Life After "Life After Death". What Biggie had planned for the future.....

[Da_Eggman]

Biggie wouldn't have fallen off at all, he would have ruled, and been in the Jay Z position pretty much.

Basically

 

[Knicksman20]

New Lil' Kim interview, said Biggie predicted "Life After Death" would go Diamond before his death and that he loved Wu Tang and Mobb Deep:



Kim always ride for Big forever, she really learned a lot from him. These tracks she released over the last year were dope and payed homage to Big and her flow on "Quiet Storm" was very Biggie-esqe, it was like his spirit was flowing thru her, she bodied that:



"After I drop these flowers for Big off, I'm gonna come and blow your lid off, Like Adolf, roll up the tints and peel off"

Finally gotta chance to see the Kim video entirely. She always rides for Big. That was a crazy story about Pac & Nas in Brooklyn

 

[JohnB]

It's funny Biggie and Pac were horrible drivers.

 

[KwamePiesie]

Big and Dilla when they died my heart cried..

 

[Rapmastermind]

19 Years After it's release, Biggie's "Life After Death" makes a shocking 130 spot jump to #32 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts. It's listed as Billboard's Greatest Grainer of the week. Biggie still holds the record for largest Jump in Billboard History from 176 to 1 in March of 1997. It's currently the 8th Highest Selling Rap album this week in the country.

Top 200 Albums | Billboard



Double Diamond Plaque incoming? Damn.

 

[Roovers410]

19 Years After it's release, Biggie's "Life After Death" makes a shocking 130 spot jump to #32 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts. It's listed as Billboard's Greatest Grainer of the week. Biggie still holds the record for largest Jump in Billboard History from 176 to 1 in March of 1997. It's currently the 8th Highest Selling Rap album this week in the country.

Top 200 Albums | Billboard



Double Diamond Plaque incoming? Damn.

Damn what happened ? This is cool

 

[Knicksman20]

Wow

 

[mrken12]

I like this thread... well researched with a lot of actual information and effort spent. So take these comments in the spirit of trying to add to the discussion not criticize.

The Face Turn - Big stated he wanted to rap more conscious topics and he was moving on from the mafioso/versace subject matter he was more known for. This would have been the biggest heel/face turn in history of rap. I dont think he woulda gone conscious like say KRS-1 or Rakim, I think he was more going for a Slick Rick, meaning witty story telling with a theme behind it. I think 'Sky's The Limit'/'Juicy' is basically the mold of song that biggie might have been aiming for... Also with this angle I really don't know if Puffy would have let this go down. That was a major change to the direction of his cash cow... Its funny to think about it all we got a chance to hear from biggie was... its as if nas had died after it was written, or jigga had died after reasonable doubt... we really dont know what his legacy would have been. his whole legacy might be completely different today

The Triple CD - Would have never gone down... this has never been successfully pulled off by a big name rap artist. It was a concept that was floated around a lot at that time, but i dont think any of the big names who talked about this actually made it to a release.

The Fall Off - Almost undeniable... i mean in the history of rap there are probably the only artist who can be considered to never have truly fallen off is Eminem and Jigga... and both have often been sited as having a huge decrease in passion/effort/final product... so just based off statistics we have to assume biggie woulda fallen off eventually... my personal perspective is hip hop was already turning on big time right before his death, so i think it woulda been earlier rather later

You're wrong about Eminem. He fell off a long time ago.

 

[C-Styles]

You're wrong about Eminem. He fell off a long time ago.

He's talking about popularity and relevancy wise, ala snoop dogg

 

[Rapmastermind]

Brooklyn President officially named May 21st "The Notorious B.I.G. Day". Lil Cease and Tyanna were there to recieve the honor. Biggie would of been 44 Years Old in 2016. Puff Daddy and the Family kicked off the Bad Boy 20 Year Reunion Tour in Brooklyn in Honor of Biggie last night.

Brooklyn BP Proclaims May 21

 

[Wacky D]

I'm more interested in how he would've bounced back from the backlash he would've faced from the "life after death" album had he lived, along with the incoming shiney suits.

him having pepsi commercials & such on the horizon would've just made things worse.

New York rap in the mid 2000s could've been VERY different if BIG was still alive

big would've been by then.

 

[Redwing80]

I'm more interested in how he would've bounced back from the backlash he would've faced from the "life after death" album had he lived, along with the incoming shiney suits.

him having pepsi commercials & such on the horizon would've just made things worse.





big would've been by then.

I think he would've been what Jay Z became. If what was said in that article was true

 

[WaveGang]

Definitely be in Jay's spit it's crazy to think biggie is younger than jay z

 

[Wacky D]

I think he would've been what Jay Z became. If what was said in that article was true

regardless of who you may think is better, jay-z rose to power in a different era. two different ballgames.

also, jay-z is the smartest person in rap history - whether for good or bad(mostly bad). and I doubt biggie had the business acumen of a jay.

 

[Redwing80]

regardless of who you may think is better, jay-z rose to power in a different era. two different ballgames.

also, jay-z is the smartest person in rap history - whether for good or bad(mostly bad). and I doubt biggie had the business acumen of a jay.

If you read the article, everything that Jay Z did in the 00's, Biggie was already planning