Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known pro… Read Full Bio ↴Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known professionally as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie, was an American rapper. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.

Wallace was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His debut album Ready to Die (1994) made him a central figure in East Coast hip hop and increased New York City's visibility in the genre at a time when West Coast hip hop dominated the mainstream. The following year, he led Junior M.A.F.I.A.—a protégé group composed of his childhood friends—to chart success. In 1996, while recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud. On March 9, 1997, he was murdered by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. His second album, Life After Death (1997), released two weeks later, rose to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts. In 2000, it became one of the few hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond.

Wallace was noted for his "loose, easy flow"; dark, semi-autobiographical lyrics; and storytelling abilities, which focused on crime and hardship. Three more albums have been released since his death, and he has certified sales of over 17 million records in the United States, including 13.4 million albums.

Wallace was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on May 21, 1972, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents. His mother, Voletta Wallace, was a preschool teacher, while his father, Selwyn George Latore, was a welder and politician. His father left the family when Wallace was two years old, and his mother worked two jobs while raising him. Wallace grew up at 226 St. James Place in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill, near the border with Bedford-Stuyvesant. Wallace excelled at Queen of All Saints Middle School winning several awards as an English student. He was nicknamed "Big" because he was overweight by the age of 10. Wallace said he started dealing drugs when he was around the age of 12. His mother, often away at work, did not know of his drug dealing until he was an adult. He began rapping as a teenager, entertaining people on the streets, and performed with local groups the Old Gold Brothers and the Techniques. At his request, Wallace transferred from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, where future rappers DMX, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes were also attending. According to his mother, Wallace was still a good student but developed a "smart-ass" attitude at the new school. At age 17, Wallace dropped out of school and became more involved in crime. In 1989, he was arrested on weapons charges in Brooklyn and sentenced to five years' probation. In 1990, he was arrested on a violation of his probation. A year later, Wallace was arrested in North Carolina for dealing crack cocaine. He spent nine months in jail before making bail.

Wallace's lyrical topics and themes included mafioso tales ("Niggas Bleed"), his drug-dealing past ("10 Crack Commandments"), materialistic bragging ("Hypnotize"), as well as humor ("Just Playing (Dreams)"), and romance ("Me & My Bitch"). Rolling Stone named Wallace in 2004 as "one of the few young male songwriters in any pop style writing credible love songs".

Guerilla Black, in the book How to Rap, describes how Wallace was able to both "glorify the upper echelon" and "[make] you feel his struggle". According to Touré of The New York Times in 1994, Wallace's lyrics " autobiographical details about crime and violence with emotional honesty". Marriott of The New York Times (in 1997) believed his lyrics were not strictly autobiographical and wrote he "had a knack for exaggeration that increased sales". Wallace described his debut as "a big pie, with each slice indicating a different point in my life involving bitches and niggaz... from the beginning to the end".

Ready to Die is described by Rolling Stone as a contrast of "bleak" street visions and being "full of high-spirited fun, bringing the pleasure principle back to hip-hop". AllMusic write of "a sense of doom" in some of his songs and the NY Times note some being "laced with paranoia"; Wallace described himself as feeling "broke and depressed" when he made his debut. The final song on the album, "Suicidal Thoughts", featured Wallace contemplating suicide and concluded with him committing the act.

On Life After Death, Wallace's lyrics went "deeper". Krims explains how upbeat, dance-oriented tracks (which featured less heavily on his debut) alternate with "reality rap" songs on the record and suggests that he was "going pimp" through some of the lyrical topics of the former. XXL magazine wrote that Wallace "revamped his image" through the portrayal of himself between the albums, going from "midlevel hustler" on his debut to "drug lord".

AllMusic wrote that the success of Ready to Die is "mostly due to Wallace's skill as a storyteller"; in 1994, Rolling Stone described Wallace's ability in this technique as painting "a sonic picture so vibrant that you're transported right to the scene". On Life After Death, Wallace notably demonstrated this skill on "I Got a Story to Tell", creating a story as a rap for the first half of the song and then retelling the same story "for his boys" in conversation form.

Considered one of the best rappers of all time, Wallace was described by AllMusic as "the savior of East Coast hip-hop". The Source magazine named Wallace the greatest rapper of all time in its 150th issue in 2002. In 2003, when XXL magazine asked several hip hop artists to list their five favorite MCs, Wallace's name appeared on more rappers' lists than anyone else. In 2006, MTV ranked him at No. 3 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, calling him possibly "the most skillful ever on the mic". Editors of About.com ranked him No. 3 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). In 2012, The Source ranked him No. 3 on their list of the Top 50 Lyrical Leaders of all time. Rolling Stone has referred to him as the "greatest rapper that ever lived". In 2015, Billboard named Wallace as the greatest rapper of all time.

Since his death, Wallace's lyrics have been sampled and quoted by a variety of hip hop, R&B and pop artists including Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Fat Joe, Nelly, Ja Rule, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Game, Clinton Sparks, Michael Jackson and Usher. On August 28, 2005, at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Sean Combs (then using the rap alias "P. Diddy") and Snoop Dogg paid tribute to Wallace: an orchestra played while the vocals from "Juicy" and "Warning" played on the arena speakers. In September 2005, VH1 held its second annual "Hip Hop Honors", with a tribute to Wallace headlining the show.

Wallace had begun to promote a clothing line called Brooklyn Mint, which was to produce plus-sized clothing but fell dormant after he died. In 2004, his managers, Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow, launched the clothing line, with help from Jay-Z, selling T-shirts with images of Wallace on them. A portion of the proceeds go to the Christopher Wallace Foundation and to Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. In 2005, Voletta Wallace hired branding and licensing agency Wicked Cow Entertainment to guide the estate's licensing efforts. Wallace-branded products on the market include action figures, blankets, and cell phone content.

The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation holds an annual black-tie dinner ("B.I.G. Night Out") to raise funds for children's school equipment and to honor Wallace's memory. For this particular event, because it is a children's schools' charity, "B.I.G." is also said to stand for "Books Instead of Guns".

There is a large portrait mural of Wallace as Mao Zedong on Fulton Street in Brooklyn a half-mile west from Wallace's old block. A fan petitioned to have the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place, near Wallace's childhood home renamed in his honor, garnering support from local businesses and attracting more than 560 signatures.

A large portrait of Wallace features prominently in the Netflix series Luke Cage, due to the fact that he served as muse for the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of Marvel Comics character Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes.

Machine Gun Funk
The Notorious B.I.G. Lyrics

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So you wanna be hardcore
With your hat to the back, talkin' 'bout the gats in your raps
But I can't feel that hardcore appeal
That you're screamin', maybe I'm dreamin'
This ain't Christopher Williams, still some
MC's got to feel one, caps I got to peel some
To let niggas know, that if you fuck with Big-and-Heavy
I get up in that ass like a wedgie

Says who? Says me, the lyrical
Niggas sayin', "Biggie off the street, it's a miracle"
Left the drugs alone, took the thugs along with me
Just for niggas actin' shifty
Sticks and stones break bones, but the gat'll kill you quicker
Especially when I'm drunk off the liquor
Smokin' funk by the boxes, packin' Glocks is
Natural to eat you niggas like chocolates
The funk baby

(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)

All I want is bitches, big booty bitches
Used to sell crack, so I could stack my riches
Now I pack gats, to stop all the snitches
From stayin' in my business, what is this?
Relentless approach, to know if I'm broke or not
Just 'cause I joke and smoke a lot
Don't mean I don't tote the glock
Sixteen shots for my niggas in the pen
Until we motherfuckin' meet again
Huh, I'm doin' rhymes now, fuck the crimes now
Come on the ave, I'm real hard to find now
'Cause I'm knee deep in the beats
In the Land Cruiser Jeep with the MAC-10 by the seats
For the jackers, the jealous ass crackers in the
I'll make you prove that it's bulletproof
Hold ya head, 'cause when you hit the bricks
I got gin, mad blunts, and bitches suckin' dick
The funk baby

(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)

So I guess you know the story, the rap-side, crack-side
How I smoked funk, smacked bitches on the backside
Bed-Stuy, the place where my head rests
Fifty shot clip if a nigga wan' test
The rocket launcher, Biggie stomped ya
High as a motherfuckin' helicopter
That's why I pack a nina, fuck a misdeameanor
Beatin' motherfuckers like Ike beat Tina
What's love got to do
When I'm rippin' all through your whole crew
Strapped like bamboo, but I don't sling guns
I got bags of funk, and it's sellin' by the tons
Niggas wanna know, how I live the mack life
Making money smoking mics like crack pipes
It's type simple and plain to maintain
I add a little funk to the brain
The funk baby

(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)

(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)
(I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Machine Gun Funk" tell a story of his life as a street-successful rapper. The song is a boastful tune that documents his journey from selling crack on the streets to rapping on stage. He talks about "haters" who try to take him down, but he is not afraid to defend himself with a gun. He proclaims that he is hard, and he can back up his toughness with his lyrical skills, and if he needs to, his firepower. It's a song that glorifies gang violence, gun culture, drug-dealing, and violence.

The lyrics also contain several references to funk music, which was a popular genre of music during the late-80s and early-90s when Biggie was coming up. He uses the phrase "I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk" throughout the song, which suggests that he is devoted to the music and the lifestyle that comes with it. Moreover, he talks about how he has added a little funk to his brain, which hints at his musical inspiration.

Overall, "Machine Gun Funk" is a song that tells the story of Biggie's rise to fame and his journey through the world of gangs, guns, and drugs. It is a gritty and raw account of his life as a street-savvy rapper and a testament to his fearlessness and tough persona.

Line by Line Meaning

So you wanna be hardcore
You claim to be tough and gritty

With your hat to the back, talkin' 'bout the gats in your raps
You wear your hat backwards and rap about guns in your lyrics

But I can't feel that hardcore appeal
Your toughness doesn't come across as genuine to me

That you're screamin', maybe I'm dreamin'
I doubt the validity of your claims

This ain't Christopher Williams, still some
I'm not a soft R&B singer like Christopher Williams, but there are still some MCs who need to be put in their place

MC's got to feel one, caps I got to peel some
I have to teach the other rappers a lesson and shoot some of them

To let niggas know, that if you fuck with Big-and-Heavy
I want everyone to understand that crossing me is not a good idea

I get up in that ass like a wedgie
I'll make you regret ever messing with me, like a very uncomfortable wedgie

Says who? Says me, the lyrical
I'm the one in charge, because of my superior rapping abilities

Niggas sayin', "Biggie off the street, it's a miracle"
People are surprised that I turned my life around and become a successful artist

Left the drugs alone, took the thugs along with me
I've stopped doing drugs but kept my tough persona and friends

Just for niggas actin' shifty
I only keep the tough persona for those who try to mess with me

Sticks and stones break bones, but the gat'll kill you quicker
Words cannot hurt me, but my gun can kill you instantly

Especially when I'm drunk off the liquor
I can be quite dangerous when I'm under the influence of alcohol

Smokin' funk by the boxes, packin' Glocks is
I smoke marijuana and carry guns naturally

Natural to eat you niggas like chocolates
I could take down my enemies with ease, like eating a piece of chocolate

All I want is bitches, big booty bitches
I am a womanizer who desires women with curvy figures

Used to sell crack, so I could stack my riches
I used to sell drugs to make money

Now I pack gats, to stop all the snitches
I carry guns to prevent people from informing on me

From stayin' in my business, what is this?
I don't want people to pry into my affairs

Relentless approach, to know if I'm broke or not
People try to get information from me to see how much money I have

Just 'cause I joke and smoke a lot
Don't assume that I'm not still dangerous, even though I like to have fun and smoke marijuana

Don't mean I don't tote the glock
I still carry my gun even when I'm not being serious

Sixteen shots for my niggas in the pen
I dedicate 16 gunshots to my friends who are imprisoned

Until we motherfuckin' meet again
I hope to see them again someday

Huh, I'm doin' rhymes now, fuck the crimes now
I'm now focused on making music, and not committing crimes

Come on the ave, I'm real hard to find now
I'm not easy to track down and get to

'Cause I'm knee deep in the beats
I am very involved and committed to making music

In the Land Cruiser Jeep with the MAC-10 by the seats
I drive around in a Land Cruiser Jeep with a MAC-10 gun by my side

For the jackers, the jealous ass crackers in the
I must carry my gun to protect myself from robbers and envious white people in the area

I'll make you prove that it's bulletproof
I am willing to shoot at your bulletproof vest to prove that it's a sham

Hold ya head, 'cause when you hit the bricks
Watch out when you're out on the streets

I got gin, mad blunts, and bitches suckin' dick
I have plenty of alcohol, marijuana, and women to satisfy me

So I guess you know the story, the rap-side, crack-side
I am telling you about my past as a rapper and drug dealer

How I smoked funk, smacked bitches on the backside
I used to smoke marijuana and hit women on their butts for fun

Bed-Stuy, the place where my head rests
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant is my home

Fifty shot clip if a nigga wan' test
I have 50 bullets in my gun clip if someone wants to challenge me

The rocket launcher, Biggie stomped ya
I am very powerful and dangerous, like a rocket launcher

High as a motherfuckin' helicopter
I am very high and elevated in my status

That's why I pack a nina, fuck a misdeameanor
I carry a gun named Nina to show that I am a serious criminal, not just someone who commits small crimes

Beatin' motherfuckers like Ike beat Tina
I can beat people up very badly, like Ike Turner supposedly did to Tina Turner

What's love got to do
Love is irrelevant in my life

When I'm rippin' all through your whole crew
I am attacking and defeating all of your friends and associates

Strapped like bamboo, but I don't sling guns
I have a lot of weapons but I don't sell them

I got bags of funk, and it's sellin' by the tons
I have plenty of marijuana and I am making a lot of money selling it

Niggas wanna know, how I live the mack life
People are curious about how I am able to live a womanizing and criminal lifestyle

Making money smoking mics like crack pipes
I am earning a lot of money and building my reputation by rapping and making music

It's type simple and plain to maintain
It's pretty easy for me to keep up my image and lifestyle

I add a little funk to the brain
I stay high and keep my mind altered with marijuana and other drugs

Lyrics © CAK MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Al-terik Wardrick, Chris Martin, Christopher Wallace, Dupre Kelly, Keith Elam, Marlon Williams, Osten Harvey Jr., Kevin M Hansford

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@zzoidbergz727

5y↑107

LYRIC:
So you wanna be hardcore
With your hat to the back
Talking about the gats in your raps
But I can't feel that hardcore
Appeal that you're screaming
Maybe I'm dreaming
This ain't Christopher Williams, still some
MC's got to feel one
Caps, I got to peel some
To let niggas know
That if you fuck with big-and-heavy
I get up in that ass like a wedgie
Says who - says me, the lyrical
Niggas saying: "Biggie off the street, it's a miracle!"
Left the drugs alone, took the thugs along with me
Just for niggas acting shifty
Sticks and stones break bones, but the gat'll kill you quicker
Especially when I'm drunk off the liquor
Smoking blunts by the boxes, packing Glocks
It's natural to eat you niggas like chocolates
The funk, baby
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
All I want is bitches, big-booty bitches
Used to sell crack, so I could stack my riches
Now I pack gats to stop all the snitches
From staying in my business, what is this, relentless
Approach to know if I'm broke or not
Just cause I joke and smoke a lot
Don't mean I don't tote the Glock
16 shots for my niggas in the pen
Until we motherfucking meet again
I'm doing rhymes now, fuck the crimes now
Come on the ave, I'm real hard to find now
Cause I'm knee-deep in the beats
In the Land Cruiser Jeep with the MAC-10 by the seats
For the jackers, the jealous-ass crackers in the blue suits
I'll make you prove that it's bulletproof
Hold your head, cause when you hit the bricks
I got gin, mad blunts, and bitches sucking dick
The funk, baby
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
So I guess you know the story, the rap-side, crack-side
How I smoked funk, smacked bitches on the backside
Bed-Stuy: the place where my head rests
50-shot clip if a nigga want test
The rocket launcher, Biggie stomped ya
High as a motherfucking helicopter
That's why I pack a Nina, fuck a misdeameanor
Beating motherfuckers like Ike beat Tina
"What's love got to do"?
When I'm ripping all through your whole crew
Strapped like Bamboo but I don't sling guns
I got bags of funk and it's selling by the tons
Niggas want to know how I live the mack life
Making money, smoking mics like crack pipes
It's type simple and plain to maintain
I add a little funk to the brain
The funk, baby
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
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I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk

All comments from YouTube:

@magnuszerock7541

4y↑2.4K

When BIG said
"All I want it bitches, big booty bitches."
I felt that in my soul

@whysoserious7810

3y↑59

True true

@zephyrsky__

3y↑55

Yeah, deep

@ranmindyt2902

3y↑36

1:11 😂

@RichOmar875

3y↑7

😂💯

@MRPINKWSPHX602

3y↑13

The next verse after that 🤘🏼

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@marieme391

4y↑2.3K

this beat is SICK ASF.

@Ebinok

4y↑140

Easy mo bee was on fire

@ProdByHonchoBeatz

3y↑40

@@djnotorious8900 no

@solidbreed9767

3y↑9

@@ProdByHonchoBeatz Yes

@OmerElad

3y↑7

hell naw, besides the hook it was weird af lol

@atmosrepair

3y↑44

Classic East Coast "Boom Bap"

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@Tm_Martishius

4y↑560

That "What's love got to do" is just perfect

@lilbroamk1557

3y↑17

Yeah haha

@danwilliamson2530

3y↑40

Anyone else would have sounded corny

@yoyou3848

2y↑3

I swear

@Burst644

2y↑3

fr 😭

@nicolaskusunoki1359

@@lilbroamk1557 😊

6 More Replies...

@Khiy152

3y↑327

I love his use of the Jamaican Patois in his songs. The way he pronounce some words you can tell he was deliberately imitating his mother’s Jamaican accent. BIG forever.

@SYMusic04

2y↑33

Well he is Jamaican and it properly came to natural ta him

@fornan7577

2y↑24

“50 shot clip if a nigga wan test”

@lissaslighthouse8475

44w↑2

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

@janherburodo8070

5y↑3.4K

That voice, flow, lyrics, metaphores and those beats complemented by his style. Hip hop does not get any better

@predem2282

4y↑14

@SCP-939 word

@angelrubio6273

4y↑74

That's biggie smalls for you. Hits it hard and the king of Brooklyn, NY

@lamborghinijasiek

4y↑10

Tak jest panie majorze

@sewek588

4y↑2

no ugułem i dziekuje za tq wypowiedz

@dirtmcgirt8269

4y↑11

Couldn't of said it better. He's the GOAT IMO.

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@chalkyblack7582

3y↑1.7K

I was 17 when this heat entered my life now I’m 42🙏🏾

@grindewest5940

3y↑65

14 for me plus I met him I'm 40 now

@makavelithedon7127

3y↑88

@@grindewest5940 came into my life when i was 15, now im 17 haha

@darrel6724

3y↑22

@@makavelithedon7127 i was 12 now im 14

@jjwproductions7449

3y↑31

You guys are lucky, I'm 16 and its 2021😂

@chalkyblack7582

3y↑12

JJW PRODUCTIONS I can’t tell the impact PAC & Big had on me & my friends life when I was your age

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@calinamariei8891

3y↑400

The only rapper who can rhyme "lyrical" with "miracle" and not sound corny as fuck. Biggie was great

@khemboi4086

3y↑26

He's probably the one who inspired all the others

@duecetre87

3y↑26

@@khemboi4086 Not to mention "Imperial" and "Material."

@consumetheproduct

3y↑10

Lyrical myrical sipirtul

@youcefbouamra8336

3y↑4

The only one ? A couple of other rappers do it brilliantly well too

@calinamariei8891

3y↑1

@@youcefbouamra8336 who exactly?

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@catfishandbass8680

2y↑501

Biggie was only 21 when he dropped this masterpiece. He was 18 when he started rapping. That's not being great at rapping. That's pure, God given, TALENT. R.I.P. The Notorious B.I.G.
One of the greatest artists to ever lend his talent to the game of rap.

@ieatpineapples3325

2y↑10

that’s bc he a 👑👑👑👑

@UsernameLoading

2y↑33

18??? Hell no theres actual video of BIG rapping at 12 years old... He been making records since that age too

@KevinDFuller94

2y↑2

💯🐐

@realgfolifekillnigga

2y↑15

Big was rapping when he was a kid bruh. Plenty documentaries and his folks said that.

@wavyptv

2y↑8

Born to rap.

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@Realkingswoosh

5y↑1K

Forever B.I.G 🙏🏾

“ Legends never die .”

@caliapster8720

5y↑3

King Kalvin rip

@OhioanGhost

5y↑7

They have a street named after him

@flyingchimp12

4y↑1

Vito 97 don’t mean he’s alive lmao

@leevikv

VOTE BIGGIE TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME https://vote.rockhall.com/

@russelladams7134

4y↑4

Yes ,yes. Biggie is one of the best to do it. I wish the beef never happened. Rest in peace Christopher Wallace.

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@BiggieSmalls574

5y↑1.6K

I walk with the funk
I talk with the funk
I eat with the funk
I sleep with the funk
I LIVE FOR THE FUNK
I DIE FOR THE FUNK!!!

@prufrockrenegade

4y↑79

This dude knows what's up

@DennisTriezenberg

4y↑56

L.O.T.U.G. = Legendary

@yk100

4y↑19

@Mary Pedersen Underrated song

@mikejones6805

4y↑10

New York City rap for real!

@themeta4sure

4y↑9

i live with the funk, i jump with the funk

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@NalinKaul2015

3y↑255

Biggie helped me get through the worst days of my life. One of the best albums ever made. RIP King.

@Hashpotato

2y↑7

100%

@alexandercorrigan507

Absolute fact

@dlfreezy4229

28w

Same here bruh!!!

@charlesmcdonald6877

16w

💯💯💯

@biodiversidaddominicana5562

11w

Fue Dios, sólo que lo sabe ahora...

@crimsonsigma5531

3y↑32

At 2:39 Biggie says “Strapped like Bamboo but I don’t sling guns” it was from the 1993 HBO movie Strapped with Bookeem Woodbaine and Fredro Star who plays Bamboo

@traviscarter1023

5w↑1

That shit went over so many people heads never heard nobody talk about or break it down like that.

@lejogama5077

5y↑830

Only OG's here.

@RDDPro

4y↑4

🔫🔫🔫

@djcocoachanelle

4y↑1

👍🏾

@vikomanglona2367

4y↑20

@@lllIlIllIIIl it's all guud, I'm a youngin but I listen to this, you dont gotta be a OG to enjoy these music.

@gokudoyenagoa8844

@mrjustmet1

4y↑1

Craig Emm alright bro

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@anthonyperez1130

4y↑1.5K

Who still bumpin in 2020 🔥

@ggs7909

4y↑12

I GOT GIN MAD BLUNTS AND BITCHES SUCKING DICK..... -MACHINE GUN FUNK

@ReziMG

4y↑10

B.I.G Never DIES !

@1Serioustv

4y↑5

I am 🙋🏾‍♂️

@xiaominaarea9539

4y↑3

Aqui é o Brazil caralho!!!! Big nunca morrerá em minha mente e no volume alto no meu carrão.!!!!!!!!!

@papypapy9129

4y↑3

France

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@unemployicus

2y↑59

100% Biggie 0% Puffy. Greatness

@traviscarter1023

Are you serious

@unemployicus

5w↑1

@@traviscarter1023 100% Puffy Diddy sucks.

@traviscarter1023

@@unemployicus How he was the one by Biggie side telling he what to put out. Biggie wasn't good a puttin out singles he needed Puffy by his side you trippin the same way Jay-Z needed Dame Dash by his side early on . Puffy helped create Biggie and giving us them big commercial jams for TV we not here to shit on Puffy.

@Retr0asisVR

I’m also disgusted by the thought of the things that P. Diddy is now being accused of, but you can’t deny his producing prowess.

@traviscarter1023

@marvincartagena4599 Facts that's why I don't get caught up in what he done. I wasn't there I don't know what's true are false. But I know he was a game changer.

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@aspor5766

3y↑225

Machine Gun Funk, Suicidal Thoughts, The What are the songs that never got a lot of radio play but are the hardest songs on here.

@duecetre87

3y↑28

Can't forget Ready to Die and Gimme The Loot.

@ShaquilleBarron

3y↑15

@@duecetre87 Warning and things done changed

@sedsalomon1800

3y↑23

Man the whole album was a classic

@marquezbishop2747

2y↑9

UNBELIEVABLE

@notthisprickagain8499

2y↑5

Me and my Bitch

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@Lu-ql

4y↑142

His flow is godlike.

@Pimpmoble

4y↑457

This hits so much harder now then back when it came out. Sorry cant feel this hardcore appeal of this new age of rap. Drug dealer based rap Vs. Drug users rap

@smileydog5941

4y↑38

That last sentence bro

@joshglover2370

4y↑5

Bwahahahaha!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dead and you win the internet!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@joshglover2370

4y↑1

@Dave Khan I'll check it out! Thanks! 😀

@stann.3408

4y↑8

@@joshglover2370 also Freddie Gibbs. Recommended song: Something To Rap about

@kiwi9602

4y↑13

I couldn’t quite explain why I prefer this kinda rap over new stuff but that last sentence is pretty much it

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@greg6924

12w↑10

That flow is immaculate

@danieltapia7907

4y↑101

Let’s not forget how simple this beat is yet goes so fucking hard

@beataask

2y↑5

Easy Mo Bee...

@kcguy8864

hell naw, this version fkn sucks compared to the actual original version we all grew up with... the version that was known since the album first released... this one is one of those bullshit "remastered" versions that had to be made the official version after a Federal Court ruled they couldn't contain the samples we all know the songs with bcuz Bad Boy never paid for them.. the fact that so many ppl like u don't even realize it's not the same song & that it's missing such noticeable samples in it upsets the hell out of me.. this song literally sounds half empty.. half finished

@FrantzCasseus

1y↑1

This beat is from lords of the underground NJ

@onorato49

4y↑217

That siren always gets me hype

@gabrielrolig4355

4y↑2

Same

@ASSman864

4y↑17

Its supposed to say Blue suits. Ive heard him say blue suits on a radio freestyle but they chose to cut it out the album.

Once you hear him say blue suits you can even hear it in the siren a little it sounds so simular

@onorato49

@@djnotorious8900 i like it !

@djnotorious8900

@@onorato49 cheers bro

@benky9592

4y↑493

who's still listening in Coronavirus Era

@huntervelicky7502

4y↑4

louder for the people in the back

@painmaster8165

4y↑2

@@huntervelicky7502 ?????????!

@istvankiss1068

4y↑2

36 likes :)
(Y)

@doubledown9

Stfu everyone lives on earth and can see when you posted this.

@silv3r77

4y↑9

@Drumslav Czechisenko Nigga why you on every comment thread talking about BLM? Shut up fuck up with yo political agenda looking ass, let people enjoy the song.

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@silvioconceicao3955

20w↑12

My favourite song still bumping in 2024

@ShineLouder

4y↑88

This was the first biggie smalls song I ever heard. I was locked up with larceny from junior mafia and he had it on cassette tape. Heard it about a year and a half before everyone else heard it

@OhioanGhost

5y↑1.1K

Still better than today’s rappers

@RamzaBeo

4y↑11

Vito 97 yessir

@johneverette699

4y↑32

Yes but dude you probably don't search hard enough there are good artists out today no they ain't legends like Biggie but they are good. Check out Merkules,NBA Youngboy, Moneybagg Yo Blac Youngsta

@RamzaBeo

4y↑40

@@johneverette699 facts! I HATE when oldheads think mainstream music is the ONLY music......... like bro listen to smino. HE IS THE GOAT and he "newish"

@johneverette699

4y↑5

@@RamzaBeo I've never heard him but I'd give him a listen hey don't get me wrong I like some big name rappers Kevin Gates and Boosie people like that but yeah a lot of people just base what's popular and aren't actually rap fanatics

@KamranYounis1

4y↑10

@@johneverette699 No there probably are rappers who are able to rap better than old school rappers, old school rappers are more than just artists, yes they have talent but have impacted the music industry so much, that's why they are legends, but that doesn't mean that there will never be artists better than them lyrically.

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@zemzem8323

4y↑149

Best track to lift those heavy weights to.

@archo112

1y↑32

In about 20 years this will be bumpin everywhere again and on charts .

@user-kk2rm1ie6j

22w

Fr u called it...

@catfishandbass8680

2y↑22

If anybody ever says rap sucks, show them a song like this so they know why we love and respect the game of rap.

@fatherj3283

4y↑26

“I’ll make you prove that it’s bullet proof” 🥶🐐

@redlobsterinc.7557

3y↑40

I can listen to pac and big all day they just have so many classic songs

@manolog205

3y↑33

It was too easy for him 🔥

@Jd33082

2y↑55

This track never gets old. Biggie still puts all the bullcrap rappers today to shame! Untouchable!!

@jessicawilliams1176

1y↑32

Instantly loved it. Listening to Biggie today to honor his life and legacy. He’s been gone today, 03/09/2023, 26 years ago, but his legacy lives on! ❤❤🕊️🕊️

@humannature712

4y↑36

"I live for the funk "...Lords of The Underground on the hook

@Takesjuantoknowjuan

2y↑53

This has to be one of his most under-rated songs. Fucking dope!!

@texasag6297

If its "underrated"...i don't know what hip hop is.

@Takesjuantoknowjuan

2y↑1

@@texasag6297 bruh, I never even heard of this song up until last year stumbling upon it on YouTube. Most of his hits have 400M+ views, this has under 4.

@orpheoesajas1237

3y↑26

24 years today that this legend has passed one of the GOATS him and Pac 🙏🏾

@endzz08

5y↑138

BIGGIE SMALLS IS IN DA HOUSE🔥🔥🔥

@ProfessorRedonk

4y↑67

GZA and Biggie had the best voices for rapping in all of hip hop. Biggie has the best rhythm of any rapper I’ve heard as well

@BokamosoBaipaakanyiDes

4y↑3

I'd like to throw Method Man in that pair. Unique voice and flow.

@undurufhrundkmfirmfim2457

4y↑2

I'd like to add PAC to this 👍👍 , but what you said is 💯

@meredithmcalpine22

4y↑1

U forgot del the funky homosapien biggie jacked and made his style more raw

@Notbadjattz

4y↑2

Chuck D and Sadat X

@levigoldsteinbergowitz7391

Ever hear bun b from ugk?

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@poketmon3755

2y↑22

해마다 로맨틱 겨울이 올때면~

@user-dw7yp8cy5o

2y↑1

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

@metro945

ㅋㅋㅋ

@tykemp1166

11w↑3

One of the best beats I ever heard 🔌🖤🙏🏾 happy black history month yall

@tionnapatros5404

3y↑24

BEST RAP ALBUM SINCE RAP

@Mario-zs6rg

3y↑67

This man's talent is insane, he died for a reason. He changed the course or rap

@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14

1y↑10

He died for a stupid reason, losing someone so talented so young is never a good thing, think of the music he could have made if he hadn't died 😢

@mirkojelic5584

2y↑36

One of the top 10 hip hop songs of all times ,even 1000 years in the future!!!!! RIP Biggy

@snowtennismann

3y↑18

The song just get harder and harder as the time goes on. Unreal.

@enterbalak6974

3y↑18

"Biggie was a miracle to the streets."

@Thomas-cx6jh

5y↑63

This is proof that OG legends NEVER DIE!! 😍😍🔥🔥

@realest-12

27w↑2

Lords of underground sample

@isaiahthegangstawdogg8743

3y↑19

Biggie him being a story tellin rapper he explains stories well he like the one i vibe off him!! do agree he has the perfect voice for rapping this

@erik-001-

4y↑27

this just doesn't get old

@stellgolding9834

3y↑22

B.I.G. was a genius. Everything he said stuck with me. I hung on every word he said. Rap isn’t the same without him.

@mcfly1538

3y↑37

Biggie until I die!!! RIP to the best to ever do it!

@perrynnlynch1883

42w

Great comment right here. Well said.

@jsouniss

17w↑4

Some of the best Rap lyrics ever written

@goldenagehiphop4420

5y↑75

90s hip hop! Respekt from Romania!

@hip-hoperatie6727

Bine bă coaie-miu

@RDDPro

4y↑1

Ahhh shit, Romania in the house! Whassup!!

@pseudonymshqipe854

4y↑1

Albania is also in the house lol

@vestmosby3252

1y↑43

This is one of those jams you can imagine somebody playing as they doing 99 mph downhill and realize they ain’t got no brakes.

@SuckMyJohnson

1y↑1

Fr 😂

@uniquemkusa9721

38w↑2

That’s dark😂

@wozza_uk5079

3y↑40

One verse by biggie tops every single one of today’s rappers 🖤

@fl_o_x

Oh my god stop with this hipster shit

@danhall9101

1y↑6

I live for the funk ,i die for the funk...

@Ebinok

4y↑14

B.I.G and Easy Mo Bee was on fire

@BoosieBoose

3y↑18

Biggie is just pure talent.
No Flaws

@danwilliamson2530

3y↑38

This gotta be one of the best songs ever made could listen to this for hours 🌬💨

@musaskhadijah

3y↑1

Absolute TRUTH It Gets No Realer Than That. !!

@mikepowers7066

40w

Me too this beat is crazy an his flo is the best R.I.P BIG

@mcquademartin7319

3y↑3

“cuz i’m knee deep in the beats
in the land cruiser jeep with the Mac-10 by the seats” goddamn that was genius

@mr.unicorn3899

3y↑19

This is such a good song man, his voice with the rithym is so smooth

@starwalker8601

2y↑8

Biggie’s flow is outrageous, nasty, amazing.

@sphelelemtetwa3869

2y↑26

Always think about how crazy it felt hearing this in the studio during the early 90s

@imnotfliptop7958

@@Dwightfairfield. this album dropped in 94 and I’m guessing it was made at least for 1-2 years so it was the early nineties

@MaddRapper11203

1y↑1

This is not the original one!! The original one is better!!!

@royceleanzer

3y↑11

2.34... that switch to what loves got to do . Elevates this joint into the realm of legend.

@LakerTriangle

47w↑4

2:28 Rip Queen!

@jackiehughes414gpg

4y↑12

I MISS BIGGIE...AND THE 90'S!!!

@egortelgerov2648

4y↑31

One of my favourite songs ever. Biggie forever

@tayvelynparks1879

4y↑69

HIS FLOW IS TIMELESSS! 2020 Rest in Peace to the Legend.

@alejandrobacallaaguilar4369

3y↑39

Insane beat! Long live to B.I.G!

@beataask

Easy Mo Bee...

@Anita-max-wyn

3y↑13

1:32 He talks about "The Ave" where he used to sell drugs. He was talking about it in "I've got a story to tell" and that same shop or "store" is in his video "Juicy".

@theblakex

We know about Fulton Street baby boy

@dedrapoole5080

Man I get the chills EVERYTIME…. My era, BIG WILL FOREVER BE TIMELESS‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🫡

@stephanieplunkett3113

2y↑28

I love this song so much sheesh. All of his lyrics are so clever with emphasis and power. I know it might sound cliché but he is legendary to east coast rap and he is intelligent and intricate. And all of his music is legendary. This one just claps a lil more.

@jesussc7496

1y↑46

I can't stop listening to it epic..

@JdeeEm

there is an hell on earth version, sounds good also.

@kornandfoofighters

1y↑1

the oneeee chief rockaaaaa

@rorymilne9774

47w↑8

RIP TINA!!!

@chrisrice7805

47w↑2

I see I'm not the only one who thought of this song when they heard Tina Turner passed

@ac3dabpp3r89

1y↑10

That gritty beat is the atmosphere when in the ghetto of Brooklyn 🔥 love my home ♥️

@RandomnessTube.

27w↑5

He might have bigger hits and others will have favorite rappers but this track should be in the dictionary to define what hip hop actually is if you know you know.

@johneverette699

4y↑28

25 years later this album still fresh ASF!!!

@marqueseboone1497

44w↑3

Biggies best track ever

@homer9868

I think what makes biggie special is that he was clearly very talented, artistic, intelligent, and interesting, but he had a tough life growing up in a bad neighborhood and just became a product of his environment. It’s the combo of knowing he was a regular joe class wise with feelings but knowing his dark side and that he desperate to make money any way he could that the lyrics don’t come across as phony or over the top, it sounds and feels authentic and real

@davidlynskey4143

3y↑11

You cant convince me that this isnt one of the most iconoc songs of all time.

@jeremiahwoodsi7545

4y↑31

This should be at a Billion views

@420speedweed

7 billion you mean

@sjoernnunes4667

To Many fakes and sheeps

@naturalwealth465

1 Trillion views

@razatiger22

This is a reupload, the original had over 100m views.

@eltonm.5431

4y↑15

STILL LIVING FOR THE FUNK
B I G FOREVER

@DarealDougz

4y↑7

Biggie doesn’t fkn miss bruh top 5 albums ong

@Lillean

Ong i miss him the best

@isaacpaz9287

3y↑31

"I live for the funk. I die for the funk"
So powerful even to this day

@lindsaygame3404

4y↑23

I bump this album at least once a week. One of my favorites, Real Hip Hop!

@GuessMyUsernameYT

43w↑3

"Il l make you prove its bullet proof"

@basedlordk5416

1y↑1

Chief Rocka- Lords of the underground

“I live by the funk i die by the funk”

@Jay-n262

3y↑2

It sounds even colder than it did 25 year's ago!

@ThouzandWattz

4y↑20

God this is hitting so hard right now... 😭

@alvoefc801

18w↑3

If you don't bop your head you ain't a real human 💯

@drnocka-rocksteady

1y↑2

Big killed this

@dascientist777

2y↑2

Easy Mo Bee snapped on the boards for this one.

@bouncerCFC

2y↑4

The 90s was da bomb. 🔥 Can't touch big lyrically

@lilstrawberry6063

3y↑12

His songs never gets old. I was born in 1992 and i love biggie's songs

@CanisLupus123

3y↑1

Christopher George Latore Wallace

The Notorious B.I.G

May / 21 / 1972 - March / 9 / 1997

Rest In Peace

@justynvallin

4y↑60

I will never get tired of this song 💯

@jrock28

1y↑2

Mo Bee with the beat.

@TheStickyLabel

2y↑1

LIVE ON KING!!!! My Highschool dayz!! 1994 FOREVER!!!!! BKLYN

@zzoidbergz727

5y↑107

@TheyKilledMyName

4y↑9

@saulgonzalez9972

2y↑6

Thanks for commenting this

@whatsshakinbaconnothinjust2986

2y↑3

RIP Heavy D! He sang the hook and produced this track! Two legends on the same track.

@ambriatate8320

1y↑1

That’s Redman sampled on the hook.

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