It's songs like "Juicy" that take the Notorious B.I.G. Suddenly it was cars, girls, and cash like he'd never seen. It was a time when everybody was not too sure if the public was going to get it."īut the public did get it, proving Puffy's marketing smarts if not his great intentions.
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Biggie says it in the lyrics of 'Juicy': If it didn't work out, he was going to go back to slinging crack on the street. That, 'I don't know if I can succeed,' was driving Puffy," says "Prince" Charles Alexander. Big was like, 'Yo, this guy is trying to make me an opera singer,'" says Poke, one of the producers on "Juicy." ( Source) But he agreed to Puffy's vision because he wanted to make a buck, and he eventually had to accept that this was the way. But Puff knew at the time radio wasn't into that gangsta rap stuff. Initially, Christopher Wallace wasn't at all eager to make these sorts of songs. Biggie's hardcore feel is present in his lyrics, but these lighter-fare songs came to define the pop music of the 1990s. Biggie's most well-known songs-"Hypnotize," "Big Poppa," or "Juicy," for example-follow a formula that mixes smooth rap with catchy hooks and danceable productions. Although Biggie wanted to do hard, gangsta-type rap over the whole album, Puffy pushed him to make radio-friendly tracks that would bring big money into the picture.
Puffy wasn't a star producer, but he was a star businessman: His vision for the Notorious B.I.G. When Puffy left Uptown, so did Biggie-Puffy's new record label, Bad Boy, would become the venue for the Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album. The two connected, and Biggie came under Puff's wing at Uptown. After Biggie appeared on a Source magazine "Unsigned Hype" demo (having finally agreed to do a demo), Puffy reached out to find out more about Biggie. When Sean "Puffy" Combs discovered Biggie, Puffy was an employee at Uptown Records. At the same time, Biggie sometimes turned down opportunities: "He would say things like, 'Oh, this guy want me to make a demo-I gotta eat.'" ( Source) He didn't really foresee a life of fame and fortune. "Guys would come around, and they wanted to rhyme when they saw Big come around, they didn't wanna touch that mic," said an old friend, recalling the days of street ciphers long before Biggie Smalls was on a record label. He was just a great rapper whose day job was dealing drugs.
was ready to dominate the industry through above-the-table business and serious talent-mongering.īefore he met Sean "Puffy" Combs, Christopher Wallace wasn't a climber. Christopher Wallace was a drug-slinging kid the Notorious B.I.G. "B.I.G." stood for "Business Instead of Game," a moniker that defined Biggie's transition from street hustler to huge star. Notorious B.I.G., on the other hand, was the big show, the production created by Bad Boy Records and Puffy-a whole package, a whole image. Christopher Wallace was the overweight kid who lived most of his life as a young, tough hustler who also rocked Brooklyn street corners and basements with incredible rhymes. is also the story of Christopher Wallace-but the two aren't always identical. A story that he wanted to be told." ( Source) Those are the words of Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.'s mother.Īs his mother and others pointed out, the story of the Notorious B.I.G.
But it was a filthy story, a story that was out there. "My son is a poet, was a poet… Was it filth? Yes, it was filth, some of it was filth.
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