Not everything is so dark, though production collaborations result in some upbeat, commercial moments, and typically cop from recognizable hits: s I Want You Back on the graphic sex rap One More Chance, s Juicy Fruit on the rags-to-riches chronicle Juicy, and Between the Sheets on the overweight-lover anthem Big Poppa. Yet, no matter how much he heightens things for effect, its always easy to see elements of in his narrators and of his own experience in the details everything is firmly rooted in reality, but plays like scenes from a movie. Hes blessed with a flair for the dramatic, and slips in and out of different contradictory characters with ease. His raps are easy to understand, but his skills are hardly lacking - he has a loose, easy flow and a talent for piling multiple rhymes on top of one another in quick succession. Today its recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded, and thats mostly due to s skill as a storyteller.

While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the East CoastWest Coast hip-hop feud, dominating the scene at the time.įittingly for an album where the star memorably plays two characters (on stick-up classic Gimme The Loot), Christopher Wallaces debut opus has a beguiling. The following year, Wallace led his childhood friends to chart success through his protege group, Junior M.A.F.I.A.

He was also known as Biggie Smalls, Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White.

A rap-artist and songwriter, The Notorious B.I.G.

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