R.I.P. The Notorious B.I.G. May 21st 1972 - March 9th 1997. The Notorious B.I.G. Diddy & Craig Mack legendary freestyle from 1995 live on Westwood's show.
Listen to the content and how advanced it was for the age. BIG was just 22-23 rapping like this. The maturity of the lyrics in this era will never be touched
Back in 95 we knew that these rappers (BIG, Wu, Nas, Etc..) were nice but we didn't realize we were witnessing history.....legends! The same in sports, watching Jordan drop 30 or 40 any given night was the normal, now looking back we were watching the GOAT!
+Big L In all of Hip Hop history? That's a wild ass statement, bro. He's not the greatest of all time but he is, without a single doubt, one of the nicest emcees ever heard on the mic. You do know Black Thought was who Big Pun chose to replace Biggie on "Super Lyrical" after he died, rite? Maybe you saying boring doesn't mean you're also saying he's wack but still...in all of Hip Hop history, my nigga?
Big L are you joking lol, his production is the best in the business, are you implying the roots are terrible? His flow is absolutely astonishing, and his voice may be monotone but the sound is impeccable. You haven't heard enough black thought clearly. I always blast him through my car speakers at full volume. You can fucking go crazy to his shit
Dericforeal fa real fa real! No...FR FR! NEVER EVER heard this. Petty much Knew all Biggies' verses were all out...as he didnt drop too many. 😥. HOW PROPER TO HEAR HIM RESURRECT ON HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY WITH new material. TY Westwood AND WHOMEVER posted this originally
To this day, I still don't understand how BIG was able to craft such magnificent lyrics; especially given his young age. Lil' Kim said it best: BIG wasn't a rapper; he was a Preacher... He was simply the most natural person we have heard at this Hip Hop art form... Still can't believe his flow... Incredible! RIP - B I G!
The Finest Bordeaux! As BIG said, 'The FINEST Women I love with a Passion, You're Man's a WIMP, I'll give that ass a good thrashin' ' Get him some Bordeaux, NOW!
Used to have this on cassette back in the day. Was lucky enough to catch it when Westwood replayed it a few years on. Very rare, props for reposting. RIP BIG. Much love to Craig Mack too.
I remember this back when it came out in the 90's, I have the live version. Mack was freestyling, BIG was spitting written shit form the JR Mafia album. BIG didn't freestyle but his pen game was nasty.
Think my head would of bobbed straight of my shoulders listening to this as it happened! What year did Tim stop doing these radio freestyles? I'm from aus so I only know tim from RU-vid.
7:18 and onward isn't the Westwood freestyle B.I.G. did with Craig Mack in 1995, it's the last part of the freestyle B.I.G. did with Lil Cease on Wake Up Show three days before he died in 1997.
By far the most ominous freestyle I've ever heard, that beat freaks me out every time I hear knowing how Biggies life ended, there's just something very eerie about this
I was working night shifts in a warehouse in Redhill. Listened to this live that Friday night on Radio 1 and recorded on cassette tape too. Biggie's only appearance in London in Hammersmith.
I have 45mis of this on cassette followed by the concert phone calls an all.. Timeless. Biggie was on his way back to London, but took a quick trip to L. A the rest is history.. We love hip hop in the UK.. We embraced it from the beginning so the massive break dance competitions we held in the early 80's is a testament to our love of the lifestyle as young black mainly 1st generation Jamaican, Trinidadian bajan or Caribbean kids used to the reggae,and its heavy speakers mic, decks & a M. C. We already luved anything funky or soul filled as much as reggae so hip hop ws heaven when established its self in the UK. . As biggie was drawn to it being 1st generation Jamaican, busta, kool herc u get my drift..... Biggie on his visits to Jamaica would hv been schooled about the history and its origins from the 60s ultimately the late great U-Roy the first m.c to do it who is called the godfather of all Mcs.. Big-mac in da house. Big up da The puppy pound crew.. Who knows wil know lol
I heard this live on Radio 1 - I remember loving Craig’s swag so much. Mad that Biggie was once a rapper who appeared live on radio. He feels like a myth these days. This isn’t the full show, though... there’s another part where he says a verse that goes “notorious, glorious, in the sack, stick my thumb up in ya asscrack/ Brooklyn freaky Biggs with the most stuff, I’m Jesus pops, Mary just blame Joseph”.
After hearing the remix of flava in ya ear I ALWAYS thought Biggie and Craig were a good duo. If only they liked each other then we would hear more amazingness like that flava in ya ear remix...
I am subscribing just for this freestyle. Anyone noticed how Biggie subliminally turned a good MC like Craig Mack(R.I.P.) into a Hype Man and subconsciously Craig Accepted This as Fact. As the session extended with each Verse.
When people talk about Jay-Z or nas or Eminem being the greatest mc ever, I just shake my head. History being rewritten. Don't get me wrong, those guys are nice. And I'm speaking as a Tupac fan, the Bob Marley of rap, no doubt. But biggie was in a different stratosphere. Remember he's 22/23 years old here. A child prodigy who could switch flow like rappers today switch cars. Even Michael Jackson begged for a verse. There will never be another biggie just like there's never been another mozart Wolfgang. Biggie was nuts. The world fell silent when he was murdered Rip biggie smalls
I remember having this on tape recorded off radio 1 whole 2 hours of big and crew messing around on the phones and spitting fire...trying to get puff to freestyle ha ha
