The hook that Biggie is singing came from a reggae song that was hot in the early '90s... it was Shabba Ranks - Don't Test Me... he just took their hook and put it into this song. Biggie is of Jamaican heritage, btw. He was born here, but his parents are from Jamaica.
@@andremiller1566 I believe he was. She met him in Jamaica. He could've been a passport bro, so I'm not 100% sure. She bounced to America with Big after he wouldn't marry her.
Is Brooklyn in the house i love it when biggie say that i remember when this song came out in 96 im from GA but i was saying is GA in the house biggie was different truly the greatest i wish he could've lived longer and made us more classics albums bc both biggie albums are top 2 and 5 just beautiful
about the mafioso/mafia slang: in the 90s, a lot of east coast rap adopted that mafia type personality in their records. you had nas who had the firm, big with the mafia and the planned commission, jay z's reasonable doubt, obviously the wu, even puff who had his production team called the hitmen, would refer to them as 'goodfellas'. they also adopted that in their videos too. hell even death row, when snoop had the whole dogg father movement and they all started rocking suits. this was partly because of movies like goodfellas, casino, donnie brasco, mobsters, which were all popular mob/mafia movies that came out in the 90s. east coast hip hop was heavily influenced by this
Sample from former Temptation member Dennis Edwards. Biggie wrote all the lyrics. He was later revealed he would ghostwrite under different aliases because Diddy was ripping him off for his residuals
Dex you gotta check out the original version its just Big and Lil Kim on it, Biggie really goes in on that one frfr... (I think its better than the remix version honestly)
Big wrote Lil Cease verse. He basically wrote all of Junior Mafia’s verses. There’s a reference track with Biggie spitting Lil Cease’s verse on the same beat. Also, you missed the Lil Cease bar “much love like Wimbledon”. Cold bar! Wimbledon is a famous tennis tournament and “love” is the scoring for zero points in tennis. It’s a play on words. BIG🤴🏿
Yo @dextv when you see how many bars big wrote for junior mafia and Kim you will know why puffy was at quad studios spying on big puff should have been earning money from every bar b.i.g wrote however big was too smart and he ghost wrote and took the ps for him and his crew
Mafioso is Italian.. New York crime families derive from Italians. When New Yorkers speak on organized crime (especially thru the 90s) it based in Italian lingo.. Im from philly and it is sorta that way here too... but especially in NY
If you look at all New York rappers.. At some point they all speak in "mafioso" terms.. It helps to understand all the big crime lords in order to better understand these rappers. They take those personas and project them on record.
Brother, you said you have about exhausted his catalogue. Nah, brother. There is a WHOLE LOT more. The What, Suicidal Thoughts, Kick in the Door, Things Done Changed, Going Back To Cali, Mix Tape with him rapping on Wesr Coast Beats only ( and he shouted out Death Row). It a whole catalogue worth that you HAVEN'T gotten too
you should react to shaquille o neal featuring biggie, can't stop the reign. i believe big might have used his verse on there for the michael jackson record
Biggie got the chorus from Shabba Ranks and the late Deborahe Glasgow's 1988 Dancehall hit called "Don't Test Me." music.ruclips.net/video/cvLwhWGOYtI/видео.html&si=8TJyXO6kWby5IFqL Biggie was celebrating his Jamaican heritage on this track...🤔
It’s an Italian language saying mafia that’s all. Mafiaso. The Song is called “ Don’t look any further “ I can’t remember off hand the artist. I’ll comment later.
5:30 anybody know who Erika Kane was?? She was like the first real boss b*tch... She was like a soap opera character. Kim spittin that was hard but it goes over alot of peoples heads
They both took the chorus from a reggae song but ogc had it first. Watch no fear from ogc and you see rock from heltah skeltah throw(fake) big and Kim off stage. It's a gang of interviews where they speak about it.
@@PeterBagjuice Top Dog used the line in a verse and when Big used it on the hook for this joint OGC felt a way about it. Starang got sliced in the face during their confrontation
Raekwon and Ghostface basically invented mafioso rap on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx album. Then Nas, Big, and Jay-Z started incorporating mafia references and using aliases like Rae and Ghost were. They also dissed Big on a skit on Rae's album. Big threw a lot subliminal disses at Rae, Ghost, and Nas.
It’s a sample of Don’t Look Any Further by Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards from the legendary Motown group The Temptations
Don’t Forget Siedah Garrett who actually wrote the lyrics and sang on that song! She also wrote “Man in The Mirror” for Michael Jackson
@@casinolife7534 facts
Big facts
Biggie was killing every feature. It's amazing how crazy he flows with every different beat. Truly the goat.
The coldest bar in Rap history is "That's Ok she was old anyway".
Junior Mafia - Player’s Anthem
Classic!!!!
That sample is Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further... it was a big R&B club jam in the '80s... in case you're interested in digging it up.
This song ,Pac - Take Money and Cash Money put the former Temptation back on the map for a younger generation.
The notorious 🐐
This shit was so hard. Kim went crazy. Big verse was classic......and that hook? RIP Frank White
Hit Em Up was a direct diss using the same sample from this song as a response.
The hook that Biggie is singing came from a reggae song that was hot in the early '90s... it was Shabba Ranks - Don't Test Me... he just took their hook and put it into this song. Biggie is of Jamaican heritage, btw. He was born here, but his parents are from Jamaica.
His mother Jamaican but is his father? Who is he?
@@andremiller1566 I believe he was. She met him in Jamaica. He could've been a passport bro, so I'm not 100% sure. She bounced to America with Big after he wouldn't marry her.
And that Shabba Ranks jawn was that work!!!!
@@andremiller1566 is rumored Biggie's dad was a politician
That beat goes hard yo. Regular version of Get Money is 🔥🔥 too.
Is Brooklyn in the house i love it when biggie say that i remember when this song came out in 96 im from GA but i was saying is GA in the house biggie was different truly the greatest i wish he could've lived longer and made us more classics albums bc both biggie albums are top 2 and 5 just beautiful
Bigge wrote the whole song bro. Everyone's verse!
Big and Shaq can't stop the rain
King of Newyork goat Biggie 🐐
about the mafioso/mafia slang: in the 90s, a lot of east coast rap adopted that mafia type personality in their records. you had nas who had the firm, big with the mafia and the planned commission, jay z's reasonable doubt, obviously the wu, even puff who had his production team called the hitmen, would refer to them as 'goodfellas'. they also adopted that in their videos too.
hell even death row, when snoop had the whole dogg father movement and they all started rocking suits. this was partly because of movies like goodfellas, casino, donnie brasco, mobsters, which were all popular mob/mafia movies that came out in the 90s. east coast hip hop was heavily influenced by this
Sample from former Temptation member Dennis Edwards. Biggie wrote all the lyrics. He was later revealed he would ghostwrite under different aliases because Diddy was ripping him off for his residuals
Biggie wrote all they shit
No he didn’t
Your right about Kim and Cees I thought you were talking about the lox my bad bro plz excuse me
Far from true.
Kim definitely can write
Big definitely did some writing for her but not all
@@laimont36big wrote her whole first album
Definitely wrote this full song it’s his flow
Classic. When that dropped New York came back up!
Listen to Kim after BIG passed, she got classics !!
Wasn't flowing like she did when Big was alive
fat joe also uses this sample in a more modern fashion, which came out in 2017 for his song "So excited". Def worth a listen, it's a BANGER!
Slept on joint
Big be puttin that shit together!!
This came out before Hit Em Up. Pac is rapping over a beat that mimics this .
it's the same sample just different elements cuz every producer has their own style
@@ChicagoStyles23 hit em up is not the original don't look any further sample, it's the melody being replayed , it's an interpolation .
The beat is an instrumental of a song called DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER. Pac mocked Biggie by using this best for Hit Em Up.
My Nigga! Another banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥...damn just got on here and i see you got some JZ, beinie and Prodigy videos i gotta go like! 🎯💯
Biggie wrote everything for the whole Junior Mafia
Why wouldn't you do the original? It's so much better, with a way more dope beat!
Dope
Everybody know Biggie wrote they stuff, even Early Lil Kim verses. Until she learned to step out on her own and write her Bars.
I forgot about this gem 💎
Glad to have you back! Nas memory lane!!!
Yo I just realized I had copped an all black Movado like 15 years ago 😂. I'm from Brooklyn so Big must have inspired me on the low
the song is called dont look any further by dennis edwards formally of the temptations
Dennis Edwards RIP. One Of The Best To Ever do it.
All the lead singers (soloists) of The Temptation are the best
They said it lot because the mob was so influential in NYC
The way I just bodied Lil Kim verse in my house. I love being from Brooklyn 😂
This hook sparked a beef between O.G.C.’s(of the BootCamp Clik) and J.M./Biggie…
Don't look any further by Dennis Edwards is a classic
This song made Pac clap back wif Hit'em up 🔥
Pac used a Parody beat of this song for Hit Em Up.
And Lil Wayne used the same sample in “Way of life”. You got a good ear bro 😂👍🏾
Hell we needs the original too… the better track in my opinion. But yea BIG wrote all the bars on here
The hook is from a classic reggae song dont test me by shabba ranks and debbie glascow
Dex you gotta check out the original version its just Big and Lil Kim on it, Biggie really goes in on that one frfr... (I think its better than the remix version honestly)
💥💥💥💥
Big had the torch rt here this was before hit em up
That Beat/Music is from,
Dennis Edwards
"Don't look any Further"
In tha building wit cha. Still gotta check out the jawn with Shaq “Can’t Stop The Rain”
Big wrote Lil Cease verse. He basically wrote all of Junior Mafia’s verses. There’s a reference track with Biggie spitting Lil Cease’s verse on the same beat.
Also, you missed the Lil Cease bar “much love like Wimbledon”. Cold bar! Wimbledon is a famous tennis tournament and “love” is the scoring for zero points in tennis. It’s a play on words. BIG🤴🏿
The legendary Dennis Edwards original version
❤
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yo @dextv when you see how many bars big wrote for junior mafia and Kim you will know why puffy was at quad studios spying on big puff should have been earning money from every bar b.i.g wrote however big was too smart and he ghost wrote and took the ps for him and his crew
Hit em up came out with this sample and took as a response to it later!!! Get money remix was better in my opinion
Mafioso is Italian.. New York crime families derive from Italians. When New Yorkers speak on organized crime (especially thru the 90s) it based in Italian lingo.. Im from philly and it is sorta that way here too... but especially in NY
If you look at all New York rappers.. At some point they all speak in "mafioso" terms.. It helps to understand all the big crime lords in order to better understand these rappers. They take those personas and project them on record.
Brother, you said you have about exhausted his catalogue. Nah, brother. There is a WHOLE LOT more. The What, Suicidal Thoughts, Kick in the Door, Things Done Changed, Going Back To Cali, Mix Tape with him rapping on Wesr Coast Beats only ( and he shouted out Death Row). It a whole catalogue worth that you HAVEN'T gotten too
big wrote cease's verse. that's the hardest verse cease ever spit
Pac used this on “Hit’em Up”
you should react to shaquille o neal featuring biggie, can't stop the reign. i believe big might have used his verse on there for the michael jackson record
Everybody had a Mob name back then BIG was Frank White
Biggie got the chorus from Shabba Ranks and the late Deborahe Glasgow's 1988 Dancehall hit called "Don't Test Me." music.ruclips.net/video/cvLwhWGOYtI/видео.html&si=8TJyXO6kWby5IFqL Biggie was celebrating his Jamaican heritage on this track...🤔
Pretending like he never heard these songs😂😂
It’s an Italian language saying mafia that’s all.
Mafiaso. The Song is called “ Don’t look any further “
I can’t remember off hand the artist. I’ll comment later.
BiG is HIM
Got to do “Star Wars” by nas! That’s one of them ones!
he wrote cease joint too dont sleep
5:30 anybody know who Erika Kane was?? She was like the first real boss b*tch... She was like a soap opera character. Kim spittin that was hard but it goes over alot of peoples heads
Lil cease and prodigy big guns and sharp knives
Stop sleeping on KIM, she writes...Biggie was such an influence so she modelled her style after BIG. Kim's pen is serious.
Kim has always had ghostwriters. Every hot song she did was written by someone else. Yeah, she wrote but those were album fillers
@minkshultz you might want to go listen to Quiet Storm Remix and Benjamins where she absolutely bodied both....with her own Bars. Stop it
Also funny in the other version it's all about discussing problems with his women lyou should do the original and see which one better
The comments section know what's up fuck with your comments section broski we the streets over here we hold u down
Hit hem up is a remix of get money first vesion
Don’t sleep on Lil Kim, Big didn’t write all of her rhymes! Check her album after Big passed away, she had bars
Big Didn’t write Lil Kim shit she wrote her own stuff
Check out Mobb deep feat lil cease
Mase wrote Lil Cease verse
:54 Black youth just idolizing the Italian Mafia, popularized by movies like the Godfather, Goodfellas and others.
Drake sampled this song on the original "Push Ups" diss to Kendrick
Big caught beef with ogc from boot camp behind this chorus.
Why?
Wasn’t that from the Flava In Ya Ear verse?
They both took the chorus from a reggae song but ogc had it first. Watch no fear from ogc and you see rock from heltah skeltah throw(fake) big and Kim off stage. It's a gang of interviews where they speak about it.
@@PeterBagjuice Top Dog used the line in a verse and when Big used it on the hook for this joint OGC felt a way about it. Starang got sliced in the face during their confrontation
Hope u listen to Sky’s the limit 🙏🏽
Have you never heard of Cosa Nostra?! C'mon, son!!
You gotta listen to keep your hands high. Biggie and trey lee. Big went stupid
Check out Scarface got to get paid
The original is just Big and Kim. Kim's verse is way more hardcore in that version.
The original is waaaaay better than the remix....
Talk to text I meant to say Tupac not Fox
respectfully..do u only do reactions based on donations?
You thinking to hard babe..They are named Junior mafia..So he was just playing on the name
Kool G. Rap started mafioso rap in the late '80s and it caught on in the mid '90s with a lot of NY rappers... Nas, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang, Biggie, etc.
Lil Wayne spazzed on this sample on Way Of Life
The original is better
Raekwon and Ghostface basically invented mafioso rap on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx album. Then Nas, Big, and Jay-Z started incorporating mafia references and using aliases like Rae and Ghost were. They also dissed Big on a skit on Rae's album. Big threw a lot subliminal disses at Rae, Ghost, and Nas.
What was not realized is that BIG was TALKING to PAC on this track and
HIT'EM'UP :take $! Is TUPAC'S reply to JUNIOR MAFIA'S get $$
Yeah 2pack copied
Flipped it and bodied them
@@IAmGrootFrom63rdand then got BODIED a few months later hmmm