Tagged: The Notorious B.I.G.
“Mo Money Mo Problems” is a classic track by The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) featuring Puff Daddy and Mase, released posthumously in 1997. The song revolves around the core concept that increasing wealth brings...
Even though the title of this song (“Foolish”) doesn’t appear in the lyrics, it perfectly sums up the narrator’s behavior throughout the song. Here, we have Ashanti falling in love with a man who...
As you may already know, what prompted the creation of “I’ll Be Missing You” was the death of a popular rapper, the Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997), during March of 1997. Technically speaking Diddy was B.I.G.’s...
If you’re one of the people who subscribe to the idea of “Ready to Die” being a concept album, then “Suicidal Thoughts”, its final (non-bonus) song, would mark the story’s conclusion. And the setting of the lyrics...
Biggie Smalls grew up in an environment where violent robberies – like stickups, chain and earring snatchings – were common occurrences. And it is such a reality he is speaking to on this song. More specifically...
The full subtitle of this song, as illustrated in the chorus, is “dreams of f*****g a R&B b***h”. And accordingly the lyrics center on Notorious’s fantasies of sleeping with a number of popular female singers...
The lyrics of this hip hop classic primarily detail ways in which The Notorious B.I.G. deals with his enemies via the usage of gun violence. Such subject matter was actually one of the main themes of...
Biggie’s “Unbelievable” can be said to be both braggadocious and autobiographical in nature. That is to say on one hand Biggie is bragging about his lyrical skill, bravado and success. And on the other he is...
The way the lyrics of this song read is as if the rapper is “ready to die” in the name of a couple of different (though you could say related) causes. One would be due...
As we have pointed out before, The Notorious B.I.G. was instrumental in establishing the rags-to-riches’ trope which is now a mainstay in hip-hop. And this particular track can also be said to have been key...
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