how come King Tee being a influence on Biggie is never mentioned on here?

[Cheech&Chong]

Never checked for King Tee like that. He always killed his features but that's about it for me. Had one of his albums back in the day but never really listened to it. What's his best work? Definitely see the influence on biggie.

 

[The_Hillsta]

Never checked for King Tee like that. He always killed his features but that's about it for me. Had one of his albums back in the day but never really listened to it. What's his best work? Definitely see the influence on biggie.

Check out The Triflin Album and 4 Life......

His first album Act A Fool may sound dated depending if you like the old funk samples, but the shyt is still dope to me.

Also definitely check out the album that got shelved when he was signed to Dre's Aftermath label, Thy Kingdom Come

 

[KravenMorehead™]

In

 

[Aje]

Embarrassingly enough, I was never up on King-T; however, BIG has always been my favorite rapper.

Listening to the song in the OP, within two measures, you could tell Biggie borrowed from dude. There's nothing wrong with that, btw.

That said, with songs like "Unbelievable" and "One More Chance (RMX), you can hear the evolution of BIG's flow, cadence, delivery, and confidence. "Unbelievable" - obviously, with the help of Primo - was why I fell in love with Big's music in the first place. I was never the biggest fan of BIG's "old" flow. "The What", "Unbelievable", "One More Chance (RMX)"and "Who Shot Ya" was The Notorious BIG's advance into his "new" style - of which I was a huge fan.

F*ck, why'd he have to die? Every time I cross Fairfax on Wilshire I always

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I'd say Biggie was more influenced by Buckshot than anything else

 

[WickedGames]

I appreciate threads like this plugging gaps in my hip hop knowledge.

 

[DrHackenbush]

Biggies style always seemed more West coast than East coast to me

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Yeah a ton of people don't know that it was The Chronic and King T that heavily influenced Ready To Die.

People were shytting on King T the other day like he was a nobody

cant forget dre's verse on findum fukkum n flee..

dre did give him inspiration for his name...muthafukkin notorious d.r.e

 

[shopthatwrecks]

I'd say Biggie was more influenced by Buckshot than anything else

hell nah...

 

[Flav]

cant forget dre's verse on findum fukkum n flee..

dre did give him inspiration for his name...muthafukkin notorious d.r.e

Well I'll be damn

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Well I'll be damn

alot of ppl dont even realize that

the biggie smalls name was a given...but nobody never realize notorious b.i.g came from dre

 

[Stir Fry]

Never checked for King Tee like that. He always killed his features but that's about it for me. Had one of his albums back in the day but never really listened to it. What's his best work? Definitely see the influence on biggie.

IV Life was always a pretty solid album to me.

 

[Still Benefited]

I bring it up all the time when talking about the influence the west had on NY's king....But you know how it is around here,nikkas dont like the facts they just downplay it

 

[big bun]

Now y'all going to act like you always fukked with King Tee, huh?

The Coli, y'all.

 

[feelosofer]

Because most hip-hop fans are too young to remember King Tee. I mean we got cats on here who were born AFTER Big died, so it's tough for people to realize the influence of an influence. Not to mention in general King Tee doesn't get enough credit as an influential artist in general. Dude was a major part in the development of New Jersey hip-hop.