John Starks Reveals If Biggie's "I Got a Story to Tell" Really Happened to a Knicks Player

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Rapmastermind said:
Nope and Puffy and the Hitmen made sure nobody knows that. Here's what they had to say in XXL's the making of "Life After Death":

12 “I Got A Story To Tell”

Produced by Buckwild, co-produced by Chucky Thompson and Puffy

Buckwild: Big picked beats on vibe, and he was looking for beats to fit into the album. Big was the type of dude where there could be 50 people in the room and you think he wouldn’t be listening. You’d play him 50 beats and you’d think he wasn’t paying attention, ’cause he’s sitting there smoking and zoning out. And then at the end, he’d be like, I want number 12, and put number 30 on a tape.

The song was done, and everyone was telling me the song was incredible. That was all I kept hearing. But we had big problems with the sample. It almost didn’t make the album. Working with Puff, it was a blessing that he had people who could come in and get him around the sample issues. Chucky [Thompson], being an excellent musician, he replayed it and found the exact same sound. Chuck just had to change one or two notes. If I played the original and I played the sample, there’s nothing really different.

Chucky Thompson: Puff played me songs, trying to get me amped. He played me “I Got A Story To Tell,” and I just loved it. But him and Harve said they can’t use it because of a problem with a sample. I knew what was needed. It was the night of the Grammys. So I went straight from the Grammys to Daddy’s House, and I’m in there with a tuxedo just trying to finish up, ’cause they was wrapping the album up. Puff really didn’t understand what I was doing. I think the pressure was on him. He was like, “We’re just going to scrap the song.” I told him to just relax. Just leave the room, go pressure your ass somewhere else. Let me deal with this.

I liked the original way Buckwild done it. All we had to do was take a piece out, which in the original sample was really just the harp part. I knew if I could get it to the point where it’s unrecognizable, we were good. So I went in, grabbed the guitar and started filling in the pieces. I took the same melodies. I just changed a few of the instruments. I moved it from harp to the guitar, put a little bit of harp in there, but anybody that knows that original record is probably scratching their head, like, “How the hell did he…?”

D-Dot: I could be wrong, but I’ve never heard a rapper rap through a story—rap you a story and then tell you the whole story again without rapping it. In “I Got A Story To Tell” Big tells you the story about how he met this chick. She was wild, he went to the crib not knowing that she’s fukking with this basketball guy. The basketball player guy comes home, and in order to get out of there, Big had to pretend he was robbing her. So it looks like she’s getting robbed as opposed to having sex with Big. Then after he finishes the story, the beat plays on and then he goes back and tells you exactly what he rapped about, in case you didn’t catch it, like he’s telling it to his boys. That’s the creative part that I’d never seen anyone do.
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13 and good, young girl blues, to Behind the scenes, mc ren, krs, biz markie did all that shyt beforehand ddot.

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shortie a dime too :takedat::takedat:

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Cheech&Chong said:
for real, i love how people think athletes are sweet. Dude lives in the gym around weights and biggie lived in the studio around blunts. Starks woulda lit him up with the quickness
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Yeah even someone like starks who appeared small as fukk on the court will body almost all of these tough rappers.

Anthony Mason in a fight? That brolic venom looking muthafukka would have put almost any human to sleep with a clean punch.
 
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LOL @ Fat Joe bringing the story back and this thread. Look everyone in the hood knew the story was true. As for it being Mason, yes that was the rumor even back then. Fat Joe is just repeating what has been said in the Hood for the last 20 years. This proves how legendary "Life After Death" was that this song generated worldwide interest from finding out who this story was about it. Everyone knows Big is a GOAT Storyteller but now this just elevates "I Got A Story To Tell" even more as it was a Classic already. I think people are even more surprised that it was in fact a true story.

As I said in this post, Biggie did play with the facts because it's storytelling but the core of the story was true. He was messing with his girl and he came home on him. But now I'm about to blow some of ya'll minds. Did you guys know Ma$e did an unofficial sequel to the song on his 2nd album "Double Up". It was even produced by Buckwild again. It was called "Another Story To Tell" and Ma$e talks about all the girls and groupies he slept with but the core was about a certian groupie in the game. I don't think he was refering to Mason girl but a different groupie but it's a cool sequel that's slept on. I also thought it was funny Ma$e did the sequel because his first name is Mason, lol.

 
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Atsym Sknyfs said:
It doesn't .. He was just making a point if trying to figure out why he home early.. its obvious he mustve left early.. he knows its not rained out that's why he laughs ....
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I agree, he was making a joke but was referencing Baseball as it was a "Sports" Story. Biggie spit audio movies on wax. If he wasn't a rapper he would of been a Author of Novels/Books, A Director or screenwriter for sure.
 
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