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These days, Biggie’s spoken of in the same light as such beloved big men in pop as Barry White, Charles Mingus and Clarence Clemons, a larger-than-life figure with a personality that eschews any language and lifestyle foibles he experienced here on Earth. His infamous swagger and masterful grasp of the rhythm of language have transformed him into a pop culture icon in a way that’s transcended the misogyny and violence that oftentimes salted his sound. Recording Industry Association of America.Even in a genre riddled with cold case murders of some of its most respected pioneers-Boogie Down Productions’ Scott La Rock, Big L from the DITC crew, Jam Master Jay of Run DMC, and, of course, Tupac Shakur, whose assassination on Septemmany see as the catalyst for the killing of the man born Christopher Wallace-the death of Biggie, and his legend, still cast a shadow over all of modern rap today. ^ "American single certifications – Notorious B.I.G.Type Juicy in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. Select Platinum in the Certification field. ^ "British single certifications – Notorious B.I.G.^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40".^ "Notorious B.I.G: Artist Chart History"."The greatest hip-hop songs of all time". ^ "The 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time (via VH1)".^ "Die besten Singles aller Zeiten at ".^ "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^ "150 Greatest Rock Lists Ever at .uk".^ "Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists at .uk".^ "Fact: Ciph is a F*cking Douchebag!".& 9/11: Radio Censorship, Illuminati Conspiracy Theories and Everything In Between". " "Biggie 9/11" is Twitter's best search". ^ The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time.

^ a b Wax Poetic interview - Pete Rock - Archived at the Wayback Machine.

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

"Juicy" (Remix) (4:42) (produced by Pete Rock)Ĭharts Weekly charts Chart (1994–95).

"Unbelievable" (3:45) (produced by DJ Premier).

BBC ranked it #1 on its "Greatest hiphop songs of all time".

VH1 ranked it #7 on its "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever", and #1 on its "40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the 90s".

The Source included it on their The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time list in 1998.

The Boston Phoenix included it on their The 90 Best Songs of the 90s list in 1999.

Spex included it on The Best Singles of the Century list in 1999.

Rolling Stone ranked the song #424 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Q ranked "Juicy" the ninth greatest hip hop song of all time.

Pop ranked it #1 on their Singles of the Year list in 1994.

Pitchfork Media ranked the song at #14 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.

ego trip ranked it #1 on its Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 list in 1999.

Bruce Pollock put it on his The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 list in 2005.

Blender Magazine ranked it #168 on its Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s list in 2005.

During an appearance on the Juan Epstein Podcast, Rock said that he has no hard feelings about how "Juicy" came about, but wishes he'd gotten the proper credit, although he did admit to harboring some ill feelings at the time. Pete Rock's remix of "Juicy" uses the same sample as the original. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music.

They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. In an interview with Wax Poetics, he said: Producer Pete Rock alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song's beat after hearing it at Rock's house. The song's lyrics, "Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade," reference the February 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. chronicles his childhood years living in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rapper, early musical influences, his time dealing drugs, criminal involvement, and his eventual success in the music industry and current lavish lifestyle. The song is a "rags-to-riches chronicle". "Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade" references the 1993 World Trade Center bombing