Genius Meanings
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable
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“Unbelievable” was the last song recorded for Ready To Die as the album was ready to be turned in but Biggie specifically wanted to get a street banger from Premo to use as the B-
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
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“Juicy” is the first single from Big’s debut album, Ready to Die, and is the track that established him as a titan.
It was one of the first mainstream rap songs about a rapper’s
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Method Man) – The What
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“The What” features Wu-Tang Clan standout Method Man as he was the only other rapper to appear on Ready To Die. In a retrospective published by XXL, Meth revealed the early
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The Game – Unbelievable (Freestyle)
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[MC Eiht] / Come on niggas! / [Intro: The Game] / I was doin' this interview, man, I forget what fuckin' magazine it was for, man / Nigga ask me who my favorite rapper was / Shit
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DJ Unknown & DJ Mekalek (Ft. Absolute (House of Repz) & Pumpkinhead) – Unbelievable
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DJ Unknown & DJ Mekalek ft. Absolute and Pumpkinhead - “Unbelievable” / [Emcee(s): Absolute and Pumpkinhead] / [Producer(s): DJ Premier (Original Instrumental from The Notorious B.
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Jon Connor – Unbelievable
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[Verse 1 - Jon Connor] / Look, it ain't coincidence they don't want incident / When I'm soliciting, I'll have 'em feminine / Bitching and bickering, been getting Benjamins / You
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DJ Whoo Kid (Ft. 50 Cent) – The Illest
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[Intro: 50 Cent & The Notorious B.I.G., Both] / Yeah / 50 Cent (Biggie Smalls) is the illest / Uh-huh (50 Cent (Biggie Smalls) is the illest) / Yeah, fo sho / Fo sho / Haha / (50
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Michael Jackson (Ft. The Notorious B.I.G.) – Unbreakable
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“Unbreakable” is the first track from MJ’s final album Invincible. It clocks in at a lengthy six minutes with a posthumously sampled rap from The Notorious B.I.G. from the
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
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Title track of Ready To Die, it talks about his experiences in life and how he’s ready to die.
Main intention, taken from an annotation:
B.I.G. also says later that “Ready To Die
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Suicidal Thoughts
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In this final track off of The Notorious B.I.G.’s classic debut album, Ready to Die, Biggie calls up Puff Daddy in the middle of the night to explain that he’s about to commit
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The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance
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Not to be confused with the remix (“One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix)”) that became a major hit in 1995.
The original “One More Chance” appeared on Biggie’s 1994 debut Ready To
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R. Kelly – Your Body's Callin'
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“Your Body’s Callin'” is the third single by R. Kelly on his 1994 album 12 Play. The song have been sampled in many famous songs including “Unbelievable” by The Notorious B.I.G.
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Butcher Brown – Unbelievable
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[Intro] / Biggie Smalls is the illest (Uh) / What? Uh / Biggie— Biggie— Biggie Smalls is the illest / Uh / Biggie Smalls, Biggie— Biggie— Biggie Smalls / Biggie— Biggie— Biggie
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa
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“Big Poppa” was released as the second single from Ready To Die following the commercial success of the album’s lead single “Juicy.” Both of Biggie’s first two singles topped
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Kick In The Door
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From Biggie’s second and final official album, Life After Death, “Kick in the Door” is a diss track aimed at everybody, nobody, haters, other rappers (including Nas, Jeru the
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Method Man & Redman) – Rap Phenomenon
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Released on Biggie’s 3rd album “Born Again”.
The original verses come from the Tracey Lee song “Keep Your Hands High” in which he was featured in.
Produced by one and only, DJ
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Diddy & Ma$e) – Mo' Money Mo' Problems
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“Mo' Money, Mo Problems” represents Puff Daddy and the Family’s 1997 coming out to a crossover audience.
The song discusses the troubles that come with affluence. It was released
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Machine Gun Funk
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Biggie compares a life of crime to a life of rhyme; as he said in an interview this was his favorite song.
Samples: the guitar part is from "Something Extra" by Black Heat, and
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Gimme the Loot
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One of the most popular Notorious B.I.G songs, “Gimme the Loot” is about Biggie and his right-hand man being stick-up kids in the streets committing various robberies with little
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DJ Green Lantern – It's Just Us and the Gunz (Intro)
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{Ghostface Killah from 'Apollo Kids'} / Uh-huh, uh-huh, motherfucker, uh-huh / Yeah, I see that, I see that / All y'all fake motherfuckers up in the joint, huh / Stealing my light
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JAY-Z (Ft. Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.) – A Dream
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Jay-Z and Faith Evans pay a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. on the Kanye West-produced opening track to Jay’s 2002 album The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse.
The song samples
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Who Shot Ya?
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“Who Shot Ya?” is Biggie’s warning to his adversaries not to mess with him and if they do, he will return the favor by killing them.
The song was originally recorded for Mary J
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Everyday Struggle
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Biggie crafts a masterful narrative about the life of a drug kingpin, with his trademark disregard for his own well-being.
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Things Done Changed
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“Things Done Changed” refers to how the street game has evolved, along with Biggie’s own game. He compares fashion and lifestyle revolution through the decades and the differences
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Me & My Bitch
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“Me & My Bitch” finds Biggie getting sentimental in talking about the kind of woman that piques his interest—one similar to the type rapper Apache was looking for on his hit 1992
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Big L – M.V.P.
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“M.V.P.” was released as the second single from Big L’s debut album Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous. Big L used Giovanni Salah’s “Summer Smooth Mix” for the music video but the
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Warning
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“Warning” was released along with “Big Poppa” as the second single from Ready To Die as a double A-side with “Who Shot Ya?” on the B-side. Similar to “Gimme the Loot,” Biggie raps
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Biggie Got the Hype Shit
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[Sampled] / "Well, who is 'Biggie Smalls'?" / [Intro] / Notorious Biggie Smalls in full effect / Got my DJ Fifty Grand in the house, you know what I'm saying / I'ma nice long rhyme
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant) – Want That Old Thing Back
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Included as previously unreleased material in the 2007 posthumous compilation album Greatest Hits, this track mixes Biggie’s verses from One More Chance with a new verse by Ja Rule
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The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance / Stay With Me [Remix]
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Released in the summer of 1995, this remix of “One More Chance” became Biggie’s biggest hit (until his death), tying Michael Jackson’s record for highest debut on Billboard’s Hot
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Just Playing (Dreams)
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Biggie Smalls runs through a list of his favorite R&B singers, detailing what sexual acts he’d like to engage in with them, including: Patti LaBelle; Regina Belle; Jasmine Guy
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Complex Magazine (Ft. Damien Scott & Jason Parham) – The 25 Worst Annotations on Rap Genius
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On 3 May 2013, Complex released this list of the worst annotations on the site.
Complex is notorious for its varied lists, and this article’s writers seem to have glossed over the
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Intro
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Ready to Die’s intro serves as a brief summary of Biggie Small’s journey up until the recording of the project, using a variety of classic songs to represent each era of his life
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Respect
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Biggie runs down his life story, including a whole verse on his birth. If you don’t feel like watching Notorious, just check this out
The beat was produced by Poke and P. Diddy
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Fuck Me (Interlude)
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(Jodeci song playing in the background and sound of Biggie and Lil Kim having sex on a bed.) / [Lil Kim] / Uuh, yeah, uh, oooh, oh yeah, mmm, yeah / Oh fuck me you black
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Doja Cat – Juicy
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“Juicy” is one of three tracks released on the deluxe edition of Doja Cat’s debut studio album, Amala, alongside “MOOO!” and the Rico Nasty-assisted “Tia Tamera.”
On the track
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Pudgee tha Phat Bastard (Ft. Lord Tariq & The Notorious B.I.G.) – Think Big (Dirty Version)
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The original 1995 version of “Think Big”, featuring a then up-and-coming Biggie Smalls. Produced by Minnesota.
Unfortunately, what was probably Pudgee’s best song never made it
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Friend of Mine
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Off Biggie’s classic 1994 debut Ready To Die
Biggie demonstrates why he is so often disrespectful towards women: he got his feelings hurt! Aww. After some bad experiences with
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Diddy (Ft. JAY-Z, Kelly Price & The Notorious B.I.G.) – Young G's
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“Young G’s” is a stand-out track from No Way Out with Bad Boy Records star, The Notorious B.I.G. and frequent collaborator Jay Z.
Iconic xylophone beats allow Puff, Hov and Biggie
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Complex Magazine – 100 Best Hip-Hop Beats
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Download them here
Missing tracks 21, 38, 44, 87, 89, 98, and 100
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Kick in the Door (Radio Edit)
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[Segue from "Hypnotize"] / Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see? / Sometimes your words just hypnotize me / And I just love your... / [Skit] / TREVIN JONES: Welcome back / We're
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