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The original song included three verses for Lil' Cease with vocals from Biggie. According to a January 2022 VladTV interview, Lil' Cease, [3] apparently hated the song, and Notorious B.I.G. made the decision to put the song on Lil' Kim's debut album in its original form without any verses or vocals from Lil' Kim to help break Lil' Cease's ...
The song features a distinctive sample of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "10 Crack Commandments," featuring production by DJ Premier.The Biggie sample was also used in reference for Lil' Kim's feature, much similar to another single ("Let It Go") which would follow the same concept four years later.
"Notorious B.I.G." is a song and single by the Notorious B.I.G. from the album Born Again, which features Lil' Kim, and Puff Daddy. As a tribute song, Lil' Kim and Puff Daddy's verses have little relevance to Biggie's verse, which is about being in the hospital while being comforted by attractive female nurses.
Lil' Cease's niece provides the voice of the child on Biggie's answering machine. His sister and her friends played the various women who leave messages. [7] The original beat of the original version has a sample of DeBarge's "All This Love" and it can be found on D.J. Semi's Ready to Die: The O.G. Version.
[12] The phrase "take money" is repeated throughout the song, which is a play on Junior M.A.F.I.A's recent release "Get Money", the remix of which (called "Gettin' Money") is also the beat used in "Hit 'Em Up". [20] Faith Evans, who at the time was Biggie's estranged wife, [21] was reportedly seen with Shakur after a public breakup with Biggie.
As he explained on BET's Rap City, Biggie aimed to reach a wider audience with Life After Death, collaborating with a wider variety of artists than on his debut. In addition to Bad Boy labelmates Mase, the LOX and 112, and label owner Puff Daddy, guests include Jay-Z, Angela Winbush, Too Short, Lil Kim, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
The 50-year-old Grammy winner, author, and onetime Biggie Smalls paramour, born Kimberly Jones, ... Lil’ Kim’s manager, Brandon Cohen, did not respond to an inquiry from The Independent.
Brown claimed that Lil' Kim was allegedly jealous that Biggie was to include Brown in his Junior M.A.F.I.A. collective. [204] Brown also added that a tell-all book disclosing the feud would be released for Christmas 2003. [204] In her final comments on the dispute, Brown stated: "Kim is the only female artist that keeps me on my toes.