Biography - Big L Tribute

This Day died one of the greatest songwriters of the rap music scene. An MC who is worshiped by the hip-hop audience like few others. From the first moment it seemed that Big L was an artist with particular strengths and very few were able to stand it. The timeless pieces like the way a song filled with incredible rhymes and punchlines of. Another talented man who lost his life in a violent way and that until today its absence in this scene is more than obvious. In the following short tribute you can learn some things about his life and listen to some samples of his work, for those who do not know much about the Big L. Also, you can see which albums are worth your attention, my favorite two songs and links to files for download. The first is a Mixtape by J. Love as a tribute to Big L and the second a small selection of Beat-Town. .

Details / Facts about the life of Big L (source: Wikipedia):


- The standard name is Lamont Coleman


- Born on 30 May 1974 in New York


- Raised in Harlem


- He began to rap around 1990


- His first professional appearance came in 1992 at Lord Finesse's piece titled Party Over Here


- At the time, created the group Children Of The Corn by artists who later became very dear to the general public with new names: Killa Cam (later known as Cam'ron), Murda Mase (the famous Ma $ e's Bad Boy Records), Bloodshed, McGruff and Digga. Although they had built a strong brand name on the street, just before the fall of signatures for a recording contract, the project fell apart. Apart from the choice of Ma $ e and Cam'ron to follow basketball career, the main reasons for abandoning the project was the death of Bloodshed in a car and later the loss of Big L.


- In 1993 he signed his first contract at Columbia Records


- In 1995 he released his first album titled «Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous». The entries displayed and a previously unknown rapper to mainstream audiences, the name Jay-Z.


- Although Big L had two singles (video below) that made ​​a little success in Hip-Hop Charts of Billboard, the record company of the drives, since the sales figures were not satisfactory.


- In 1997 starts recording the next album, «The Big Picture», through his own company, Flamboyant Entertainment.


- In 1998 became a member of the historical group DITC (Diggin 'in the Crates Crew). In this project belonged huge names like Lord Finesse, Fat Joe, Showbiz & AG., OC etc.


- On February 15, 1999, aged just 24 years old, was shot nine times more closely just below the house. Although the police had arrested the first suspect as Virgilio Perez, to date the perpetrator remains unknown.


- The «The Big Picture» finally released on August 1, 2000 and re-released on June 4, 2002. In October 2000 became gold in America.


- The Jay-Z later said in an interview that was scheduled to add the Big L in the roster of his own company Roc-A-Fella Records. The agreement would end a week after his death.

RIP

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Put It On

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MVP

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Best Albums: With two solo albums managed to create a myth around him and still impresses anyone listen carefully to the structure of the raps. To the question: "Which one is better;" I propose to answer yourself, listen to both LPs. Personally, as much as possible and is «The Big Picture», always had a special weakness of his debut disc, «Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous».

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Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous

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The Big Picture

Tracks to listen:

Clinic (Should Have Used A Rubber)

Ebonics

Devil's Son

Furious Anger

Tribute Videos where the user has collected some of the best rhymes of Big L through 23 different tracks.

Downloads:

Because some very good pieces of Big L do not exist in more than two drives on the link below you can download the Mixtape J. Love. Includes all tracks worthy of you. The next file titled Beat Town at the beginning, has been through six songs (Freestyles, Instrumentals) which I found scattered on the internet and were not present in other albums.

In Memory Of Big L, Vol. 2 - J. Love

Beat Town Big L Special