The Making Of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "I Got A Story To Tell" With Buckwild | Deconstructed

The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy lives on through his clever wordplay and vivid imagery, and one great example of that is “I Got A Story To Tell.” The track appears on his final studio album 'Life After Death,' which was posthumously released in March of 1997.
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Producer: Ndeye Thioubou
Director/Editor: Bryan Fox
Shooter: Zach Cooper
Shooter: Arooj Aftab
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Total loss for the sample holders! Life After Death went DIAMOND

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WE GONN NEED CLEARANCE FOR DAT NIGGA

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*IT WAS MORE THAN A DREAM...* #RIPBiggie

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LeBeautiful I

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Buckwild is one of the best yet one of the most overlooked producers of the 90s, hands down. "Down with the crew called Diggin In The Crates!"

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Sixfeet great comment.

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DITC was the the best.

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From Cmon with the get down,ä to Whoa, he has a lot of classics for sure

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He produced O.C.'s classic "Time's Up," which earned him royalties in the 8 Mile movie.

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My fav Biggie track. It’s still so relevant today. These new rappers cannot compete.

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Words can’t describe the feeling of nostalgia that this track invokes! Thanks for the Memory ✊🏼

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Wasn't expecting this! The interpolation sounds better than the original sample, imo.

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Hearing Biggie rap at the beginning helped me remember that there was time people used to actually pronounce and enunciate their words

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Demilade Olaleye people do it now but in the south we talk different. All the old heads that say “mumble rap this and that” are from New York. That’s why y’all can’t understand shit.

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Also these old ass niggas need to understand that lyrical music is around but it’s not popular anymore

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T Grandstaff only hating on mumble because they are trap stuff. Drugs, money, hoes... nah bro music is art. Just my opinion man but everyone has different music taste

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SINERGY Biggie rapped about money,drugs , and hoes

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Best episode yet! This beat is legendary and too underrated. Inspiring...

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Story to tell is a vibe. It should be featured in more rap movies

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Biggie was a lyrical genius.

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I have never had a thought that a song from 1997 can still be deconstructed. God bless you for keeping B.I.G vibes alive Buckwild.

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One of my favourite track in the album great job ..we need more like this these days

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Don’t get me wrong, I love almost all of Biggie’s songs and know em by heart. This song though, it has always stuck in my head cause of the sample and the way Biggie just really had a “story to tell”. Awesome video. Short but oh so sweet.

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song is literal gold. can read the lyrics while listening and it feels like reading a short story

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Seriously one of the greatest beats of all time

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One of my favorite songs by Biggie. Salute.

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‘We are in the era of making 10 beats a day, shit it can take 5 hours to find the right drum sample’ F.A.C.T

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Nothing but respect

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LEGEND

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Thanku!! So glad I stopped to watch this🙏🏾 RIP BIG🙏🏾👑🏆

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Y'all should do it on Deconstructed on Dre's beats!! BTW Great video!! R.I.P Notorious Big

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Lil pump fans

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Someone with no story to tell.

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"Shit, you can spend 5 hours looking for that one sample to go with your drums" true story

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Super dope really enjoyed hearing the back story been bumpin this for many years

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Bro thank you this is my favorite biggie song and it is so slept on

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My favorite Biggie song of all times

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Genius doin it right showin love to the old school shit, much respect mane

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This is my all time favourite track from this album. Mad props for doing this song💯👊🏾

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Buck hella underated producer

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Keep shooting was the message I got from this. How many times have artists told me "you got dope beats, but you aint nothing for me". Thanks #Buckwild

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Notorious BIG we miss you!!!1

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