Lance "Un" Rivera on Biggie Breaking Mase, Forming 'The Commission' with Jay-Z (Part 23)

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In this clip, Vlad asked Lance “Un” Rivera about Lil Kim dropping her debut album “Hardcore” on his label, Undeas Recordings, and the album going platinum after Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s debut album. Vlad then spoke to Lance about Biggie preparing to drop his second album and preparing to drop “The Commission.” When Vlad stated that Jay-Z was supposed to be part of the album, which led to Lance speaking about arguing with Dame Dash about which label the project was going to drop. From there, Lance spoke about Biggie having plans to break various artists, including Charli Baltimore, Jay-Z, Craig Mack, and Mase. Rivera then pointed out that Biggie’s vision was made public on “What’s Beef.”

[@mannyderosa8512]

I'm glad Un cleared that up. People act like Jay was one of the top rappers back when B.I.G. , Nas, and even 2pac back then. Jay didn't break til his 3rd album "Vol. 2." That's when Jay-Z became nationally known. And that was after Pac and B.I.G's death.

[@ZYaKnoe249]

Jay got poppin after Money Ain’t A Thang & Can I Get A.. then Vol 2 came out

[@PPHDocumentaries]

No its not that. People act like Pac is responsible for Jay-Z success all because Pac dissed him. Even though Pac also Dissed Chino XL and Chino never became a hit maker. And Jay-Z second album came out after Pac dissed him and went gold just like his 1st album. And Jay`s first album came out before Pac dissed him. Its not until Jay`s third album is when he became a superstar and he became a Superstar because people liked his music not because Tupac dissed him.

[@telldetruth9259]

No one says that ^^ you Pac haters are OBSESSED

[@jasontoussaint1081]

I personally heard pac stans say pac gave Jay a career by mentioning him

[@AS-xv7fp]

People also got it wrong when they act like Jay-Z was a complete nobody in 96. He already had connections in the industry, was on Pac's radar, and his first album went gold. He would still hold his own even if Pac and Big were alive. Just wouldn't have blown up as fast

[@aigbeeromon1041]

The Commission: Uncle Paulie - Un P. Diddy - Puff Daddy Cease-A-Leo DeGenero - Lil Cease Charli Baltimore as herself Iceberg Slim - Jay-Z The most shady, Frankie Baby - B.I.G Notorious BIG - What's Beef?

[@captaincoon_]

Thank you

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@captaincoon_ Oh wow

[@boxout90]

I don't get it

[@captaincoon_]

@@boxout90 They are appropriating Italian American Mafia culture

[@boxout90]

@@captaincoon_ ya but which movie.. and was there a P. Diddy, Charli Baltimore, and iceberg slim in it.. I thought iceberg was a real life pimp

[@TreMakaveli]

Man that commission album would have been heat 🔥🔥🔥

[@jiggymyniggyrilly1655]

F out here dont wana here tht !!

[@osoavon2950]

Its dope that he realigned Vlad to make sure he understood that Jay hadn't reached the greatness the others had at that point. Some folks will surely rewrite history for the sake of Mr. Carter. Let's keep it fair and honest. Way to go Un

[@electprogizeelectprogizer8606]

Not really lol It’s common knowledge that jay was always the underdog. The real revision of history is people tryna say now that he’s the overachiever or overrated because of where he’s at now in his career in comparison to his peers. He STARTED as the underdog and EXCEEDED expectations where it’s people tryna revise the history to say he’s always been overhyped and overrated his whole career when in reality he overcame the odds to become what he is today.

[@yonelyon2607]

He was no underdog he just was not really being felt by niggas. Big helped break him on reasonable doubt and reasonable doubt blew up,. Then Big got sent up.

[@rosierose4022]

that part!

[@concerta56]

Vlad will be 1of those @$$ munchers

[@concerta56]

@osoavon2950 well said

[@texastova7587]

BIG was a GENIUS 💯💯💯

[@armoniclark9409]

The fact that big was young with that vision is amazing

[@jcalderon3056]

THIS DUDE ASK THE QUESTIONS AND ANSEWERS THEM TOO .. GENIUS😂😂

[@Dwayne3007]

BIG was a visionary. He had plans. RIP 🙏🏿.

[@Pepeeltoro123]

Was he??? How come he didn’t “vision” that it wasn’t smart to go to cali and have the audacity to rap about it??? A true “visionary” would’ve known better than that,but that’s just my humble opinion and I think is a disgrace that BIG and PAC where remove from this earth the way they did but unfortunately gang culture is too strong still to this day !!!

[@icecreambeats101]

@@Pepeeltoro123 😂 😂 that’s a good one.

[@icecreambeats101]

If he was a visionary then he should’ve lost some weight and started rapping about breast cancer and diabetes

[@elliot2177]

this is why he is the GOAT and ahead of his time

[@Mikethemenace415]

Lol…You could tell he still don’t F with Jay z😂

[@telldetruth9259]

Lol instantly

[@kingleo8048]

Exactly because puff was not in the commission from what I know

[@jamalevans1574]

He's right tho,jay wasn't a big factor then

[@njjjjjjjjhhhs]

@Tell de Truth @Mikethemenance as a Jay fan ,to be fair Lance Rivera was right. Jay was on the rise but not huge yet compared to Nas and Big

[@hudson9812]

@@kingleo8048 he was listen to what’s beef big listed the whole line up

[@nkosisibiya9245]

When they mention Jay Z his face instantly changes.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

“and you stabbed UN over Charlie Baltimore!!” - Killa Cam 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@CoolTy23]

If the bag was in Big’s room for three days, why didn’t he just get rid of it himself? 😂

[@ZYaKnoe249]

He was too fat maybe

[@317MaseX]

i was thinkin that bro

[@DuttyRockb]

Think it was after the car accident or something .. could be wrong

[@johnspinelli8835]

He was recovering from a broken femur because of the accident he had. He gained a lot of weight so that didn’t help either. Also that was lil cease only job to be BIGs assistant lol lazy ass

[@stevenlewis5786]

Lazy ass lol

[@duecetre87]

Hard Core went Double Platinum. Put some Respeck on that. 💿💿

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

Jay was not a huge factor until 98 and even then DMX was on top

[@ybklyn87]

ANDDD…..PLUS DMX WAS ON JAYS TOUR SO THAT MEANS JAY WAS ON TOP…

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

@@ybklyn87 that tour was 99. Plus Jay had a better business situation but musically DMX was greater in 98 and 99

[@ybklyn87]

@@user-qd6im2hp2e THAT TOUR WAS BASED ON JAY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 98…ITS LITERALLY CALLED “THE HARD KNOCK LIFE” TOUR 🤦🏾‍♂️..THE TOUR WAS IN 99 BECAUSE JAY DROPPED THE ALBUM TOWARDS THE END OF 98 DUHHHH🤦🏾‍♂️..PLUS THE ALBUM WON 2 GRAMMY’S SO THAT AUTOMATICALLY PUT HIS CAREER AHEAD OF DMX…

[@ybklyn87]

@@user-qd6im2hp2e AND IN 1999 JAY HAD BIG PIMPING…NO RAPPER THAT YEAR HAD A SONG BIGGER THAN BIG PIMPING..PLUS IN 1999 JAY HAD THE BIGGEST SONG ON THE RUFF RYDERS VOL 1 ALBUM WHICH WAS “JIGGA MY NIGGA”…JAY WAS SO HOT THAT HE HAD HIS OWN SONG ON A RUFF RYDER ALBUM…GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT STOP 🛑 HATING.

[@user-qd6im2hp2e]

@@ybklyn87 Jay jumped on the ruff ryders wave because of how dominate DMX was. Get your facts straight

[@tommyface5756]

he so right Jayz was no where at those times

[@olaakande5581]

One person he keeps forgetting who was huge at that time was Snoop but he def right. Jay wasn’t hot yet

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@olaakande5581 faxx

[@i_am_gohan9232]

Yeah Nas had two home runs by 1996, while Jay was still playing at a school 🏫 field 😂😂.

[@jackjill8129]

​@@i_am_gohan9232 Nas first album was barely gold at that time too. His 2nd album is when he really took it to the next level, before Jay tho if course

[@i_am_gohan9232]

@@jackjill8129 but from what I gauge and I was literally only 2 years old at the time, illmatic had the streets on lock 🔒, and nobody was doubting him. He had major label distribution with Columbia records, and the mix and mastering was top notch. Have you heard “reasonable doubt” that shit sounds horrible compared to illmatic. “It ain’t hard to tell” knocks with clarity to this day. That’s the angle 📐 I’m really coming from. Like jay , dame and Biggs were solely independent basically as priority didn’t really offer shit at that time but their name.

[@DOOMSLAYER2K24]

It's 2023. Vlad is supposedly a "hip hop DJ/Journalist/fan"...and he doesn't know Jay was Iceberg Slim? I figured that out in 1997-In My Lifetime Vol. 1 🤣

[@jacklane7489]

Culture vulture

[@khalilshakur3402]

He was being sarcastic I think

[@jacklane7489]

Vlad aka fake ass Jew

[@triplebeans4159]

Vlad said Ether came out when Tupac was alive smh.

[@aaronvisual]

It never ceases to amaze me how Vlad forever challenges or questions the guests that were ACTUALLY THERE for key moments.

[@sbosses]

He speaking facts about jay

[@vellytyre5658]

naw he just salty cause jay stabbed him! lol

[@uriellevelupriley684]

Way to be Clear about the real ladder of hip-hop at that time. Un 🗣️🎯💯 Most people don't remember It was Pac Big and Nas at the top .

[@spaceexplained5024]

BIG was dropping marvel level type easter eggs back then, we just didn't know

[@Jay04127]

Love hearing these stories, now we know what was happening behind the scenes and BIG had a dope vision RIP 🙏🏾

[@paradiseplayer5103]

Imagine that Commission album came out 🤔🔥

[@handsome2491]

It supposedly exists, so I heard... If it does then they need to release it ASAP 🔥🔥🔥

[@telldetruth9259]

Why did so many New York rappers have such a fascination with Italian shit lol

[@jasontoussaint1081]

Yet Tupac name himself makaveli after an Italian diplomat lmao

[@ZYaKnoe249]

@Jason are you comparing that to a Italian mob guys who hated black people?

[@youngcity4241]

Watch to many movies lol

[@patrickcsizmadi2276]

At the time, they all sampled mafia and gangster flicks

[@cliftoncyrus4533]

Because living in new york we seen first hand what ya'll only read about. John gotti, Gambino crime family, the real Murder Inc. That is New York!!! 💯💯💪🏾💪🏾

[@Donnelius]

He's right... in the 90s it was 2pac & Snoop biggest artists on the West / BIG & Nas the biggest artists on the East.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Correction mid 90s*

[@franksaint84]

Umm wu tang was the biggest but if you talking solo I get it..

[@stevencowart]

Wu tang was known in every region more than any other east coast rap act

[@hmosesmamulu6491]

How does a so called hip hop outlet like Vlad gloss over Lil Kim first album while talking to Un. This was a huge moment in his career but yet Vlad chooses to focus on the drama

[@tyreesneed]

he aint even mention or talk about Camron and how he signed him and his album either smh

[@hmosesmamulu6491]

@@tyreesneed facts...i rock with Vlad but these are the things that make ppl call him a vulture because he has clear opportunities to tell a complete story but instead he rather focus on the drama

[@gerardovega4641]

Vladimir's interviews are very basic and for ppl who dont know the history, thats basically it. Look at jake roberts interview or mack 10.

[@hmosesmamulu6491]

@@gerardovega4641 agreed...

[@stuartchilongozi2439]

He spoke about it briefly

[@jamelherring5359]

I’m a big Jay fan but Vlad screwed that one up 🤦🏾‍♂️. Jay was still basically breaking out.

[@uptonogood3306]

Lil Kim's - Hardcore was a dope ass album... Queen Bitch was my favourite cut on it.. classic Nashiem Myrick beat...

[@jsanders9975]

You was bumping lil Kim?

[@FreeTruly]

I'm sure it was weirdo

[@jsanders9975]

@@FreeTruly 😂

[@TheBlkBoiGeorge]

​@@jsanders9975 what's wrong with jamming lil Kim? She's the hardest female of allllllllllllllll time. U don't know hip hop if u sleep on Lil' Kim The Queen B**ch

[@TheBlkBoiGeorge]

​@@FreeTruly u must b a troll. But even trolls know Kim the Queen of hiphop

[@vladtv]

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZbin Member: kzbin.info/door/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcAjoin

[@omgbreezy4707]

Na Vlad gearing up for that Hov, Charli, and Un situation question lovely

[@EmperorSCOE]

Hearing this story made the "What's Beef intro" sound even harder LOL...

[@1800BrickCity]

Sorry Lance I’m just trying to advance my quotes … I’m not making you the butt of my jokes

[@omgbreezy4707]

He still feel a way about Hov but he didn’t hate. What he saying is facts.

[@aigbeeromon1041]

BIG didn't break Craig Mack please.

[@njjjjjjjjhhhs]

Lance is right regarding Jay status at the time and I'm a Jay fan

[@GreenLionEntertainment]

"Reminiscin to nuttin you ever hear ICEBERG SLIM baby ride rims through the suburbs" -Jay-Z "Who You Wit II"

[@nickelbus7596]

Beat me to it lol

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Funds come in lump sums never ends deferred

[@bigger.1.bestrapperalive]

@@ArtisanWindchimesget money like it’s down south Wednesday the third

[@chubbsescobar708]

Vlad hate when he gotta shut up when Nas get bought up as one of them one he hate it….

[@kinggilyard222]

-In the commission you ask for permission to hit em - You don't like me hit em while wifey is with him - One of the greatest verse in history 🤔

[@hiphopculturetv7744]

😂😂 nah

[@mediacommunications5112]

@@hiphopculturetv7744yeah

[@greenmoney5018]

Cam wrote Crush on u

[@velleione]

There's a reason why when we have these top 10 battles about who's the number one MC people always say 2pac or Big

[@Kenny78743]

See Un.... it was that same attitude that got you touched... Keep it up 😂😂😂

[@G.A.M.A-]

I like this interview...

[@flying-fijiantv6282]

It took BIG to get out the way for Jay to blow up

[@concerta56]

Fact. Mr. Carter thinks otherwise

[@jermaineburgess3767]

Lmao i was a teen back then who were the first people drinking gold bottles oh the niggas who had real money hov

[@dmark2319]

Thank you

[@j2a1w5n5]

This information is everything.

[@RememberTheTime09]

People really thinking Jay was that dude back then are hilarious. Vlad is telling on himself and I thought he was supposed to be a hip-hop head, I stopped listening to rap in the early 2000s and even I know Jay was JUST another rapper when Big was alive and lowkey for a few years afterwards too.

[@jayhag5481]

People show their age all the time when it comes to that timeframe. I remember someone trying to tell me Pac didn’t want smoke from Jay in 96.

[@ZYaKnoe249]

It’s also fascinating how people refer to Jay as Biggie little man when Jay is older lmao

[@tatertots0046]

Nicki refers to Wayne as her big brother and Wayne is only a couple months older

[@Niiigg89]

It's more so how he son him on songs

[@kingleo8048]

@@Niiigg89 we must have heard different songs because hov killed big on brooklyns finest and love the dough.

[@SoulOfTheSouth]

Jay Z is Jaz O and Big Daddy Kane’s lil man. Not Biggie.

[@devantewilliams7240]

he killed him on I love the dough it’s 2-1 when they were both alive , bk finest , young g’s biggie

[@QueXopa79]

Like this dude!!!!! These stories are so interesting

[@hygory8576]

🌄Classical 🏛️ Moments Another Classic Vlad Interview 💎👑🖤

[@pernellhaynesworth1212]

Un and the 300 un huh”s 😂😂😂😂😂

[@PBDAGOD]

VLAD YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE HERE! GET TO THE JAY-Z STORY😂

[@kjo2130]

Facts!! Foh with all this other stuff lol

[@vinnydeville4675]

Lames

[@Erniepotts]

What is the over under Vlad stretches this to 50 part before asking the important question?

[@ZYaKnoe249]

High likely

[@JackieNose-vk1re]

Interview is Gold . Hov getting no flowers 😂 I was there 96 .

[@turfdome2075]

Lmao word

[@Cesario561Fla]

It wasn't his year or his time, and he knew that. It's that simple to understand when no feelings are involved. Grown man shit.

[@mignonhusbands2673]

C'Mon😂😭😂🤣

[@jeffreym8503]

Well considering the fact that reasonable doubt dropped at the end of June and pac died mid way through September jay hadn't even been out 4 months by the time of pacs death!!..so how could he be?..the album didn't even have a full year to do it's numbers properly

[@stevencowart]

Facts when his videos came on we turned the channel,he always used to say that wack shit at the beginning of songs he'd be like rocafella yallllll

[@marcusmoney1166]

Chris "umm hmmm" Rivera

[@josemor2719]

B.I.G's status over 2Pac was very short-lived. 2Pac released two #1 albums in 1996. That's the first time this has been done in hip-hop

[@jasontoussaint1081]

Biggie took the crown from pac and never gave it back

[@ZYaKnoe249]

^ The Burger King crown maybe

[@jamesstackhouse4750]

Big influence on Pac is clear. That Dear Momma, Brenda with Babby, I Get Around 2Pac died. 2Pac knew he couldn’t survive with that bullshit. Biggie hardcore shit made all them dudes step it up. Nothing was short lived. Biggie is New York… no other rapper got New York crown. That’s what Pac was jealous of Biggie Smalls was crowned King of New York

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Pac tried to fulfill his contract obligation as quick as possible but his daddy Suge said "no son you can't leave. Go head up Death Row East"

[@telldetruth9259]

False ^ stick to Biggie stories

[@davidcordova2957]

That story about Charli & B.I.G. fighting is wild hilarious! 😂😂😂😂

[@louisianacookingwithkay]

5:09-5:21 EXACTLY 🎯💯🎯🤞🏾

[@telldetruth9259]

Lmao Un already throwing Jay under the bus

[@coreye9]

That was facts tho… Nas was #2 at the particular time. 95/96

[@telldetruth9259]

96, Nas was ahead of Biggie

[@jasontoussaint1081]

Jay already crushed this dude lmao..stabbed him up and then stole his biggest artist from him and brought him to rocafella in Camron..Un still hasn’t recovered from that L

[@coreye9]

@@telldetruth9259 that’s my point either way you slice, they was 1 and 2 … Hov haven’t accomplished what they accomplished at that time.

[@chrisjohnson4272]

Never knew when Big said Iceberg Slim he was talking about Jay-Z but I did know jay was supposed to be apart of The Commission

[@telldetruth9259]

Really? That’s known

[@kingleo8048]

How old are you?

[@jermaineburgess3767]

How you didn't know that

[@chrisjohnson4272]

@@kingleo8048 37

[@chrisjohnson4272]

@@jermaineburgess3767 Never heard of Jay being referred to as Iceberg Slim I just assumed Big was talkin about somebody else

[@DJObiSmalls]

VLAD: "Who's Iceberg Slim...?" 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@FFGMucho]

Take a shot every time he says “mHmmm”

[@giovannicarter3076]

Yall better respect NAS!!

[@vancouverviking4652]

Or what??!

[@DoeboiAli]

BIG did not break Craig Mack. Flava in ya ear was biggest hit bad boy had coming out. It’s a timeless record still gettin spins.

[@pitbull7676]

💯 facts any hip-hop head listening to rap knows this.

[@majthemayor468]

The remix was better than the original!! Big destroyed that shit

[@pitbull7676]

@@majthemayor468 To be honest best verse but I think everyone held their own on that remix hands down most underrated remix of all time.If you can think of one I'm missing let me know and I don't mean that sarcastically.

[@majthemayor468]

@@pitbull7676 that's a fact

[@pitbull7676]

@maj the mayor Shit I still bump that now.Also real hip-hop heads will know first video ll cool j showed his head in always covered it up.

[@illonajones5683]

The commission is out and it's 🔥📛👨‍🚒

[@NicholasChristopher-xq6ki]

You know hov is watching every clip, can’t wait for 2023 “Un” bar lol

[@ZYaKnoe249]

The sound of Nas name annoys VLAD LOL

[@jaye5926]

thank u 4 letting people know that jay z was just another rapper back then...it was big, 2pac, & nas period

[@triplebeans4159]

Where are big Nas and 2pac now?You have to talk about 27 years ago to discredit jay because that's all you have.

[@jaye5926]

@@triplebeans4159 they are enjoying the afterlife not dealing with the f****d up s**t on this earth 😎

[@jonbois9802]

Yea but out of all them I'd take Jay's career

[@jaye5926]

@@jonbois9802 jay has had a great career...nas has had a great career 2...but the truth is big's passing gave jay-z the lane 2 become who he is because if big never passed jay-z would not have been as huge as he is 2day 🤷

[@biglee8832]

Hov called himself Ice Berg Slim on the "Who Ya Wit" joint!

[@Anthony-je7dn]

Here we go with the juicy-ness..Charlie Baltimore sleeping with BIG..then Un..then JayZ..then ultimately Irv Gotti among other industry men

[@kingleo8048]

Charlie was in a relationship with big who doesn’t know that?

[@davidmiddle01]

Jay never slept with CB that's the real reason Jay stabbed Un. That had nothing to do with a leaked album. Big was suppose to be your man and now you sleeping with his ex This is the reason In sound so Salty. Un was stabbed and couldn't do anything that's why it's been so silent about what really happened.

[@Xzay14]

Lance “mhmm” Rivera

[@Anthony-je7dn]

Un with the JayZ hate from the gate…here we go with the meat and potatoes Un vs Hov slander

[@Shamgod777]

No slander from Un, he is giving you the history accuracy of time..if you was there then you know.

[@jamalevans1574]

How is it hate when he's right??

[@davidmiddle01]

Well he should tell the truth why he was stabbed. If Big is your man you don't sleep with your man's girl after he dies. He needs to tell the whole story so people have understanding . Yes no doubt Big was your man but certain things you just don't do.

[@Peecorelone]

That’s fact not hate

[@Anthony-je7dn]

@@davidmiddle01 FACTS!!!!!!

[@MrAwesome3O5]

*birdman handrub* now we getting somewhere

[@ultra3934]

“Is it true he can match a platinum artist with only a single going gold”

[@kennethbarrett3356]

Come on Vlad how you ain’t know who ice berg slim was????

[@telldetruth9259]

He’s a vulture

[@Auburn1warrior]

Where was in on march 9 big popa needed sun theee

[@nadecha5326]

I wish Biggie and Big Pun could have given us more cuz they lyrically were untouchable.

[@LongLiveJoseph]

finally the jay z questions

[@ZYaKnoe249]

Un loves the word “huge”

[@fullblownyahuan]

Come on VLAD. You Didn't Know Jay-Z,Was Also Known As Ice Berg Slim???? Go Back And listen To WHO YOU WIT ,On Vol 1 "Reminiscent of Nothing You Never Heard .....Icebergggg Slim Baby Ride Rims Threw The Suburbs" Tighten Up.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Funds come in lump sums, never ends deferred

[@jimjones9553]

Right right right right got damn

[@stuartchilongozi2439]

Its the way Un spit biggie barz

[@dms718]

Big did not break Craig Mack, it was the other way around.

[@dremoore5329]

I was going say they Craig Mack help him lol

[@lethal5flow679]

He said Big "helped break" Craig Mack. I think he means Big rappin on the Flavor In Your Ear remix, "helped contribute breaking" Craig Mack....although your right, Craig released a solo album 1st

[@jthrillz7288]

Jay-Z was nobody until 'Hard Knock Life'. He was only buzzing a little before and even when he got hot he was still behind DMX.

[@Lawrencescott0805]

Facts. That’s when he became king nationwide

[@jthrillz7288]

@@Lawrencescott0805 Still him or Rocafella even after Annie wasn't bigger than DMX. He was like Pac, Jay-Z was Biggie.

[@dreera2597]

@@jthrillz7288 DMX was on his tour = Hard Knock Life Tour so YES Jay was bigger than DMX at that time.

[@iamstill]

I'm from the south I like when east coast guys tell the truth about they GOAT 😂

[@buffalotroy2494]

Rest in Heaven Big... But Coming out walking on the back of those dress shoes had to look crazyyyy🥺🤣🤣🤭 B.I.G.4Life🙏❤️👏

[@kingleo8048]

If jay wasn’t that big in the commission then why was dame dash involved with which label would get the album? See how his story doesn’t add up

[@telldetruth9259]

Business I guess?

[@kingleo8048]

@@telldetruth9259 You’re slow

[@illinoisbanks1470]

Because Dame Dash and Un were the guys who put the money up but Biggies’s a star at the moment and Jay wasn’t popping like that back then

[@dafamozfam]

Roc a fella was under Def jam which meant more commercial hits and money by it would have to be split, undeas was more underground which mean promoting was going to be hard

[@kingleo8048]

@@dafamozfam rocafella was not under def jam yet they was under priority

[@telldetruth9259]

Cappa Un, how was BIG gonna break Jay when Jay already had a critical acclaimed album

[@marshallcarter4928]

Big was on that album and tho it was a great album it didn’t sell. Only hardcore rap fans knew about jay at the time.

[@telldetruth9259]

Cool but that’s not breaking him. Breaking him would be Biggie putting him out and you never heard of him before

[@jaystacks5249]

@@telldetruth9259 exactly

[@marshallcarter4928]

@@telldetruth9259 it helped with breaking him because the main thing people said at that time was hey biggie on this record. Who is the guy? To have the number 1 rapper on your debut album was huge.

[@telldetruth9259]

No they didn’t. If anything people talked more about the Foxy verse

[@staircaseradio6284]

YO Glad ! Can u ask the million dollar question already fam ? 😳😆

[@remoaustin2056]

The Jay-Z line "Iceberg...Slim, baby. Ride rims..." from So Ghetto takes on a whole new meaning now. 🤯🤯

[@telldetruth9259]

No offense to Biggie, but Craig Mack was hotter before him. It was a Biggie getting in the remix that helped his fame and helped the album.. along with the One More Chance remix

[@BBB17470]

It took jay some time for him to blow up as a matter fact he blew in his second album, big ready to die was highly anticipated it went 3 times platinum

[@markcollins2409]

Actually he didn't blow until his 3rd album. Vol. 2.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@markcollins2409 Vol 1 went 1x platinum in ‘97. Not bad for an independent rapper. Just because he didn’t go 5x platinum like on his second album he still did go platinum.

[@untertaker78]

@@ArtisanWindchimes stop the cap Vol 1 went exactly gold in 1998 and platinum in 99 y’all love to rewrite history when he come to Jay-Z

[@megamafiarecords]

@@untertaker78facts 💀they make it sound like Jayz was a big star when Big and Pac was alive

[@jackjill8129]

​@@ArtisanWindchimes vol 1 was on Def jam he wasn't independent lol. And it didn't go gold until the following year. Vol 2 and vol 3 is when Jay became a star.

[@strangelovemd1]

Didn’t know that Biggie’s IceBerg Slim shout-out on the song “What’s Beef” was in reference to Jay Z

[@yjhova]

Vlad playing stupid like he ain't know jay is iceberg slim lol

[@jsanders9975]

He was being sarcastic because of UN earlier comment about jay

[@Stefglover]

Big's intelligences hasn't been captured any better to me then in this interview series

[@telldetruth9259]

All I got from the interview is that he was a angel and cried alot

[@thesupervisor3270]

I have to agree with this

[@davidpeaston8443]

My man's Un be like "hmmm hmmm"

[@buffalotroy2494]

I had that Commission Album... Not the real one, but the one with the remixed beats and recycled verses... It was dope, I played it all that summer. By D.J. Cinema.

[@cjd9978]

Un still in his feelings over Jay. The Nutty Professor with Aint no Ni**** dropped in March 1996. Reasonable Doubt dropped in June 1996. I’m old enough to remember Jay Z Aint No Ni**** was all over the radio in Florida around the movie dropping. You mean to tell me Jay Z had a video from a major movie soundtrack starring Eddie Murphy and Jay Z did have any juice yet. That’s ridiculous Big couldn’t break Jay Z he was already out buzzing. Jay had already done the Big L tracks. Original Flavor, Jaz O, Sauce Money they were moving. Just say you don’t like Jay Z but don’t try to rewrite history!

[@jsanders9975]

I'm from Chicago, we knew about jay but he wasn't a big name to us. Just another rapper. He didn't blow until like 98-99. He definitely wasn't on PAC or Nas level

[@Lynwood_FOE_90262]

You talking about being on the radio you groupie😂.go back and do the numbers. He was nowhere near them at the time goofy

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

You mentioned all that shit, and Jay-Z couldn't even get a major label deal for his first album lol. Roc-A-Fella had to put Reasonable Doubt out under Priority as a last resort. Jay-Z was just another rapper in '96. Biggie and 2Pac had to die in order for him to become what he became. Btw, for those who weren't alive, the real hit from the Nutty Professor sdtk was "Touch Me, Tease Me" by Case and Foxy Brown (who was also way bigger than Jay-Z in '96), not "Ain't No Nigga," which did make noise, but didn't go platinum.

[@cjd9978]

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un that speaks more about how dumb the industry is for not signing him. Secondly it’s called faith look how many artist got signed, are broke, don’t own their masters, looking crazy today. Jay Z has a dozen commercially successful albums, Grammy’s, Married to Beyonce plus a Billionaire. He is the Blueprint no disrespect to KRS. Jay Z has won big at every level of Hip Hop. I know Touch Me was the biggest single from the Soundtrack. That was the lead single a major hit. It’s nonsense to imply Jay Z didn’t have motion before B.I.G came along. Just say I still don’t like him. 💯💯

[@stevencowart]

@@cjd9978 if big and pac hadve lived none of that would've been possible,pac would've fucked Beyonce he had all the hoes and was more active at the time

[@pitbull7676]

To be fair i don't think at the time Graig Mack needed breaking in he was altead on the rise with flavor in ur hear. On the flip side Flavor in ur ear remix with big definitely help his status get bigger because by that point Big surpassed him in popularity.

[@RichieB40444]

Nobody was listening to flavor in ur ear original. They was all banging the remix with big and LL. Niggas is mad i get mo butt than ashtrays. Nigga came on before Mack on his own song 😅😅😅

[@stevencowart]

The remix sucked original was way better

[@BossC614Yungin]

I knew as soon as he brought up Jay😂😂

[@donovanbrown7993]

So he did bite off raekwon. Raekwon had wu Gambinos in 94/95. Big made the commission 96/97. Raekwon gave the wu members mob nicknames and biggie was giving his crew mob nicknames.🤔

[@godofthisshit]

Iceberg Slim aint no Mob name. Wu/Raekwon did inspire though.

[@quadjaysport]

Shark Niggas😂😂😂

[@ZYaKnoe249]

How was Biggie gonna break Craig Mack when Craig was out, gonna be on Death Row East and was beefing with him?

[@ChicagoStyles23]

without "Flava in ya ear" remix, you don't hear of Craig Mack. Dont be mad UPS is hiring... and the rest was history

[@User-kq7uw]

@@ChicagoStyles23 some people tryna make it see Craig Mack made Biggie known but either way Biggie was gonna be a bigger star than Craig Mack RIP tho

[@ZYaKnoe249]

Get Down & the solo Flavor In Ya Ear was poppin, let’s not revise history

[@jasontoussaint1081]

Let’s be honest ..it was the remix to flavor in ya ear that made that song , specifically biggie and busta verse .. the original version was dope , but it was doing any damage

[@ChicagoStyles23]

@@ZYaKnoe249 not like that breh. "Flava in ya ear" remix is more known than the original, they even OD'd on playing them on the radio stations.