Some of Biggie's most quoted Hip Hop Lines: Whether his music touched you when he was Ready to Die, or his sounds moved you in his Life After Death, he will always be loved and respected for what he did in his short time here on earth, and hopefully, his music will be Born Again. Whether he gets the credit or not, his work will undoubtedly be weaved into the historical fabric of Hip Hop. Rappers are still biting his style and using his lines as springboards for their rhymes. In terms of delivery, lyrical word play, double entendres, swag and subject matter, nobody did it better (during his reign at the top). Jay-Z may have made The Blueprint, but Biggie was definitely the architect behind the scenes. Gone, but never forgotten, his music and legacy still lives on. I don't know about you, but I liked to see him more in his totality than as a one dimensional character.
This piece of work allowed you not only to see the "Ready to Die" Biggie with his who gives a what attitude, but it also allowed you to see Biggie the father, the rapper, the lady's man, and the friend. Ready To Die was considered a Hip Hop classic, but I believe Biggie's true prowess was most notably visible on his posthumous double disc, Life After Death. Biggie had that gift of grabbing the listener and sucking them into his violent and edgy, yet eloquent stories. When I listen to songs like "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" and "Long Kiss Goodnight" (two of my favs by the way), I can see the plot play out in my head as if I was watching a movie. was already holding down the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant with his raw rhymes, unmatched delivery and ghetto fab flow.ī.I.G.'s music was lyrically cinematic.
Before Jay-Z was whispering "the city is mine", B.I.G. When I look back and realize its been 14 years since his death, I think of how he impacted the game and how it has changed since his passing. If you know me and know how much I love Hip Hop, you know I LOVE Biggie aka Christopher Wallace (March 9, 1997).