Big L

It was right around my 18th brthday, March 1995, when when Big L’s debut album “Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous” dropped, and I remember thinking to myself “This is the next dude”. It was a great time for East Coast rap. Big, Jay, and Nas were all at the top of their game, you couldnt cop a mix tape without hearing Capone and Norega, or Mobb Deep… Even with all of this going on, in what I consider the greatest era of hip hop, there was not an artist at this point in time that impressed me more than Big L. This dude was dropping punchlines that would have these SMACK DVD youngins “oooh’ing and ahhhh’ing” for days. Unfortunately Big L, like so many other great talents, was taken far too soon. Yesteryday marks the 11th anniversary of his passing. Still to this day Big L is in heavy rotation in my iPod, and is one of if not my favorite rapper of all time. Rest in power!!!