Tuesday, September 1, 2009
It's been a Minute
I shoot to keep this site updated for for my, ahem, Fans, Fams, and Followers
Been kinda, not feeling 100%- But always cooking in The Lab
Lot more has been made this past week,
I made a commitment to always release some fresh original music
So we're gonna drop some Big L verses. Right now; they're going up to youtube
Unbeliviably; some people may not know Big L?
[wtf?] Well anyway;
Imma put you on right now; below's an excerpt from an article written this feb.
Big L Size em up and Thick:
He was only 24 years old when he died, but by then, he was already a Harlem hip-hop legend.
Those familiar with the East Coast hip-hop scene know that Big L is widely regarded as one of its titans — an originator, one that raised the bar to a level that few have been able to touch since. Although L was one of the most talented rappers in New York, he had nowhere near the fame of household names like Tupac Shakur of the Notorious B.I.G.* The biggest break of his career, a deal with Jay-Z’s Rock-a-Fella record label, was set to happen less than a week after he died.**
Big L’s legendary status is well deserved: in his songs, each syllable connected to one another so well that the whole song became one flowing, charged rope of expression. His rhymes were clever, original, and hilarious; his delivery brimmed with confidence and power that seized you by the windpipe and made you listen. When he shared the mic with a group of fellow rappers, he utterly dominated it – I imagine members of his crew had to draw straws to decide who would have to go after L. Not to mention that L was blessed with having a vocal timbre that seemed made for hip-hop.
To try and do justice to L’s cleverness and flow, I’ve included a few lyrical excerpts below:
I’ll bend a rapper like a fender
I’m slender
But far from tender
Killing niggaz like a Klan member
Breakin’ in cribs with a crow-bar
I wasn’t poor, I was ‘po’
I couldn’t afford the ‘o-r”
I’m so ahead of my time,
My parents haven’t met yet
Rest of the article is here
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