- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Biggie Quotes
Voices remembering an East Coast legend
These quotes trace Biggie's place among rap greats, from artists who grew up on 'Ready to Die' to peers who lived through the East-West rivalry with him. Several Like quotes echo that same admiration.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed in his music, I knew that wasn't lying. I never felt Tupac that way; I never felt Biggie that way. I love Nas music, but I never felt and believed like, 'This is for real.' 'Cause I grew up that gangsta lifestyle.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people don't know that the biggest regret that I have - and it's a biggie - is not fighting harder for policy and very practical measures to support the development of the green jobs industry.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a little bubble of Brooklyn in France! In Stains, I was learning to speak English; I was listening to Biggie Smalls and KRS-One, and so I basically lived the life by proxy. At the same time, I had the same problems and issues they were singing about right next to me, so it was easy to identify with it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
- Hear People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and then Nas and Biggie and so on. But for me, it goes back to the '80s - 1986 to 1989.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first met Big, we were both at a 'Bad Boy' family photo shoot. I was kind of familiar with the name Biggie Smalls, but I really wasn't that much into hip-hop at the time, so I really didn't know that was him. He said he didn't even know I was an artist on 'Bad Boy.'
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jay Z and Biggie and Nas always listened to my direction. They listened and they applied it and I also listened to their opinions and that's why the records came out so good.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody uses skits at all anymore, so it seems like I use a lot. That's how I grew up on tapes. Biggie tapes, Biggie albums would have skits. The Lox would have skits. Mase would have skits. All the dudes I grew up on in Nineties rap would have skits on their projects, just to make you feel like you were right there with them.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone uses grime as a footstool, but imagine Biggie Smalls started doing hip hop, and it started going well, and then he started making RnB: there would be no hip hop!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is some gangsta music I like, like Biggie Smalls - he reminds me of Slick Rick -doing the same thing, but he did it in a really artistic way.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to tell the city that 2Pac passed, and I had to be on the radio early after Biggie passed. Those were awful, emotional.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020