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Big L
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Big L (born Lamont Coleman May 30, 1974; died February 15, 1999) was an American rap artist. Big L was born, raised, lived, and fatally shot in the same Harlem neighborhood he frequently rhymed about. He is mostly remembered for his freestyle ability, his critically acclaimed debut album Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous and his murder at the age of twenty four. Following Coleman’s death, he has been since celebrated as one of the greatest rappers of all time, due to his oft-lauded punchlines.
Performance history
His early career began in a group called Children of the Corn with fellow Harlemites Ma$e, Bloodshed, his cousin Cam’ron and McGruff. His first recording under the name Big L was made in 1995 with Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous. He gained recognition within the genre of rap music for his renditions of Put it on; No Endz, No Skinz; Street Struck and Da Graveyard (which featured a then unknown Jay-Z). He also had a famous 7 minute freestyle with Jay-Z that was on the Stretch & Bobbito Radio Show in NYC. His biggest success came with Ebonics which he recorded on his own “Flamboyant” label in the summer of 1998. The single, Ebonics, which consists of defininitions of slang terms, is widely regarded as his best work: .
Check it: My weed smoke is my lye
A key of coke is a pie.
When I’m lifted, I’m high.
With new clothes on, I’m fly.
Cars is whips and sneakers is kicks.
Money is chips, movies is flicks.
Also, cribs is homes. Jacks is pay phones.
Cocaine is nose candy; cigarettes is bones.
Performance history
His early career began in a group called Children of the Corn with fellow Harlemites Ma$e, Bloodshed, his cousin Cam’ron and McGruff. His first recording under the name Big L was made in 1995 with Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous. He gained recognition within the genre of rap music for his renditions of Put it on; No Endz, No Skinz; Street Struck and Da Graveyard (which featured a then unknown Jay-Z). He also had a famous 7 minute freestyle with Jay-Z that was on the Stretch & Bobbito Radio Show in NYC. His biggest success came with Ebonics which he recorded on his own “Flamboyant” label in the summer of 1998. The single, Ebonics, which consists of defininitions of slang terms, is widely regarded as his best work: .
Check it: My weed smoke is my lye
A key of coke is a pie.
When I’m lifted, I’m high.
With new clothes on, I’m fly.
Cars is whips and sneakers is kicks.
Money is chips, movies is flicks.
Also, cribs is homes. Jacks is pay phones.
Cocaine is nose candy; cigarettes is bones.
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Big L - Who You Slidin' Wit' (Buckwild Mix)
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Big L Now or Never
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Big L - Games Females Play
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Big L - Stretch & Bobbito '98 Freestyle
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Flamboyant
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Street Struck
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All Black
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Danger Zone
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'98 Freestyle
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8 Iz Enuff
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Da Graveyard
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MVP
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The Heist
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Casualties Of A Dice Game
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Shoutbox
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ColLaboRat3 wrote:
Big L R.I.P
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Ibby2506 wrote:
To be fair, his Glastonbury set was a tad over-rated. His free-styles were terrible. Heart of the City's clash with Sunday Bloody Sunday was something else.
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Aardvarked wrote:
lol @ WodkaLover's attempted analysis of me. No real head would deny Eminem, Jay or 2pac's talent as rappers, ever. The only people who try to are uneducated retards who want to set themselves apart from the mainstream fans by dissing any artist with mainstream material. Jay-z is a very talented rapper, he would be in my top 10. Jay isn't awful now either, American Gangster was a good album, so was the black album. And if you saw his set @ glastonbury you'd know he's one of the best live performers in hip-hop too.
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Charlie_bwoi wrote:
Flamboyant for life.
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Prince91 wrote:
Jay's awful now but Reasonable Doubt & Blueprint are clasics, idk how anyone can say otherwise.
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XguiltparadeX wrote:
yo, stop dissing Jay Z. he's still the shit.
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PESJesse wrote:
RIP Big L. Livestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerouz is the shit.
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Matt1113 wrote:
The person who gets the last word wins the argument.
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WodkaLover wrote:
Why did the discussion between Aardvarked and NathanBlodstad end? Quite interesting reading material. One might think, Nathan is someone who has Hiphopheads as friends but is self more of a emotype, and thereby, is a bit influenced by the culture, but can still give a semi-objective opinion about what's real/ fake from his point of view. Bashing Jay-Z is something even real heads do, because hey, they just don't digg that shit, along with 2Pac and Eminem. Fact is, it is commercial, and therefor it is garbage in some eyes (mine included for 90 % of the shit they released). Aardvarked, if judged by his top 50 artists, is closer to a Hiphophead, but his online age (19 if real), reveales his narrowminded view on JayZ being one of the top hiphopartists of all time. Nice to see he takes Rakim and Big Daddy into the picture, to give JayZ's greatness some support, Fact will remain, this is a matter of taste, which can be discussed but there can be no winner.
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Ma_t9iche wrote:
Put It On Big L c'mon...
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SuperChaos002 wrote:
R.I.P. Big L His skills were superb.
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jerkus wrote:
new group started: hip-hop is for the black man
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kroopy wrote:
flamboyant for life
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Charlie_bwoi wrote:
xxXSynysterXxx eat a dick.
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krazeykow wrote:
Put it on.
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monsurzysko wrote:
[*] R.I.P from Poland Big L!
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onemancalledsam wrote:
The Sickest. Ever.
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dinosaurjerk wrote:
rip pimp c big l big pun dimebag and the pope
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Nestea-88 wrote:
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adomay wrote:
Join the Danja group! http://www.last.fm/group/Danjahandz
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