Notorious BIG x 4080 Mag Cover
Call me Frank White.
The late, great Notorious B.I.G. on the cover of the late 4080 Magazine. Risked life and limb digging this joint out of the piles and piles (Stress, Rap Pages, Ego Trip, et. al.) of mags by the miles that are stashed in the crib. Well worth it. Full size after the break.
PDFs of Davey D's cover story ("Hip-Hop…Where Do We Go From Here"). Hope he doesn't mind.
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March 9, 2010 Posted by aqua | Freshness, Hip-Hop, Music, News	| 4080 Magazine, Biggie Smalls, Christopher Wallace, Davey D, Puff Daddy, RIPBIG, The Notorious BIG, Victory, Where Do We Go From Here? | Leave a comment
Gumsole Beatdowns#1: Notorious B.I.G. X Al Green
I'm surprised you run with them...
While the late Christopher Wallace's flow was elastic enough to get busy over any groove, rocking over a flip of Al Green's "I'm Glad You're Mine" was so nice that B.I.G. did it twice on "I Got a Story to Tell" from Life After Death and "Dead Wrong" from the posthumous Born Again. The Al Green album, I'm Still in Love with You, that said sample originates from was released in 1972; yep, the same year Biggie was born. The heisted audio (you can listen to it below, but do yourself a favor and buy the entire album because it is vintage, baby-making music) isn't too long—a sick rimshot that's a couple of bars long, tops—but many a producer has gotten a good run from it. Here is Biggie's double dose (not including "What's Beef?") as well as a few choice others handy for spreadin' [Hip-Hop] love, the Brooklyn way. R.I.P. B.I.G.
Al Green "I'm Glad You're Mine"
http://www.archive.org/download/ImGladYoureMine/ImGladYoureMine.mp3
Notorious B.I.G. "I Got a Story to Tell"
http://www.archive.org/download/IGotAStoryToTell/1-12IGotAStoryToTell.mp3
An album cut that nevertheless gets heavy burn, "I Got A Story Tell" displays B.I.G.'s storytelling ability. Produced by DITC's Buckwild with co-production credited to Chucky Thompson & Diddy [Note: find out what Buckwild thinks of that], the Rev Green's drums are the tracks foundation as B.I.G. recounts a tale of infidelity turned to robbery.
Notorious B.I.G. "Dead Wrong" f/ Eminem
http://www.archive.org/download/DeadWrong_855/03DeadWrong.mp3
The lead single to B.I.G.'s Born Again album was produced by Chucky Thompson, Mario Winans & Diddy (guess they liked what Buckwild did with "I Got a Story to Tell") and makes that illy rimshot a counterpoint to grizzly drums. The result is a greasy and booming tracks that makes B.I.G. dropping un-PC quotables like "japped her then I asked her who's the man she said B.I.G., then I bust in here E.Y.E.," almost acceptable. No Chris Brown.
BONUS BEATS
MC Lyte "Paper Thin"
This beat was so sick that on the Lyte As a Rock album that it appeared on you got to hear the entire instrumental run through after your favorite female MCs last verse. (Shout out to Big Ced.)
Eric B & Rakim "Mahogany"
It's the R, and Eric. B, coolin' at the Palladium (Note: I remember in the late 90's seeing Jay-Z, rocking a du-rag, kick "22 Twos" in that infamous NYC nightclub. Mic Geronimo may have been the headliner. Times change, it's now an NYU dorm). "Mahogany" is a winner from the Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em album and jacks Al Green's track wholesale.
http://www.archive.org/download/Mahogany/EricBRakim_Mahogany.mp3
MORE BIG
Machine Gun Funk: Producers Remember B.I.G. [via Nod Factor]
A Dead B.I.G. is Better Than a Living Weezy! [via The Urban Daily]
Think Big [via XXLmag.com]
The Day Biggie Died (Rest in Peace/Live in War) [via Naked With Socks On]
Today Marks The 12th Anniversary of B.I.G.'s Death [via Real Talk NY]
DJ Drama & Cookin Soul Present: The Notorious BIG Tribute (Mixtape) [via Nah Right]
Big Don't Fold [via Cocaine Blunts]
Wig Out (Puff Daddy) [via Rap Radar]
"Life After Death" The Mixtape Movie [via Notes from a Different Kitchen]
We'll Always Love Big Poppa [via Combat Jack]
March 9, 2009 Posted by aqua | Gumsole Beatdowns, Hip-Hop	| Al Green, Big Ced, Biggie Smalls, Buckwild, Diddy, Eminem, Eric B. & Rakim, Frank White, MC Lyte, Notorious B.I.G., Rakim, Sean Puffy Combs | 9 Comments
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