Day 25: #30daysongchallenge A song that you like by an artist no longer living: Notorious BIG - The Wake Up Show Freestyle with @ceasealeo March 1, 1997 This was a moment, so much so it went viral without social media even existing. BIG was in LA live on the @worldfamouswakeupshow with @realsway & @store.kingtech BIG was there for the Soultrain awards and to promote his soon to be released sophomore album, Life After Death. The Barz are familiar to most as verses from Life After Death starting with “Long Kiss Goodnight” verses 1 & 2. The 1st over Sadat X’s “Stages and Lights” and the 2nd verse on Mobb Deep’s “Hell on Earth”. With verse 1 of “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You” over the same. Finally BIG kicks the opening verse to “Kick in The Door” over the instrumental of East Flatbush Project’s eerie piano driven banger “Tried by 12” BIG dipped and dapped masterfully over the beats with perfectly timed punchlines and metaphors, humor and even a little self editing, all while drawing a line in the sand, throwing barely veiled shots at Pac and Deathrow Records on their own soil. The reactions of Sway and Tech let you know they were catching them. “Here's a tissue, stop your blood clot crying The kids the dog, everybody dying . . . no lying So don't you get suspicious I'm Big Dangerous you're just a little to Vicious As I leave my competition, respirator style Climb the ladder to success escalator style Hold y'all breath, I told y'all . . .death Controls y'all, Big don't fold y'all, uhh I spit phrases that'll thrill you You're nobody 'til somebody kills you” 🐐 This would be BIG’s last radio interview; we all know what happened 8 days later but this brief moment on the radio is timeless, It’s the ending scene in The Godfather where you know unequivocally who the Boss is. At that moment nobody was better. It was the day BIG became my favorite emcee. Rest In Peace BIG 👑 ______________________🔥🔥🎙🔥🔥_______________________ #30daysongchallenge #hiphoponly #notoriousbig #wakeupshow #swayandtech #sway #kingtech #lilcease #juniormafia #BIG #BiggieSmalls #frankwhite #badboy #longkissgoodnight #yourenobodytilsomebodykillsyou #kickinthedoor (at The WakeUp Show) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DLFKEgV4Q/?igshid=elbxwy15ju3n
