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March 9th, 1997: The Notorious B.I.G. shot to death

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Mohican00

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Mar 10, 2011 12:25 AM
This thread deserves more videos...

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Mar 9, 2011 7:25pm
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dwccrew

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Mar 10, 2011 7:03 AM
I am surprised that some people were not impressed with Biggie's delivery. His ability to deliver and stress syllables in words that usually aren't stressed and make it work have never been matched. His flow is unmatched. His lyrics are second to none. He is the greatest in my mind, no question.
Mar 10, 2011 2:03am
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Mar 10, 2011 7:04 AM
His wiki page quotes a Time Magazine article that says it better than I can,
Time magazine wrote Wallace rapped with an ability to "make multi-syllabic rhymes sound... smooth",[22] while Krims describes Wallace's rhythmic style as "effusive".[64] Before starting a verse, Wallace sometimes used onomatopoeic vocables to "warm up" (for example "uhhh" at the beginning of "Hypnotize" and "Big Poppa" and "whaat" after certain rhymes in songs such as "My Downfall").[65]

Lateef of Latyrx notes that Wallace had, “intense and complex flows”,[66] Fredro Starr of Onyx says, “Biggie was a master of the flow”,[67] and Bishop Lamont states that Wallace mastered “all the hemispheres of the music”.[68] “Notorious B.I.G. also often used the single-line rhyme scheme to add variety and interest to his flow”
Mar 10, 2011 2:04am
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silverknights09

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Mar 10, 2011 5:49 PM
I might put Nas or Rakim above him but it's close. I can't even imagine how much great music we missed out on between him, Tupac, Big L, and Big Pun....
Mar 10, 2011 12:49pm
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SportsAndLady

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Mar 10, 2011 11:03 PM
Mar 10, 2011 6:03pm
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CinciX12

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Mar 10, 2011 11:06 PM
O-Trap;705089 wrote:I could never get into his delivery, but lyrically, he's in a league of few.

Sums up my opinion very well too.
Mar 10, 2011 6:06pm
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Early Cuyler

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Mar 10, 2011 11:51 PM
SportsAndLady;706742 wrote:

Fixed it for ya
Mar 10, 2011 6:51pm