Current mood: groggy Category: Music
*Disclaimer*
I know I'm going to catch hell about this, but lets keep open minds here people. If you dont like what I'm sayin, it's not the end of the world. We all have opinions dude, so don't get ur panties in a bunch.
*End of Disclaimer*
In spirit of the new movie coming out about Biggie, I decided to get this out the way before muh fuckas start the bullshit prmototing and dick riding;
BIGGIE SMALLS AKA THE NOTORIUS B.I.G. IS NOT THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME.(neither is Pac, but that's another blog)
I've been fuming bout this for a few years now. See, mutha fuckas just co-sign n shit and it pisses me off. It's like hip-hop wont let you say different. I'll let niggas get away with sayin' it's Jay*, but cmon....
Biggie only dropped like 3 or 4 albums worth of shit(that's both albums, any and all freestyles, remix verses, ghost written verses, and any feature slots on albums). But since he died muh fuckas wanna hold his catalouge on this pillar of GOD MCness....it's fucking hype. There have been plenty better before him and plenty better after him.
Now, for his time ('93-'97) he was the fucking shit. I think "Ready to Die" was an awesome album. It was raw. He was hungry. I don't think he was hungry for real during the making of "Lif Aftre Death". And then he died. Period. It's tragic, yes, it's down right a shame. Imagine how far he coulda went. When Jim Hendrix died he was changing his whole style, just built a new state of the art studio, and was perfecting some new guitar wizarddry. He died in 1970 for god sakes. Can you imagine the damage he woulda done in the 70's? Who he woulda collaberated with, got inspired by and inspired?
Imagine if Biggie eventually left Bad Boy. What if he signed with Def Jam? What would he be doing in this age of independent labels and ringtones? How would his flow have changed? What would he have said about Bush? Would he even have cared about Bush? We'll never know and that's sad, but that doesnt change the fact with all of his catlaouge doesnt make him the greatest. Top 20 definately...Top 10 of the 90's for sure. That's about it.
If Biggie's your favorite rapper, I want you to put him next to your 2nd favorite rapper. Look at them both really hard and ask yourself, "What makes Biggie better than (insert rappers name)?" I mean really do it. Make a list. Make a chart. Make a fucking Venn Diagram for fucks sake. What's stopping (insert rappers name) from being above Biggie? Is it some fond memory you have of when you first heard Hypnotize? Did "Me and My Bitch" describe you and your bitch when it came out? Are you from Brooklynn? Or is it fucking hip-hop politricks?
Now remember, I am in no means right...but I'm also not wrong. This is the greatest thing about opinion. Just really take a look at yourself. Are you caught up in hype? ask now before the Biggie movie comes out and you get really caught up in some royal hype. Thanks.
*Jay-Z is not the greatest either. But the reason Jay-Z is not the greatest rapper of all time is because he's not a rapper...he's a hustler.*
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