What BIGGIE Was REALLY Like In The Studio | Deep Dive

[@hiphopdx]

What is the one BIG song that you would have loved to have been in the studio for?

[@branscombjrcharles]

another

[@davidcollins6585]

I hear someone coming The Plot

[@fuhyou3223]

My top answer would be Unbelievable because there are conflicting stories on the making of the song. I’d like to know the real on that one. Wish I could see how the One More Chance remix came together and see if they believed they had MAGIC when it was completely finished.

[@LUCAS-gf2wq]

Long kiss goodnight NO DOUBTS 🤝

[@ReachDpeach]

Legit comment

[@eibhlinnichrualoai]

Thanks. I'm 45 and Biggie still my favourite of all time ❤

[@lastonewon]

I'm 44 and with you all the way on Biggie

[@HeyTylerTyler]

38. And we definitely still showing love to the king of NY out here

[@Blackwater2]

47 Same.

[@Breezyplaywithsticks]

@@Blackwater2 19 same

[@terrancebutler3988]

I'm glad somebody share the same opinion

[@brett2383]

I would’ve loved to be in the studio with him on March 7, 1997. Watching him lace “Victory”. 😎

[@TechRyze]

Victory always needed a version without Puff. Since day one. Even Busta is lacking on that track. Chorus isn't good enough, but BIG is beyond outstanding on that track. Was in '97.

[@MetalSonic420]

I got Ready to Die on vinyl two weeks back. One of the greatest albums ever made.

[@CeaserTAMG]

He released two projects under his name, but he wrote the JR Mafia album, most of Lil Kim’s, a lot of Puff Daddy’s No Way Out album too.

[@hiphopdx]

Facts

[@Jiggidy]

These studio deep dives are the best thing about @hiphopdx these days.

[@hiphopdx]

Thank you! More on the way

[@victorosong]

"In '88 I sold more powder than Johnson & Johnson." "There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing"

[@jeremyhecht]

This was so much fun to make. To see biggie in his element of cresting really just showed how seriously he took his craft and it will forever live on as classic music. RIP Big

[@paulag2502]

Frank white!! The greatest to ever💣🎤

[@KevinDFuller94]

Great video! Biggie is my favorite artist regardless of genre. He was a truly brilliant storyteller & his vocabulary was masterful, His voice & his flow are still unmatched. I would have loved to be in the studio when he was making "My downfall" That song still gives me goosebumps, almost like he knew his time on Earth was coming to an end so in typical Biggie fashion he made an amazing track about it.

[@VJDagoat]

Undisputed Goat MC 😮‍💨

[@Thutmosis7]

He’s in a class to Himself. The greatest for me of all times

[@davidcollins6585]

❤❤❤Biggie was like they say the realest and forever will be remembered especially by me D.C,

[@Will-bn9km]

If he was alive today he’d definitely be in business too like Jay, he has that vibe

[@bigmancabz1]

Would be a billionaire

[@minatodroger7890]

He was starting it already before he died

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

The most complete package hip hop has ever had.

[@darth_27]

This was pure heat although we’d never be able to relish the moment of being in Biggie’s presence in the studio this video really helped capture and visualize the feeling!

[@ayeooh4412]

Dope content bro. I would love to be in the studio for “long kiss goodnight!”

[@gillokonkwo791]

My GOAT

[@zotacsolis2399]

I always said his bigs output was a little from his debut to second album . But then I found out that he was beefing with puff over masters so he wrote albums for his click so they can break him off some money because puff wouldn't . If it wasn't for the money he could have had an album out in 94 and 95 96 and 97 and more posthumous albums due to more left over songs .

[@robdmusic915]

OH GASP!!!!! I'm sooooo glad I checked back on the playlist 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@fuhyou3223]

It’s always interesting to hear these stories but the beautiful part of it all is that these songs are a mystery. Most rappers recalling their sessions with him say that he didn’t write amongst all the noise in the studio and just did his verse. A few rappers have said that they saw him writing. Clark Kent said Biggie got the no writing technique from Jay Z. Biggie himself said he didn’t know how to freestyle and he had to write everything down. There’s even video of him writing a song for Life After Death for the past “30 days” according to Puff Daddy. Premier’s account of Unbelievable is a bit funny because he says that was the very last track done for Ready To Die. He says Biggie wasted hours in the studio and when he was ready to go home, Biggie already had his verses prepared. There’s video of Biggie performing the song in Atlanta in 1994 at maybe the OutKast picnic. There’s no definitive date for the recording of the performance tho. Biggie and Puff performed it two different times on the radio also over Mad Lion’s Take It Easy beat.

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

The 30 day one is bogus watch that session there’s no paper and pen in front of him.

[@EVandMe]

That beat playing @2:07 is on Diddy's love album that just released and is still hot

[@christophergakuo9108]

The Notorious BIG his the greatest rapper in the world, my favorite song is Sky's the limit

[@Lesleymakgahlela]

Biggie in my Top 3

[@jessecrawford3897]

Biggie can just carry a conversation over a beat and it would be an instant classic! That’s only a small reason why he is my 🐐 I’ve stood on that since Party n Bullshit 👑

[@Godly98765]

The best 👑

[@jwilliams6976]

We ll always love BIG POPPA, Bk 4Ever

[@butchar2006]

Great video, definitely going back to Cali!!!

[@patrickwoods1521]

Biggie was great. I wish I could’ve been in the studio when Bone Thugs were there, they’re my favorite rap group. Don’t really have a favorite Biggie song. Kick In The Door is still in my personal opinion the epitome of super lyricism.

[@AceArty23]

The 🐐

[@Passport_Sho]

Biggie is the GOAT. Best rapper of all time, with Jay, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, and KRS1

[@traplover6357]

Finding out he titled his second album as Life After Death before his death was the most eye-opening moment as a fan.

[@MBOX15]

14:12 “Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade.” is super eerie in my opinion.

[@JGas20]

There was a previous attempt in '93 I believe

[@augustogabrielrodrigues598]

He was not fat, he was full of lirics. I salute ya all from Angola.

[@mariostephenson2528]

I would definitely want to be in the studio when Juciy & Everyday struggle.

[@kevinmaghanga9649]

To think he's one of my top 5 MCs and I wasn't even born when he was spawning hits

[@NORFUM]

I CAN RHYME LIKE BIGGIE. Doomsday Pt. 3 [Intro] You should know that I’m doomed to success. Follow my suit and say “Happy Doomsday!” “Happy Doomsday!” “Happy Doomsday!” [Verse 1] Mr Eminem inspires me to write songs about getting fired. G Gotta eat the petrol fire. See ghosts and glitch in the dirty mire. Free Food doesn’t exist. So I have to piss on the superarrogant society. Yo. Hello, Mr Underdog! Enjoy the thunder, fog, ran-rant, and rock. It’s crunch time to banter-banter, dog. Wake up and respond to the slander. Mock Foes. Send drones to make ‘em chunder. Hot… 97 dudes keep gossiping about my rap and flossing. Sin Like snowy-glossy-glossy Sid. K-11 for some bosses. Skin Crazy dragons and make ‘em frosty. Akin to glory and a supercorny film. Hell no! I’m not an amateur! I’m gung-ho and mad at ya. This snow is for the scavenger. The rap flow k…lls the challenger. Call me Des-desperado! If you detest the whacko, outrap ‘im. Testing tacos Helps me get fat and rap like Cardi Breast in Prado. Cardi Breast in Prado… Cardi Breast in Prado… Cardi Breast in Prado… [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Verse 2] Bada-bing! Bada-bing! Bada-bing! Brains scatter. Ring every bell. Nasty motherf…ckers sing songs about a whacker film. Hard skills will never matter. Win or break your iron neck like Benzino. I like to use my magic pen. Bingo. You will not outrap me again, Dino. Let’s compete like Trump and Biden. Famous punks, Lil Pump and Lydon Work for me in the toxic dump to frighten local maniacal bums. The lighters Burn heels. Shoot reels to outshine the greatest Mr. Van Damme and fighters. I enjoy playing Whack-A-Mole who spies on the hip-hop whacko. Role Model will beat Drago Hoes. Check out the boxing bravado, Knowles. Doctors check Desperado’s foes. Sharpen the green arrow. Smoke The dopest tobacco. Grow to show off and whack the whacko mole. [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Verse 3] Misandry slams Misogynistic, Unemployed Hordes, and Scorching Misfits. Damn! I hate watching this mix. Hip-hop is my loyal torch in this pits. Still Dre, Storch, and sick discs rock the ghetto hoods. Follow The Roots That usually grow deep underground. My rhymes reek of chunder. Found Companies that prefer to banter. Doubt the useless headhunter. Shout At those gangsters who plunder crowds. Enjoy the electric thunder. Tout My cool songs and dope rhymes. You may call me Bastard Snow. Vibes Rock every ugly crow. Lines entertain those who like to blow bikes. I grow like John Snow. Hype is all I need to steal your show Right At Your Door. So you can’t ignore the viral flow. Rhyme every word By using MS Word. I run the doom show and you go wild. West lost Adidas sneakers. Give me some dough-dough fines. I’m fond of eating rotten tomatoes before watching The Forgotten Desperados. I copy Vicious and Rotten’s bravado. Queen is still kicking asses. Her ashes Turn into ghosts in Boggy Prado. She’s gonna sell me a mansion in Colorado. Bang b…tches and drink Cola. Sorrow fades when glee makes me vomit, whacko. [Chorus] Boom! Doom! Death and thunder Tear me asunder. No more stress and hunger. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Coroners chunder, chu-chu-chu-chunder. Chu-chu-chu-chunder… [Outro] Happy Doomsday! Happy Doomsday! Happy Doomsday! Nicolette Shea is dancing in my room. Paid For nookie until June. Fame and hot boom rays Satisfy me. It’s time to outsell b…tches. I cook enemies’ ears in Hell’s kitchens. They smell. Stitches bleed. I go deep Into cardiovascular vibes. You may party, hoe. Blast you, Star. I wanna steal Cardi’s show fast and spar With my demons who drink Bacardi Flow, glasses. Far From quitting rapping. So stop bullsh…tting. Apple On the table. Enjoy my fable. Keep spitting. Rap and Metal revive my spirit. If sh…tty sh…t happens, I resurrect my hope by outspitting wrappers. © Norfum 2024.

[@MetalSonic420]

The greatest to ever touch a microphone.

[@rayangordon3804]

B.I.G Forever

[@Will-bn9km]

6:00 People will still say Big spat off the dome before Jay too 💀

[@lovehate8286]

Anything to discredit jay.

[@bleek1523]

Not off the dome but writing the song in his head then laying down the vocals. As far as who was doing that first I don't know an I don't go off other ppls word

[@TonyMasters27]

He was the first. Jay copied everything big did

[@bleek1523]

@laurencewilliams6676 that's funny cuz jay always said he started because it became harder an harder [ pause ] to get to a pen an pad an jot stuff down as he was running the streets. But I'm sure your opinion trumps the actual persons.

[@KitKat-t2k]

Premo said Biggie didn't write when he did Unbelievable which was recorded in 1994 Cease said Biggie stopped writing when he was recording the last records on Ready to Die which came out in 1994 Klark Kent says Biggie learnt how not to write from Jay Z. Biggie met Jay z as an artist around 1995/6. Conclusion: Someone not telling the truth. Probably Klark Kent who always says Jay Z is better than Biggie😅

[@DarrellJ2]

Not sure if you’ve done a deep dive on DMX but I think that would be something special 💎

[@blankspace8758]

That first album is a lyrical masterpiece. "Me and my bitch", every day struggle, and respect... te story telling is next level. You felt Me and my bitch was a real story.

[@TheChampionofEnki]

I like how you made such a profound comment about a song called "Me and my bitch" 😂🤣💀☠️⚰️🥀

[@DanteLane-g8h]

Ice cube is very underrated storytelling wise and I know ya don't wanna hear this but ice t only did storytelling songs ,he was strictly storytelling about where that life could take u

[@blankspace8758]

@DanteLane-g8h i can see Ice c Cube up there, especially for the voice and delivery.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

BIG is the best. Rakim is the best. Jay-Z is the best. Nas is the best. Eminenm is the best. Redman is the best. Big Daddy Kane is the best. Scarface is the best.

[@locominyana8916]

All of them on the same level together, & then you got 1 goat, all by himself. Don't even have to mention him.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@locominyana8916 wtf are you talking with the dumb comment

[@rightsoon4836]

It’s hypocritically bad of you that you removed the name of that nigga who put biggie on map

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@rightsoon4836 You mean Puff. I don't consider Puff a rapper just an entertainer

[@rightsoon4836]

@@3rdGenerationCancer pac

[@brathatarmz7944]

Big Shaq acknowledging Biggie, no paperwork 💯 anyone can freestyle and talk wack, But BIG!!!!! You know what time it is 🔥

[@Reneica1]

👑🐐

[@BMoore215]

Miss The GOAT, Wish He Survived Them Shots!

[@DF-vr3km]

Damn he was so young. Wasn’t even able to hit the Getting better at his craft phase. 😢

[@cagnazzo82]

Yeah, him and Pac would've been flourishing during the era of DMX, Big Pun, Eminem, 50, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z... We missed out on the best timeline by just a couple years.

[@DF-vr3km]

@@cagnazzo82 right. Crazy what hate does.

[@bornkazi5001]

I like his flow

[@ardopatron203]

Wouldve jump clicked my heels to witness bigs Niggas Bleed bruh the story in that also in kick in the door ! Chefs touch w them records truly a poet story teller ! 💯💯💯 RIP

[@jeanpayano1506]

We need a breakdown of the track he did with Michael Jackson

[@BrooklynCashmere]

I would of LOVED to be in the studio with Jay and BIG for "Brooklyns Finest"

[@AlfredMuveestarrMickens]

Juicy

[@tarnuemassaquoi]

I met big, lil cease & Craig Mack back in Detroit, when they were with Arista Records. Dude was very cool! He freestyle that day and shyt was craaaaaazy! Craig Mack did too!🙏🏾

[@primetime4659]

Long Kiss Goodnight! Hands down 🎉 I woulda been goin Crazy in that studio session!!!

[@christianthomas9855]

I’m a fan of the notorious Big so I love all his songs but if I had to pick I would say Beef and a strong second is warning and I would of love to be in the studio for both of those songs

[@emergeNvr]

HE IN MY TOP 4

[@hiphopdx]

Who else?

[@emergeNvr]

@@hiphopdx #1 PAC #2 scarface #3 ice cube and Nas both then #4 Biggie

[@braxinIV]

Imagine the session for Gimme the Loot.

[@Hit.man2211]

3:08 if you only rap about things you know it limits you; champ

[@tyhairston5397]

Biggie made bad boy

[@rubixqoob8601]

Damn Kim was beautiful

[@Relentless0521]

Big was Mamba of the protools and vinyl. Easy would of been a billionaire and rap God. Look what he did with two albums and a few collars vs dudes entire career smh🙏🙌🏾💪🏾🤙🏾🔥🤲🏿

[@takudzwamazwienduna]

Hov is such a GOAT, he made the OG GOAT feel the heat.

[@darickbonebrake6774]

He wrote his 2 albums(3albums of music), little kim, junior mafia and lil cease all in 3 years basically.

[@okenneth187um]

"Climb the ladder to success escalator style. "

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

8:06 Does everything have to be a "vibe"?

[@djRoyalTee]

Thumbnail lookin like Ms. Jenkins foot... after the beetus kicked in.

[@NOSNero]

Wait wait wait wait. So we are supposed to believe that Jay Z dont write but at 11:03 out of his own mouth he says "I went home and *wrote* four songs that night". I been knew wassup but now I have the evidence. When people see Jay freestyle songs, I bet 9 times outta ten, it's a song he had already written when no one was looking. I know that bc that's what I do. I have a good 120 mins of music memorized and can spit it back in forth at will, and it's always changing with new songs.

[@airpegasus5167]

T H E 👑 🗽 🐐 G R E A T E S T‼️

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Someone great in studio works on their shit a long time and has it in their head so they can sound natural . You write for ten years and then you get your shot you got rhymes for days . Now people think their first verse is ready for the public .

[@Tsu9mishon]

I think y’all got the part wrong Jay z stopped writing after he learned BIG ain’t Write

[@jraida172]

Studio seasion to be in? Notorious Thugs

[@johntucker2462]

Same way how he came up with the lyrics to dangerous mcs I don’t think he ever wrote lyrics

[@staceylovebeauty724]

IMAGINE WHAT RAP WOULD BE LIKE IF BIGGIE AND 2 PAC WAS STILL AROUND!!! WE CAN ONLY WISH AND THINK. THEY BOTH WAS ONE OF KIND. KINGS. NEVER BE ANOTHER. 😢❤

[@NOSNero]

I imagine that every day. Maybe in some universe somewhere its true.

[@roylle6346]

Why y'all like attaching Tupac to biggie's stuff? Stop man

[@cagnazzo82]

Despite having only 2 albums, every song on both albums could have been a single, could have been videos. I would add every one of his cameos as well, they could have all had videos. Even the lesser known cameos. That's what makes him great... just a life of hit after hit.

[@prim34ev]

2:00 ok but taking 30 days to write a song like n***as bleed seems pretty valid to me. lyricism and just overall structure and storytelling goes crazy on that track.

[@lroytipit]

Hypnotize

[@ladimu1]

Brooklyn’s Finest woulda been epic to watch recorded. BIG and Jay? Even watching BIG and Kim recording Another…I know that was entertaining.

[@iJAMMNN3]

Niggas bleed took a month to be recorded…I gotta even bigger appreciation for that song now

[@michaellong1794]

I have to ask... Is this: geek dad life : guy or... Cause it's 1x1 here. Crazy

[@GAMBINOFAMILYTHUGZLP]

4 years between albums

[@layskrauterbutter]

7:10 who is that

[@DarrellJ2]

🙏🏻

[@johnhaldane8895]

Do upchurch

[@bobfield6493]

Had to be things don changed

[@mistergoodcitizen9914]

Crazy fact biggie was a big fan of country music believe it or not.

[@coreychambers5004]

He wrote for the whole bad boy so wouldn’t definitely had more albums if he didn’t

[@dubblebarrelnoyz1862]

11:19 What do you mean ‘How?’... The man had 2 and a half years lol... And that’s the period between the release of the first and second albums and not him actually recording... C’mon now, he could’ve pumped out more albums than that. There was nothing from him from 95 or 96

[@jg5004]

RA the Rugged Man said he saw Biggie write.

[@hiphopdx]

could have been before?

[@skKing-bc5mb]

Im here first

[@CoachBad]

@2:30 . Took biggie 30 days to write a song? Yup, I knew biggie wrote his lyrics. It’s wasn’t freestyle like they want us to believe

[@shyhiemmadaris7303]

I wish big was here

[@hiphopdx]

Same

[@mrdee6076]

Respectfully, but Clark Kent has told that lie before. Big was the first rapper that was known for not writing his raps.

[@BIG-WhoShotYa]

RIP BIGGE SMALLS!!! Fk puffy!

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

Correction* Shaq went Platinum before winning ships!

[@hiphopdx]

Even wilder! Lol

[@Platform28]

shaq didn't go platinum while winning championships... he started to win when he stopped rapping in 2000

[@DanielIvan707]

Why is Michael Jackson in the thumbnail?

[@MuscleMane]

This Time Around and Unbreakable

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Kick in da door

[@donaldthomas9389]

What a loss.

[@Jordan23-G.O.A.T.]

The Greatest Rapper of All Time died on March 9th.