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The Notorious B.I.G.—“Juicy”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Leto Wallace Survives Cancer

The first actual song on Biggie's Ready to Die, amid the three other major samples already colliding in mid-air, there's Dre again. This album came out in September 94, which means that by October 94, New York City is functionally a giant parking lot where every car is blasting a different song from Ready to Die. It's quite harmonious, really. Nod your head approvingly at whichever car you like, though maybe avoid the cars blasting the stick-up anthem, Gimme the Loot.

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