“ Big Poppa ” is a song by American rapper The Notorious BIG. It was released on December 30, 1994 on Bad Boy Records as the second single from the rapper's debut album, Ready To Die .
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| Released | December 30, 1994 [1] | ||||||
| Format | Vinyl , CD , Audiotape , Record | ||||||
| Recorded by | June 1994; The Hit Factory, NYC | ||||||
| Genre | hip hop ji-funk | ||||||
| Duration | 4:11 | ||||||
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The song marked a serious change in style compared to the hardcore, aggressive style of Biggie's early work. The music used the softer aesthetics of the West Coast G-funk, while Biggie began to be perceived as a new character adored by women. Producer Easy Mo Bee noted: “Suddenly his voice calmed down. It became his new vocal style. ” [1] Spin Magazine called the song "East Coast's long-awaited response to the J-funk manifestos of Dr. Dre. " [2]
The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , four places on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart, and one on the Hot Rap Singles chart . She also ranked 63rd on the UK Singles Chart in the UK [3] . The single was certified as “ platinum ” on May 23, 1995 [4] .
Big Poppa was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance at the 38th 1996 Grammy Awards .
The song was sampled more than 80 times by artists of various genres [5] , used in films such as Race , Hardball , Super Peppers , Notorius , the television series Assimilation Difficulties and the talk show Late in the Night with Jimmy Fallon .
The official remix, released in 1995 with Jermain Dupree , is called “Big Poppa (So So Def Remix)”, it has similar lyrics (Dupri replaces Puff Daddy), and also Biggie has a new third verse. This remix was released as a single.
Content
Background and content
The name of the song is based on one of the numerous nicknames of The Notorious BIG The line “I love it when you call me Big Poppa” Dolly My Baby, released in 1993. The song also contains the famous sample from the song The Isley Brothers "Between The Sheets" (1983). The song also has a reference to the label artist Bad Boy - Craig Mack in the line “now check it, I got more Mack than Craig in the bed ...” (from English - “Check, I have more skills in the bedroom than Craig’s” ).
In the April 2004 issue of XXL magazine, the producer and member of The Hitmen’s super-producer group, Nashiem Myrick, said that the beat was originally created for rapper Mr. Cheeks from The Lost Boyz [6] :
Puff said he wants to use the “Between The Sheets” sample. He said slice the sample. Chuckie and I worked on it - then we moved our studio to The Hit Factory studio, and we produced this song there. This song was actually written for Mr. Cheeks from The Lost Boyz. We gave this song to The Lost Boyz. And then something happened, and Puff said: “Bring that song back, take it from him.” We traded it for another track. Remember that song “Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz?”. This track Easy Mo Bee made for Craig Mack. He was supposed to come out after the single Flava In Ya Ear, but Craig didn’t like it. He could not rhyme for her or something. So in the end we traded this track for “Big Poppa”. Both of these songs became hits, so I think it was a good deal.
In the same issue, the former editor of The Source , Matteo "Matt Lyphe" Capoluongo (also known as Matty C), said that the idea with the sample belongs to Biggie:
I think that another important misconception regarding the creation of this album, in the production of this album, is that people think that Puffy invented these creative, memorable samples for Biggie to rhyme over them. Big himself was very smart, thinking about these samples. I remember exactly how he told me: “I am going to rhyme over this“ Bonita Applebum ”(the single of group A Tribe Called Quest of 1990, which included the sample of The Isley Brothers “ Between the Sheets ”)”. That was his idea. This is how “Big Poppa” appeared.
Heritage
In addition to being used in several films, the song was used by The LOX for the tribute "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" as a tribute to BIG, who was killed in 1997. Rapper Omarion sampled the words in his song “Let's Talk” (2012). The Spanish version of the chorus was used in an advertisement for Taco Bell's fast-food restaurants called “Grande Papi” (2013). Will Ferrell performed the comedy version of the song, portraying singer Robert Gulet in the episode of Saturday Night Live [7] . Metalcore band A Plea For Purging performed the song as a separate single. This song sounds in the first episode of the Netflix series. She needs it very much .
Movie Appearances
The appearance of “Big Poppa” in the films was based on the list of films on the IMDb website [8] .
- In 1998, the song was used in the movie Race .
- In 2001, the song was used in the film Hardball .
- In 2007, the song was used in the movie Super Peppers .
- In 2009, the song was used in the biography film Notorius .
- In 2012, the song was used in the film What to expect when you are expecting a child .
- In 2014, the song was used in a late- night talk show with Jimmy Fallon , in the episode "Justin Timberlake" of February 21, 2014.
- In 2015, the song was used in the television series The Difficulties of Assimilation , in the episode “Pilot” of February 4, 2015.
- In 2016, the song was used in the movie Halloween Madei .
- In 2018, the song was used in Uncle Drew .
- In 2018, the song was used in the game show Beat Shazam , in the episode "Episode # 2.3" dated June 12, 2018.
- In 2018, the song was used in the television series Maritime Police: Special Department .
Song List
Vinyl
Party A
- A1 “Big Poppa” (Club Mix) (4:13)
- A2 "Warning" (Club Mix) (3:41)
- A3 "Big Poppa" (Instrumental) (4:13)
Party B
- B1 Big Poppa (Radio Edit) (4:12)
- B2 "Warning" (Radio Edit) (2:57)
- B3 "Warning" (Instrumental) (3:41)
- B4 "Who Shot Ya?"
Maxi single
- Big Poppa (radio edit)
- Big Poppa (remix radio edit)
- "Who Shot Ya?" (Radio edit)
- “Big Poppa” (remix instrumental)
- "Big Poppa" (club mix)
- "Big Poppa" (remix club mix)
- “Who Shot Ya?” (Club mix)
- "Warning" (club mix)
2014 digital version (iTunes / Apple)
- “Big Poppa (Club Mix)” - (4:13)
- "Big Poppa (Instrumental)" - (4:13)
- Big Poppa Remix (Club Mix) - (4:12)
- Big Poppa Remix (Instrumental) - (4:12)
- “Big Poppa (Radio Edit)” - (4:12)
Charts
Weekly Charts
| Chart (1994–95) | Top position |
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| UK Singles Chart [9] | 63 |
| Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 6 |
| Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs [11] | four |
| Hot Rap Songs [12] | one |
Final annual charts (singles)
| Year | Song | Charts | |||||||
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| Billboard Top 1995 US Singles [13] | |||||||||
| 1995 | "Big Poppa" | 47 | |||||||
Certification
| Region | Certification | Sales |
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| Great Britain ( BPI ) [14] | Silver | 200,000 |
| United States ( RIAA ) [15] "Big Poppa" | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
sales + streaming based only on certification | ||
Awards and nominations
In 1996, the single “Big Poppa” was nominated for a Grammy Award for best solo rap performance at the 38th Grammy Awards ceremony , but lost to the song Coolio “Gangsta's Paradise”.
| Reward | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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| Grammy Awards [2] | 1996 | "Big Poppa" | Best solo rap performance | Nomination |
Notes
- ↑ Vibe Magazine (November 2006), page 135 . books.google.com . The appeal date is July 30, 2019.
- ↑ SPIN Magazine (January 1996), page 88 . books.google.com . The appeal date is July 30, 2019.
- ↑ The Notorious BIG - Official Charts . officialcharts.com . The appeal date is July 28, 2019.
- ↑ American certifications - Notorious BIG - Big Poppa . Recording Industry Association of America .
- ↑ WhoSampled - Big Poppa by The Notorious BIG . whosampled.com . The appeal date is July 30, 2019.
- Unc Duncan, Andrea The Family of Ready To Die: Family Business . XXL Mag . Archived November 10, 2006.
- ↑ http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00dgoulet.phtml
- ↑ The Notorious BIG on the IMDb site . imdb.com The appeal date is July 30, 2019.
- ↑ The Notorious BIG - Official Charts . officialcharts.com . The appeal date is July 28, 2019.
- ↑ The Notorious BIG - Chart History: Billboard Hot 100 . billboard.com . The appeal date is July 28, 2019.
- N The Notorious BIG - Chart History: Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs - billboard.com Archived April 28, 2019.
- N The Notorious BIG - Chart History: Hot Rap Songs - billboard.com Archived April 29, 2019.
- ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 1995 . top40-charts.com . The appeal date is July 19, 2019.
- ↑ British single certifications - Notorious BIG - Big Poppa . British Phonographic Industry . The appeal date was July 30, 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Big Poppa in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- Otor American singe certifications - Notorious BIG - Big Poppa . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced , then click Format , then select ' , then click SEARCH .