Big L - Harlem's Finest

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This guy's freestyling was off the fucking hook...some of the best rapping I've ever heard, and the cuts with Jay-Z on are incredible.

Has anything else in hip-hop EVER been this rawly exciting? Maybe I need to get hold of some of Biggie's freestyles to compare.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Sunday, 30 October 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

Pun excites me as well.. Maybe not as much as Big L, but Pun's flow is a thing of beauty.

― Don Rowlando (Sam Rowlands), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

The two Harlem's finest comps by Big L are the definitive Big L, i reckon. He totally embarrasses Jay Z on the second half of that freestyle when Hov' starts kicking the lame tiggedy-tongue-twisting style. I like the one over "motherless child" by Ghostface and the mixtape one with Doo Wop over Sauce Money and Jay Z's "pre game".

For old Biggie freestyles check out the Mister Cee-best of B.I.G tape which was all his radio and street freestyles before "ready to die" came out. The one over "ellie's love theme" by Ike Hayes is the one to hear.

The Lox freestyles from old Doo Wop and DJ Clue tapes from around '97-'98 were pretty damn amazing also and, as much as his recorded output sucks, Cannibus used to demolish mixtapes around the same time too. His Doo Wop freestyle over "broken language" by Smoothe Da Hustler is marvellous.

― Elli$, Monday, 31 October 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)

Yeh, re Big L vs Jay, I thought Big L won by a knockout first coupla times I heard it. But I'm not so sure now.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

man..I have that on a white label 12 inch boot somewhere i'll have to dig that up...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

I have an mp3 if you'd like...of course if you want it to play out, then that's irrelevant.

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

probably the only rapper ever.

― corey c (shock of daylight), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 07:37 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

i'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet

― am0n, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Legends_Never_Die

― am0n, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:24 (eighteen years ago)

He totally embarrasses Jay Z on the second half of that freestyle when Hov' starts kicking the lame tiggedy-tongue-twisting style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfKMIdoJL0

― deej, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:31 (eighteen years ago)

a lifetime contract with the funeral parlor

― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

(there's a rapidshare link to harlem's finest here)

― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 26 August 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

GOT MORE DIMES THAN THAT SPRINT LADY

― deej, Sunday, 26 August 2007 09:41 (eighteen years ago)

hey, can i ask a stupid question? where's the best place to start here? i have a bunch of mixtapes, but is there a definitive Big L album? i love all the mixtape tracks, but need more...

― smash your phonograph in half, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

probably the only rapper ever.
-- corey c (shock of daylight), Wednesday, November 2, 2005 7:37 AM

what does this mean

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 27 August 2007 03:38 (eighteen years ago)

ASK BEAVIS; I GET NUTN BUT HEAD FTLOL

― luriqua, Monday, 27 August 2007 03:46 (eighteen years ago)

hey, can i ask a stupid question? where's the best place to start here? i have a bunch of mixtapes, but is there a definitive Big L album? i love all the mixtape tracks, but need more...

-- smash your phonograph in half, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:39 (2 hours ago) Link

buy both albums

― deej, Monday, 27 August 2007 04:42 (eighteen years ago)

the best line is "BEEN FUCKIN CHICKS IN THE ASS SINCE I WAS SIX AND A HALF"

― deej, Monday, 27 August 2007 04:43 (eighteen years ago)

i feel like i lost 10 years of my life :C

― luriqua, Monday, 27 August 2007 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

we were playing big L at work tonight and i was just going to search for any threads about him.

I push a slick Benz, I'm known to hit skins
and get ends and commit sins with sick friends

― Jordan Sargent, Monday, 27 August 2007 05:03 (eighteen years ago)

these days i like big picture over lifestylez but da graveyard is g.o.a.t.-level

― am0n, Monday, 27 August 2007 06:16 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://cdn.2dopeboyz.com/m.php/2010/10/BigLAlbumArtwork-2.jpg

01. Return Of The Devils Son (prod. Showbiz)
02. Devil’s Son (prod. Showbiz)
03. Zone Of Danger (prod. J-Love)
04. Sandman 118
05. School Days
06. Principle Of The New School (prod. Showbiz)
07. Unexpected Flava (prod. Lord Finesse)
08. Tony’s Touch
09. Right To The Top f. Royal Flush & Kool G Rap (prod. Domingo)
10. Once Again (prod. J-Love)
11. Harlem World Universal
12. I Won’t
13. Hard To Kill
14. Power Moves
15. If You Not Aware
16. I Should Have Used A Rubber
17. Doo Wop #5
18. Yes You Can
19. Audition
20. MC’s What’s Going On (prod. Showbiz)
21. Slaying The Mic

― am0n, Monday, 18 October 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

is that supposed to be all new stuff?

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 October 2010 21:48 (fifteen years ago)

(er...previously unreleased not recycled stuff with new beats and guest spots etc)...."the title "zone of danger" worries me, like is it just a flipped danger zone?

― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 October 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

unreleased but a lot of it has been on bootlegs

― am0n, Monday, 18 October 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

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