![]() He turned being poor (“ I wasn’t poor, I was po, I couldn’t afford the o-r”) and getting involved in too many fistfights (“I knocked out so many teeth, the tooth fairy went bankrupt”) into belly laughs, finding light amid inner-city dilemmas that were darker than the midnight sky. L was aware he possessed a rare gift of being able to conjure up ingenious cartoonish punchlines, practically on command. The Harlem spitter’s cutting delivery and crisp flow was capable of making even a young JAY-Z appear ordinary. I knew I couldn’t compete,” Nas once remarked. “I was scared to death when I heard Big L’s tape. ![]() ![]() For starters, L knew other New York rappers feared getting on the same track as him. ![]() In the next part of our ‘Behind The Beat’ series, Bronx producer Buckwild recalls crafting Big L’s “Put It On” beat and tells Thomas Hobbs how the late Harlem rapper combined profundity with depraved punchlinesĮven though he released only one solo album in his lifetime, Big Lwalked through Lennox Ave with the confidence of Thelonious Monk. ![]()
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