There are undoubtedly many of you who agree, certain songs just shouldn’t be remixed. The original already holds enough weight on it’s own right, that anything above and beyond would just be superfluous. Well, thank God my intuition saw past those boundaries and allowed me to hear out Viceroy’s jet life remix to B.I.G.’s Left Coast finger-poker, “Going Back To Cali.” Read the rest of this entry »

“The world is mine, can’t you see, I’m just trying to be all I can be.”

I’ve been mentally coast-to-coast pimpin’ all day, courtesy of Christopher Wallace and Todd Shaw. Read the rest of this entry »

The holidays are here, and for the male delegation, now marks the time when we should probably begin our Christmas shopping. This time of the year represents everything from family to relaxation to, in recent years, an over saturation of marketing and commercial tactics. That said, Christmas is Christmas and certain people, places and things always tends to make things for festive. Read the rest of this entry »

Apparently, Biggie’s “Hypnotize” is on par with both Bob Marley and President Obama’s baby-charming abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

“Victory” is one of 1997′s standout moments and proof Diddy, the popstar, was well on his way to taking over our lives. But you know what else it held? The scary, exciting and ultimately depressing evidence that Biggie Smalls was only going to get better. Read the rest of this entry »

Reruns of Martin will never, ever get old.

Regardless the number of installments Martin Lawrence chooses to shoot of Big Mama’s House, his place in entertainment history is already etched in stone. Read the rest of this entry »

In the ten minutes that it takes to write a post on a mash-up project, the internet subsequently shits 1,023 more on unsuspecting listeners. The better 95% are largely forgettable undertakings, while a few projects such as The Grey Album gain secure placement in your iPod’s most-played lists. However, a recent Wait What mash-up of Biggie’s “Juicy” and The xx’s “Intro” belongs in that revered 5%. Read the rest of this entry »

In a newly released video from the official “Decoded” iPhone app, Jay Hova talks on why chooses to pay tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. in his verses, pointing to lines on “The City is Mine” and “What More Can I Say” specifically. Read the rest of this entry »

First we get a convict confessing to shooting Tupac and now a former Nation Of Islam member steps forward claiming to play a part in the murder of Biggie Smalls. Read the rest of this entry »

Hearing rappers pay tribute to B.I.G. through song is not really much of a surprise anymore. Hearing random sportscasters quote the late, great Christopher Wallace? Now that’s something totally different. Read the rest of this entry »

The comments in the Meek Mill post actually spawned this. Not that there was anything wrong with them, because there wasn’t. Tupac’s conscious side often receives the sunny side of noteriety when the topic of his legacy is mentioned. And that’s a wonderful thing. Read the rest of this entry »

We may not talk as much as we did when his father and my mother were married, but I credit a large part of my infatuation with Hip-Hop to my older stepbrother, Ryan. Being four years older, he was already heavily invested in the culture and did his best to ensure I followed suit. Back then, CD’s were still catching on, so what he did for me was make actual “mixtapes.” One of them housed the now legendary Madison Square Garden freestyle with Big Daddy Kane, Shyheim, Scoob, The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Read the rest of this entry »

Somewhere up in the pearly gates of heaven, Christopher Wallace has on a pair of shades and the biggest Kool-Aid® grin any pops could muster. His daughter, T’Yanna, graduated from high school this past weekend. Welcome to the real world, Young Wallace. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though we have been able to vicariously live through our fallen legend’s classic works to salvage a piece of them, death still deprives us of those unique instances where the artist’s persona was a key indicator in showing they were born to be great; born to be leaders. And in some cases, born to be comedians. Read the rest of this entry »

In between rocking shows with XV & The Dean’s List for their current Animal House Tour, Brenton Duvall has concocted yet another hot remix. Always one for variety, this session finds the underage rager splicing together a Semisonic sample and an acapella from Frank White’s “What You Want” from Puffy’s posthumous Biggie album, Duets: The Final Chapter. Read the rest of this entry »