Nas on big L "He scared me" (Funk Flex 06)

Nas discusses Big L on Funk Flex.

[@d.bluntt6699]

Lord Finesse was syllables, metaphors, punchlines, schemes, lyrical .. for the youngsters who don't know but BIG L got his style from Lord Finesse

[@delahayenator]

For sure he did, praise the lord! One of my all time favorites.

[@MastaInferno]

Exactly 💯 Big L -- is s mix between Lord Finesse and Big Daddy Kane

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

Dude is one spiritual, lyrical individual.

[@ariondejesusronrongamer]

Big L had the punchlines

[@EM-et4jq]

Mmh mmh mmh ain’t that something? Damn it feels good to see ppl up on it.

[@stockchartart1147]

Big L was one of the greatest ever. So sad he went so young.

[@timandreenewkirk]

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[@vernonjohnson1198]

Big L was strictly a battle rapper and he was no Rakim by any means

[@jaywilliams6250]

@@vernonjohnson1198 L take

[@EnternalLast]

​@@jaywilliams6250 Big L*

[@OGYoungSmoke]

Lol bruh not taking shit away from ra but bruh….. that’s cap big l is better than a battle rapper he a story teller too but the battle rappers NOW are literally the best rappers ON BEATS today

[@Antisocialtendencies]

Lord finesse is a underrated rapper

[@ceaflacca1590]

Facts I still bumps hip to the game from the awakening album by Lord Finesse.

[@mannyderosa8512]

ridiculously underrated smh

[@delahayenator]

Why underrated? Everybody that knows a thing or two about hiphop knows Finesse, and if they dont, they dont know real hiphop. Stop sweatin the next man :) Been listening Finesse since Funky Technician and still do really a lot. Love that NY wit, relaxed style and smartass punchlines

[@Antisocialtendencies]

@@delahayenator Still underrated

[@accradata]

You better step to the next man, Cos the greatest soccer player couldn't kick it like Finesse can.

[@ericMsmith1000]

Big L deserves a damn biopic ,, I would call it the danger zone,,, if I had the money I would go to Harlem right now and make it b,,,,

[@lew0]

Same dude, keep all note books on any info I can find on him. Hope to make a biopic on him, if Joey Bada$$ don't beat me to it.

[@r_rated_productions8431]

Shooooot I'll help you fund it. Big L iz such a huge idol of mine, one of my other MC nicknamez iz Big G cuz my name be Geno lol.

[@GaIvatr0n]

I think they are making one now.@@r_rated_productions8431

[@metalfacedoom4820]

Big L and Big Pun were taken too soon, they both put out amazing work in the couple albums they had. Both in my top 5, I wonder what they would have been had they not been taken early. R.I.P legends.

[@lew0]

They would of been a problem for a lot of today's rappers

[@IBE2010]

Big puns 2nd album was trash but it was made of records that didn’t make the first album so it’s understandable. And in my opinion both probably would have been underground or big pun would of went full on commercial on some fat joe shit. But especially Big L… he would of been like Kool G Rap or canibus. Once rap became pop he wouldn’t have been able to make hits to be on any type of charts

[@metalfacedoom4820]

@@IBE2010 Yeah puns second album was questionable but as you said it's understandable. It wasn't like biggies second album where it was already recorded. I think it's hard to speculate where L would of went. He started his own label and was doing all the right things. Jay Z came out a year after L, I doubt he would of seen Jigga success but it's possible.. I honestly think he would of been seen in the same light as Nas today. But who knows, it's a shame.

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

Flex went too far. Big L didn't complain because he knew that track was subpar. Big L's lyrics on MVP were so much better than the track. He was incredible. Made every rapper in NY upgrade their rhyme book. It was the One More Chance loop but the beat was sloppy. If Big L had a better producer on that (like BIG did) it would have been a bigger hit. Puffy made sure the beats were smooth and high quality. If Big L was on Bad Boy he would have been a mega star.

[@disappointedoptimist255]

He just needed more time and to get bigger and he would have been dropping some of the best tracks of all time year after year, it's such a loss we never got all that, how often do you get someone who can write like that, flow like that, come with that level of intensity and creativity, be that genuinely intimidating... man why'd it have to be him

[@jasonolafami4528]

excatly, a lot of people looked up to him

[@BBPalmer420]

Back then, Big L needed to be on some RZA joints.. that shit would’ve been perfect for L

[@KiddTone]

Ion think he would of joined bad boy considering what diddy be doing with other artist an just other celebs in gen behind closed doors.

[@tylerwilley6235]

It would have been rapein you records 😂

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

BIG - L was definitely on the LYRICAL LEVEL of a RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, KOOL G RAP, NAS, AZ, JAY Z, BIGGIE, PAPOOSE, CASSIDY, JOEL ORTIZ, BIG PUN, and EMINEM . His clever WORD PLAY can hang with all the RAP GREATS

[@DaveMater]

You’re spitting facts bro. Most of these MC’s learned a lot from Big L. Rakim, Kane & Kool G maybe not because they were doing it earlier but damn, that boy could rap

[@PTAHAITI3000]

lol papoose

[@DaveMater]

@@PTAHAITI3000 You don’t think Papoose is lyrical?

[@Jonathan-bf3pq]

He did a track with bdk

[@yannikid]

true cassidy my favorite rapper of all time but bar for bar big l could crush all the rappers you just name in a rap battle

[@damienhansen7553]

Big L freestyles make me lose it everytime.

[@kagemaru2503]

L would’ve destroyed the whole industry💯

[@lew0]

Most definitely

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Facts big l is my favorite rapper ever

[@RussellMills1877]

If Big L didn't get killed he would have been big across the globe because he was nice on the mic and people in the industry knew he was a problem. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

He was nice but he wouldn't have been global.

[@davidmontoya2121]

​@@slip-n-rollboxing1826big L is known all around different countries

[@xRxF]

"What's this mf rap game without L?" ......

[@DanXJ19]

Like Chine without rice

[@Milan-vi1bq]

i fuck with this thank you

[@englewoodprice7572]

Big L was pure talent. shame we couldnt hear more of him. he was miles better than jay-z

[@yogi2983]

nah fam. big l rip had the better freestyles but Jay had the better songs. reasonable doubt was bananas. big l didn't live long enough to release a project on that level

[@jamescampbell720]

@@yogi2983 go listen to " Biter not a Writer" and then tell me about JayZ. that dude just stole everyone elses lines and used them as his own.

[@mrchaotiq]

@@jamescampbell720 Weak argument. If that's all it takes to be as big as Jay is then how come no else is doing it?

[@jamescampbell720]

@@mrchaotiq why other people did or didnt do something doesn't discount that for years jayz bit everyone elses work. exactly why Nas said "how many of BIG's rhymes gonna come out your damn lips?" on Ether. Fact is the two richest dudes in east coast hiphop (Jay/Puffy) both owe their existence to BIG.

[@mrchaotiq]

@@jamescampbell720 🤣 Yeah let's bring up ether like Nas was speaking all facts. Lemme guess Jay was actually 36 and Rockefeller did die of aids too? 🤣 Stop taking things so literally my guy and use your head. The reason Jay's hated has nothing to do with his lyrics, it's the fact he's been too good for long, too rich and is with Beyonce. To quote another Nas line "people hate what they can't conquer" and Jay's inconquerable. I mean how you fuck someone's baby mama, be way richer than them and end up being their boss and still lose a battle in the eyes of the fans? It's hatred plain and simple, that's why they bring up the lyric thing or his looks or whatever because really that's all they've got 🤣🤣🤣

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

PAPOOSE reminds me of BIG - L

[@delahayenator]

Yes in a way, like Big L reminded me of Lord Finesse in his punchline rhymestyle

[@yogi2983]

wow.. you're absolutely right.. I never thought of that

[@artdaprophet]

Greatest ever RIP to the 🐐

[@kwangyoon]

Big L, rest in peace, would have tooken hip hop in the way that I don't believe biggie or Tupac could have possibly.

[@repentyasharahla7632]

When he was alive Big,Pac,Nas, Jay and a list of others where better then him! It’s not like he passed after making Illmatic, or Ready to Die, or Reasonable doubt etc etc…. Nobody even brings up his first album

[@repentyasharahla7632]

@Rob Hunter in NEw York city it was… it made more noise then anything Big L ever dropped

[@lilawhan9838]

@@repentyasharahla7632 L was coming up trust if L rap battle all of them he would've bodied them all

[@repentyasharahla7632]

@@lilawhan9838 I know who Big L is… he was amazing but from what I heard he didn’t beat Jay Z … in fact he was so impressed by Jay they became cool and he took him with him to hot 97 for their classic freestyle… I’ve heard everything he’s done …

[@hoodpimp1519]

You make no sense…He was there with them , he would of kept making dope music but he would never have been on Biggie and Jay level .He was too raw .He would of been in the Jadakiss range

[@ZBR_ProXP]

“He boided it”

[@LtDLong]

Finesse always been that guy, but L was a punchline champ too

[@ProfessorZo]

Came across this video cause I love hip hop I assume. (It was in my feed) First off s/o to you for posting clips of history. It’s admirable. Second.. your punctuation and correct spelling of names and places has to step up.

[@HARLEMHEFNER]

I knew Big L he was everything for harlem

[@Podobed]

For ME....Big L is top 5 dead or alive. I don't care his style influenced soooooo many other rappers its silly bro. I probably just started listening to hip hop in 1993 with Wu Tang, Black Moon, Eric Sermon.....and 94 had even more with Biggie and Nas dropping huge albums, Gangstarr, Warren G, MOP, Method etc....but in 1995 in a year of really great music- Big L's shit stood out even from the rest of the NY rap scene. He was a different animal. Then his shit with Children of the Corn with Camron and Mase...... I wasn't super tuned in to the news back then, and in 2000 when the Big Picture dropped....I didn't know he had passed until I listened to it.....and my world shook. That year had so many insanely good albums- Outkast- Stankonia Em- Marshall Mathers LP Ghost- Supreme Clientelle Nelly- Country Grammer Busta- Anarchy De La Soul- Artoficial Intelligence Jurassic 5 Quality Control Big Pun- Yeaaaah Baby Dilated Peoples- the Platform Ludacris- Back for the First Time Prodigy- HNIC Cannibus- 2000BC Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design Scarface- Last of a Dying Breed Lox- We Are the STreets Reflection Eternal- Train of Thought Common- Water Like Chocolate MOP Warriorz .......I've listened to The Big Picture more than those combined over the years......and I love this entire list. This was the true golden age man. And he stands above them all imo. He would have been considered the greatest rapper of all time with just 1 more album that was near this level. Damn..... RIP Big L

[@hoop6822]

Shame L never had a collab with Biggie one of the few MC’s who could go toe to toe with Biggie on a record, hell imagine if L was on the same label and had a better producer he would have eclipsed Jay Z if that had happened. Rip to both of these legends.

[@lew0]

Yeah would of been sick. Biggie was supposed to be on Deadly Combination but don't think his mom wanted him on a song with Pac. It's On KZbin though

[@hoop6822]

@@lew0 gonna have to check that out, cheers mate

[@spirosbotos9967]

Finesse was so good

[@KRISVSKIRSMUSIC]

Young Big L, young X and young Eminem are definitely no joke

[@Kenan99_]

2000s NY rap lore is unmatched.

[@periechontology]

This the 90's.

[@aliaswizard6963]

Much respect to Big L. But he was pretty much the second coming of Lord finesse. Voice was the same lyrically the same.

[@stillmagic5969]

It’s sad cause I bet if big L was Alive he would have said the same about nas especially after when he Ether jay z

[@omarjudah6911]

Like nas honesty

[@pressplay1703]

I would have love to see how far jigga would have progressed with big l on the scene for several more years.

[@chjimihendrix70]

Big L!

[@hbsoltpk]

Side note. I hate the way that FMF and Irv Gotti talk. Every syllable they utter wreaks with corniness.

[@leebfrontline]

He was it for sure . Everyone to rest and I mean everyone first name come top your head them to

[@03kodahills88]

Hot take: Big L would,ve been better than Eminem

[@lew0]

For every Egyptian God there is a Greek equivalent. Some believe artists too follow this formula I tend to agree. L kicked the door though the rest followed. I think L was one of the few cats to match him. Additionally being on 24 can image he hadn't peaked. I have do doubt if L would of been the biggest what if in Rap. Just this horrible realisation that we was a sacrifice for his an Jay-Z's career.

[@yahboyx]

what did funk mean about big l and the one more chance loop mashing out? what does that mean

[@jessehippolite5483]

Big L had the "One More Chance" beat before Biggie but somehow, before it got released, someone in Big L's camp must've done some slimy shit and gave it to Diddy and they dropped "One More Chance" before Big L could drop "MVP". So he had to change the whole beat on that record because "One More Chance" was a great success and the label probably felt that "MVP" wouldn't have had the same impact as "One More Chance".

[@steviek510]

if big L lived jay z wouldn’t be half the rapper he is today.

[@remarcablemc]

Steel sharpens steel, Jay Z would be better if Big lived. Big L would have been even better than Jay though, let’s not get it fckd up. He was the greatest

[@steviek510]

@@remarcablemc jay would be cold either way but i do think Big L would’ve been the rocafella star

[@abc876]

How can you say that when they both did they thing in they freestyle? Jay was actually trying to rhyme like L on there which was dope

[@alexanderpetersson5426]

What the fuck are you clowns on about. Reasonable Doubt out sold Big L album and they dropped a few months after each other and its far the better album. Jay-Z career already surpassed his back then. Start speakling with facts.

[@periechontology]

If BIGGIE had lived Jay Z would be nowhere. I don't see how anyone can dispute that. They had the same swagger, but Biggie was better and was already huge.

[@erwinrogers9470]

Legend 🔥

[@WN_Byers]

Boidied. BOIDIED?!

[@seinfeldfan442]

I like nas better than big l but they are both great artists

[@CreativeLaelAsif]

Yea facts Big L was nice but NaS was wayyy more lyrical and creative

[@seinfeldfan442]

@@CreativeLaelAsif nas has a very unique style.

[@CreativeLaelAsif]

Big L sounded the same on every track

[@tomoflathead]

Casual.

[@thewirah1]

Big L could spit, but his lyrics were straight gutter. How many songs can you write about raping and killing? Weird legacy to leave behind.

[@sonofaballer96]

yeah but he has songs about the streets of Harlem, ebonics, life as a youth, and just the world around him. L wasn't a one dimensional rapper but his go-to rhymes were about violence.

[@atlemartoresonfjeldstad4557]

And then Big L became an offering so NAs could have his career. LOL. Just kidding

[@aligaines8476]

You meant Jay, right?

[@abrahampalmer8761]

1:15

[@aidyn7758]

why is fat joe a furry lol

[@drake9333]

"promo sm"

[@nidhinjuvin]

jayZ took away bigL

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

Nas lying