or need from Biggie would be a greatest hits EP. Jason: This is one of those rap albums that I would listen to an instrumental album of. It’s somehow both misogynistic and homophobic at the same time.īrad: Yeah, on one hand I was thinking “Good for RuPaul to be mentioned in a rap song in 1994 and still be around today” but also thinking “That was a horrible dis on RuPaul and X-scape” Jason: That’s a backhanded compliment if I ever heard one. He raps “I’ll fuck RuPaul before I fuck them ugly ass X-scape bitches” I don’t enjoy the sex skit either. My biggest revelation was that RuPaul gets mentioned in the lyrics of the misogynistic bonus track “Just Playing (Dreams)”. One thing I don’t need to hear is someone giving birth for 5 minutes.īrad: Yeah, I agree. Jason: I skipped it after the first time. I was tempted to skip it midway through the first time. Jason: This album is 72 minutes long and the intro “skit” feels about an hour of it.īrad: I listened to this 5 or 6 times but skipped that intro skit after the 3rd time. But what I realized is I don’t care about him I just really like his samples and the production on some of the songs.īrad: I appreciate that he is telling his story on this album but I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about that. I liked “Big Poppa” of course because it’s nostalgic but that’s about it. Jason: There are about 2 maybe 3 tolerable songs on this album.īrad: I always liked his big singles but listening to a full album is a bit much. Jason: People LOOOOOOOVE The Notorious B.I.G.īrad: They do and I’m slightly afraid to say…I think he’s just meh. This album is on almost every “Best of…” list you can think of. After his death the album charted again and eventually went 6x Platinum. His lyrics are critically praised for unique storytelling. “I got a lot off my chest with that album.Released on Septemand is a semi-autobiographical account of his crime days. “That’s what I’m trying to do.” And he added, venting those feelings was also therapeutic.
“I want them stressed-out niggers to be, like, ‘Yo, this nigger be hitting it right on the nose, man,’ “he said. How he has thought about killing himself.”īy expressing the self-loathing and self-doubt he felt while dealing, he hopes that his experiences may resonate with other living that life. He’s letting you know how he has felt about his mother. “In street life you’re not allowed to show if you care about something,” said Mr. “Ready to Die” is, indeed, marked by pathos unusual not only in hip-hop but in pop music. In presenting the downside of that life, “Ready to Die” offers perhaps the most balanced and honest portrait of the dealer’s life of any in hip-hop…” “His raps acknowlege both the excitement of drug dealing and the stress caused by the threat from other dealers, robbers, the police and parents, sometimes one’s own.
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