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Patreon Exclusive: Dad Reacts to Biggie - Juicy

🕑 Added 2024-12-21 03:34:05 +0000 UTC

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Rob

Jayz has a song called "it was all a dream where he raps about having a conversation with biggie in his dream after biggie dies . And saves the last verse for biggie where he raps his verse off this song . Very cleverly done. Great song !

Check Mate

"Baby, baby" RIP

Mats Nesset

Listen to «Best I Can» from Busta Rhymes. The way it’s put together is truky unique and I think your dad will enjoy that :)

Felicia Wiggins

AND that was his real mom in video smiling every time his face was up in The Source! 😍

Felicia Wiggins

I was 🏃🏾‍♀️ here to say the SAME THING! Perfectly said 👏🏾 Every reminiscing reference was immediately available to those of us who lived it including the Mtume sample which evoked classic 'feel-good' feelings kinda like Frankie Beverly. Like Hypnotize, the song was new but the beat sample was instantly familiar so we loved it immediately before we were even sure why! So the nostalgic lyrics combined with classic beat = slam dunk/instant earworm!! ❤️

Sheivon Jackson

Just some quick hip hop history. The blond hair lady with the braids holding the baby in the video is Misa Hilton. She was just starting out as a fashion buyer/designer and created styles for Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Total, Mary J Blige and Jodeci. She is also known as Diddy's first baby mother and the child she is holding is Diddy's first son Justin Combs.

Precious

Fav verse 🎶”Birthdays was the worst days. Now we sip Champagne when we thirsty Uh, damn right, I like the life I live. Cause I went from negative to positive” Such a great song! The celebratory energy, iconic lines, culture references, the Mtume ‘Juicy Juice’ sample…I understand Dads perspective as the bar has been set very high for him pertaining to Biggie. You have to check out Faith Evans…Biggies widow and fantastic RB artist. Hope you feel better soon 🙏🏾

Robin

Good review as usual. I hope you get well soon!

Tnulb

My favorite lines: -"Remember Rappin Duke, du ha, du ha? You never thought that hip hop would take it this far" (simple line but so loaded, to me) -"Considered a fool, cause I dropped out of highschool, stereotypes of a black male misunderstood, but it's still all good" I LOVE this line because it's such a powerful statement about rising above, in spite of. It also, speaks to me because I'm big into understanding how black men are sometimes perceived as well as the school to prison pipeline as well as the struggle in general. We're not only taught that the only way to be successful is to go to school, then college etc but sometimes people have to simply survive and unfortunately school doesn't put food on the table. So, being "misunderstood" and being "considered a fool" because one doesn't follow the traditional pathway to "success" is something. Also, back in the day I considered myself somewhat militant and anti-establishment and was really drawn toward music that preached that so this line hit hard for me at the time. Maybe a bit controversial but I listened to Dead Prez "They Schools" a lot when they're album "Let's Get Free" dropped and man, that made me question the school system at the time. I know, I know, long answer to a simple question but by now you all should know my two cents turns into 75 cents really quickly 😂

Tnulb

I made a similar point before reading your comment. I agree 100%. Well said. There are some many dope things he does in Themis track that really hit home for heads who were there during that time to experience those early songs and hip hop culture as a whole. Big does it so brilliantly, like even though he was in Brooklyn and I was in my Midwest town I can literally SEE, feel and remember what he's talking about which makes the track SO special to me personally. It hits home. I mean, I remember listening to the late night hip hop station and sticking paper in the corner of cassettes to dub songs from the radio and reading Word up magazine taping the posters up. Those days were the best and I'm glad I got to experience those times. To see where hip hop has come is WILD. Not even on an "old head" it's not what it used to be vibe even but the global powerhouseand influence it has now from where it started.

Shemekia

Big was an amazing storyteller & 2 songs u guys should check out, "Niggas Bleed" or my favorite "Somebody's Gotta Die" will make u feel like you're there. Thanks❤️

Tnulb

To me "Juicy" is not only a celebration of Biggie and his success but also an ode to hip hop. I feel like he does this brilliant thing where he mirrors his start and trajectory with the genre. Like the line "Remember Rappin Duke, da ha, ha? I never thought that hip hop would take it this far?", referencing Shawn Brown's 1985 song"Rappin Duke", I remember hearing this song when I was about 6 years old and it was the hip hop I was introduced to early, looking back on it now, it's sounds corny and dated but then it was appreciated for what it was but hip hop has come leaps and bounds from those days, the same as he did. Hip Hop: From the slums at house parties to being a world wide appreciated genre...Biggie: From being in a one room shack now his mom pimps an "Ac"(Acura) with minks on her back. I think he is somewhat saying he IS hip hop to a certain extent. From nothing to something. This song is also special because those references like "Rap attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl...red and black lumberjack, with the hat to match...Salt and Peppa and heavy D up in the limousine...these are all references that hip hop heads who were around during those times can literally SEE and remember vividly because we were there and experienced these things. I read Word up magazine and the source, I played tapes sooo much that they broke. This song is a classic for so many reasons, and I'm probably overanalyzing but in in spite of its seemingly simplistic approach, it's so deep. "It was all a dream"...now look at where hip hop is, I can only imagine where Biggie might be today. Here's the link to Rappin Duke btw...hip hop HAS indeed come far: https://youtu.be/ggamiOeA4tM?si=eiIu9MfU1HlTwTjc

Lilspiceboxx f

Yes! Warning is one of my favorite song by Biggie and think dad would enjoy it

Kenysha

I was a Word Up! reader back in the day. Iconic line for me.

Drea Lansiquot

This song “Juicy” put me on to reaaalllly loving hip hop. This song I believe was Biggie’s introduction song to the hip hop industry (for those who didn’t listen to underground rap. In any case, it introduced me to Biggie and the poetic storytelling I love in the genre. Maybe let dad listen to “One more Chance”, I love how he mixed R&B & hip hop, “Respect” ft Diana King which mixed Reggae with hip hop, and maybe “Warning” which is real hard core Biggie. His versatility was something else

Alex Moore

Biggie was always conflicted with doing the poppy songs. He always said that he wanted to be the hardest rapper out, but Diddy said that he needed to have songs that were good for the radio too. That’s why on his albums he’s got a few radio records and then the rest are hard-core hip-hop

will brewer

You guys should react to “Use your heart” by SWV for the next non Christmas related episode you may soon find out the song has a pretty recent relevance in which I won’t spoil

90s Rap Tee

My favorite line is "remember Rappin Duke/the hah the hah/you never thought that hip hop would take it this far"...it's a reference to an early rap novelty record by Rappin Duke who raps like John Wayne and it's really of those times and very basic and funny. Biggie is pointing to his own skills and the huge evolution rap made from those early days.

mahamudsuldan

Beautiful please do - Notorious BIG - Niggas bleed or Hypnotize 🙏🏼

Omari Barton

FYI…That’s his mother in the video. “SPREAD LOVE IT’S THE BROOKLYN WAY” is the most iconic line!! Non debatable.

Tonya G

The "it was all a dream" was driving me crazy because I knew the answer. It is a riff of the line from Dorthy in The Wizard of Oz. Not that he was quoting it, but that is where the idea originated. The more urban reference is from The Wiz. When Dorothy wakes up back in Kansas she realizes it was all a dream... and she says that and then points out all the people in the room that was in the dream

90s Rap Tee

This song is mandatory hip hop knowledge.

Tonya G

Definitely Brooklyn! The line was something we said in NY backk then. The sample is from a group called Mtume song Juicy Fruit. One of my favs is Biggie and Method Man song The What