At Last, My Legacy Has Come Along Edition Part 2
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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Biggie's Juicy Fruit
Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, aka the notorious B.I.G formally kicked off his career in 1994 with a track that mythologized his rags to riches story growing up on the streets of Brooklyn. In Juicy, which was only Biggie's second single ever and the first issued from his debut album Ready to Die, Big chronicles his poverty-stricken childhood with more nostalgia than regret. It is a proostian reverie set to a thumping beat. And its opening line about Biggie's dream and word up magazine is now etched in hip hop lore.
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