And last weekend i went to a Big Daddy Kane concert. He took a moment to saying peace to all the casualties of the game. He mentioned Pac, Biggie, ODB, Eazy and so on.. But he didn't mention L, so the crowd started yelling "L, L, L" .. And he was like "That's that 'put it on'-kid, right?" We all stood there, completely taken aback at his ignorance.. Then the platinum plus beat dropped and he rapped L's part, and then his own addition to it.. BEST CONCERT EVER!
+paul maxwell literally makes me cringe seeing people comment on artists, like Rae sremmurd, songs saying "this is fire". It's not even fucking rap yet people are so quick to judge. I even hear people saying the drake and meek mills beef is one of the best of all time 😂 like I actually can't take them seriously
This joint.....my homie ran up to me with a walkman.....and said , "YO, Put the headphones on!" any time did that, it was on. I put them on....he looked at me and said, "You ready?" I nodded yeah. He clicked "PLAY" and this track came thru the headphones....I was in shock from all the punchlines....my homey was nodding and smiling like "YEAH!!!" I'm just nodding and jaw dropped .....I immediately said, " AYO Rod.....make me a dub!" True story. Weequahic H.S. Newark NJ 1992
When people say the greatest two rappers were tupac and biggie, I say you niggas forgot about the third one Big L, you can't compare there styles but put it this way, biggie and tupac was in the lime light, then you got Big L who had barely gotten a taste of fame, he didnt get to enjoy it or even progress in it, if Big L would have still been alive no doubt would have been the most mentioned rapper
Big and Pac were GOATs but people always forgetting about Big L and Big Pun. Personally i think Big L and Pun were better then Pac and Biggie but i give Pac more props becuz he was talented at song writing and had such deveristy, from thug songs like Hit em up and to songs like Brenda got a baby, he just has such a range. I love em all but Pac, L and Pun are my top 3.
Yeah, now check this out. Now what we have here is the "yes you may" remix, right? But percee p and my man a.g. ain't here, And i got my man big l in the house, you know what i'm saying? And we swinging shit for '92 [big l] Ah check it out, yo Ayo everywhere i go, brothers know my *****ing name I'm flooring niggas and i only weight a buck and change I gave a lot of black eyes in my extorting days *****ing with me, a lotta niggas was sporting shades I grab the microphone and scar jerks Niggas running up (put me on!) what the *****, is this star search? I'm relieving rappers like sudafed And if the microphone was smoke then big l would be a buddha head Ayo my crew's real smooth like lopez I was rocking mics since niggas was wearing pro keds I only roll with originators Chicks stick to my dick like magnets on refridgerators I'm a crazy mean lyracist Many are in fear of this, yeah, so they stand clear of this And those that refuse the order, big l bruise and slaughter Niggas hear me and take notes like a news reporter I'll bend a rapper like a fender, i'm slender, but far from tender Killing niggas like a klan member You can't touch this, your rhyme's to darn weak, front And i'm a introduce your brains to the concrete I keep hoes satisfied, i'm pushing the fattest ride To take me out, troop, even the baddest try But they fell cause my techniques are liver I'm so deaf i need a hearing aid with an equalizer You tried to hit a home run but you struck out My rhymes were released, i'd like to say peace the ***** out [lord finesse] Check it out, it's the brother you have to hear, stand up, clap, and cheer As far as running mine, ain't nothing happening here Cause i'm on some ruthless shit It ain't over til the fat lady sing? i'm a shoot the ***** I'm swift with this, it's ridiculous to get with this When i kick some shit, i'm a cold flip the script It's all systems go when i start ripping shows I swing and do my thing and i'm coming home with different hoes I got game like genesis When i finish this i can bag any hoe on the premisis I spin into action like a whirlpool Get wilder than a rapist in a catholic all-girls school Cause i'm scoring mine, never kicking boring rhymes I'm living larger than my dick in the morning time I get paid and laid on a good night Me take a loss? that shit don't even look right Brothers couldn't win against me with their hardest tactics I hang 'em and use their ass for target practice If you think you can troop, go recruit your group We can battle for some loot, shit I take you, and plus the rest of your squad Bust your ass and make you all get messanger jobs So write that shit in your column Any rapper who wants beef, mother*****er's got problems I'm out to make changes It's the funky man, you know what my mother*****ing name is
Krs1 was the teacher to lord finnesse. And lord finnesse took big l under his wing after he heard his crew out at a radio event. And big l took alot on board
ABSOLUTELY BEST HIP-HOP EVER MADE = Big L, Biggie, Lord Finesse, Show & AG, Method man, old nas, old mobb deep, group home, Gangstarr and Guru, Wu-tang clan. EAST-SIDE THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!
Lord Finesse is the originator of that punchline style. He straight kills it evrytime he touches the mic! "Finesse frontin/Ya'll know me, i don't stress nuthin/bought your album, that's how I broke the eject button"!-Lord Finesse The Club-Tony Touch/The Piece Maker
[Lord Finesse] Yeah, now check this out Now what we have here is the "Yes You May" remix, right? But Percee P and my man A.G. ain't here And I got my man Big L in the house, you know what I'm saying? And we swinging shit for '92 [Big L] Ah check it out, yo Ayo everywhere that I go, brothers know my fucking name I'm flooring niggas and I only weigh a buck and change I gave a lot of black eyes in my extorting days Fucking with me, a lotta niggas was sporting shades I grab the microphone and scar jerks Niggas running up (Put me on!) What the fuck, is this star search? I'm relieving rappers like Sudafed And if the microphone was smoke then Big L would be a buddha head Aiyo my crew's real smooth like mopeds I was rocking mics since niggas was wearing Pro Keds I only roll with originators Chicks stick to my dick like magnets on refrigerators I'm a crazy mean lyricist Many are in fear of this, yeah, so they stand clear of this And those that refuse the order, Big L bruise and slaughter Niggas hear me and take notes like a news reporter I'll bend a rapper like a fender, I'm slender, but far from tender Killing niggas like a Klan member You can't touch this, your rhyme's too darn weak, front And I'm a introduce your brains to the concrete I keep hoes satisfied, I'm pushing the fattest ride To take me out, troop, even the baddest tried But they failed cause my techniques are liver I'm so def I need a hearing aid with an equalizer You tried to hit a home run but you struck out My rhymes were released, I'd like to say peace the fuck out [Lord Finesse] Check it out, it's the brother you have to hear, stand up, clap, and cheer As far as running mine, ain't nothing happening here Cause I'm on some ruthless shit It ain't over til the fat lady sing? I'm a shoot the bitch I'm swift with this, it's ridiculous to get with this When I kick some shit, I'm a cold flip the script It's all systems go when I start ripping shows I swing and do my thing and I'm coming home with different hoes I got game like Genesis When I finish this I can bag any ho on the premisis I spin into action like a whirlpool Get wilder than a rapist in a Catholic all-girls school Cause I'm scoring mine, never kicking boring rhymes I'm living larger than my dick in the morning time I get paid and laid on a good night Me take a loss? That shit don't even look right Brothers couldn't win against me with their hardest tactics I hang 'em and use their ass for target practice If you think you can troop, go recruit your team or group We can battle for some loot, shit I take you, and plus the rest of your squad Bust your ass and make you all get messanger jobs So write that shit in your column Any rapper who wanna beef, motherfucker's got problems I'm out to make changes It's the Funky Man, you know what my motherfucking name is
After Biggie's death and the fight between Nas and Jay-z for the king of NY, i reckon L took the throne when no one was looking. He's a better rapper than Nas and especially Jay-Z.
Finesse and Big L paved the way for the Harlem style of multi syllable punch line rap. Later picked up by cats like Dipset greats CamRon and Jewelz Santana. These dudes here were mad influential to many more as well.
I had never really listened to Big L before i just always heard he was one of the best lyricist ever. But i randomly heard this verse on SiriusXM and was like damnnnnn
This smashes to powder dust anything niggas think is dope that came out in the last 17 years....and this is crazy!!! 1992 rhymes are still greater than anything in the 2000's. ..new niggaz need bars
@DEADmanwalking367 Tupac was in fact overrated. I don't like rap, but this type of music is acceptable to me because it's not overproduced. Tupac was okay in his early days, but sold out when he signed with Death Row Records claiming to be a West coast thug. That's why he got shot, for being fake. LOL Big L was timeless, and he had the best punchlines and flow I have ever heard.
Basically Big L and Nas are contemporaries - bubbling in '91-'92 and really emerging/releasing songs and albums '93-'95. When did Nas first see/hear Big L? The reason I'm asking is this has a vibe and L's lyric patterns sound a lot like Nas's "One Time 4 Ya Mind" from a few yrs after this, thinking that Nas took some of that vibe from here and similar Big L cameos? Or was L influenced by Nas at all? the iconic verse from Live at the BBQ was 1991. Later L added the little doubletime patterns that Jay-Z was also using that was in the air from diverse sources - G-Rap, Kane, even Fu-Schnickens and Das-Efx, but here he sounds more like Nas's more straightfoward multsyllabic style
Funny thing is I never hear what's-his-name talking about Big l Jim Jones and he's from Lenox Ave 2 I remember hearing Big l and hearing about him in Detroit here you know mixtapes would come through and I don't remember if it was on I think it was on a CD not on a tape and it was underground cuz he wasn't signed yet I used to get a lot of people that would bring me shit that we're all underground artists Detroit in New York and hurt 50 cent a lot of his shit before he became big I'm surprised 50 cent never talks about him either because 50 cent was going hard in 96 but I don't definitely think that 50 cent could wrap like this this man melts over the beat 50 cent does make good songs and lyrics but this guy flows over the beat like natural like the words just don't stop ending like he's got a vocabulary rate in his head he'll never run out of words that's a hell of an MC rest in peace to big l
@kazefin Ransom Badbonez, Jehst, SonnyJim, Taskforce (chester p and farma g), Rhyme Asylum, Respek BA Stig of the Dump Broken English, Foreign Beggars you'll get songs, freestyles and battles with most of these guys check out: Liquid Diction, Black Mags Remix, Cosmic Gypsies, ill Billy, The Secrecy Act, Put the Mic Down and the Wordsmith v Chester P feud (all written songs) check out Chester P's 5 word challenge too! Let me know what you think man
@jtebaize You won't find it in sell out USA. You should check some UK shit, never gets recognition cos of the grime scene in Britain so it'll never be mainstream here, apart from all the shit from America. Taskforce have always produced bangers and Ramson Badbonez is a freestyle genius. Should check out Stig of the Dump too, he was the world battle champ, dunno if he still is tho. Hard to top Big L tho, one of the best yet!
@TeHaCe420 yeah you named the big hitters.. but dont forget brand nubians, main source, eric b & rakim, tribe, black moon, boogie down, de la, kool g rap & dj polo... the list goes on.. im 18 from cali and i know whats up when it comes to, Real Hip-Hop. not sayin the west didnt have any hot joints. but the east was reeaall funky wit it. Agreed, greatest time in Hiphop.
Your'e FIFTEEN years old?!!! LMAO!!!! Money,I was listenin' to both Nas & Big L before you were fuckin' born. Anyone that knows rappin' knows that the're a number of qualitys that make a first rate writer,not just punchlines;I can think of a ton of great punchline emcees,Akinyele,Mad Skills,Chino XL,Ras Kass,Grand Puba,Casual,Redman,,the list goes on...
How can anyone in their right mind say that Big L was better than Nas;they're both two of the best writers of their generation. There was no 'King of New York' in the 90s.Biggie wasn't superior to Nas,Big L,Finesse,G Rap or a gang of other NYC emcees in the 90s--he was dope--but he was also a major focal point of Puffy's mighty PR machine.
And last weekend i went to a Big Daddy Kane concert. He took a moment to saying peace to all the casualties of the game. He mentioned Pac, Biggie, ODB, Eazy and so on.. But he didn't mention L, so the crowd started yelling "L, L, L" .. And he was like "That's that 'put it on'-kid, right?" We all stood there, completely taken aback at his ignorance.. Then the platinum plus beat dropped and he rapped L's part, and then his own addition to it.. BEST CONCERT EVER!
the crowd must've been standing like: "but you have a fucking song with him!"
Kane was always a great performer he knows how to move a crowd, that’s a funny story
THE Symphony. Kool G Rap. Hahahaha
Big daddy Kane what.. illa ghee already finessed it. "Solo Symphony" fuck off really? 🤣
@@dreameatersmma4078 response. Love MMA n My elbows 🤣 Love n respect ♥️
Some of the most skilled cats to ever pick up a mic
+Danny O'Neill WOrd Up! PeacE!
Word bro...cold cats!
Oath. Big l and lord finnesse reached the limits of raps and since then its been a decline.
FACTS
He was only 17/18 on this track damn lol
+paul maxwell Word. Nas dropped one of the dopest verse in history when he was only 17 on Live at the BBQ with Main Source
+paul maxwell literally makes me cringe seeing people comment on artists, like Rae sremmurd, songs saying "this is fire". It's not even fucking rap yet people are so quick to judge. I even hear people saying the drake and meek mills beef is one of the best of all time 😂 like I actually can't take them seriously
+Rico Correction its still rap it just ain't hip hop. Its not rap of good quality however.
+Rico Go listen mc serch's back to the grill. Nas had a fucking monster verse on that track
vaterbob
Heard it. Fucking fire
finesse and big L were like batman and robin when them 2 were in house u known u were in touble
lol i hear ya
***** Naaa not Bird and Magic... Jordan and Pippen
Word
Factz
Big L's first professional appearance. History in the making.
This is what nas was scared to death of he said
The Birth of Big L
Live at the bbq- birth of bad
Hardocore-birth of Redman
@@williammontroy9024 his performance at the apollo. did he perform this?
@@12zaqchaa and original flava can I get open birth of Jay z
Now if only he kept doing this instead of what he did lmao
This joint.....my homie ran up to me with a walkman.....and said , "YO, Put the headphones on!" any time did that, it was on. I put them on....he looked at me and said, "You ready?" I nodded yeah. He clicked "PLAY" and this track came thru the headphones....I was in shock from all the punchlines....my homey was nodding and smiling like "YEAH!!!" I'm just nodding and jaw dropped .....I immediately said, " AYO Rod.....make me a dub!" True story. Weequahic H.S. Newark NJ 1992
When people say the greatest two rappers were tupac and biggie, I say you niggas forgot about the third one Big L, you can't compare there styles but put it this way, biggie and tupac was in the lime light, then you got Big L who had barely gotten a taste of fame, he didnt get to enjoy it or even progress in it, if Big L would have still been alive no doubt would have been the most mentioned rapper
Noah D Amen to that brother!
I call it the five fingers of death:
- Biggie
- Tupac
- Big L
- Nas
- Big Pun
+JakeMCGreen I got the same list but switch 2 pac with wu tang clan
23 Savage amen!!! i felt like if 2pac and BIG had an hiphop offspring.. it was Big L.
Big and Pac were GOATs but people always forgetting about Big L and Big Pun. Personally i think Big L and Pun were better then Pac and Biggie but i give Pac more props becuz he was talented at song writing and had such deveristy, from thug songs like Hit em up and to songs like Brenda got a baby, he just has such a range. I love em all but Pac, L and Pun are my top 3.
He was rhyming like this in 92:o. Big L the King
Big L shows his skill in this track. Real poetic value
Who’s still listening in 2019
RIP Big L greatest of all time
its 2020 and im still listening
Word
2021
without a doubt my man
RIP L , YOU DESERVED WAY MORE
They were ahead of they time...1992 WIT PUNCHLINES LIKE DAT... Amazing
I feel you he was ahead of his time no doubt imma be Jammin this shit till I’m dead 💯
" I'm so def , i need a hearing aid with an equalizer"😦
"Imma introduce your brains to the concrete " killing it, RAP is lame without Lamont, RIP.
Unbelievable how Godlike L's flow and delivery is.
110%
Even the legendary Nas was shook when he heard Big L for the first time on this track. Crazyyyy
Yeah, now check this out.
Now what we have here is the "yes you may" remix, right?
But percee p and my man a.g. ain't here,
And i got my man big l in the house, you know what i'm saying?
And we swinging shit for '92
[big l]
Ah check it out, yo
Ayo everywhere i go, brothers know my *****ing name
I'm flooring niggas and i only weight a buck and change
I gave a lot of black eyes in my extorting days
*****ing with me, a lotta niggas was sporting shades
I grab the microphone and scar jerks
Niggas running up (put me on!) what the *****, is this star search?
I'm relieving rappers like sudafed
And if the microphone was smoke then big l would be a buddha head
Ayo my crew's real smooth like lopez
I was rocking mics since niggas was wearing pro keds
I only roll with originators
Chicks stick to my dick like magnets on refridgerators
I'm a crazy mean lyracist
Many are in fear of this, yeah, so they stand clear of this
And those that refuse the order, big l bruise and slaughter
Niggas hear me and take notes like a news reporter
I'll bend a rapper like a fender, i'm slender, but far from tender
Killing niggas like a klan member
You can't touch this, your rhyme's to darn weak, front
And i'm a introduce your brains to the concrete
I keep hoes satisfied, i'm pushing the fattest ride
To take me out, troop, even the baddest try
But they fell cause my techniques are liver
I'm so deaf i need a hearing aid with an equalizer
You tried to hit a home run but you struck out
My rhymes were released, i'd like to say peace the ***** out
[lord finesse]
Check it out, it's the brother you have to hear, stand up, clap, and cheer
As far as running mine, ain't nothing happening here
Cause i'm on some ruthless shit
It ain't over til the fat lady sing? i'm a shoot the *****
I'm swift with this, it's ridiculous to get with this
When i kick some shit, i'm a cold flip the script
It's all systems go when i start ripping shows
I swing and do my thing and i'm coming home with different hoes
I got game like genesis
When i finish this i can bag any hoe on the premisis
I spin into action like a whirlpool
Get wilder than a rapist in a catholic all-girls school
Cause i'm scoring mine, never kicking boring rhymes
I'm living larger than my dick in the morning time
I get paid and laid on a good night
Me take a loss? that shit don't even look right
Brothers couldn't win against me with their hardest tactics
I hang 'em and use their ass for target practice
If you think you can troop, go recruit your group
We can battle for some loot, shit
I take you, and plus the rest of your squad
Bust your ass and make you all get messanger jobs
So write that shit in your column
Any rapper who wants beef, mother*****er's got problems
I'm out to make changes
It's the funky man, you know what my mother*****ing name is
BIG L REAL UNDEGROUND G one of the greatest for me
I was blown away when I heard Big L rap for the first time on this track. However Lord Finesse is just as good on this joint.
This is the one and only song that I like someone else better then L on a track. No doubt they both killed it but Finesse just sounds so good here.
@@spl2238 FACTS!!
Bros, these 2 are underrated, but finesse is extremely underrated. I have these 2 in my top 5.
Krs1 was the teacher to lord finnesse. And lord finnesse took big l under his wing after he heard his crew out at a radio event. And big l took alot on board
Straight fucking 🔥👏 . . . D.I.T.C. 4EVER! 💯 Big L seriously BODIED this. ☠️ Amazing. 👍👍👍
"Getting wilder than a rapist in a Caltholic all-girl's school" oh my!!!
Big L Rest In Power....most illest and underrated emcee..this cat spit nothin but fire on all his tracks..he is the GOAT..period!
Big L so ahead of his time his ancestors haven't been born yet
Baaawww,look!! I ain't got nothin' to say.👑💐🎤
I swear this is some of the dopest shit I ever heard.
2018 and the rhyme styles and beats and punchlines are STILL ahead of their time. RIP L you are sorely missed
What line is ahead of its time?
@@4lifebloods his flow was
Everything was…
ABSOLUTELY BEST HIP-HOP EVER MADE = Big L, Biggie, Lord Finesse, Show & AG, Method man, old nas, old mobb deep, group home, Gangstarr and Guru, Wu-tang clan. EAST-SIDE THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!
Lord Finesse is the originator of that punchline style. He straight kills it evrytime he touches the mic!
"Finesse frontin/Ya'll know me, i don't stress nuthin/bought your album, that's how I broke the eject button"!-Lord Finesse
The Club-Tony Touch/The Piece Maker
I don't even wanna hear the original version lol #L
Yes you do. Percee P smoked that track
big l was the best rapper of all time thats undisputable
The most hood part of the song is L kicking it off with the " a-check it out yo,ayo!" So fucking classic
Shit Flava
I had to think for a couple of seconds to remember where I heard that. Brooklyn Took It
@@gweah7821 a Jeru/ Prime Classic
[Lord Finesse]
Yeah, now check this out
Now what we have here is the "Yes You May" remix, right?
But Percee P and my man A.G. ain't here
And I got my man Big L in the house, you know what I'm saying?
And we swinging shit for '92
[Big L]
Ah check it out, yo
Ayo everywhere that I go, brothers know my fucking name
I'm flooring niggas and I only weigh a buck and change
I gave a lot of black eyes in my extorting days
Fucking with me, a lotta niggas was sporting shades
I grab the microphone and scar jerks
Niggas running up (Put me on!) What the fuck, is this star search?
I'm relieving rappers like Sudafed
And if the microphone was smoke then Big L would be a buddha head
Aiyo my crew's real smooth like mopeds
I was rocking mics since niggas was wearing Pro Keds
I only roll with originators
Chicks stick to my dick like magnets on refrigerators
I'm a crazy mean lyricist
Many are in fear of this, yeah, so they stand clear of this
And those that refuse the order, Big L bruise and slaughter
Niggas hear me and take notes like a news reporter
I'll bend a rapper like a fender, I'm slender, but far from tender
Killing niggas like a Klan member
You can't touch this, your rhyme's too darn weak, front
And I'm a introduce your brains to the concrete
I keep hoes satisfied, I'm pushing the fattest ride
To take me out, troop, even the baddest tried
But they failed cause my techniques are liver
I'm so def I need a hearing aid with an equalizer
You tried to hit a home run but you struck out
My rhymes were released, I'd like to say peace the fuck out
[Lord Finesse]
Check it out, it's the brother you have to hear, stand up, clap, and cheer
As far as running mine, ain't nothing happening here
Cause I'm on some ruthless shit
It ain't over til the fat lady sing? I'm a shoot the bitch
I'm swift with this, it's ridiculous to get with this
When I kick some shit, I'm a cold flip the script
It's all systems go when I start ripping shows
I swing and do my thing and I'm coming home with different hoes
I got game like Genesis
When I finish this I can bag any ho on the premisis
I spin into action like a whirlpool
Get wilder than a rapist in a Catholic all-girls school
Cause I'm scoring mine, never kicking boring rhymes
I'm living larger than my dick in the morning time
I get paid and laid on a good night
Me take a loss? That shit don't even look right
Brothers couldn't win against me with their hardest tactics
I hang 'em and use their ass for target practice
If you think you can troop, go recruit your team or group
We can battle for some loot, shit
I take you, and plus the rest of your squad
Bust your ass and make you all get messanger jobs
So write that shit in your column
Any rapper who wanna beef, motherfucker's got problems
I'm out to make changes
It's the Funky Man, you know what my motherfucking name is
im so def I need a hearing aid with a equalizer....waaaaaaaaaat!
Love ya L but homie you look like u gon float away in that jacket.
Don't think he needs to worry about floating away where he is
Nah jacket goes hard
you walk around nyc in -12 degrees you would kill for that jacket
Willing to bet it's a Tommy Hilfiger, and like Kmuri said...it goes so fucking hard. Classic 90's swag
stop posting on what you know nothing about.
Its a crime at how underrated L is. He deserves more fans especially for this song
I'm so def I need a hearing aid with an equalizer
Big l was a student of lord finesse
Bro was getting slowly better as he grew older 😭 fuccckkk why did he have to die
That beat was hard
2023? 2 days till 2024
"I KEEP HOES SATISFIED, IM PUSHING THE FATEST RIDE" MAN MAN BIG L RIP. ILL ALWAYS CRUISE WITH YOUR JAMS
Big L the Greatest to ever touch the Mic ...
There's no doubt these two guys were the nicest rappers out in 92'. So ahead of their time...
Lord Finesse the metaphoric KING!!!!!!!!
Big L is still the best mc in 2020
Lord Finesse may be the most underrated/unappreciated MC of all time...he killed it every time
Lord Finesse was mad nice and with the beat too. He one definitely one of my guys of that era.
big L was the best rapper ever, hands down. no disrespect to any other rappers but he was the absolute best
His flow, lyrics is legendary. Damn, hope the human reviving or shit gonna be avaivble.
LMAO pls explain
I don't know how many fights L was in in his life but I guaruntee none of em was over some female
Big L and Lord Finesse = Faboulous, Fantastic, Flows.
where does the "yeah" sample come from?
Jose Ana Mendez grand puba from brand nubian
REQUEST: GMan 2001 (Mad Izm)
👍🏾 RIP Big L
this made big l, withiout this song lord finesse wouldnt have signed him.
After Biggie's death and the fight between Nas and Jay-z for the king of NY, i reckon L took the throne when no one was looking. He's a better rapper than Nas and especially Jay-Z.
Fat Joe’s Book Brought Me Here 💯 For One Of My Favorite And GOAT Rappers. Heavily underrated.
This gotta be one of my favorite rap songs of all time both the rapper and the damn producer killed this shit
It was produced by T-ray, not Finesse
This beat is the shit
Finesse and Big L paved the way for the Harlem style of multi syllable punch line rap. Later picked up by cats like Dipset greats CamRon and Jewelz Santana. These dudes here were mad influential to many more as well.
R.I.P MY MAN BIG L AKA MR MVP
big l looks like Charlemagne tha god on that picture
Smokin'....Ness & L, what a fucking team.
gortex bubble coats
Big L was the best and still is in my opinion... and if he was still alive he would be massive!
I had never really listened to Big L before i just always heard he was one of the best lyricist ever. But i randomly heard this verse on SiriusXM and was like damnnnnn
CLASSICK!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LEGENDARY BIG L!!!!
finesse kill it & hell big l is a beast
One of L's hardest verses.
2 of my favorites they were so filthy with the lyrics flow and especially finesse with the funk
I can't front Mac Miller really knows his hip-hop history.
I'll Bend a Rapper Like a Fender,
Im Slender, But Far From Tender,
Killing Niggaz Like a Clan Member.
This smashes to powder dust anything niggas think is dope that came out in the last 17 years....and this is crazy!!! 1992 rhymes are still greater than anything in the 2000's. ..new niggaz need bars
this is how it was in the 80s and 90s. 2000 rap went down hill
I recorded this song off the college radio station KDU back in 92!!
💎
Best of all time, and can’t be touched
This song is so ahead of its time
at this point its almost a lost art
@DEADmanwalking367 Tupac was in fact overrated. I don't like rap, but this type of music is acceptable to me because it's not overproduced. Tupac was okay in his early days, but sold out when he signed with Death Row Records claiming to be a West coast thug. That's why he got shot, for being fake. LOL Big L was timeless, and he had the best punchlines and flow I have ever heard.
BostonFan93 truth.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 rest up lorddy
Basically Big L and Nas are contemporaries - bubbling in '91-'92 and really emerging/releasing songs and albums '93-'95. When did Nas first see/hear Big L? The reason I'm asking is this has a vibe and L's lyric patterns sound a lot like Nas's "One Time 4 Ya Mind" from a few yrs after this, thinking that Nas took some of that vibe from here and similar Big L cameos? Or was L influenced by Nas at all? the iconic verse from Live at the BBQ was 1991. Later L added the little doubletime patterns that Jay-Z was also using that was in the air from diverse sources - G-Rap, Kane, even Fu-Schnickens and Das-Efx, but here he sounds more like Nas's more straightfoward multsyllabic style
"I grab the microphone and start church."
This duo here yo is just unfair
take notes like a news reporta
Funny thing is I never hear what's-his-name talking about Big l Jim Jones and he's from Lenox Ave 2 I remember hearing Big l and hearing about him in Detroit here you know mixtapes would come through and I don't remember if it was on I think it was on a CD not on a tape and it was underground cuz he wasn't signed yet I used to get a lot of people that would bring me shit that we're all underground artists Detroit in New York and hurt 50 cent a lot of his shit before he became big I'm surprised 50 cent never talks about him either because 50 cent was going hard in 96 but I don't definitely think that 50 cent could wrap like this this man melts over the beat 50 cent does make good songs and lyrics but this guy flows over the beat like natural like the words just don't stop ending like he's got a vocabulary rate in his head he'll never run out of words that's a hell of an MC rest in peace to big l
Top 5 introduction to the game
Thats not biting lol That means DJ Premier have been bitting all the time. Thats just the style of a East coast hiphop chorus.
my brother is a kid and he fucking loves big l too lol...
Hell, Nas was 17 when he was on "Live At The BBQ".
RIP Big L
Remember first hearing this on the Doo Wop mixtape, everything on that tape crazy.
Awesome
When Lord finesse said I'm the funky man he he's referenc the song return of the funky man
L > Pun IMO
"I'm so def/I need a hearing aid with an equalizer."
Possibly the greatest use of drums in Hip Hop history
@kazefin
Ransom Badbonez, Jehst, SonnyJim,
Taskforce (chester p and farma g), Rhyme Asylum, Respek BA Stig of the Dump Broken English, Foreign Beggars
you'll get songs, freestyles and battles with most of these guys check out:
Liquid Diction, Black Mags Remix, Cosmic Gypsies, ill Billy, The Secrecy Act, Put the Mic Down and the Wordsmith v Chester P feud (all written songs)
check out Chester P's 5 word challenge too!
Let me know what you think man
@jtebaize
You won't find it in sell out USA. You should check some UK shit, never gets recognition cos of the grime scene in Britain so it'll never be mainstream here, apart from all the shit from America. Taskforce have always produced bangers and Ramson Badbonez is a freestyle genius. Should check out Stig of the Dump too, he was the world battle champ, dunno if he still is tho.
Hard to top Big L tho, one of the best yet!
@TeHaCe420 yeah you named the big hitters.. but dont forget brand nubians, main source, eric b & rakim, tribe, black moon, boogie down, de la, kool g rap & dj polo... the list goes on.. im 18 from cali and i know whats up when it comes to, Real Hip-Hop. not sayin the west didnt have any hot joints. but the east was reeaall funky wit it. Agreed, greatest time in Hiphop.
Your'e FIFTEEN years old?!!!
LMAO!!!!
Money,I was listenin' to both Nas & Big L before you were fuckin' born.
Anyone that knows rappin' knows that the're a number of qualitys that make a first rate writer,not just punchlines;I can think of a ton of great punchline emcees,Akinyele,Mad Skills,Chino XL,Ras Kass,Grand Puba,Casual,Redman,,the list goes on...
How can anyone in their right mind say that Big L was better than Nas;they're both two of the best writers of their generation.
There was no 'King of New York' in the 90s.Biggie wasn't superior to Nas,Big L,Finesse,G Rap or a gang of other NYC emcees in the 90s--he was dope--but he was also a major focal point of Puffy's mighty PR machine.