If L would have made more smooth tracks if he stayed alive, he would have blown up even more. These smooth choruses and older samples work well for his flow and voice. Jay-Z, Ja, and Fabulous ran with that style.
Riiiight. When it comes to pure skill and talent, he might be the best to ever do it. He was also one of Eminem’s influences on his style. Biggest What-If of Hip-Hop
Jay take all his lyrics and all fame , big L was G and jayz was rat and after his dead , jay become fameouse.. he got blood on his hands for sure 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻jayz
"And my raps are unbelievable like aliens and flying saucers , No more iron horses cause I'm buying Porsches" that line and delivery will forever blow my mind such a legend.
Everybody says that so he's not underrated, i would say that Talib Kweli and Big Boi are way more underrated cause they live under the shade of their respective group members when they're are equal as good, Big Boi has a great catalog same with Kweli, Pharoahe Monch is criminally underated too and seems like nobody talks about it enough
Big L Big Pun Tupac Amaru Shakur Prodigy of Mobb Deep Proof DeShaun Nate Dogg The Notorious B.I.G. Bugz from D12 Eazy - E Ol' Dirty Bastard Guru Jam Master Jay Phife Dawg MF Doom DMX and all veteran & deceased HipHop soldiers Please come back... 😪
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The old Hip Hop and R & B collabs was even more organic back then....no matter the age! This joint I forgot about, saw classic*live and direct*history in the making legends🫡
Rest in peace Big L, you and Biggie were the kings of New York. Wish yall were still around putting out hits and keeping the rap game true. Much love big dawg
Apesar de eu ser do rock e metal essa musica me marcou bastante por causa do meu pai, morava na zona norte de sp e o meu pai e os amigos sempre fechava a rua para tocar os vynls do dinamite, as vezes eu deixo um pouco o rock e metal de lado e passo dias ouvindo as musicas do dinamite, ano passado o meu pai faleceu de câncer, obrigado pai por me apresentar a musicas boas, nunca vou me esquecer do senhor.
Big L and Tupac are my 2 most favorite artists in Rap, I feel like I have gained something, knowledge listening to their songs. Much love RIP to you both 🙏
I’m a be as honest as I have ever been. I’m 50 and been a fan of hip hop almost all my life. I’m ashamed I did not know much about Big L. This man was a master MC period!!!!!!
How did we go from this to what we have now 🤦🏽♂️. I’m from the West Coast and we even acknowledge that Big L was so lyrical it was crazy … #hiphopIsDead
Niggaz is coked out and or leaned out, This generation got no rhythm at all and what’s crazier is that I’m 24 years old so you would think that I be bumpin these modern day cats but it’s not the same G your right Hip Hop is dead 💯
Саунд прям греет душу, приятный на слух теплый звук. А флоу Большого ЭЛа малиновый звон, в его подаче большой поток положительный энергии, и закрученных рифм, стиль неповторимый по сей день, ни с кем ни спутать.
I can't believe how many newbies and young bloods out there still don't know about this man. I know he was killed at a young age but for the short period he was making music almost every joint was fire and his flow and freestyles were FIRE.
Big L, Biggie, Nas, Tupac & Big Pun! These are rappers that had the most streamlined, seamless & Unique flow in the entire industry. These are the true Gods of Hip Hop.
He’s one of the biggest what if’s in the music industry, he was on the verge of being a known artist and he’s easily one of the most underrated legendary artists of all time
It's crazy how this vid has very subtle cameos from Mase and Biggie and on top of that this was before Mase was even a major artist and BIG's label mate. So any interaction they had on set was probably minimal. Wow. This really shows how much of a nexus Big L was to 90's NY rap.
@@haydotzero3372 yea like I said it was a subtle cameo you won't see him easily only reason I know he was in the vid and where is because of someone who was at the video shoot who commenting on it.
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His life was taken at 24 and we still here 24 years later listening to greatness. Continue RIP Big L
Big l.
Rest in peace
25 now 😢
Rip big L
We might have justice for him now that Diddy is going down.
Simply the best
"My girls are like boomerangs
No matter how far I throw them they come back"
*GOAT* 🔥
"And since im looking slick and my pockets are thick i need surgery to get chicks removed from my dick"
But when Eminem says a similar line, everyone hates him and says it's total filler, young people forgot what real hip hop is and what lyrics should be
@@darthtroller yeah, straight fuckin awesome punchlines, EM and L are from another world
sZ Argyle! Ikr
@@hwggo9276 too sad that Big L never had beef with a Rapper he would end some Careers....
The biggest “what if” in hip hop history
No What If..He Was 1 Of The Few..Gone 2 Soon..RIP. Kid
I think he reminds me of Agent 006 with Akil in the Change the game video.
Right, you said it best, The "WHAT IF"... I must say, diff. between 2Pac and Big L. Pac gave us so much before he died. Big L took it with him.
That's word
Gospel 🙌🏿
Man, I wish rappers still rapped like this. 90s rappers had a distinctive flow and rhythm that made their songs so re-listenable.
I do
Check out people like the Griselda dudes and the underground scene, its alot of talent in the underground that people are missing out on
R.I.P. Big L.
RIP Tony Montana !
Tony Montana ele morreu
*X2 que buena mierda hacia Big L.*
*R.I.P LEGEND!!* 🙏❤🍃
nice pic
This style of rap needs to come back to the mainstream
It’s still here
It might actually be better now
That time is long gone 💯 I would luv to go back to being 17 and enjoy authenticity 💯
I’m trying.
@@blase2397 ...
If L would have made more smooth tracks if he stayed alive, he would have blown up even more. These smooth choruses and older samples work well for his flow and voice. Jay-Z, Ja, and Fabulous ran with that style.
Riiiight. When it comes to pure skill and talent, he might be the best to ever do it. He was also one of Eminem’s influences on his style. Biggest What-If of Hip-Hop
for sure, he is still one of the best lyricists of all time
Lloyd banks also got his atyle form big l
cassidy and papoose
Facts 💯 bro!!!👍
RIP Big L (May 30, 1974 - February 15, 1999), aged 24
You will be remembered as a legend.
real man, I did a remix of that sound, it's on my channel on the album "Day after Day"!🔥
@@smooth_prod cool.
23 years ago 3 days ago R.I.P
Legend WTF?
@@ginoturano6821 Legend in the rap game!
Big L was a bad man. A real true lyricist. I love the groove on this song and the lady singing the hook is so so dope. Rest in peace Big L.
That's Miss Jones. She's vocally underrated
Jay take all his lyrics and all fame , big L was G and jayz was rat and after his dead , jay become fameouse.. he got blood on his hands for sure 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻jayz
I'm so sad none of my friends listen to old school, they are missing out on masterpieces like this
You're not special 😭
Most of my friends dont even know who the fuck is big l or prodigy foe exemple
@@miiiiisvibes shut the f up youngsta
new school>old school 🤷♂️
@@big_14_93 lol shut up pls explain how it’s better
"And my raps are unbelievable like aliens and flying saucers
, No more iron horses cause I'm buying Porsches" that line and delivery will forever blow my mind such a legend.
Check this old school artist out too th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html&has_verified=1
*no more eyeing horses because I’m buying porsches
Iron Horses, bro. Iron Horses. 😂😆
It's a big city, NY thing.
@@1roundleft821 y’all mfers had me tripping for a second but you right it’s definitely iron
@@still_fatmatic iron horses. try to figure that out lol, he meant no more trains because he’s buying Porsches.
This song reminds me of my teen years when I was happy all day and night, didn't have a worry in the world, and had my whole life ahead of me.
word
Real
Yep
Factz
Because the bills were on your mom’s tab 😂
Most underrated rapper ever
Everybody says that so he's not underrated, i would say that Talib Kweli and Big Boi are way more underrated cause they live under the shade of their respective group members when they're are equal as good, Big Boi has a great catalog same with Kweli, Pharoahe Monch is criminally underated too and seems like nobody talks about it enough
AZ is way better than L
Rap is personal, everyone has their opinion. And you’re right Monch is sick!! We need more old school rap nowadays man
@@miiiiisvibes i love AZ . a great rapper . very underrated . but i’m sorry . he is not better then big L at all
but i’m not saying he’s bad . bc AZ is amazing
This guy is just on another level when it comes to flow, lyrics, and just pure smoothness. Why do talents like this have to perish so fast.
Brightest stars burn out the fastest, L is so incredibly underrated
He's brilliant but Nas is better
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 Nas did say that L is one dude he wouldnt mess with.
@@SugaFree2387 didn't know that, but for me Nas is the best rapper ever
@@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 big L > nas
Big L was a beautiful rapper man
On this day 21 years ago we lost this legend. Dude was a straight killer on that mic
I wish the game didn't change. The vibe Big L's music gave is uncompareable and his lyrics were crazy.
Right I found that I was mad. I was born in Feb 21 1999
Peace Lamont Coleman....i was born in 83 ,i remember u was the illest
Check this old school artist out too th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html&has_verified=1
@@LEGHENT whoa you died on his death date?
Big L
Big Pun
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Prodigy of Mobb Deep
Proof DeShaun
Nate Dogg
The Notorious B.I.G.
Bugz from D12
Eazy - E
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Guru
Jam Master Jay
Phife Dawg
MF Doom
DMX
and all veteran & deceased HipHop soldiers
Please come back... 😪
Dont forget xxxtentacion , Lil peep and Mac Miller
@@renatocahuana6538 those 3 deserved what they got
@@renatocahuana6538 fuck new school shit
Lil snupe as well
Nice to see u mentioned proof & bugz name also... rip 2 real gs's
As a Young Nigga Og was too far ahead of his time 🔥🔥🔥
BIG L REST IN PEACE
@Hrishant Aswani Drop A Gem On Em by Mobb Deep?
Check this old school artist out too th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html&has_verified=1
Both versions are fire. This version has more of a party vibe but the original is a real Big L vibe. RIP to a legend.
It’s funny though cuz his voice fit this beat better
The other version has the same beat Biggie used in his video for "One more chance" but yeah I agree with you
@@mjlivetv8065 both beats made by Lord Finesse
@@krzysztof4607 oh ok I haven't known that yet
He sounds better to me on this Joint. His voice blends right in with the Beat
"L's a clever threat, a lyricist who never sweat/Comparing yourself to me is like a Benz to a Chevrolette"
In the order he says this in wouldn't it mean that the other person is a Benz and he's a Chevrolet?
Jamal Sanders yea but he had to say it that way for the wordplay: threat/sweat/chevrolette
@@soggybiscuitz5985 It's still hard as fuck though I wasn't dissing on him. Can't hate on L
Either or in past 30 years of both types of cars, 90s chevys and Mercedes to his date of this song.....
THIS SO DOPE!!!!!!!
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Now this, this is the music we need. Not 6ix9ine, not Lil Pump.
This explains why the 90s is considered the golden age
You act like those the only rappers we got nowadays
Yeah nigga
Mr. I listen to better music
@@neohosanna2374 he's right
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.💚
what
Haha.
🤔Interesting
😂😂😂😂
Bro died and came back
Rip king L
His rhymes and his flow are just untouchable. R.I.P Big L 🙏🏻 🕊
RIP Big L. I remember running across him in NY with my late twin sister
When you listen to rapper Big L, you will notice his flow is very unique. This guy was hip hop nuff said!
just as Jadakiss said "BIG L is Hip hop"
Apparently he died doing something stupid for his brother. Sad :( RIP.
I hear Hov
Fuck people who listen to nas x and all those garbage rappers
try listening to Az ft Nas - Very Unique
Why the best die young ?
1. Jealousy
2. Hatred
3. Fear
Don’t forget pride
@@onlytheclassics35 pride is the devil
So snakes like Jay z an puff get to look the best. If they cant control you the off you.
same thing with pop smoke r.i.p
In big L's case it had nothing to do with that.he was shot for something his brother did
This version should be on Spotify and streaming platforms 🥹🥺
big L smooth flow , wordplay and punchlines is top 5. even now
The old Hip Hop and R & B collabs was even more organic back then....no matter the age! This joint I forgot about, saw classic*live and direct*history in the making legends🫡
Mad respect to this cat. This is what we call talent no hype straight up.
Bro was fire , easily one the best ever to touch the mic , bro just needed a hit song... His raps is out of this planet...
22 years since he left us today. Rest in Peace to the illest rhymer ever. Big L flowin all day every day
Good Music. No War On Men. Natural Beautiful Women. The 90s will forever be missed
Wish I was alive in this era
2:34 Supa Tight Verse!!🔥🔥💯 Yo I always wanted to Rap like this dude as a Kid!
No one could touch this dude on the Mic. My favorite Emcee of all times. I could listen to this style and flow repeatedly, no skips! G.O.A.T. MVP
One of the best to do it. RIP Big L 👑🙏🏾
One of the greatest hip hop songs ever
Rest in peace Big L, you and Biggie were the kings of New York. Wish yall were still around putting out hits and keeping the rap game true. Much love big dawg
So much better than BIG.
@@chiprock8704now you’re just doing tricks on it 😭😭👎🏾
Underrated MC of all time, this man was ahead of his time. Gems like this makes me appreciate the 90s and they’re music 🤙
One of the best songs in Hip Hop history,
A timeless classic
Game will never be played at this high of a level again
Rest this mans soul🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The underrated rapper of all time
Let’s get this dude the recognition he deserves. R.i.P Big L
How have I never heard of Big L????
Holy Shit I love his lyrics and 80’s type beats.
My new favourite!
He died like a year after his career really took off sad shit
@@oliveranthon4858 yea it really sucks cause he was gonna sign to Jayz’s rockafella studio
You meant 90’s type beat …
You mean 90s type beats
You mean 90s type beats but alright...
Greatest rapper ever!!!
RIP BIG L
This is my favorite Big L song. It screams 90s and nothing else feels like it to me.
Listening to big L is almost like studying
almost?
Exactly!
It's like studying but it's definitely not boring
better than.. its the result of much studying
😂😂😂😂 truth
Such an iconic guy this Big L... no words needed
Man…. Kid came out hard with this in 94. RIP young brother.
Petition to make this version on spotify
I need itttt
Where do I sign?
I want to sign It too
It’s almost 2024, This Brother still better than most out today…….RIP
Apesar de eu ser do rock e metal essa musica me marcou bastante por causa do meu pai, morava na zona norte de sp e o meu pai e os amigos sempre fechava a rua para tocar os vynls do dinamite, as vezes eu deixo um pouco o rock e metal de lado e passo dias ouvindo as musicas do dinamite, ano passado o meu pai faleceu de câncer, obrigado pai por me apresentar a musicas boas, nunca vou me esquecer do senhor.
I really mis this guy! He should still be here
This version needs to be on Spotify!!
R.I.P Big Homie!!🙏💯❤️🕊🕊🕊
This lad achieved more before 25 than most artists did in a lifetime.
Another 90s classic. Takes me back to high school. Blessed to come up in this era!
Still Timeless RestInParadise Big L 🙏🕊
Big L and Tupac are my 2 most favorite artists in Rap, I feel like I have gained something, knowledge listening to their songs. Much love RIP to you both 🙏
Rip to a legend wish I could have been around back in those days.
Talents has been destroyed, killed and extinguished. Your talent and lyricism remain legendary. Rest on Big L
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LEGENDARY BIG L!!!!!
I’m a be as honest as I have ever been. I’m 50 and been a fan of hip hop almost all my life. I’m ashamed I did not know much about Big L. This man was a master MC period!!!!!!
Listen to big l 98 or 95 freestyle . 2 of the best freestyles ever recored
The fact that L still doesn't get the recognition he deserves most of the time is proof that not all talented artists blow up after their deaths.
My girls are like a boomerang no matter how far I throw them they always come back
So smooth yet so sleek. Truly missed lyricist.
RIP Big L.
The lyricism here and flow is insane.
2:40 also em had those lyrics.
Dont ever ask who is in 2020, because, who could ever leave this great music
Edit: thanks for the likes.
stfu ur new
That makes zero sense
Top 100 maybe
Who is this?
fax
Super talented lyricist. Cut down in his prime. R.I.P Legend
How did we go from this to what we have now 🤦🏽♂️. I’m from the West Coast and we even acknowledge that Big L was so lyrical it was crazy … #hiphopIsDead
Niggaz is coked out and or leaned out, This generation got no rhythm at all and what’s crazier is that I’m 24 years old so you would think that I be bumpin these modern day cats but it’s not the same G your right Hip Hop is dead 💯
One if the best lyricist’s of all time!! R.I.P. Big L...
This takes me back my mother is from 138 and Lennox but she raised me in Spanish Harlem NYC life Harlem 4 life
R-i-P BiG L
Саунд прям греет душу, приятный на слух теплый звук. А флоу Большого ЭЛа малиновый звон, в его подаче большой поток положительный энергии, и закрученных рифм, стиль неповторимый по сей день, ни с кем ни спутать.
Фо риал браза приятно видеть русских под такими шедеврами
Привет из Минска
Never knew you eastern European skinheads were into this sort of music🎵
Big L is soooo underrated
Toquei muito em 1996 em todos os clubs por onde passei. atualmente 2022 ... esse som ainda apavora; pista cheia! #UP
This track never fails...
I can't believe how many newbies and young bloods out there still don't know about this man. I know he was killed at a young age but for the short period he was making music almost every joint was fire and his flow and freestyles were FIRE.
he needs to be recognition
Big L, Biggie, Nas, Tupac & Big Pun! These are rappers that had the most streamlined, seamless & Unique flow in the entire industry. These are the true Gods of Hip Hop.
He’s one of the biggest what if’s in the music industry, he was on the verge of being a known artist and he’s easily one of the most underrated legendary artists of all time
Big L for ever! ✊
Legends never die
R.I.P MVP 🦋
Sucks that this version is not on Spotify.
We are missing the Old School these Days
20 years today, rip big L
Thats why my name is like that
21
One of the illest! R.I.P 🙏🏻😔🙏🏻!!
It's crazy how this vid has very subtle cameos from Mase and Biggie and on top of that this was before Mase was even a major artist and BIG's label mate. So any interaction they had on set was probably minimal. Wow. This really shows how much of a nexus Big L was to 90's NY rap.
I didn’t see Biggie in the video
@@haydotzero3372 yea like I said it was a subtle cameo you won't see him easily only reason I know he was in the vid and where is because of someone who was at the video shoot who commenting on it.
@@haydotzero3372 he was there, wearing that green suit on the billiard part.
2020 still playing BIG L ! Real Legend
Ong
Even if I don't like rap music that much this is more pleasing to listen to than modern rap
Satisfação total Mestre Big L 👑🇧🇷
eita um br que tmb curte o big L ai sim em
É os br mann
Som mostro
RIP L forever bumping your music
I did a remix of that sound, it's on my channel on the album "Day after Day"🔥
No matter how dark the midnight the true Stars always Shine Shine on BigL my first time hearing Wow
Nada como um bom som das antiga para nós trazer paz na alma , Big L morreu cedo mais deixo seu legado para sempre... Só quem é tá ligado
Concerteza amigo que clássico do hip Hop chega arrepiar
@@fabioborges965 só quem tá ligado né irmão
If rap was a game he'd be MVP🎶🎶
That hook is 🔥
RIP BIG L❤️💪🏾👏🏾
Impeccable delivery
from TOKYO🇯🇵
respect big l & prodigy