Big L Appreciation

Started by spurs19, Jun 13, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. spurs19
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    Keep seeing Big and Pac mentioned all over the place lately but for me Big L is up there with them as well, better rapper than pac at least and always in my top 10. If you havnt heard him then check it out









     
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  2. M.I.C.
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    Jun 13, 2015
    every1 listens to all those songs and crowns Big L the best rapper of all time for a year when they're 14 it's a part of life
     
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  3. Kon
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    Kon

    Jun 13, 2015
    Yeah I made a thread for him a month or 2 back, definitely one of my favorite rappers ever.

    He's got some great rare stuff too that people should check out.

    *edit* Why'd you post the gay version of MVP though? The regular one is such a better fit for the song. Also ebonics is a clever idea but has no replay value imo, I never listen to it and think it's kinda overrated.
     
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  4. Raziel
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    Raziel Ice like Paul Wall but I can't take mine out

    Jun 13, 2015
    Loved his music growing up..definitly a great rapper but I'm not sure I'd compare him to pac or biggie..just doesn't have enough material
     
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  5. spurs19
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    Cant post them all, iv had all his stuff since 2001 and there the usual songs which is why i posted them for people who dont listen to him
     
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  6. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Jun 13, 2015
    Overrated cause he died tbh.

    That's the realest post I've ever read.
     
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  7. Raziel
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    Raziel Ice like Paul Wall but I can't take mine out

    Jun 13, 2015
    You don't think his first album is worthy of high praise?
     
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  8. spurs19
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    He has 2 albums and enough songs/freestlyes to know how good he was. Obviously its a shame he died at the time he did
     
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  9. Kon
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    His career was just getting started, he would have been huge. Can kinda see how you can say he's overrated based off the internet but in real life hardly anyone knows him, definitely nowhere near overrated.
     
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    Like pac you mean
     
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  11. Charlie Work
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    I mean sure, but look at people he worked with. Cam'Ron and Fat Joe have more than one good album a piece. Nobody is trying to crown them GOAT.
     
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  12. spurs19
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    Because h was a better rapper than fat joe and cam and he has two albums, big picture would of come out in 99 if he didnt die it wasnt just a rushed project with leftover recordings
     
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  13. Kon
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    He said he'd put him in his top 10, he didn't say he was the GOAT. He just mentioned Big and Pac since they're dead rappers that get constant praise while L doesn't nearly as often.
     
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  14. Raziel
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    Raziel Ice like Paul Wall but I can't take mine out

    Jun 13, 2015
    I don't really count the second album As an actual album..feels like an unfinished album that was thrown together bc he died. I love L and I agree I think he was amazing and had he been given some time to grow I think he would have been amazing But unfortunately he died very early Into his career
     
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  15. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    Pac and Big are on another stratosphere than L.

    Who do you know? I went to a rural high school with 400 people in it and every guy there was listening to Three 6, Wu-Tang, Big L, etc. Look at his Last.fm page. There's not a sekret club for L fans. Ask any of those people to name another member of Children of the Corn or D.I.T.C.
     
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  16. Kon
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    Lucky you then, in my school the only people that knew of Big L were the ones who I told about him. He's certainly not that popular in most areas.
     
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  17. Raziel
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    Raziel Ice like Paul Wall but I can't take mine out

    Jun 13, 2015
    Ehhh I get what you're saying..I guess for mehis music just feels more timeless than cam or joe
     
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  19. Young Sinatra
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    Jun 13, 2015
    Despite some brillant wordplay I always thought that he was pretty monotone
     
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  20. Kon
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    Jun 13, 2015
    A couple of my favorites.



     
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