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

Mohican00

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Mar 9, 2011 7:25pm

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dwccrew

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Mar 10, 2011 2:03am

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.

dwccrew

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Mar 10, 2011 2:04am

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”

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silverknights09

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Mar 10, 2011 12:49pm

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....