@Certain I retract my previous statement about skippable tracks - I just relistened to the album and only felt like skipping Friend of Mine. The more accurate feeling I get is one of getting a little bored with some other songs, not that they're bad, just not captivating like every track on Illmatic is for me. There is a sheen to the production that's hard to resist.

and yes, Liquid Swords is a heavily underrated album. See Wrecka's comment immediately after you asked lol. I love it, but it isn't as easily accessible as 36 Chambers or Tical, and gza isn't as memorable a persona as method or ODB. I think it's easy to overlook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBFG2vsyCM


this might be my favorite hip hop song of all time tbh.

"Friend of Mine" has a really, really raw flow. It's up there with "Notorious Thugs" for the best of Biggie's career.

his flow is always great, but lyrically some of the shit just gets old. I've always been bored by songs about fucking bitches tbh, with exceptions of course. I'll take Notorious Thugs verse all day as my favorite Biggie verse.

i'm gonna vote illmatic over ready to die.

that's how i am about verses too, i can't find myself listening to the shit like bitches and money and gangster life and shit.

notorious thugs verse, dying to live and juice are my favorite verses by biggie.



shit sorry for double posting

oh I love the thug shit lol, fucking bitches just seems corny to me more often than not. like am I really listening to this dude talk about how awesome at sex he is? if I was around someone saying that kind of shit conversationally I'd probably just make fun of him. an exception for me is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-GDzhYFZak

My favorite verses by Biggie are "Everyday Struggle" Verse 2 ("I'm in the caravan on my way to Maryland with my man Two-Tecs to take over the projects") and "Things Done Changed" Verse 3 ("Shit, my mama got cancer in her breasts; don't ask me why I'm motherfucking stressed").

On "Friend of Mine," I'm just talking about how raw the flow is.

lol at that song.

i agree about it being corny. for me, the thug shit, as you put it, i can listen to if it's done well, but it's not something i want to listen to regularly. this always makes me undervalue guys like tupac. i don't listen to nas nearly as much as i should. there's a lot i don't listen to just because i can't relate to the lyrics.

haha i'm not even in this and i read alot of this, sick jobs with the mags as usual, makes being in the tournies etc. so much more enjoyable. hella props. lol'd at a few parts. also listened to curtains audio shyza. loose balls ftw. gj, peace.