I got a baby on the way, and Puff talking about this music.

He said, ‘Yo Mo, my mom got cancer on her breast. I’m going through a lot.’ But the more we worked together, the closer we got. I’m ready to die.’ He came out of the booth, and I said, ‘Yo, you know you just said f**k your mom?’ He said, ‘Yeah, yeah. I started working with Biggie and he said, ‘F**k the world. I think about the roughest thing I had worked with was a remix for Freddy Foxxx a.k.a. He was one of the best artists to work with, not to mention that tone and his gifts to be the most fun and funny guy ever.Įasy Mo Bee: I hadn’t really worked with stuff too rough of a texture. It just blew my mind that an artist could write a phenomenal rhyme with just an imagination. He would go in with nothing but a story in his head. Stevie J: It was rare for an artist to just go in the booth without a pen and a pad. My friend Harve was friends with Puff, so once Puff did the transition from Howard to Uptown and then to his own label, followed and brought me along.Įveryday Struggle: 9 Songs That Showcase The Notorious B.I.G’s Strength & Vulnerability As A Black…įirst Impressions: ‘You Know You Just Said F**k Your Mom?’ That’s my only experience with the music industry before Bad Boy because we got dropped on my birthday in 1991. We were under Empire Management and signed to Payday Records. I was in a group with a fella by the name of Harve Pierre, who works at Bad Boy still, and David Abraham. Nashiem Myrick: My father was a DJ and he introduced me to the turntables and music. From then on, I met Jodeci and after, I met Puffy and it was all history. Then when I met this group by the name of Joe Public, they showed me how to make a complete song. That inspired me to then pick up the guitar and the bass, the piano, trumpet, saxophone and xylophone. gave me some pots and pans and said, ‘Once you beat a hole in these, I’ll give you some drums.’ Two months later, I had a hole in them joints. They used to have instruments sitting around after rehearsals, so I got in the mood of playing drums at seven years old. I used to listen to them sing and play music all the time. My dad had a gospel group called the Jordan Gospel Singers. Nashiem Myrick (“Somebody’s Gotta Die,” “What’s Beef”)Įasy Mo Bee (“I Love The Dough,” “Going Back To Cali”)ĭJ Premier (“Ten Crack Commandments”) Meet the B.I.G. Steven “ Stevie J” Jordan (“Mo Money Mo Problems,” “Notorious Thugs,” “Another”) In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Notorious B.I.G’s Life After Death album (March 25), hear stories from some of the producers who worked, created, and partied with Biggie, and how they defined an era of hip-hop. But those who worked closely with him on the album remember the early stages of its creation and Biggie’s star power with fondness.

Yeah.The album was released on a somber note, rolling out two weeks after the late rapper was killed leaving a VIBE party in Los Angeles.

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