Tag Archives: The Notorious B.I.G.

Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)

March 19, 2009 – 10:30 am
I’m not the biggest fan of celebrity biopics, so when Notorious, a film purporting to tell the story of the rise and fall of rap star Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, was released earlier this year I wasn’t the first in line at the box office to buy tickets. I alluded to my disinterest […]
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A Self-Imposed Exile to the Radio Dial

January 19, 2009 – 10:30 am
If you took anything away from my post on The Notorious B.I.G. last Friday I hope it was about his legacy. The way he died was heartbreaking, and instrumental in cementing the association between rappers and violent deaths in the popular consciousness. And his admittedly small catalog, comprised of one-and-a-half classic LPs (I […]
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Remembrances at Random: Still Not Ready to Die

January 16, 2009 – 10:30 am
In 1992 things were different. There was no Bad Boy Records. Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, who up until that point was most well-known as a party promoter, for dressing R&B bad-boys Jodeci up in baggy jeans and Timbs, and for his role in organizing a celebrity basketball game that turned tragic, wasn’t a […]
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