Alright, first up is this joint off of Tracey Lee’s debut 1997 album, Many Facez which featured a couple verses from the Notorious B.I.G. Coincidentally The Buchanans flipped the same sample six years later for Jay-Z on What More Can I Say off The Black Album.Keep Your Hands High – Tracey Lee Feat. Biggie Smalls
Next up is a personal favorite of mine which got much play on the old boombox, taken from Funkmaster Flex’s 60 Minutes of Funk Volume 2. This one if you’ve never heard it is a must-have, featuring The Lox & Biggie spitting exclusives over RZA’s C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) instrumental.Biggie & Lox Freestyle Funk Flex
Biggie was the shit on R & B jams too which is evident on this Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat heater for the Bad Boys Soundtrack in 95. B-I-G glides effortlessly over that polished So So Def production like no other, plus the classic Gap Band sample ties it together oh so smoothly.Da B-Side – Da Brat & Jermaine Dupri Feat. Notorious B.I.G.
What happened between 2pac and Biggie was truly a shakesperian-like tragedy, one time friends turned enemies over petty disputes and miscommunication. Two icons that propelled each other to heights unseen in Hip-Hop before and probably will never be seen again. Listening to the original version of Runnin (not Eminem’s 2003 remix)makes me wonder what a Pac/Big reunion would’ve sounded like in 2010. “Nothing sadder in life than wasted talent” Runnin – 2pac Feat. Biggie Smalls & The Outlawz
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