Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
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| Single by The Notorious B.I.G. | ||
| from the album Ready to Die | ||
| Released | 1994 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | East Coast Hip-Hop | |
| Length | 5 min 02 s | |
| Label | Bad Boy/Universal | |
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| The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology | ||
| "Juicy" (1994) |
"Big Poppa" (1994) |
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"Juicy" is a song by hip-hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. and the first single from his 1994 debut album Ready to Die. The melody is sampled from Mtume's "Juicy Fruit". It is widely considered among fans to be one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time.
The song is a rags to riches tale, detailing his early years in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rap artist and early influences, his time in drugs and crime, and his eventual success in the music business. In P. Diddy's MTV television show Making the Band, the group Da Band are told to memorize the lyrics to both "Juicy" and "Rapper's Delight" to prove their knowledge of hip-hop's past.and stuff
Q magazine ranked "Juicy" the ninth greatest hip hop song of all time [1].
It was certified by RIAA as gold on November 8, 1994 very soon after its release[2].
Rap superstar Jay-Z, who befriended and collaborated with Biggie before his death in 1997, would later sample the entire first verse of "Juicy" in the song "A Dream" from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse.
The song was featured in the movie 8 Mile, and it appeared on the second of the film's two soundtracks, More Music From 8 Mile.
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Albums and EPs: Ready to Die | Conspiracy | Life After Death | Born Again | Duets: The Final Chapter |
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Singles: "Party And Bullshit" | "Juicy" | "Big Poppa" | "One More Chance" | "Fuck You Tonight" | "Hypnotize" | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | "Sky's The Limit" | "Notorious B.I.G." | "Dead Wrong" | "Nasty Girl" | "Spit Your Game" | "Hold Ya Head" |
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See Also: 2Pac vs. The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy Records | Junior M.A.F.I.A. |
