The Notorious B.I.G.—“Juicy”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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The Evolution of Biggie Smalls
The first Biggie Smalls album is not even a tug of war, right? It's a little bit of an evolution. The sense that the music that was made in your neighborhood or in your town could become defining for hip hop as a whole and all of American pop culture was still very fresh. To have that all ripped away in 96 and 97 was really damaging. There was no option at that point because something had been lost.
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