BIG PICTURE

BIG L

Genre: music4me > urban > hip hop

Format: CD Album

Released: Sun 14 Jul 2002

Catalogue Number: 1128962

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Description:
Considering the mortality rate of rappers, which often seems slightly higher than that of kamikaze pilots, Big L's tragically early passing isn't such a shock. What brings the listener up short on the posthumous BIG PICTURE (released over a year after Big L's death) is the way L's descriptions of violence seem like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The great acclaim he's earned isn't based on the graphic quality of his gangsta tales, though. As THE BIG PICTURE makes clear, L's worldview extends beyond street crime to a broader sociological scope. He even displays a fair amount of humor, as on "Ebonics," a virtual glossary of street slang terms. Even his proclamations of sexual prowess on "Size 'em Up" have an air of fun about them, as though he knows how far over the top he's going in his statements of machismo. Though he may allow himself a degree of ironic detachment, it's clear that Big L firmly believed everything that came out of his mouth, and it's that combination of commitment and sarcasm that makes THE BIG PICTURE work.

Details:

Discs: 1

Track Listing:

1.	The Big Picture (Intro)
2.	Ebonics
3.	Size 'Em Up
4.	Deadly Combination
5.	'98 Freestyle
6.	Holdin' It Down
7.	The Heist
8.	The Enemy
9.	Fall Back
10.	Flamboyant
11.	Casualties Of A Dice Game
12.	Platinum Plus
13.	Who You Slidin' Wit
14.	Games
15.	The Heist Revisited
16.	The Triboro