“The streets is a short-stop; either you slingin crack rock or ya got a wicked jumpshot” is still the hardest line I’ve ever heard out of any rap song to this day
"Little motherfuckers with heat, wanna leave a ***** 6 feet deep, and we coming to the wake to make sure the crying and commotion aint a motherfucking fake" brutal line
I would give you a thousand thumbs up if I could but I can only give you one you're damn right we'll let you said nobody nobody I don't give a s*** what kind of Coast you live on nobody rap like this back in those days nobody did not even mr. Pakipaki Biggie Biggie Biggie when slice his ass up in a f****** freestyle rapping any day of the week
He wasn’t “acting”. He was dead broke when this album came out. He had a young daughter that needed to be fed. He almost went down with his drug dealing buddy in North Carolina. But he got saved by Puff Daddy just in time to complete his album. But his paranoia & desperation came out in the music. He knew if the album didn’t blow up he would remain poor.
He literally went to private school stfu his mom has said in countless interviews that it was exaggerated doesn't detract that he is one of the best mcs of all time but shut the fuck up you have no clue but he spoke for a generation of his peers
Yo that's how it was "back in the day"... I'm an 86' baby and grew up in this... crazy, king of NY biggie smalls was the shit homie and I'm from Los Angeles, CA... I loved this foo biggie this album is fucking 🔥📛
No song gives me chills like this one. The pain, the paranoia in his voice the facts he is spitting. The beat, its the story looking at the world crumbling around him and Instead of just crying for help, he decides to join the dark side. Haunting.
Not even scared to be honest here... This will be the first time I've ever heard this album. And, I had to stop it after "Things Done Changed" because I almost couldn't fucking breathe man. Incredible artistry.
It's up there for me as the best hip hop album ever, first heard it in 2001 when I was 17 years old, it is a masterpiece and timeless Ps wait till you hear gimme the loot 😂
Biggie knew at this point in his career & the hip hop scene, was slowly beginning to shift. Which would ultimately be a pivotal moment for hip hop. After this album the rest of 90s became a battle ground for gangsta rap. And before we could of realize what just happened, ‘things done changed’
1st rap album I got back in 1996, blew my mind hearing this after the intro, then gimme the loot, I didn't realize I had reached the the top shelf of rap on my 1st try
I never thought I'd be like my pops when he used to bump his old soulful joints reminiscing on them old days and he'd always say 'music has changed', so he kept jamming his classics. Now I'm that ninja repeating those words he said...SMH! F these mumble rappers!
I don't even really listen to rap music. I'm listening to this because I was curious what the first song on teh first album by the man considered one of the greatest rappers ever sounded like. I don't even like the vast majority of the genre, just not my thing. With that all said, I can definitely respect this. The lyrics, rhymes and flow are spot on and the song comes together expertly. So, as a non-rap-fan, A+.
Jared Kovacs tbh man new rap is the best it’s ever been. Mainstream trap is just a rendition of three six Mafia style rap. But there’s so many amazing artists and albums out
I really don’t understand why this song isn’t bigger…it’s my favorite form the late great BS. And it’s one off my all time favorites…been listening to this for years and can still spit every line….Rest easy Legend
I love lots of music genres. No matter whether your into rap or not you HAVE to respect this. My earliest memory of listening to biggie was in my brother in laws car at night. Rolling through the streets with this song blasting as loud as the stereo would go lol. Ever since he died in a motorcycle accident I come back to this song. Magic memories ✨️
Even if you don't appreciate the music style the lyrical genius is levels above anything I've heard from a rapper. And i put this above anything by 2pac, although I also love his tunes. Dear mama and do for love are brilliant
🔥❤🔥 " Back in the days our parents used to take care of us, Look @ em now they even f****** scared of us" 😭😎🤷🏾 #iSERGthat #ThingsDoneChanged #BigPoppa 🙏🏾
Amazing song, amazing album! Listening to one of the greatest rappers of all time to honor his life and legacy. Gone 26 years today, and we love you and your music always. #ForeverBiggie ❤❤🕊️🕊️ 03/09/2023
Man, this was a HELL of an opener! Say what you will, but this was Chris's Magnum Opus. He hit every reality perfectly in this one song. And when you get to the last song on this album... You see he knew the reaper was coming for him. But he gave us some great music before he checked out. Peace, Big Man. We miss you like crazy down here. Thanks for the masterful talent you displayed. We'll hold it down in your absence.
Just to imagine, that BOTH biggies albums were classics! I can just wonder what his third album would be like.. my god we really lost one of, if not the most talented artist I’ve ever heard. RIP 🐐 brooklyns finest
Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" is my favorite album of all time but the run form "Things Done Changed" to "Gimme the Loot" to "Machine Gun Funk" to "Warning" to "Ready to Die" I still consider the best 5 tracks in a row I heard on any Rap album.
RZA is the #GOAT. Regarding first 5 tracks, Striving for Perfection isn't a song so ill go with knuckleheads knowledge god criminology incarcerated scarface's rainy days thats a tough first 5 tracks my man lol. OB4CL was a crazy album
Respect to you but why people always think raekwon only Bill for Cuba links is the only wu solo is good method Man first two albums are good I love it ODB first album was good gza liquid swords was good Ghost face iron Man grave diggers six feet deep is good people acting like that's the only good album the Wu-Tang clan and that's more but people always be stuck into raekwon first album like he's the good person but it's a ghost face album it's a Duo I like tical returned out the 36 Chambers more than only built for Cuban links
He didn't say it was the only good Wu album. He said it was his favorite. And start using punctuation in your comments. The paragraph you wrote is barely readable.@@djtimspaceking8306
The guy was a genius, No matter the contents of these songs, most of it all bravado to appeal to its audience...BIG and co were all extremely clever and smart people, and it is shame that he passed so young. One of Americas national treasures gone!
I always been a pac fan back in the days but this album niggas wasn’t ready for when it first touchdown he came with heat…Now that I’m older biggie was definitely more lyrically
It's been 13 years of me knowing this song. Growing up you realize that these were one of the few cases Hip-Hop heard emcees talking about their pain. Biggie was depressed for real.
This is what they fear. They know the powers we have but we choose not to use. It's not about hurting anyone it's about changing the way we've been treated.
"Kid's younga than me got the sky grand pagers, going outta town blowin up, six months later all the dead bodies showin up" Damn! First thing that came to mind was the Alpo story.
Yo this is the real shit frfr we were always bumpin this at house party's. Real music, Real skill, Real rhymes! This new gen is just now educated enough to know real music
Der beste Rapper aller Zeiten, leider so wie viele gute Musiker viel zu früh von uns gegangen. Du bist einfach eine Legende R. I. P. Biggie. Grüße aus Deutschland rauf zu dir, lass es dir mit allen anderen Legenden gut gehen da oben.
![Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest (Official Video) [Explicit]](/img/1.gif)
“The streets is a short-stop; either you slingin crack rock or ya got a wicked jumpshot” is still the hardest line I’ve ever heard out of any rap song to this day
So hard. Basically describes ghetto life.
"Little motherfuckers with heat, wanna leave a ***** 6 feet deep, and we coming to the wake to make sure the crying and commotion aint a motherfucking fake" brutal line
Hard as fuck nigga was out of this world
"At my arraignment, note to the plaintiff, daughters tied up in the Brooklyn basement, face it, not Guilty"
really 😂 lol awesome line classic but there's Soo many better ones out there
When you listen to the album, you hear this atomic bomb as the first song, you know you are about to listen to a masterpiece.
Fr
💯
One of the most hardest song ever made in history the beat and the lyrics together has such a cold serious vibe
I would give you a thousand thumbs up if I could but I can only give you one you're damn right we'll let you said nobody nobody I don't give a s*** what kind of Coast you live on nobody rap like this back in those days nobody did not even mr. Pakipaki Biggie Biggie Biggie when slice his ass up in a f****** freestyle rapping any day of the week
Sure, one of the best albums never heard
The desperation in his voice, you can almost feel it, it’s almost tangible.
The Angry Italian Scotty Piffin1 huh
He wasn’t “acting”. He was dead broke when this album came out. He had a young daughter that needed to be fed. He almost went down with his drug dealing buddy in North Carolina. But he got saved by Puff Daddy just in time to complete his album. But his paranoia & desperation came out in the music. He knew if the album didn’t blow up he would remain poor.
@@thej.r.9160 he did lie about his mom not feeding him enough though
He literally went to private school stfu his mom has said in countless interviews that it was exaggerated doesn't detract that he is one of the best mcs of all time but shut the fuck up you have no clue but he spoke for a generation of his peers
@@foxernator exactly. Most exaggarated, for the sales you know
"Either you slingin crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot" Deep as hell
Tha REALEST ....I'm in my 40s ....that's all we did ...was FIGHT , SHOOT , HUSTLE or play ball .. simple
That line fkng fire
@@beejohn1016 I’m 25 and we did/ do the same shit
Yo that's how it was "back in the day"... I'm an 86' baby and grew up in this... crazy, king of NY biggie smalls was the shit homie and I'm from Los Angeles, CA... I loved this foo biggie this album is fucking 🔥📛
"Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment" by Cam'ron. Do yourself a favor and look that up
I'm convinced this is the greatest album in the history of hip hop possibly mankind
This and all eyez on me masterpieces!👏
Illmatic?
Lmao you clowns forget Dre's Chronic is in the Top 3 greatest rap albums of all time no question
@@rahhh_man7809 Rt
I'm of the same opinion too
The whole Ready To Die album is a masterpiece
Yes
You don't need to tell everyone that the sky is blue
Yes indeed 💯☝🏾
No cap💯
Yea...let that BANG
Turn your pages to 1993” Biggie encapsulated the past present and future in one line.
Top 10 Rapper
HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THIS LEGENDARY ALBUM OF 94🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾🕊️
❤❤❤❤❤❤
No song gives me chills like this one. The pain, the paranoia in his voice the facts he is spitting. The beat, its the story looking at the world crumbling around him and Instead of just crying for help, he decides to join the dark side. Haunting.
My favorite BIG track...for all those reasons you mentioned...
Damn
Good observation
Great take
Exactly
Possibly the best opening tune to a hip hop album ever... remember back in the days... then follows lyrical genius
I agree one trillion percent you knocked it out of the park on that one loved what you said cuz that's the best way to put it
Myintrotoletuknow is close, and Bring Da Ruckus too
Ny state of my mind is better
@@hish367 no
@@hish367Yes
“Either your slinging crack rock or ya got a wicked jump shot” this line was exactly when I realized how much of a lyrical goldmine biggie was
Ice cube has grittiness. Cent has lyrics. Snoop has flow. Pac has storytelling.
Biggie has magic
B.I.G had all of those
@ked4 And then some. Folks better get over it's Biggie Nas Cube in my book. I'm 48 so I've heard and was in the streets when they come out.
1993/1994 was easily the peak of hip hop. Pure talent and so many styles
facts
@@rogdawg123 what about 95 ??
93-96 is where hip-hop reached its apex
Lyrical and flow genius R.I.P biggie 🔥🔥
Someone just disliked it and im sure it was because of your arrogant comment
@@painlesskunal7075 arrogant? Someone was always going to dislike it. Calm down and just listen
Painless Kunal arrogant 🤦🏾♂️biggie was nothing short of a genius. R.I.P big fella
Because the streets is a short stop
Either you're slingin' crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot
Factz
Boiler room
@@GrothendiecksWishl. L ll. L l l l l l. Ll. L. Ll lvlvlb lcbclv l m m m m m. M l l lblccklvl . .lvv
L
Best line in a rap ever.
This line bruh...... omg
Not even scared to be honest here... This will be the first time I've ever heard this album. And, I had to stop it after "Things Done Changed" because I almost couldn't fucking breathe man. Incredible artistry.
Nice
K
damn right
Lol
It's up there for me as the best hip hop album ever, first heard it in 2001 when I was 17 years old, it is a masterpiece and timeless
Ps wait till you hear gimme the loot 😂
I die for 90’s rap, the use of instruments is always insane, that harp ‘riff’ lol is glorious, brilliant literally, it shines !
Its a sample.
@@bodhid But it sounds real.
My favorite part of the beat is the harp beautiful fr
In my opinion B.I.G. is the most complete emcee of all time, no weaknesses.
Hands down one of biggies best tracks. The raw aggresion in his voice helps paint a picture of everything he was going through.
HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY ,READY TO DIE ALBUM. B.I.G. ( R.I.P.)
The dopest MC of all times... my favorite song... it was real back the early 90's
💯
cUZ YOU ONLY HEARD OF BIGGY DATZ WHY U SAYIN IT.HEEDIIIOOOT
Biggie greatest rapper who ever lived
One of those songs that instantly grabs you. The visuals, the desperation, and sense of urgency Big provides here is masterful.
Classic hip hop album 💯💯💯🦾🦾🦾
It’s like this song wasn’t even made in reality, it sounds like it comes frol somwhere where we haven’t step foot ever
Another time and another place..
Nah, we lived it daily, early 90s NYC.
It was made somewhere you couldn’t understand.
Best description
I'm so happy BIG never had to listen to mumble rap...
Same wit Pac pun and eazy
joey z L
He’d be pissed
@@joeyz4950 je ne sais pas
Mumble rap wouldn’t be a thing if we still had biggie cuz he would of bought all the dc just to bin them
You can hear dr dre as a sample voice in the hook from lil ghetto boy..
Damn for real B!?!?
ya i realised that pretty cool
Yeah they used Dre's sample perfectly
hell yeah
Yes the chronic
Biggie knew at this point in his career & the hip hop scene, was slowly beginning to shift. Which would ultimately be a pivotal moment for hip hop. After this album the rest of 90s became a battle ground for gangsta rap. And before we could of realize what just happened, ‘things done changed’
One of the greatest rap songs of ALL times. Full of well blended samples and a hell of a rap story layered on top of it. RIP Biggie!
This song gettin real, shit done changed.
1st rap album I got back in 1996, blew my mind hearing this after the intro, then gimme the loot, I didn't realize I had reached the the top shelf of rap on my 1st try
This song is damn near 30 years old 💀 still better than any rap song I heard the past decade
I knew as a young kid that Big raised the bar for hip hop during his time. Still alive and well in my playlist and memory.
I think this song in one way or the other describes MOST of our life's struggles. This song is the GOAT. RIP Big!
@larrybee7713 Facts 💯🫡
4 Sure!
there weren't too many albums that could compete with this hard-core East Coast banger of the 90s
Him being in his early 20’s when he dropped this album and having this understanding of the world is incredible.
Best opening line ever. The flow is RIDICULOUS
To all u new school noobies, this is what we call real, rugged, raw hip hop!🔥🔥🔥💯
I never thought I'd be like my pops when he used to bump his old soulful joints reminiscing on them old days and he'd always say 'music has changed', so he kept jamming his classics. Now I'm that ninja repeating those words he said...SMH! F these mumble rappers!
Zapadose lol
"Because real street niggas not having that shit" word BIG🕊
I don't even really listen to rap music. I'm listening to this because I was curious what the first song on teh first album by the man considered one of the greatest rappers ever sounded like. I don't even like the vast majority of the genre, just not my thing. With that all said, I can definitely respect this. The lyrics, rhymes and flow are spot on and the song comes together expertly. So, as a non-rap-fan, A+.
This music right here is something you need to listen to because there's no music generation that can speak the truth like this besides bob Marley
I’d recommend The Marshall Mathers LP or The Slim Shady LP if u like this.
Jared Kovacs tbh man new rap is the best it’s ever been. Mainstream trap is just a rendition of three six Mafia style rap. But there’s so many amazing artists and albums out
No ones better
You should listen to some Eminem albums
GOAT🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐💨💨💨💨💨
R.I.P Notorious!
Nice to hear you in 2019
what do we think of Spurs?
Fuck spurs
My nigga we stay in 2022
@@aaronpina7261 2023
THE G.O.A.T
Hands down the best that ever did it. This dude was and is rediculous
Ikr
I really don’t understand why this song isn’t bigger…it’s my favorite form the late great BS. And it’s one off my all time favorites…been listening to this for years and can still spit every line….Rest easy Legend
This song is the most beautiful yet terrifying portent of what was coming. A masterpiece not fully recognised.
Still. It's gonna be another 25 years before we really recognize this track as prophecy.
I love lots of music genres. No matter whether your into rap or not you HAVE to respect this. My earliest memory of listening to biggie was in my brother in laws car at night. Rolling through the streets with this song blasting as loud as the stereo would go lol. Ever since he died in a motorcycle accident I come back to this song. Magic memories ✨️
Even if you don't appreciate the music style the lyrical genius is levels above anything I've heard from a rapper. And i put this above anything by 2pac, although I also love his tunes. Dear mama and do for love are brilliant
This song has such a… *intimidating* aura, like goddamn.
@Gomunkul Tate ...nah bro gtfo
He can rap..
Storyteller He’s one of the best to ever do it.
3:02 Biggie didn't need to predict the future like that.
Sadly, but true
" either you slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot" one of the dopest bars in Hip Hop ever.
today is 26 years without Biggie. Rest in Peace King 🐐🍃💨👽🛸
One of the greatest MCs of all time
One of the top three. Brooklyn's finest for sure.
Will never be anything better
From 1993 to now........fkn classic!!
The first four songs on this album. besides, the intro are literal. rap story classics!
R.I.P smoke them blunts in heaven biggie smalls
With the goody goodys lounging in paradise
he chillin in hell and pissed when some punk kid speaks his name in the mirror three times.
@@exnihilo8933 South park reference
@@TribeOfTruth yep no disreespekt ;)
@@exnihilo8933 what
That magical wand sound and evil baseline coupled with Bigs matter of fact fatalism turns this to master art.
🔥❤🔥 " Back in the days our parents used to take care of us, Look @ em now they even f****** scared of us" 😭😎🤷🏾 #iSERGthat #ThingsDoneChanged #BigPoppa 🙏🏾
This song needs to be used in colleges to teach sociology of the 90s reagan era hood or some shit
Thats a movie called Dangerous Minds
This is real rap. Sorry to the new guys. Hes just talking life
They wouldnt understand....too stupid
where has this been all my life
"my mom has cancer in the breast" THAT HIT HARD
Yes.
@@EthanAnguian0-s1c "Don't ask me why I'm motherfucking stressed! Things Done Changed!"
Man rap changed the world.
Best opening track in rap history.
He made this song at 20 years old!!! Blows my mind when people try and tell me today’s rappers are better! Lmao!
Amazing song, amazing album! Listening to one of the greatest rappers of all time to honor his life and legacy. Gone 26 years today, and we love you and your music always. #ForeverBiggie ❤❤🕊️🕊️ 03/09/2023
Man, this was a HELL of an opener! Say what you will, but this was Chris's Magnum Opus. He hit every reality perfectly in this one song. And when you get to the last song on this album... You see he knew the reaper was coming for him. But he gave us some great music before he checked out. Peace, Big Man. We miss you like crazy down here. Thanks for the masterful talent you displayed. We'll hold it down in your absence.
Just to imagine, that BOTH biggies albums were classics! I can just wonder what his third album would be like.. my god we really lost one of, if not the most talented artist I’ve ever heard. RIP 🐐 brooklyns finest
The Notorious BIG's lyrical genius was unmatched.
B.I.G 🐐
Man how far the rap game has fallen... we need you back biggie
Fac
Damn, just hearing his voice after years is just disturbing at the same time sad.
Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" is my favorite album of all time but the run form "Things Done Changed" to "Gimme the Loot" to "Machine Gun Funk" to "Warning" to "Ready to Die" I still consider the best 5 tracks in a row I heard on any Rap album.
RZA is the #GOAT. Regarding first 5 tracks, Striving for Perfection isn't a song so ill go with
knuckleheads
knowledge god
criminology
incarcerated scarface's
rainy days
thats a tough first 5 tracks my man lol. OB4CL was a crazy album
Respect to you but why people always think raekwon only Bill for Cuba links is the only wu solo is good method Man first two albums are good I love it ODB first album was good gza liquid swords was good Ghost face iron Man grave diggers six feet deep is good people acting like that's the only good album the Wu-Tang clan and that's more but people always be stuck into raekwon first album like he's the good person but it's a ghost face album it's a Duo I like tical returned out the 36 Chambers more than only built for Cuban links
He didn't say it was the only good Wu album. He said it was his favorite. And start using punctuation in your comments. The paragraph you wrote is barely readable.@@djtimspaceking8306
The guy was a genius, No matter the contents of these songs, most of it all bravado to appeal to its audience...BIG and co were all extremely clever and smart people, and it is shame that he passed so young. One of Americas national treasures gone!
his sound never gets old
R.I.P. Biggie, this blunt goes out to you!
20 years since I first heard this and in my opinion one of if not the best debut album from any MC, arguably the best album full stop
I always been a pac fan back in the days but this album niggas wasn’t ready for when it first touchdown he came with heat…Now that I’m older biggie was definitely more lyrically
One of the best hooks I ever heard
He killed it on the last verse
Unfucknbelievable
Goat
It's been 13 years of me knowing this song. Growing up you realize that these were one of the few cases Hip-Hop heard emcees talking about their pain. Biggie was depressed for real.
This is highkey good asf
“Things done changed but it’s alright, remember they used to thump, but now they blast right” Dr Dre sample 🔥 R.I.P. B.I.G.O.A.T.
Premo produced it
It's "Things done changed on this side, remember they used to thump, but now they blast right..."
@@killareal2516 premo didn't produce this. Lord Finesse did
Biggie was a master of lyricism!
Fkn amazing lyrical genuis
This is what they fear. They know the powers we have but we choose not to use. It's not about hurting anyone it's about changing the way we've been treated.
Classic Biggie.
"Kid's younga than me got the sky grand pagers, going outta town blowin up, six months later all the dead bodies showin up"
Damn! First thing that came to mind was the Alpo story.
Most underatted song on this album by far
Best. Rap. Album. Ever.
"Shootin dice all day!" I love his delivery there
Yo this is the real shit frfr we were always bumpin this at house party's. Real music, Real skill, Real rhymes! This new gen is just now educated enough to know real music
MAGIC.......THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
Rest in peace B.I.G.
This man had the craziest flow for his time and one of the craziest flows of all time definitely the goat imo
He one of the greatest lyrically MCs that ever touch the 🎤 mic
This...Warning, best hip hop album ever along with Reasonable Doubt and Low End Theory!
R.I.P BIGGIE
Der beste Rapper aller Zeiten, leider so wie viele gute Musiker viel zu früh von uns gegangen. Du bist einfach eine Legende R. I. P. Biggie. Grüße aus Deutschland rauf zu dir, lass es dir mit allen anderen Legenden gut gehen da oben.
This track fiya then again all of his tracks were..... He's saying everything in this song that we say now ahead of his time fo sho
KING OF NY
This is absolutely 1 word .....CLASSSSSSSSIC!