вЂњDiddy stepped in and said, вЂHey, man, we gotta make some radio records.вЂ™ Diddy had to convince Big.вЂќ The song, which samples MtumeвЂ™s 1983 R&B classic вЂњJuicy Fruit,вЂќ is one of the first examples of Diddy turning extremely recognizable past hits into commercial hip-hop gold the shiny, familiar production helped BigвЂ™s gruff voice and tales of a вЂњcommon thiefвЂќ find radio and mainstream success in a year when the biggest rap hit on BillboardвЂ™s Hot 100 was Salt-N-Pepa and En VogueвЂ™s вЂњWhatta Man.вЂќ вЂњIn the early process was Biggie at his most purest, rawest form,вЂќ Brooklyn DJ Mister Cee, associate executive producer and the man often credited with discovering Big, tells Apple Music. On the seminal breakthrough single вЂњJuicy,вЂќ he professes his love of hip-hop through a deeply personal come-up narrative so exemplary that few, if any, have come close to matching it since. The violence and costs of the hustle are laid bare on the stick-up-kid anthem вЂњGimme the LootвЂќ and the closer вЂњSuicidal Thoughts,вЂќ which ends with the sound of him killing himself while on the phone with executive producer/mentor Sean вЂњDiddyвЂќ Combs (then known as Puff Daddy), who pleads for him to reconsider.Д«ut against the backdrop of violence and death, Big mixes in moments of aspiration and confidence. вЂњвЂYouвЂ™re saying youвЂ™re ready to die? WhatвЂ™s up, Big?вЂ™ He told me, вЂIвЂ™m going through a lot.IвЂ™m tired of being up there hustling, my mom is sick, I have a baby on the way.вЂ™ He was going through a lot of pressure.вЂќДЇrom the autobiographical вЂњThings Done ChangedвЂќ onwards, Biggie Smalls spoke directly, without distillation, about Brooklyn crime and culture, connecting instantly with those in the know while compelling others less attuned to catch up. вЂњI remember when he was doing the title track, I was a little disturbed,вЂќ Easy Mo Bee, who produced several of the albumвЂ™s standouts, tells Apple Music.

elevated the form to a divine art of brutal honesty. While hardly the first to rap about the pleasures and pitfalls of drug dealing, The Notorious B.I.G. By naming his debut Ready to Die, the Brooklyn rapper bluntly encapsulated both his fearless, take-no-prisoners lyrical style and his perpetual sixth sense that death could come for him at any time. By the age of 22, Christopher Wallace had already lived quite the life.

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