{"id":321549,"date":"2021-08-11T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dj-premier-recalls-watching-biggie-record-unbelievable-without-writing-down-his-rhymes\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:53:21","slug":"dj-premier-recalls-watching-biggie-record-unbelievable-without-writing-down-his-rhymes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dj-premier-recalls-watching-biggie-record-unbelievable-without-writing-down-his-rhymes\/","title":{"rendered":"#DJ Premier Recalls Watching Biggie Record \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 Without Writing Down His Rhymes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#DJ Premier Recalls Watching Biggie Record \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 Without Writing Down His Rhymes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/08\/Biggie-DJ-Premier-1200x675.png\" alt=\"DJ Premier Recalls Watching Biggie Record \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 Without Writing Down His Rhymes\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Chris Walter\/WireImage | Johnny Nunez\/WireImage<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<span class=\"location\">New York, NY \u2013 <\/span> Almost a quarter-century after his death, The Notorious B.I.G. is still widely regarded as one of the greatest r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ers of all time. From his clever, intricate rhymes and liquid flows to his cinematic storytelling and irresistible hooks, Biggie is considered one of the most complete MCs to ever pick up a mic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 11px -10px\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit200\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script>What makes his skills even more impressive was his ability to write rhymes without even using a pad and pen. In the latest episode of his new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em>So Wassup?<\/em>, legendary Hip Hop producer DJ Premier recalls watching the late Bad Boy rapper write and record his verses for their 1994 collaboration \u201cUnbelievable\u201d entirely in his head.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So Wassup? Episode 2 | The Notorious B.I.G. &quot;Unbelievable&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Evj8RnVAB04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stayed [in the studio for] about maybe eight or nine hours and it got to a point where I was like, \u2018Yo Big, you haven\u2019t written anything down yet, bro. It\u2019s getting late, I want to go home soon,&#8217;\u201d Premo says. \u201cHe goes, \u2018Oh, no doubt, I\u2019m ready \u2026 I don\u2019t write nothing on paper.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMind you, I\u2019ve heard all of his album but I never saw the process of him recording, so to see him just go in and go, \u2018Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant, the livest one.\u2019 We were like, \u2018Ohhh shit! This dude don\u2019t even write rhymes!\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 11px -10px\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit300\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script>\u201cTo have his clever wordplay that he does and he doesn\u2019t do it on paper, that shows you the incredible mind of The Notorious B.I.G. \u2026 and how ill he really is an MC and as a lyricist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Notorious B.I.G. - Unbelievable (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1eNA0RBueoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Biggie wasn\u2019t the only rap phenomenon to lay down his verses purely from memory. Fellow Brooklyn native and DJ Premier collaborator JAY-Z famously ditched the pen and paper after 1996\u2019s \u201cCan I Live,\u201d opting instead to mentally construct his lyrics using his \u201cRain Man\u201d process.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>So Wassup?<\/em> episode, DJ Premier also explains how he and Biggie linked up for \u201cUnbelievable\u201d before breaking down his creative process behind the song\u2019s distinct beat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 11px -10px\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit400\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script>\u201c[Guru and I] used to live right down the block from Big,\u201d he remembers. \u201cEvery time we used to go to the store to get our 40s and just have a good weekend, we would always see Big and he would always talk about us working. So, when it came down to the album already being turned in and \u2018Juicy\u2019 was going to be the first single as a definite, he wanted to get a street record for the B-side so he could hold the streets down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] calls me one day, I\u2019m at D&amp;D and he tells me, \u2018Man, I need that street banger.\u2019 I was so caught up in my time frame of work that I didn\u2019t have time to do really do a song for him. I told Big, \u2018I don\u2019t have the time. Maybe we can do it on the next album.\u2019 He goes, \u2018<em>No<\/em>! I <em>need<\/em> that street banger and <em>you<\/em> gotta give it to me. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAdKp49BWPS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\">A post shared by @djpremier<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Biggie\u2019s instruction in mind, Premo assembled a simple yet rugged instrumental built around a sample of a single staccato note known as a \u201cstab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found a note and it had almost, like, a shake to it,\u201d he says. \u201cI took that one note and said, \u2018You know what? If I tune it to different ones \u2026 and put it on different pads on the MPC60, I could make it out of a beat and put it to the drums.<\/p>\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 11px -10px\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit500\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit500\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script>\u201cShout out to The Legion, Molecules \u2014 they had a record called \u2018Jingle Jangle.\u2019 And there\u2019s a line where Molecules goes, \u2018I\u2019m a big!\u2019 I kept going, \u2018I\u2019m a big, I\u2019m a big, I\u2019m a- I\u2019m a- I\u2019m a big!\u2019 But for some reason, it just sounded like it was too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat made me think of \u2018Biggie Smalls is the illest\u2019 from \u2018The What\u2019 with Method Man and Big. I said, \u2018You know what? Let me do something a little more calmer, and I started doing the same rhythm of what I had intended with Molecules from The Legion. And I said, \u2018Biggie Smalls, Biggie- Biggie- Biggie Smalls is the illest.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Yeah, that works.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taken from The Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s 6x platinum 1994 debut album <em>Ready to Die<\/em>, \u201cUnbelievable\u201d has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<\/p>\n<p>The track led to three more Biggie and Premo collaborations: \u201cKick in the Door\u201d and \u201cTen Crack Commandments\u201d off 1997\u2019s <em>Life After Death<\/em>, followed by the Method Man and Redman-assisted \u201cRap Phenomenon\u201d from Biggie\u2019s 1999 posthumous album <em>Born Again<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Andy Bustard\"><br \/>\nby Andy Bustard\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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