showed the Grammys who really lost when he earned his first Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No.
Not a year into his career, Biggie earned a Grammy nomination and Billboard Music Award for his second single, “Big Poppa.” One of Biggie’s classics samples “Between the Sheets” by The Isley Brothers.ī.I.G. B.I.G.’s name resonated beyond the hip-hop world with yet another R&B feature. A year after Total’s “Can’t You See,” featuring the rapper, reached the Hot 100 top 15, 112’s “Only You” reached No. Total saw chart success with their first single, same as Biggie.Ĭall it the Biggie touch. Reports say the production cost ran up to $2.7 million - a total that’s acceptable only for a legend.Ī year after making their debut on his first single, “Juicy,” Biggie returned the favor and appeared on Total’s debut single, “Can’t You See.” The trio kept it in the Bad Boy family by recruiting Diddy to lay down the soundscapes. Director Marcus Nispel blends images of Biggie’s “One More Chance” with Diddy running through the streets of 3002 A.D. The nearly eight-minute-long video pays homage to the film The Running Man. and Busta Rhymesĭiddy complemented Biggie’s final verse ever recorded with a theatrical music video. Puff Daddy & The Family featuring The Notorious B.I.G. “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” contains a high-pitched chorus of Edgar Winter’s “Dying to Live” and snippets from interviews with both rappers on which they speak on each other and the infamous West Coast vs. Leave it to Eminem to revive a collaboration with once-friends 2Pac and Biggie. “Get Money,” kicked off by Biggie, was the trio’s biggest hit. featuring The Notorious B.I.G.īiggie was a key factor in introducing his childhood friends, Junior M.A.F.I.A., to the hip-hop scene and rolling out the red carpet for one of hip-hop’s notable female rappers, Lil Kim. “Now I’m in the limelight / Cause I rhyme tight,” Biggie raps. The world got its first taste of Biggie on the Mtume “Juicy Fruit” sample, “Juicy.” On the first single from his debut album Ready to Die, featuring Total, Biggie walks us through his life from his days dealing drugs to finally becoming the rapper he dreamt of becoming.
Diddy shouts out the fine things in the West: “weather, women and the weed.” didn’t let his infamous rap feud with Pac and Suge Knight stop him from showing love to the West Coast. Producer Jazze Pha put a spin on Biggie’s bars from the Life After Death track “Nasty Boy,” and recruited an all-star cast including Jagged Edge, Diddy, Avery Storm and Nelly.ī.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, & Avery Stormīiggie’s most recent hit comes from his posthumous remix/studio album, Duets: The Final Chapter. You can find this track on the compilation album One Million Strong. Unfortunately, due to the negative criticism surrounding gangsta rap that followed through their feud, the collaboration was shelved until a year later. East Coast rivalry, the rappers recorded this rare studio collaboration (see above). “Stop the Gunfight” is one of two songs on the similarly titled album that features both rappers.ĢPac, The Notorious B.I.G., Dramacydal & Stretchīefore the highly publicized West Coast vs. Although it’s weird that a violence-awareness song features both rappers rhyming about drugs and bullets, the track charted on the Hot 100. When lacing an album with messages that bring awareness to a community’s violence, Trapp decided to borrow 2pac and Biggie’s verses from their collaborative song recorded four years prior. Trapp featuring 2pac, The Notorious B.I.G. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. Songs are ranked using an inverse point system, with weeks at No. In addition to the chart love earned by his two studio albums ( Ready to Die and Life After Death), he also helped launch the careers of other artists including 112, Total, Lil Kim and Junior M.A.F.I.A.Īs we remember his sad passing, Billboard is celebrating his life’s work by counting down Biggie’s top 15 singles based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart. And Biggie not only left a mark on fans and fellow hip-hop artists, but also on the Billboard charts. You can hear his influence on every other rapper in the game. March 9, 1997, was the date of The Notorious B.I.G.‘s untimely death, but the celebrated MC continues to live on through his music.
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