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NY's Finest is a studio album by hip hop producer and emcee Pete Rock. The album was Rock's first studio album since 2004's Soul Survivor II, and was released on February 26, 2008 through the Nature Sounds record label.^[1] The album's cover art was created by Fuse Green and inspired by the cover of James Brown's Hell. The instrumental version of the album was released on May 13, 2008 and includes two additional songs not available on the ordinary release; "It's So G" (which appeared with lyrics by Roc Marciano on the deluxe edition) and "When I Need It" (which later was released with lyrics by Pete Rock on the NBA Live 10 soundtrack).

Collaborations[link]

NY's Finest, as the name suggests, features many of New York City's most respected and successful rap artists. As with previous Pete Rock albums, the album features an array of guest artists, and prior to its completion, Rock expressed interest in collaborating with rappers such as Papoose, Redman, D-Block, Jim Jones, Raekwon & Masta Killa. The album also sees Rock rapping on 7 songs. In December 2007, an EPK was released featuring Rock and other musicians talking about the album and in the studio.^[2] The album was to also feature Detroit hip hop act Slum Village, in a song called "Gangsta Boogie", but was taken off the album, probably to keep with theme of the title (it should be noted, however, that the North Carolina group Little Brother appears on the song "Bring Y'all Back").

Reception[link]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	B+[4]
Billboard	(favorable)[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Pitchfork Media	(6.8/10)[7]
PopMatters	(6/10)[8]
RapReviews	(8/10)[9]
Spin	[10]
U-WIRE	(favorable)[11]
Village Voice	(favorable)[12]

Commercial performance[link]

The album debuted at number 193 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 3,900 copies in its first week.^[13]

The first single is "914", featuring LOX members Styles P and Sheek Louch, backed with B-side "The PJs", featuring Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and Masta Killa. A third track, "Gangsta Boogie" featuring Slum Village, was also leaked onto the internet but will be a iTunes exclusive only.

Track listing[link]

All tracks produced by Pete Rock unless noted otherwise.^[14]

1. "Pete Intro"
2. "We Roll"
   • Featuring Jim Jones & Max B
   • Samples: "You Don't Have To Change" by Kool & The Gang
3. "Till I Retire"
4. "914"
   • Featuring Sheek Louch & Styles P
5. "Questions"
   • Featuring Royal Flush
   • Samples: "Exercise Run" by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
6. "Best Believe"
   • Featuring Redman & LD
7. "Ready Fe War"
   • Featuring Chip Fu & Renee Neufville (Formerly of Zhane)
8. "Don't Be Mad"
   • Produced by DJ Green Lantern
9. "Bring Y'all Back"
   • Featuring Little Brother
10. "The Best Secret"
    • Featuring Lords of the Underground
11. "That's What I Am Talking About"
    • Featuring Rell
12. "The PJ's"
    • Featuring Raekwon & Masta Killa
13. "Made Man"
    • Featuring Tarrey Torae
    • Samples: "Take The Time To Tell Her" by Jerry Butler
14. "Let's Go"
    • Featuring Doo Wop
    • Samples: I'm Not In Love by 10cc
15. "Comprehend"
    • Featuring Papoose
16. "Gangsta Boogie"
    • Featuring Slum Village (iTunes Bonus)
    • Samples: "They Long To Be Close To You" by Isaac Hayes
17. "It's So G"
    • Featuring Roc Marciano (Deluxe Edition Bonus)

Album singles[link]

Album chart positions[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Interview discussing the album
• “Til I Retire…” - Pete Rock’s NY’s Finest Album Review

Mobb Deep is an American Hip-Hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S.,^[1] that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast Hip-Hop groups".^[2] The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones Pt. II".^[3] Mobb Deep have become one of the most successful rap duos in Hip Hop having sold over three million records.^[2] The majority of their albums have been critically acclaimed, in particular The Infamous in which is considered to be classic among avid Hip-Hop listeners and general fans.^[4][5] They are partially credited for the resurgence of East Coast rap in the early to mid-'90s. Havoc and Prodigy were also judges for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers and breakthroughs.^[6]

Biography[link]

Origins[link]

Havoc and Prodigy supposedly started their career in music in 1986 and they both attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Havoc took the role of kurwa and as secondary musician/rapper while Prodigy assumed the position of primary musician/rapper. Originally dubbing themselves the Poetical Profits, the duo later changed its name to Mobb Deep in order to "reflect their reputation on the streets."^[7] It is rumored that before the groups initial career beginnings, Prodigy was at the age of fifteen when he was featured on the classic movie soundtrack Boyz In The Hood in a track call Too Young. In June 1991, when Havoc and Prodigy were at the age of seventeen they released their debut album as they self-titled, Juvenile Hell which was promoted by the single "Peer Pressure." The album sold poorly and eventually met with harsh reviews that dismissed the duo as just another hardcore group with little to distinguish it from the rest of the hip-hop world, despite production by DJ Premier and Large Professor. However, a few songs from Juvenile Hell had gain recognition such as; "Hit It from the Back," "Locked in Spofford" and "Me and My Crew." Moreover, in 1993 Havoc attended a show as a guest appearance on the critically acclaimed Black Moon album Enta Da Stage on a song titled "U Da Man." In 1994 the duo released a single titled "Shook Ones Part 1", which contained verses that later were incorporated into their most commercially successful song, "Shook Ones Part 2".

Rise to Success[link]

The group saw its first major success with their second album, The Infamous released in 1995. Mobb Deep catapulted to the top of the hardcore hip-hop scene through Havoc and Prodigy's straightforward narration of street life. In this album, Mobb Deep portrayed the struggles of living in New York City's Queensbridge Houses where they grew up. Following the release of The Infamous, Mobb Deep became some of the most prolific artists of the East Coast in regards to the hardcore Hip Hop sub-genre. The production of this album was very dark and sample-based thanks to Havoc, who produced the beats almost exclusively throughout Mobb Deep's career.^[8] Furthermore, the smash hit single "Shook Ones Pt. II" received critical acclaim and was well-received within the Hip Hop community.

Mobb Deep's third album, Hell on Earth was released in 1996 debuting at number six on the Billboard Album Chart; the album continued the duo's portrayal of harsh street life while further pushing them to the forefront of the hardcore Hip Hop scene along with contemporary East Coast Rappers like The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan collective, Jay-Z and fellow Queensbridge Associate Nas. Both Method Man and Raekwon of the Wu Tang Clan appear on 'Hell on Earth'.

In 1996, they appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan and Fat Joe among many other prominent Hip Hop artists. This compilation was solely meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men and this compilation was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source Magazine, a Hip Hop Publication. In 1998, the duo collaborated with a reggae dancehall rapper named, Bounty Killer on the track "Deadly Zone" for the soundtrack to Blade. In 1999, they released the highly anticipated Murda Muzik album in which despite extensive bootlegging, the majority of its songs were unintentionally leaked which resulted in delays in the official album release. When the album officially released it eventually debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and quickly received Platinum Certification and further promoted by the popular single "Quiet Storm." Shortly afterward, Prodigy released his long-awaited solo album H.N.I.C in which the artist collaborated with fellow artist on the likes of, (B.G. and N.O.R.E.) and lastly, producers (including The Alchemist, Rockwilder, and Just Blaze).

East Coast vs. West Coast National Feud[link]

Mobb Deep was part of the infamous East Coast vs West Coast Hip Hop rivalry that was fueled and increasingly promoted by the private media. The beef started when Snoop Dogg and the West Coast group, Tha Dogg Pound released "New York, New York" which Mobb Deep, along with Capone-N-Noreaga and Tragedy Khadafi responded with the song "L.A L.A" (This song can be found on Capone-N-Noreaga's debut album The War Report). This song was released during rapper 2Pac's final days of incarceration. Members of 2Pac's group, Outlawz, allegedly attended a Mobb Deep concert; they then visited with 2Pac over public rumoring that the duo had snubbed them at the concert. 2Pac dissed Mobb Deep on multiple tracks, including: "Hit 'Em Up" and "When We Ride on Our Enemies" in which 2Pac makes light of Prodigy's sickle-cell disease. Additional 2Pac diss tracks include: "Bomb First (My Second Reply)" and "Against All Odds", both of which were released on 2Pac's posthumous studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. Mobb Deep retaliated on their 1996 release of Hell on Earth, which contains a diss track entitled "Drop A Gem On 'Em."

2000 to 2010[link]

Mobb Deep released Infamy while in 2001 the song "Burn" (featuring Vita) was perceived as a response to Jay-Z's diss song "Takeover" on The Blueprint, as was "Crawlin'," in which Prodigy's two verses both mention Jay-Z. The album marked a major stylistic change in which the duo moved away from a raw, minimalist, stripped-down beat toward a commercial friendly in terms with such songs as "Hey Luv (Anything)." This transition fostered accusations of "selling out". The eventually led the group's fanbase upset and many long-time fans who did not wish to see them veer away from their original style eventually lost some interest in their music. Although these stylistic adjustments opened up by Mobb Deep to a wider audience, many critics and fans consider their style change as a detriment to Mobb Deep's street image and record sales (most evident when comparing the platinum-selling Murda Muzik to Infamy which struggled to attain gold-record status). In 2003, the group split with Loud Records and released Free Agents: The Murda Mix Tape, in which Havoc and Prodigy proclaimed themselves "free agents" and addressed the group's split with its old label and its search for a new label. Jive Records signed the duo later in the year through a deal with the group’s own imprint. Mobb Deep then released Amerikaz Nightmare in 2004 which was seen by the general hip-hop audience as an "weaker release"; this resulted in poor sales and the group’s subsequent departure from the label.^[9] Today, as a result of various mergers, all of Mobb Deep's studio albums from 1995 to 2004 are owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

G-Unit Records[link]

In June 2005, Prodigy and Havoc announced they had signed with 50 Cent's label G-Unit Records. The move was surprising among Hip Hop fans because 50 Cent had ridiculed the group in his song "Piggy Bank". 50 Cent had a connection to Mobb Deep as he grew up in Queens and Havoc had provided production on projects by G-Unit, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. The relationship strengthened as Prodigy and 50 Cent each received tattoos to pledge their loyalty to each other. Prodigy has the word "G-Unit" tattooed on the side of his right hand and 50 Cent has "Mobb Deep" tattooed on his wrist. As part of their contract with G-Unit, both Prodigy and Havoc were given new Porsches. Later, Mobb Deep signed different artists onto Infamous/G-Unit Records including Nyce, 40 Glocc and Gail Gotti. Mobb Deep released their eighth album, Blood Money in 2006. It features G-Unit members 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck as well as Mary J. Blige and Nate Dogg. In 2006, Mobb Deep became the first American hip-hop duo to perform in India, via VH1's Hip Hop Hustle. It performed in a nightclub called Enigma. In late 2009, Mobb Deep were released from their contract with 50 Cent's G-Unit label.

2011 to Present Day[link]

On April 4, 2011 a possible new Mobb Deep single leaked on the internet named "Dog Shit", this song features rapper Nas as its collaborator. This is the first official song by Mobb Deep since Prodigy made his return from jail and their first consensual collaboration with Nas in nearly ten years due to their feud (Except member Prodigy & Nas appearing on producer The Alchemist's album 1st Infantry, on song "Tick Tock"). It is produced by Havoc and Alchemist. In the longrun of their relationship, they are also recording an upcoming, self titled album (which will be their ninth studio album) with production from Havoc, The Alchemist, Sid Roams, DJ Premier, MTK, Cardiak and the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League as well as other guest artists such as; Rick Ross, Lil' Kim, Wiz Khalifa, Odd Future and Nas on their new album.^[10] On November 21, 2011, the duo released an EP called Black Cocaine which is an EP promoting their LP which is rumored to be released in the Year of 2012.^[11]

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mobb Deep on Myspace
• Interview with Prodigy - Prodigy Interview of 2006, Hip Hop Publication
• Prodigy Interview of 2007, Hip Hop Publication

Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), better known by his stage name Big L, was an American rapper. Coleman was born and raised in Harlem, New York, where he started his rap career with Three the Hard Way. He founded the group Children of the Corn and was a member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew before pursuing a solo career. His first professional appearance came on Lord Finesse's "Yes You May (Remix)". He released his debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous in 1995, and significantly contributed to the underground hip hop scene. He created his own independent label, Flamboyant Entertainment, in 1998 where he released one of his best known singles "Ebonics" (1998).

On February 15, 1999, Coleman was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in his hometown of Harlem. Suspects, including the main suspect Gerald Woodley, were brought in for questioning, but no one was found guilty. His second studio album, The Big Picture was put together by Coleman's manager, Rich King. It was released the following year and certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Four posthumous albums have been released, mainly consisting of unreleased songs which were put together by Rich King and his brother, Donald. Multiple tributes have been given to Coleman, including in The Source, MTV, and HipHop DX. A documentary is in the works titled Street Struck: The Big L Story (2012). About.com called him the twenty-third best MC of all time, and multiple writers at Allmusic have given him high praise.

Early life[link]

Born Lamont Coleman in Harlem, New York on May 30, 1974,^[1] he was the third and youngest child of Gilda Terry (d. 2008^[2]) and Charles Davis.^[3] His father left the family while Coleman was a child.^[4] He has two siblings, Donald and Leroy Phinazee (d.^[2]), who were the children of Gilda Terry and Mr. Phinazee.^[3] Coleman received the nicknames "Little L" and "'mont 'mont" as a child.^[5][6] At the age of 12, Coleman became a big hip hop fan and started freestyling against his own neighborhood.^[3][6] He founded a group called Three the Hard Way in 1990, but was quickly broken up due to a lack of enthusiasm.^[7] It consisted of Coleman, a "Doc Reem", and a "Rodney".^[8] No studio albums were released, and after Rodney left, the group was called Two Hard Motherfuckers.^[8] Around this time, people started to call him "Big L".^[3] In the summer of 1990, Coleman met Lord Finesse at an autograph session in a record shop on 125th Street.^[9][10] After he did a freestyle, Finesse and Coleman exchanged numbers.^[10]

Coleman attended Julia Richman High School.^[3] While in high school, Coleman freestyle battled in his hometown; in his last interview, he stated, "in the beginning, all I ever saw me doing was battling everybody on the street corners, rhyming in the hallways, beating on the wall, rhyming to my friends. Every now and then, a house party, grab the mic, a block party, grab the mic."^[11] He graduated in 1992.^[3]

Professional career[link]

1991–1994: The beginnings[link]

Coleman began rhyming in 1990.^[12] In 1991, he founded the Harlem rap group Children of the Corn (COC) with Killa Cam, Murda Mase, and Bloodshed.^[7][13] On February 11, Coleman appeared on Yo! MTV Raps with Lord Finesse to help promote Finesse's studio album Return of the Funky Man.^[14] Coleman's first professional appearance came on "Yes You May (Remix)", the B-side of "Party Over Here" (1992) by Lord Finesse,^[13] and his first album appearance was on "Represent" off of Showbiz & A.G.'s Runaway Slave (1992).^[9] In that same year, he won an amateur freestyle battle, which consisted of about 2,000 contestants and held by Nubian Productions.^[15] In 1993, Coleman signed to Columbia Records.^[7] Around this time, L joined Lord Finesse's Bronx-based hip hop collective Diggin' in the Crates Crew (DITC) which consisted of Lord Finesse, Diamond D, O.C., Fat Joe, Buckwild, Showbiz, and A.G.

Sometime in 1993, Coleman released his first promotional single, "Devil's Son", and claimed it was the first horrorcore single released.^[9] He said he wrote the song because "I've always been a fan of horror flicks. Plus the things I see in Harlem are very scary. So I just put it all together in a rhyme."^[9] On February 18, 1993, Coleman performed live at the Uptown Lord Finesse Birthday Bash at the 2,000 Club, which included other performances from Fat Joe, Nas, and Diamond D.^[3] In 1994, he released his second promotional single "Clinic". On July 11, 1994, Coleman released the radio edit of "Put It On", and three months later the video was released.^[3] In 1995, the video for the single "No Endz, No Skinz" debuted, which was directed by Brian Luvar.^[16]

[edit] 1995–1999: Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous

His debut solo album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, was released in March 1995. The album debuted at number 149 on the Billboard 200^[17] and number 22 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[18] Lifestylez would go on to sell over 200,000 copies as of 2000.^[19] Three singles were released from the album; the first two, "Put It On" and "M.V.P.", reached the top twenty-five of Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks and the third "No Endz, No Skinz" did not chart.^[20][21] Even though the album received a three-star rating from Allmusic, it was an AMG Album Pick.^[22]

Sometime in 1996, Coleman was dropped from Columbia mainly because of the dispute between Coleman's rapping style and the production from Columbia.^[23] He stated "I was there with a bunch of strangers that didn't really know my music."^[24] In 1997, he started working on his second studio album, The Big Picture.^[25] COC folded when Bloodshed died in a car accident in April 1996.^[26] DITC appeared in a July issue On The Go Magazine.^[3] Coleman appeared on O.C.'s single "Dangerous" for O.C.'s second album Jewelz.^[27] In November, he was the opening act for O.C.'s European Jewlez Tour.^[3] Sometime in 1998, Coleman formed his own independent label, Flamboyant Entertainment.^[28] According to the The Village Voice, it was "planned to distribute the kind of hip-hop that sold without top 40 samples or r&b hooks."^[29] He released the single "Ebonics" in 1998.^[30] The song was based on ebonics, and The Source called it on of the top five independent singles of the year.^[10] DITC released their first single, "Dignified Soldiers", that year.^[1]

Coleman caught the eye of Damon Dash, the CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records, after the release of "Ebonics". Dash wanted to sign Lamont to Roc-A-Fella, but Coleman wanted his crew to sign^[31][32] On February 8, 1999, Coleman, Herb McGruff, C-Town, and Jay-Z started the process to sign with Roc-A-Fella Records as a group called "The Wolfpack".^[3][33]

Death[link]

In a 2010 interview with Donald Phinazee, he commented on what led up to the death of Lamont Coleman

There was something that went down with a dude out here with my middle brother, "Big Lee", and, uh, Lee went upstate for five years. [...] It was a little problem like I just said, "divide and conqueror" between the fellas and, uh, Lee went upstate, then I went upstate, and then [Lee] sent word to do something [to someone]. He sent word to somebody else to do something, but Lamont went with him, which he shouldn't have. [...] It didn't go down the way it should have and they seen Lamont face. So, uh, both of us is gone, and [Lamont] was out here by himself. And so you can't get one brother, you get the other one. That's it in a nutshell.

—Donald Phinazee, ^[31]

Coleman was killed in the doorway of 45 West 139th Street in Harlem on February 15, 1999 after being shot nine times in the face and chest.^[34][35][36] Gerard Woodley, one of Coleman's childhood friends, was arrested in May for the crime.^[37] At the time of his death, Coleman had two brothers in prison. "It's a good possibility it was retaliation for something [Big L's] brother did, or [Woodley] believed he had done," said a spokesperson for the NYPD.^[38] Woodley was later released, and the murder case remains unsolved.^[39]

Posthumous career[link]

The tracks "Get Yours", "Way of Life", and "Shyheim's Manchild" b/w "Furious Anger" were released as singles in 1999 for DITC's self-titled album (2000) on Tommy Boy Records.^[3][40] The album peaked at number 31 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 141 on the Billboard 200.^[41] Coleman's first posthumous single was "Flamboyant" b/w "On The Mic", which was released on May 30, 2000.^[42] The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[43] and topped the Hot Rap Tracks,^[21] making it Coleman's first and only number-one single.

Coleman's second studio album, The Big Picture, was released in August 1, 2000 and featured Fat Joe, Guru of Gang Starr, Kool G Rap, and Big Daddy Kane among others. The Big Picture was put together by his manager and partner in Flamboyant Entertainment, Rich King. It contains songs that he had recorded and a cappella recordings that were never used, completed by producers and guest emceess that Coleman respected or had worked with previously.^[3] The Big Picture debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard 200, number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and sold 72,549 copies.^[19] The album was certified gold a month later for shipments of 500,000 copies by the RIAA.^[44] The Big Picture was the only music by Big L to appear on a music chart outside of the United States, peaking at number 122 on the UK Albums Chart.^[45]

A compilation album containing COC songs entitled Children of the Corn: The Collector's Edition was released in 2003. The next posthumous album released was 139 & Lenox, which was released on August 31, 2010.^[46] It contained previously unreleased and rare tracks.^[46] It was released by Rich King on Flamboyant Entertainment.^[47] The next album to follow was Return of the Devil's Son (2010), which peaked at number 73 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[48] Coleman's next release was The Danger Zone (2011),^[49] and an upcoming album called L Corleone is planned to release February 14, 2012.^[50]

Legacy[link]

Henry Adaso, a music journalist for About.com, called him the twenty-third best MC of 1987 to 2007, claiming "[he was] one of the most auspicious storytellers in hip hop history."^[51] HipHop DX called Coleman "the most underrated lyricist".^[7]

Many tributes have been given to Coleman. The first was by Lord Finesse and the other members of DITC on March 6, 1999 at the Tramps.^[3] The Source has done multiple tributes to him: first in July 2000^[52] followed by March 2002.^[53] XXL did a tribute to Fat Joe and Lamont in March 2003.^[54] On February 16, 2005, at SOB's restaurant and nightclub in Manhattan, held a commemoration for him.^[55] It included special guests such as DITC, Herb McGruff, and Kid Capri.^[55] All the money earned went to his estate.^[55]

Style[link]

	"Ebonics" noicon In "Ebonics", one of Coleman's best-known tracks, he raps about the slang used in Harlem while he was growing up.
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Coleman is often credited in helping to create the horrorcore genre of hip hop due to his 1992 song "Devil's Son."^[9] However, not all his songs fall into this genre, for example, in the song "Street Struck" Coleman discusses the difficulties of growing up in the ghetto and describes the consequences of living a life of crime.^[56] Idris Goodwin of The Boston Globe said, "[Big L had an] impressive command of the English language", and the best example was Coleman's song "Ebonics".^[57]

He was notable for using a rap style called "compounding".^[58] He also used one-liners: an example is in the song "'98 Freestyle" from The Big Picture where he raps "If my girl think I'm loyal, then that bitch is a fool."^[59] Coleman also used metaphors in his rhymes.^[22] M.F. DiBella of Allmusic stated Coleman was "a master of the lyrical stickup undressing his competition with kinetic metaphors and a brash comedic repertoire".^[22] On the review of The Big Picture, she adds "the Harlem MC as a master of the punch line and a vicious storyteller with a razor blade-under-the-tongue flow."^[23] Trent Fitzgerald of Allmusic said "a lyrically ferocious MC with raps deadlier than a snakebite and mannerisms cooler than the uptown pimp he claimed to be on records."^[60]

Documentary[link]

A movie title Street Struck: The Big L Story is set to be released in 2012. It is directed by a childhood friend and independent film director, Jewlz.^[15] Approximately nine hours of footage was brought in, and the film is planned to be 90 to 120 minutes long.^[31] The first trailer was released on August 29, 2009.^[15] Street Struck contains interviews from his mother Gilda Terry; his brother Donald; childhood friends E-Cash, D.O.C., McGruff, and Stan Spit; artists Mysonne and Doug E. Fresh; producers Showbiz and Premiere; and recording DJs Cipha Sounds and Paul Rosenberg.^[15] A soundtrack will be made for the documentary, and it will be put together by Lamont's brother Donald.^[31]

Discography[link]

Studio

• Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
• The Big Picture (2000)

Posthumous

• 139 & Lenox (2010)
• Return of the Devil's Son (2010)
• The Danger Zone (2011)
• L Corleone (2012)

See also[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Big L

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Hess, Mickey (2010). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: Volume 1: East Coast and West Coast. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34323-0. 
• Jasper, Kenji (July 6, 1999). "Of Mics and Men in Harlem". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-07-06/news/of-mics-and-men-in-harlem/. Retrieved February 6, 2012. 

External links[link]

• Official website
• Big L at Allmusic
• Big L at MTV
• Big L discography at Discogs
• Big L at Find a Grave