Notorious BIG freestyling in Bed Stuy at age 17

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @grahamkelly8299
    @grahamkelly8299 4 года назад +5963

    BIG pronounced every word like it was a drum to make the perfect beat. His rhythm and groove were world class

    • @fantngomez4763
      @fantngomez4763 3 года назад +84

      He had no clue how big B.I.G would ever become

    • @nomastomas002
      @nomastomas002 3 года назад +31

      This is especially true in his verse of Notorious Thugs with BTNH

    • @quz420
      @quz420 3 года назад +21

      @@nomastomas002 bro that verse is just sooo good fuck

    • @SVSXXVW
      @SVSXXVW 3 года назад +34

      he was specifically trained on that by a friend who happened to be a jazz saxophonist (was way older than him btw)

    • @siddadood
      @siddadood 3 года назад +2

      Re guh lah

  • @akshatverma5478
    @akshatverma5478 4 года назад +6695

    Imagine going to a grocery store to buy eggs and witnessing this.

    • @zacwoods
      @zacwoods 4 года назад +121

      Legendary stuff.

    • @forced2induce
      @forced2induce 4 года назад +55

      In that store, a loosey or dimebag or 40oz. All more popular items of the bodegas. If ya don’t know, now ya know.

    • @forced2induce
      @forced2induce 4 года назад +1

      @@gingejones5390 My bad. Totally forgot the Spanish fly.

    • @fuierago
      @fuierago 3 года назад

      Clutching meh pearls!

    • @hateyouwithapassion1
      @hateyouwithapassion1 3 года назад

      i woulda been stuck like WHAT this kid 17--instant superstar

  • @thegreatone9022
    @thegreatone9022 5 лет назад +13489

    Just imagine we never got to see this important moment in Hip Hop history. Lets give thanks to whoever it is that recorded this.

    • @kayvee5286
      @kayvee5286 4 года назад +656

      Imagine the shit we did miss

    • @ryry4970
      @ryry4970 4 года назад +25

      Ok white bread

    • @xhveease.4455
      @xhveease.4455 4 года назад +19

      Nah nobody would care fr

    • @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588
      @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 4 года назад +55

      ZombaeKitten24 :-: white bread?

    • @kayvee5286
      @kayvee5286 4 года назад +35

      Br dot damn. I hope you get the hug you need and have a better day today.

  • @mikebetrippin
    @mikebetrippin 3 года назад +1748

    shout-out to those old-school DJs who knew how to scratch to a beat and still keep it rockin' in perfect timing.

  • @tsats0
    @tsats0 4 года назад +9616

    Can we just appreciate the person who recorded the battle?

    • @linkupgaming9291
      @linkupgaming9291 4 года назад +258

      ヴィス you know, well before anyone had a phone they could get out. This guy actually had a video recorder!!

    • @frankcastle4715
      @frankcastle4715 4 года назад +116

      There was no battle there.. 😂😂

    • @alaejndro
      @alaejndro 4 года назад +2

      Fr

    • @Samahaha
      @Samahaha 4 года назад +68

      I was literally about to comment this. What a fucking legend for giving us a raw glimpse of greatness

    • @theprofessor1484
      @theprofessor1484 4 года назад +8

      Legend

  • @wytzes
    @wytzes 11 лет назад +6230

    Bless the man who recorded this!

    • @L2ggs
      @L2ggs 5 лет назад +33

      they're all dead now

    • @523FILMS
      @523FILMS 5 лет назад +205

      C I A
      Yeah they are, this was 150 years ago

    • @bdf2660
      @bdf2660 5 лет назад +31

      @@523FILMS wait seriously? i didnt know we had color recordings for that long, thanks.

    • @viiak6222
      @viiak6222 5 лет назад +24

      @@523FILMS 150 years? Fuck you😂

    • @Jaykayrajput
      @Jaykayrajput 5 лет назад +10

      Viia K nah for real Jesus Christ had camera but haters took them before they nailed him. so he couldn’t show it daddy what they be doin. Why you think he cane back ? He wanted them cameras back

  • @hu4l154
    @hu4l154 5 лет назад +23906

    He isn’t fat
    He’s just full of lyrics

  • @Dewottm8
    @Dewottm8 4 года назад +9379

    He looks like the oldest 17 year old I've ever seen lmfao

    • @seventhsonmedia
      @seventhsonmedia 4 года назад +263

      You've never seen Greg Oden then lol

    • @CarrotTopPhilly
      @CarrotTopPhilly 3 года назад +417

      The city will do that to you

    • @realeyes9055
      @realeyes9055 3 года назад +223

      I swear so many young famous people look ten times older then they are shits weird lol

    • @DJSCRMNGHST
      @DJSCRMNGHST 3 года назад +114

      He was actually 19 when from what the documentary just released and this vid didn't show the whole battle

    • @radivel1
      @radivel1 3 года назад +68

      @@seventhsonmedia hahaha Oden was born in Neanderthal times and dethawed in time for the NBA draft

  • @maciejknap6284
    @maciejknap6284 4 года назад +7915

    imagine challenging some 17 yr old kid to a freestyle and Biggie pulls up

    • @TGO4125
      @TGO4125 4 года назад +148

      Rip the challenger

    • @snizzy9369
      @snizzy9369 4 года назад +3

      ruclips.net/video/EZk5MDQS1Z4/видео.html

    • @doultonsinclair4180
      @doultonsinclair4180 4 года назад +61

      Turns up looking like he could be his dad 😂

    • @TubeYou1800
      @TubeYou1800 3 года назад +34

      The rhymes are unreal. Like he's from another planet

    • @ocmuffler
      @ocmuffler 3 года назад +8

      yeah but he looks 34

  • @MrDoable
    @MrDoable 11 лет назад +6660

    They say that the guy who walked away is still walking..

  • @kushberry6679
    @kushberry6679 4 года назад +2003

    I firmly believe that this is what "I'm about to end this man's whole career" looks like

    • @colorcombinations7387
      @colorcombinations7387 4 года назад +10

      Hahahha exactly!

    • @Zeeshanbeats
      @Zeeshanbeats 4 года назад +3

      🤣

    • @liebeasta3332
      @liebeasta3332 3 года назад +6

      The other dude polly thought he got an easy win too

    • @kushberry6679
      @kushberry6679 3 года назад +8

      @TheRanger Nah, he managed to change his life around until his unfortunate death. As in Biggie's words "I turned negative to positive"

    • @Dakid015
      @Dakid015 3 года назад +2

      No lies😂

  • @1atclark1atspellman16
    @1atclark1atspellman16 4 года назад +797

    Imagine all the dope freestyles Biggie did that weren’t recorded...... Man

    • @alexmartin8592
      @alexmartin8592 3 года назад +12

      On god

    • @user-ku4tf5um7t
      @user-ku4tf5um7t 3 года назад +4

      Hmm 🤔 for real

    • @BrogCanadian
      @BrogCanadian 3 года назад +24

      And think of all we missed out on because he was murdered

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 3 года назад +2

      Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1

    • @kcmatthews1591
      @kcmatthews1591 2 года назад

      You mean trash freestyles ???? This was pure garbage

  • @ellllllo77
    @ellllllo77 5 лет назад +3968

    When 69 claims to be the “king of New York”

    • @TheSamiG
      @TheSamiG 5 лет назад +64

      Then so is a 4 year old getting bullied, as both are snitches

    • @starsnstrife
      @starsnstrife 5 лет назад +29

      blicky got the stiffy uhh not doing it for you?

    • @itzdrillza7497
      @itzdrillza7497 5 лет назад +15

      I mean at the time he was famous he really was on top of the game, nobody even came close to his popularity in that window of time.

    • @DemonCore618
      @DemonCore618 5 лет назад +77

      @@itzdrillza7497 popularity =/= skills and talent... Hernandez was a disgrace to the "king of New York" moniker.

    • @111lillkiller
      @111lillkiller 5 лет назад +8

      What happens when i king dies? Someone else becomes king. For sure isnt 69, but it is not biggie either

  • @floydroyds4069
    @floydroyds4069 4 года назад +1747

    Let's just admire how advanced his rapping style is for this particular era

    • @mackinshizzaveli4202
      @mackinshizzaveli4202 4 года назад +147

      You say that like lyricism hasn’t regressed the past 20 years

    • @shadowmaw1909
      @shadowmaw1909 3 года назад +29

      For any era. BIGGIE is the G. O. A. T.

    • @vets923
      @vets923 3 года назад +39

      @@mackinshizzaveli4202 Went up over time and then heavily decreased at some point and now here we are.

    • @roems6396
      @roems6396 3 года назад +76

      @@mackinshizzaveli4202
      Lyricism hasn’t regressed. Maybe it has in mainstream rap, but there’s definitely more skilled lyricists now then there were in the early 90s.

    • @roems6396
      @roems6396 3 года назад +8

      @@vets923
      There are still plenty of lyricists.

  • @tommyo.7876
    @tommyo.7876 11 лет назад +3707

    The only appropriate thing to do while in a freestyle battle with Biggie is walk away. He did the right thing.

    • @l337g0g0
      @l337g0g0 11 лет назад +8

      LOL...

    • @Thomas-zi9ty
      @Thomas-zi9ty 5 лет назад +27

      The only appropriate thing Biggie could have done in a freestyle rap battle would have been an actual freestyle rap. Those lines were written beforehand. Not hating, but that's a fact.

    • @omegaweapon116
      @omegaweapon116 5 лет назад +11

      @@Thomas-zi9ty yea, I'm with you on that. Apparently, the definition of freestyle changed at some point to mean just rapping normally lol

    • @unknownentity8256
      @unknownentity8256 5 лет назад +6

      @@Thomas-zi9ty ​ And you know this because? Facts means indefinite truth what evidence do you have to back it up

    • @soifon542
      @soifon542 5 лет назад +36

      @@Thomas-zi9ty Got any proof he did this. How about you go ahead and show me this fact that biggie one of the greatest rappers to ever live didn't freestyle.

  • @douglaslang2218
    @douglaslang2218 3 года назад +396

    Homeboy was like “wtf did I get myself into”

    • @ezekielsilvestar1106
      @ezekielsilvestar1106 3 года назад +19

      Well no shame in being beaten by the best 😁

    • @jaulloa21
      @jaulloa21 3 года назад +3

      He’s like, hey I’m just a spectator

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 3 года назад

      Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1

    • @I_CruZ89
      @I_CruZ89 2 месяца назад

      Lool

    • @I_CruZ89
      @I_CruZ89 2 месяца назад

      ​@@jaulloa21 I was passing by, that's all.

  • @kelevra1493
    @kelevra1493 5 лет назад +5089

    For his 17 he looks like me at 25

    • @chrisbarnhard7470
      @chrisbarnhard7470 5 лет назад +33

      kelevra1493 25 likes is good enough, sit down

    • @sushisushi7077
      @sushisushi7077 5 лет назад +300

      @@chrisbarnhard7470 I believe you didn't understand his comment

    • @frederickwilliam140
      @frederickwilliam140 5 лет назад +58

      I m french and i think he s just a douche bag my english is shit and i understand what he says

    • @CikZxiLeADZz
      @CikZxiLeADZz 5 лет назад +63

      @@frederickwilliam140 ofcourse your English is not good. Like most French people. Thats why we Dutch people hate French.
      Greets from The Netherlands.
      Au revoir.

    • @frederickwilliam140
      @frederickwilliam140 5 лет назад +32

      @@CikZxiLeADZz germany = ugly woman and shitty food

  • @tix941
    @tix941 4 года назад +274

    rhyming like this at 17?? you could tell he was destined for greatness

    • @MrRover30
      @MrRover30 3 года назад +8

      Yup than that PUFFY “SNAKE” COMBS got him and than you know the rest!

    • @veidtgothzalez585
      @veidtgothzalez585 Год назад +4

      Me at 17: sending risky texts on people's DM's and deleting the message later on knowing full well they've already saw it.

    • @Mark-pb4dn
      @Mark-pb4dn 4 месяца назад

      it's rehearsed though

  • @marcotrinchini4615
    @marcotrinchini4615 3 года назад +700

    Tremendously talented. I don't think many people realize how truly difficult that is to do. A mic and a brain. Incredible.

    • @GetUpFalcon
      @GetUpFalcon 3 года назад +18

      I agree. Even on something like a 4 track demo, great artists pack all the magic into it. Studio isn’t necessary for them.

    • @beatsbygoldie2383
      @beatsbygoldie2383 2 года назад +10

      This was written

    • @avarmauk
      @avarmauk 2 года назад +6

      Voice too. Biggie just had so much bass which added to the impact of his raps

    • @Ismael-kc3ry
      @Ismael-kc3ry 2 года назад

      Pretty sure everyone knows. Take 5 seconds to try it on your own and you realize you can’t freestyle for shit

    • @pradabears
      @pradabears 2 года назад +2

      @@beatsbygoldie2383 So what

  • @hans-jurgenmuller9148
    @hans-jurgenmuller9148 3 года назад +243

    The background story: The dude who runs away has freestyled for about 30 minutes beforehand. Biggy celebrated him and asked him again and again if he could have the microphone. But the dude kept laughing at him. Maybe because of his appearance. But he didn't know that one of the greatest rappers in history was standing next to him, and you know the rest. Greetings from Berlin

    • @griffenatekevinbacon
      @griffenatekevinbacon 3 года назад +4

      Thats not the story.

    • @hans-jurgenmuller9148
      @hans-jurgenmuller9148 3 года назад +43

      @@griffenatekevinbacon There was a video here on RUclips (about 7/8 years ago), about 45 minutes long, of the whole party. Unfortunately, I can no longer find it. And I'm telling you, that's the story.

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 3 года назад +1

      Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1

    • @fakeicrimaxgalatasaray5410
      @fakeicrimaxgalatasaray5410 3 года назад +3

      So geil wie der abzieht am Ende und Biggie nicht von ihm ablassen will wie ein tollwütiger Hund.

    • @hans-jurgenmuller9148
      @hans-jurgenmuller9148 3 года назад +2

      @@fakeicrimaxgalatasaray5410 Er hat ihn vorher aber auch hart erniedrigt, man achte auch auf die Menschen im Hintergrund ;), besonders auf die Lady mit dem Chanel Shirt

  • @Touchofvegansoul
    @Touchofvegansoul 11 лет назад +1812

    Biggie was destined for greatness. Take a look at him at 17 in Brooklyn.

    • @hariseldon3611
      @hariseldon3611 5 лет назад +6

      Renee' Thomas-Hartwell meh

    • @MrVarunparmar
      @MrVarunparmar 5 лет назад +1

      The title is wrong the place is Brooklyn

    • @seanbeats7499
      @seanbeats7499 5 лет назад +4

      @@MrVarunparmar brooklyn is in bedstuy

    • @macman975
      @macman975 5 лет назад +6

      Bedford-Stuyvesant is in Brooklyn.

    • @augustusmaximus2048
      @augustusmaximus2048 5 лет назад +3

      I don't Know why, but i think bedstuy is in Brooklyn

  • @KazzyOfficial
    @KazzyOfficial 5 лет назад +776

    Thank you RUclips for recommending this.

    • @q_e
      @q_e 5 лет назад

      for sure

    • @PLK123
      @PLK123 4 года назад

      🐝

    • @donofbrooklyn
      @donofbrooklyn 4 года назад

      YT recommending only shit for me.

    • @WyWid
      @WyWid 4 года назад +1

      You probably think big freestyled this 13 years ago

    • @kimjongun108
      @kimjongun108 4 года назад

      Yeah

  • @FretFreak02
    @FretFreak02 4 года назад +319

    I’m always amazed by how easy BIG made it look; he’s just floating left, right and centre through the beat, making it look easy. What a goddamn amazing rapper he was.

  • @somedude6683
    @somedude6683 3 года назад +45

    It's truly mind boggling the incredible gifted talent that Biggie had when he spat out improvised words that rhymed and with an evenly matching rhythm. Biggie's rapping was so incredible, that all he needed was someone to beatbox and his rapping would carry the beats into a world of imagination. In my opinion, Biggie was to rapping what Michael Jackson was to dancing.

  • @2bored4life
    @2bored4life 5 лет назад +635

    Shortly after walking away demolished from his freestyle battle with Biggie, Marvin went home and started contemplating Biggy's murder.

    • @ryanelkadi3196
      @ryanelkadi3196 5 лет назад +66

      How did he contemplate Biggie’s murder if he was already buried?

    • @ryanelkadi3196
      @ryanelkadi3196 5 лет назад +16

      Marvin Allenspach can’t u take a joke?

    • @ryanelkadi3196
      @ryanelkadi3196 5 лет назад

      Marvin Allenspach my bad

    • @cameronsaunders8356
      @cameronsaunders8356 5 лет назад +1

      @@ryanelkadi3196 Best shout I've heard in awhile! Took me month like but great joke....gonna contemplate that idea.. .

    • @Docfly62
      @Docfly62 4 года назад +1

      LOL...But I'm thinking, after Marvin walked away dejected, he went home and filled out that application for the post office job....got the job and is currently living a nice peaceful life :-)

  • @Snapster416
    @Snapster416 5 лет назад +2758

    17 he looks like a 50 year old Nigerian man

    • @tyronepomdale1830
      @tyronepomdale1830 5 лет назад +189

      He was a big guy I met him in 95

    • @asapbrickston
      @asapbrickston 5 лет назад +6

      😂😂😂🥱

    • @elvinyolchiyev9894
      @elvinyolchiyev9894 5 лет назад +81

      @@tyronepomdale1830 u met the GOAT respect playa!!

    • @polterpup4440
      @polterpup4440 4 года назад +35

      @@tyronepomdale1830 can you tell us about your interaction with him?

    • @alriyaad
      @alriyaad 4 года назад +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @isaacbloch396
    @isaacbloch396 4 года назад +356

    Seventeen yrs old that is insane. Genius level lyrical talent

    • @lam7461
      @lam7461 2 года назад +1

      @@paulmcgrath6118 do it then

  • @kronpineda7311
    @kronpineda7311 3 года назад +65

    He isn't fat
    He just ate his competition.

  • @andrewbryton2936
    @andrewbryton2936 4 года назад +918

    Yes it's me, the B.I.G
    Competition ripper ever since 13
    Used to steal clothes was considered a thief
    Until I started hustlin' on Fulton Street
    Makin' loot, knockin' boots on the regular
    Pass the microphone I'm the perfect competitor
    Jewels and all that, my clothes is all that
    Chumps steppin' to me, that's where they took a FALL at!
    B.I.G. without burner, that's unheard of
    I stay close to mine like Tina on Turner
    Quick to smother, a punk motherfucker
    Undercover, word to mother, I'm above ya
    And I love ya, cause you're a sweet bitch
    A crazy crab, the type to make my dick itch
    I flow looser than Luther, words ya get used ta
    B.I.G. is a born trooper
    Like ice cream I scoop ya, my music you wanna get loose ta
    Stay pimp, and I'm not a booster
    So what'cha got to say? This mackin' word is bond
    There's no other assumption, I got it going on
    I'm not conceited, my friends tell me this
    Even my mother, be noddin' her head to this
    Makes her proud to see her one son get loud
    Flip on a sucker, and bow to the crowd
    Drink a little Hennessy, smoke a blunt or 2 or 3 or 4

  • @AntonioStockton
    @AntonioStockton 11 лет назад +3965

    at 17 though. All these youtube rappers saying "I'm a 16 year old rapper, I'm a 17 year old rapper check me out" guess what... stop it

    • @marselmusic
      @marselmusic 5 лет назад +46

      preach!

    • @SuddenHaiku
      @SuddenHaiku 5 лет назад +80

      (Michael jordan Voice)
      Stop it -- Get some help

    • @CiaoChowChao
      @CiaoChowChao 5 лет назад +7

      Big fucking facts lmaooooo

    • @macman975
      @macman975 5 лет назад +141

      To be fair if RUclips was floating around back in the day then Biggie may well have a channel saying 'i'm a 17 year old rapper, check me out'

    • @AKSatMusic
      @AKSatMusic 5 лет назад +163

      I mean a lot of em are wack but you've got actual talented people as well who you just ignore. everyone starts somewhere, you can't blame em for promoting themselves.

  • @Ragzzy-R
    @Ragzzy-R 4 года назад +90

    lets all take a moment to salute the guy who carried a big ass camcorder that day and recorded this masterpiece.

  • @mcabros
    @mcabros 4 года назад +23

    everything. the neighborhood, the shirt, the quality of the PA... an iconic vibe.

  • @solo636
    @solo636 4 года назад +98

    Wow, the presence, charisma and the crowd control at 17. One of the greatest of all time for sure

  • @JTD472
    @JTD472 5 лет назад +4953

    I miss when rappers were on beat and actually had flow

    • @kvonmenifee1863
      @kvonmenifee1863 5 лет назад +304

      A lot still do you’re just brainwashed and only listen to the mainstream

    • @sethpio7574
      @sethpio7574 5 лет назад +275

      @@kvonmenifee1863 i hate people who go "rappers dont even rap on beat anymore" like who are u listening to?

    • @kvonmenifee1863
      @kvonmenifee1863 5 лет назад +112

      @seth pio Jcole, Kendrick, Drake, Logic, Joyner lucas, Deca, Ybn cordae, Anderson paak, J.I.D, 6lack, Tory lanez, chance the rapper, a boogie, boogie, Vince Staples, Joey badass, and more but they might be people y’all don’t know🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @sethpio7574
      @sethpio7574 5 лет назад +52

      @@kvonmenifee1863 anderson paak rarely raps but he's still really good. You missed tyler the creator and childish gambino they're all good rappers that have excellent flow and raps on beat.

    • @stevencccccc
      @stevencccccc 5 лет назад +7

      JTD472 tech n9ne says hello

  • @fearlesssoul9408
    @fearlesssoul9408 5 лет назад +208

    0:41 God bless who filmed this piece of art

    • @Unknown-kd3ri
      @Unknown-kd3ri 4 года назад

      An experience

    • @snakeeyes5432
      @snakeeyes5432 4 года назад

      Peice of shit not art or fart

    • @apachexprime4768
      @apachexprime4768 4 года назад +2

      snake eyes can u do any better? Probably not dawg

    • @aboveaero
      @aboveaero 4 года назад +3

      snake eyes Shut yo bitch ass up

  • @vieetng
    @vieetng 3 года назад +6

    Another year, another mill viewers blessed with this legend in their timeline

  • @SEEtheREPLAY
    @SEEtheREPLAY 5 лет назад +84

    Love that guy with the glass looking at BIG. Knowing he’s witnessing greatness

  • @suatkayatennis
    @suatkayatennis 5 лет назад +148

    Who ever recorded this, you didnt now what history Biggie created that day,thanks thanks ❤.

  • @AntonyC83
    @AntonyC83 5 лет назад +14

    Whoever recorded this video should receive a medal for this. This is amazing.

  • @monogee
    @monogee 3 года назад +83

    "I'm not conceited, my friends tell me this
    , Even my mother - be noddin her head to this." - Dat line was cold right there. :)

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 3 года назад +3

      I wouldn't have been able to use that word at 17. And he's just throwing it into a rhyme like it's nothing

  • @arseszarandi5622
    @arseszarandi5622 4 года назад +67

    Just look at the crowd in the back.. ahhh good old golden era days... REAL HIP HOP!

  • @ogs1mpson609
    @ogs1mpson609 5 лет назад +932

    This was the moment Tyrone Biggums gave up on his rap career and became a crackhead.

    • @anitabonghit7606
      @anitabonghit7606 5 лет назад +14

      Funniest comment here

    • @ogs1mpson609
      @ogs1mpson609 5 лет назад +49

      Anita Bonghit “Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin cast the first rock, and I shall smoketh it.” - T. Biggums

    • @ShubhamMishrabro
      @ShubhamMishrabro 5 лет назад +2

      @@anitabonghit7606 are you Indian and njpw fan

    • @쭌-d5d
      @쭌-d5d 5 лет назад +4

      Redballs😳

    • @BobBobOnYouTube
      @BobBobOnYouTube 4 года назад +5

      And then started a rap career, going by the name lil Baby.

  • @yuvithedope
    @yuvithedope Год назад +9

    Man he is so talented his lyrics and flows are amazing. R.i.P notorious big.

  • @joeboyle8177
    @joeboyle8177 Год назад +1

    I keep coming back and watch this specific video over years now I miss nyc

  • @Jandos47
    @Jandos47 4 года назад +945

    It’s crazy he doesn’t look like he’s real or he was even apart of our world

    • @smith1008
      @smith1008 4 года назад +18

      Iconic look

    • @aricmonita2207
      @aricmonita2207 4 года назад +15

      What?

    • @smith1008
      @smith1008 4 года назад +33

      @@aricmonita2207 I mean biggie has a unique look and looks like he is an icon

    • @aricmonita2207
      @aricmonita2207 4 года назад +91

      @@smith1008 biggie looks like every other fat dude in the street nothing about him sets him apart besides his musical talent

    • @smith1008
      @smith1008 4 года назад +10

      @@aricmonita2207 yea but how many other rappers look like him, I can only think of big pun whos kinda similar bcos they both fat

  • @SuperBlackted
    @SuperBlackted 4 года назад +14

    That voice, that style!!!! Just brilliant.

  • @ryanh2479
    @ryanh2479 4 года назад +311

    At that very spot in BK today, a gentrifying hipster is eating artisinal small batch ice cream.

    • @rayseva1278
      @rayseva1278 4 года назад +21

      While jammin' to BTS

    • @WizardBallz
      @WizardBallz 4 года назад +21

      So true ..probably crying out getting ice cream stuck on his handlebar moustache

    • @friedrice69
      @friedrice69 4 года назад +4

      And listening to Lil (insert name)

    • @youngfunny1824
      @youngfunny1824 4 года назад

      You're most likely right. The crazy thing is that spot looks so familiar to me, like I feel like I grew up walking past that corner store before even thought this is before my time. I probably have and don't know it.

    • @deshawnwilkins
      @deshawnwilkins 4 года назад +7

      but down the block the have a Mural of biggie near a pizza shop so at least they pay respect to one of the greatest

  • @annawalsh8880
    @annawalsh8880 Год назад +8

    Wow Biggie was slaying at 17. The people watching knew they were witnessing greatness. R. I. P Biggie.

  • @harris2284
    @harris2284 5 лет назад +1526

    He sounded like he had a very deep voice for his age.

    • @rordongamsay932
      @rordongamsay932 5 лет назад +5

      You right

    • @Musaaaa653
      @Musaaaa653 5 лет назад +53

      he was very tall

    • @StephXX3
      @StephXX3 5 лет назад +98

      He had to grow up really young

    • @wyatt5167
      @wyatt5167 5 лет назад +11

      @@StephXX3 ?

    • @macrons593
      @macrons593 5 лет назад +18

      Bruh i had the same deep voice since like 15

  • @eatonmess9040
    @eatonmess9040 11 лет назад +78

    love how that guy knew there was no coming bk so he just walk off

  • @ractacsquad
    @ractacsquad 5 лет назад +317

    Biggie "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

  • @mothersuperior7942
    @mothersuperior7942 2 года назад +9

    One thing that's lost with time is the fact that rappers were not rhyming like this in 1989-1990. This was so far ahead of the game it was unreal.

  • @crooks8382
    @crooks8382 5 лет назад +559

    Biggie was my uncles brother cousins little nephews step sisters son.

  • @folumb
    @folumb 2 года назад +18

    This freestyle would still destroy most people today several eras later

  • @thelead1565
    @thelead1565 4 года назад +47

    1:36 Big’s competitor was the first person to say “aight i’ma head out.” #themoreyouknow

  • @dean759
    @dean759 Год назад +3

    Have to come back here from time to time to remind myself how good music was before my time

  • @trifeloco
    @trifeloco 4 года назад +18

    Freestyling in itself is a craft. There have been many great writers out there but the ability to freestyle off the top and sound just as good is what truly shows your talent.

    • @jhanks2012
      @jhanks2012 2 года назад +1

      you can tell these were writtens, at least for the most part. freestyle does not mean off the top

    • @trifeloco
      @trifeloco 2 года назад +1

      @@jhanks2012 I agree with what you said about the video, yes it sounds like it was written and memorized. And in rap culture it can mean both. Look it up. I grew up in NY during the golden era, I know well what I'm talking about lol.

  • @gabbamoore8549
    @gabbamoore8549 4 года назад +12

    This is better then the top charts currently!

  • @MichaelDavis-zf6nt
    @MichaelDavis-zf6nt 4 года назад +19

    Damn dude. I don't know how anybody can't just love his lyrical prowess, flow and delivery. It sucks these talented artist were taken so soon. Himself, Tupac and many others.

  • @sickpicasso9563
    @sickpicasso9563 2 года назад +2

    This pronounciation, this Flow, how he said this words and with what a accentuation makes him one of the greatest

  • @drzpapi413
    @drzpapi413 4 года назад +15

    Who else got the chills man? RIP to a real one.

  • @kartikkalia01
    @kartikkalia01 5 лет назад +34

    1:00 that guy in right is enjoying it to fullest

  • @Nilafila76
    @Nilafila76 4 года назад +12

    HAAAAAHAAHA the dude battlin him just walked away at the end, did ya'll see that?!!

  • @salzeda6295
    @salzeda6295 Год назад +12

    I could spend an entire lifetime figuring out how to rap and I'd still be nowhere in the same galaxy as 17 y/o Biggie. Literal once in a generation talent. RIP.

  • @frootneinger2291
    @frootneinger2291 5 лет назад +117

    Biggie made the other guy reevaluate his whole life, Legend is he found a good woman settled down and had 2 kids after this.

  • @NoName-jb4tl
    @NoName-jb4tl 4 года назад +18

    No autotune... No mumble... Just pure talent.

  • @chizuru6921
    @chizuru6921 4 года назад +23

    Imagine the people who went to get groceries and got to hear this.

  • @chiganuggoo9929
    @chiganuggoo9929 3 года назад +1

    The guy with the glasses watching BIG sums up how I am watching this video....concentrating on every word, cracking up laughing at some of the insane disses and clapping in appreciation of just how awesome this was.

  • @john-carlosynostroza
    @john-carlosynostroza 5 лет назад +5

    Amongst other epic talents... His timbre... That's my favorite thing about Biggie's flow.

  • @andreramos148
    @andreramos148 5 лет назад +8

    RUclips is awsome for recommending this

  • @ohenry2
    @ohenry2 4 года назад +11

    "Call the Coroner"👌👍💯😂😂😂😂 Big on his ass!!!

  • @cmontalvo194
    @cmontalvo194 3 года назад +7

    I could almost drop a tear on how effortless BIG ended that mans career. It ended right there that day on that Bedstuy street corner! It’s been over 20 years and your still the King of NY 👑 RIP TO THE NOTORIOUS 🙏🏾🐐

  • @juje10
    @juje10 4 года назад +4

    I am from Argentina in a small town and even then no cable or tv somehow his music got on the radio and everithing changed, did not know English how crazy rap was in my blood stream. Big epic

    • @micheledibenedetto7780
      @micheledibenedetto7780 4 года назад

      From London England; nice to have you with us you’ve lots to enjoy and explore Hermano

  • @Regan4491
    @Regan4491 5 лет назад +25

    Some people are born to do certain things. Music is in his veins

  • @junsol2473
    @junsol2473 5 лет назад +20

    Damn. He killed it. Never knew he could freestyle like that.

  • @Luna-ii4mx
    @Luna-ii4mx 2 года назад +1

    Thank god someone filmed it

  • @drolby155
    @drolby155 4 года назад +4

    RUclips waited 12 years to start recommending this video

    • @yungzux9809
      @yungzux9809 4 года назад

      Nah this video used to show up all the time in early 2000s

    • @yungzux9809
      @yungzux9809 4 года назад

      Literally when youtube first started this would pop on recommended if u listened to rap ... so consider yourself lucky to experience a bit of OG youtube when creatives would get recommended too

  • @macrons593
    @macrons593 5 лет назад +97

    2007 vid of 1989 events with 54 minute old comments in 2019.
    *NICE*

  • @ketivski348
    @ketivski348 5 лет назад +4

    Good big man.
    I love his rap. I grow up with his rap and will always listen to it.
    Thanks Biggie

  • @norfside5144
    @norfside5144 2 года назад +1

    thanks to the youtube algorithm for recommending this again

  • @neem2048
    @neem2048 4 года назад +8

    He doesn’t even sound like he’s freestyling
    That’s how good he is

    • @waynewayne8419
      @waynewayne8419 4 года назад

      @Threehundredpages Pages and you would know this how?

    • @waynewayne8419
      @waynewayne8419 4 года назад

      @Threehundredpages Pages ahh people in the industry have told you. So you don’t even rap do you haha. Don’t talk about what you don’t know or understand, it’s really not wise.

    • @waynewayne8419
      @waynewayne8419 4 года назад

      @Threehundredpages Pages so what is it, the industry rap guys are the ones telling you are you’re a rapper? Seems to me like it’s neither. Dear sir please get educated.

  • @J_UrsaTcg
    @J_UrsaTcg 11 лет назад +110

    That my friends is the G.O.A.T

    • @j.scottcaudill7543
      @j.scottcaudill7543 5 лет назад +1

      Naw...I didn't see Pac anywhere in this video so you must be mistaken
      Pac=🐐

    • @someonesgottodoit
      @someonesgottodoit 5 лет назад +5

      @@j.scottcaudill7543 pac was good but he's flow was no where near as good as biggie and couldn't freestyle as well as biggie either there a vid on RUclips of both of them somewhere freestyling and pac struggles so biggie just keeps going lol.

    • @elvinyolchiyev9894
      @elvinyolchiyev9894 5 лет назад

      @@j.scottcaudill7543 Biggie izda goat.........learn Rap npt believin hypocrit shit that Pac said....most contradictory rapper of all time

  • @gato0082
    @gato0082 4 года назад +4

    His voice is the same live /natural.... ❣️👌❣️

  • @derricksargent9980
    @derricksargent9980 2 года назад +2

    Happy 50th, Biggie. Rest easy 🙏🏿

  • @ItsMayzo
    @ItsMayzo 4 года назад +268

    Biggie wasn't fat, he was just B.I.G.

    • @ridhajouini8885
      @ridhajouini8885 4 года назад +4

      or F.A.T :)

    • @kaymiankillerbee8994
      @kaymiankillerbee8994 4 года назад +2

      Best in the game.

    • @SAINTxSZN
      @SAINTxSZN 4 года назад

      @@ridhajouini8885 Your life is depressing I bet :)

    • @SAINTxSZN
      @SAINTxSZN 4 года назад

      @Snowy_ lucie Look at his videos lol worst haircut designs ever lmao

    • @poorslowkey4061
      @poorslowkey4061 3 года назад

      @@SAINTxSZN ur correct lol he has the worse portrait designs ever

  • @KingDanny9
    @KingDanny9 5 лет назад +6

    In 2019, this song is better then anything that dropped this year

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 4 года назад +7

    That flow is unmistakable

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 3 года назад +1

      "my slow flow is remarkabowl" he knew how to bend words at an elite level too.

  • @demi12342002
    @demi12342002 Год назад +1

    This is my alarm clock theme for past 20 years!

  • @KingDanny9
    @KingDanny9 5 лет назад +16

    LMAOOOOOOO the guy walked off, he knew he couldn't beat Biggie

  • @gaivoron
    @gaivoron 5 лет назад +4

    Damn imaging just being there, listening to it live. Not knowing he will blow up in few years. Damn.

  • @kingape1572
    @kingape1572 4 года назад +33

    The best bit is when the guy he is battling just walks off he knows he has had enough.

  • @shashankbajpai1328
    @shashankbajpai1328 2 года назад +2

    Man i love biggies voice, the heaviness of his voice suits his personality and carries his tone of "the gangster" really well in his raps.

  • @charlieg4732
    @charlieg4732 5 лет назад +6

    Smh legendary and this was before he made it big you knew he was special after hearing this made it look to easy .....RIP BIG

  • @holiday07
    @holiday07 3 года назад +4

    This is what kids all over the world nowadays are still imitating after 30 years. What a legend!

  • @stoffie9521
    @stoffie9521 3 года назад +3

    In case anyone's wondering, this is from a documentary called Freestyle: the art of rhyme. Highly recommend

  • @lonnieyoung3019
    @lonnieyoung3019 2 года назад +2

    Sad thing about this footage this gifted artist didn't live but 7 years after video..man he had that delivery miss you KING OF NEW YORK

  • @thomasmitchell1408
    @thomasmitchell1408 5 лет назад +4

    That right there better than all rap out today.

  • @boblazar9720
    @boblazar9720 3 года назад +8

    He literally just walked that dude off the block with his rhymes.

  • @Showtimee1000
    @Showtimee1000 5 лет назад +26

    *hears biggies voice*
    My hairs: alright bois time for a standing ovation

  • @TheZigzach
    @TheZigzach 3 года назад +1

    The guy in the white t and glasses starring at Big mesmerized by his flow is my favorite part of this video.