What's Beef?

And nah, I ain't talkin about what's for dinner...or even where is it. I'm talkin about that stuff that got niggas shot up about....that stuff that produced many a bangin track, cause someone decided to rip someone apart.



Here is how beef is described by Biggie:

What's beef? Beef is when you need two gats to go to sleep
Beef is when your moms ain't safe up in the streets
Beef is when I see you
Guaranteed to be in ICU, one more time
What's beef? Beef is when you make your enemies start your Jeep
Beef is when you roll no less than thirty deep
Beef is when I see you
Guaranteed to be in ICU...

Today is a special day in the life of hip-hop, because this is the day that the great Notorious B.I.G. was murdered. Biggie was one half of one of the greatest beefs to ever hit music (2Pac being the other). I know folks loved to hear those two go back and forth about everything from style/swagger to cliques they rolled with. To me, Biggie kept it real, raw, and uncut. It was what it was. And that's all it was goin to be.

Even though he only dropped 3 albums (well some say 2, but eh #kanyeshrug), his flow and music was nothin to be effed with. Biggie dropped tracks that were club bangers (and some of them still are), those that were ride outs in the car, and even those that riled up the inner thug in you (that's if you got some of that).

I already posted once about my favorite song by Biggie - see here, but here are some of my other favorites that I always bang on the iPod...even though they all came out in the 90s.

10 Crack Commandments: Rules that all street pharmaceutical salesmen should live by.

Who Shot Ya?: During the height of the Biggie/Pac battles. Biggie wasn't playin. lol

One More Chance (remix): This song was so great, that even Ashanti could bite the music and make a hit. lol

You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You): This is the real though. People don't know you til you're no longer here.

Fuck Me: Real raunchy, but this interlude was HILARIOUS!

Livin the Life: One of the best tributes to Biggie. Snoop, Luda, and Bobby V set it out on this one.

Biggie, your lyrical mastermind will always live on. RIP Christopher Wallace

You must be used to me Spendin

"on all that sweet winin' and dinin'
But I'm fuckin you tonite"

I actually got this idea reading another post from my homegirl Reecie (check her out yall..she got tastes like mine...you'll enjoy hers if you enjoy mine). In her post, she was discussing Ashanti, and I posted that my favorite song of hers is the Unfoolish remix (the one where Biggie spits his flow from "Fuckin You Tonite"). As I was writing that, I decided to put it on the iPod, which made me remember that this song is definitely my favorite from all of the bangers that he ever produced. (hey I know...but don't judge me dammit!)



One of many hits that featured someone else (this time being that musical genius mastermind R. Kelly), this song talks about straight get it in and out. He wasn't tryin to wife her up, he wasn't tryin to boo her up, and he definitely wasn't buy the bank out to get the draws. Fellas, I know we've all done this before. It's not that she's NOT worth it, but in the end, the reality is that we're just tryin to beat it and roll out. This is one of the original "aight Girl, you know what we here to do....now let's get on with the get on" type songs.

I like it when we truly parlayin
No love makin
Strictly back breakin
Cease know all his hoes go to my do'
Then they go to his floor
to fuck some more
So no, caviar, sharp bar, uh uh
Strictly sex that's sweaty and left over spaghetti
I know you used to slow CD's and Don P's
But tonight its eight tracks and six-packs while I hit that

Straight pimpin....and I bet that line worked on at LEAST one girl. lol. I guess after Biggie died, R decided to press on with the fame that this song got, and did a remake/remix of sorts with it. It wasn't as good as the original (but very few are IMO...another post for another time), but it still had some sort of bump to it, simply because he decided to keep the same style and beat to his version. Peep it out:



It's not atop my faves, but I'll give it one thumb up...simply because it's a tribute to the fallen BIG.