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		<title>VOTE: Eminem&#8217;s Best Guest Verse Ever?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em's new collaboration with Lil Wayne has the internet going crazy.Help us decided if it matches up to his past scene-stealing appearances.]]></description>
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Surely today you&#8217;ve scoured the internets for your daily fix of news, gossip, fashion advice, leaks, videos, and porn (don&#8217;t front). In doing so you&#8217;ve probably been bombarded with links for the <strong>Weezy</strong> <em>Rebirth</em> leak featuring our homie and latest cover subject, <strong>Eminem</strong> (<a href="http://www.complex.com/CELEBRITIES/Cover-Story/Eminem"><strong>click here to read the cover story</strong></a>). While <em>Rebirth</em> seemed like it was on the fast track to <em>Detox</em>-ville, someone in Lil&#8217; Wayne&#8217;s camp wised up and leaked <strong>&#8220;Drop The World&#8221;</strong> (or so we&#8217;re guessing). </p>
<p>The problem was, Weezy got straight Renegaded on his own shit, as Em kills it in undeniable fashion. It isn&#8217;t the first time the homie Marshall&#8217;s embarrassed someone on their own song (nor is he the only one—&#8217;Ye has a <a href="http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/07/27/run-this-song-kanye-west’s-10-best-scene-stealing-guest-verses/">habit</a> of doing that too), so we couldn&#8217;t help but go back and look at our favorite 10 guest verses from B. Rabbit, along with his verse from &#8220;Drop the World.&#8221; Listen to them all below then vote to decide <strong>The Best Eminem Guest Verse Ever&#8230;</strong></p>
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<blockquote><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">High &#038; Mighty, &#8220;The Last Hit&#8221; (1999)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line: </strong>&#8220;Slim Shady, a perverted version of birth/Drivin off, leaving a murdered virgin at church/The first person who searchin the earth for the motherfucker that pulled the plug when they shoulda alerted the surgeon first&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">Dr. Dre, &#8220;Forgot About Dre&#8221; (1999)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;I don&#8217;t give a fuck if it&#8217;s dark or not, I&#8217;m harder than me trying to park a Dodge/When I&#8217;m drunk as fuck, right next to a humongous truck in a two-car garage/Hoppin&#8217; out with two broken legs, tryin&#8217; to walk it off/fuck you too, bitch, call the cops/I&#8217;m a kill you and those loud-ass motherfuckin&#8217; barkin&#8217; dogs!&#8221;
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<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>The Notorious B.I.G., &#8220;Dead Wrong (Remix)&#8221; (1999)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;There&#8217;s several different levels to devil worshippin&#8217;: horse&#8217;s heads/human sacrifices, cannibalism, candles and exorcism/Animals—havin sex with &#8216;em: camels, mammals, and rabbits/But I don&#8217;t get into that, I kicked the habit&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Xzibit  &#8220;Don&#8217;t Approach Me&#8221; (2000)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;So do I gotta buy a whole block to myself a front door with twelve locks/and have a bodyguard walk me out to my mailbox/and everytime somebody makes a threat, run and tell cops?/Fuck that, I protect myself with these twelve shots&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Redman, &#8220;Off the Wall&#8221; (2000)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;Funk doctor, Mr. Punk Rocker/got the drugs stocked inside the lunch box/pop junk like I just got jumped/popped the trunk and pulled out the shotgun pump&#8221;
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<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Jay-Z, &#8220;Renegades&#8221; (2001)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m a motherfuckin&#8217; spiteful, delightful eyeful/The new Ice Cube—&#8217;motherfuckers hate to like you!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>50 Cent, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Push Me&#8221; (2003)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;I bullied my way in this game, man, I&#8217;m done playin&#8217;/Man, I&#8217;m done sayin&#8217; that I&#8217;m done playin&#8217;, I&#8217;m a start layin&#8217; into these motherfuckering cocksuckers/There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m back down, like a goddamn coward/I can&#8217;t, how would I look as a man, bowin&#8217; to his knees like the mad cow disease/let somebody lash out at me/And not lash back out at &#8216;em? Please&#8230;&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Obie Trice, &#8220;We All Die One Day&#8221; (2003)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m an OG, you fuckin&#8217; with a G.I. Joe/bia bia, mira mi I&#8217;m a vida loc/I&#8217;m a psycho, Mariah ain&#8217;t got shit on me/When I retire, I&#8217;l be spittin&#8217; baby food on people/at San Ysidro Ranch, huddled up next to her with Hello Kitty slippers on, humpin&#8217; her legs&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Jadakiss, &#8220;Welcome to D-Block&#8221; (2004)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best line:</strong> &#8220;Stick up kids every block who walks with that free op/portunity, as soon as you leave out that jewelry shop/and you won&#8217;t even notice your mind will be so preoc/cupied with that new watch you just copped/You won&#8217;t even see that ride pullin&#8217; up along side you, you&#8217;ll be shot/before you even realize you were spied on for three blocks&#8230;&#8221;
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<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Drake, &#8220;Forever&#8221; (2009)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;He ain&#8217;t had a real buzz like this since the last time that he overdosed/They been waitin patiently for Pinnochio to poke his nose/back into the game and they know/rap will never be the same as before&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><strong>Lil Wayne, &#8220;Drop the World&#8221; (2009)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Best Line:</strong> &#8220;I swear to God, won&#8217;t spare the rod/I&#8217;m a man of my word so your fuckin&#8217; heads better nod/Or I&#8217;ma fuck around in this bitch and roast everybody&#8221;
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<p><strong><font size="3">RELATED<br />
• <a href="http://www.complex.com/CELEBRITIES/Cover-Story/Eminem">EMINEM&#8217;S COMPLEX COVER STORY</a> </font></strong></p>
<p>• <strong><font size="3"> <a href="http://best.complex.com/lists/The-White-Rapper-Encyclopedia" target="_blank">THE WHITE RAPPER ENCYCLOPEDIA</a> </strong></font></p>
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		<title>Spotted: The Notorious B.I.G At Obama&#8217;s Inauguration</title>
		<link>http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/01/26/spotted-the-notorious-big-at-obamas-inauguration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prubin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You already knew plenty of celebrities were there. But did you know Brooklyn's Finest made a stealth appearance? Check the evidence.]]></description>
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When photographer <strong>David Bergman</strong> shot his enormous <a href="http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15374" target="_blank">panoramic collage</a> of the Presidential Inauguration last week, it <a href="http://davidbergman.net/Obama.html" target="_blank">took</a> 220 separate shots and six and a half hours for his editing software to stitch it all together. Even more staggering, though, it brought to light information that caught us totally off-guard: Biggie is not only alive and well, he&#8217;s lamping in Washington with newly-appointed Cabinet members! Don&#8217;t believe us? Zoom along with us and see why the Attorney General&#8217;s office is about to get a whole lot <strong>more notorious&#8230;</strong></p>
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A nice wide shot of the west side of the Capitol, where the dais was erected.</p>
<p><strong><u>ZOOMING IN&#8230;</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://c.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/biggie3.jpg' alt='biggie3.jpg' /><br />
Over at the right, there&#8217;s Michelle. Oh, and the Clintons! All this power and influence, we&#8217;re giddy just looking at it.</p>
<p><strong><u>ZOOMING IN&#8230;</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://c.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/biggie4.jpg' alt='biggie4.jpg' /><br />
Not much to report other than the contingent of dignitaries from Zamunda.</p>
<p><strong><u>ZOOMING IN&#8230;</u></strong><br />
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Okay, some dude in a top hat, a Joe Biden lookalike, Obama buddy Valerie Jarrett. Nothing too specia&#39;wait a second. Is that&#8230;sitting behind new (pending confirmation) Attorney-General Eric Holder&#8230;could it be?</p>
<p><strong><u>ZOOMING IN&#8230;</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://c.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/biggie7.jpg' alt='biggie7.jpg' /><br />
It is! Versace shades and all. We&#8217;ll always love you, Poppa.</p>
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		<title>Ayo! Scott: &#8216;Notorious&#8217; Comes Up B.I.G.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rap movies often fall flat but Biggie's biopic is one of the few that holds its own weight. Our resident film critic licks shots for Big Pop.]]></description>
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<em><font size ="1">After watching Notorious, Ayo! Scott is officially on the Gravy train. Pause. </font></em></p>
<p>Believe it or not, life wasn&#8217;t always money, menages and movie reviews for <strong>Ayo! Scott</strong>. Growing up in Brooklyn, Ayo! felt ugly (on the inside). He was a dick but didn&#8217;t know how to make the assholes around him like that about him. Then one day he heard <strong>Christopher &#8220;The Notorious B.I.G.&#8221; Wallace</strong> rap about being &#8220;black and ugly as ever,&#8221; and still making girls piss themselves &#8217;cause they were so excited to see him. From that day on, Ayo! resolved to love himself and let people come around whenever they realized the inherent value of a big prick. And here you are reading his review of the Biggie biopic <em>Notorious</em>, absolutely loving him for being such a cock! [<em>Ayo! nods knowingly.</em>]<br />
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<p>Like the rest of BK, Ayo! will always love Big Poppa, so when rumors of <em>Notorious</em> surfaced, he feared it would dishonor the legendary homegrown rapper on some <em>Get Rich Or Die Trying</em> dog shit. When he finally saw the film, he exhaled. (Then he put down his blunt and breathed a little easier, too.) Produced by Big&#8217;s mom, <strong>Voletta Wallace</strong>, and <strong>Puff Daddy</strong>, with input from many other people who were there with Brooklyn&#8217;s finest, the movie gives some insider perspective on his rise from ashy drug dealer to classy rap phenom and fallen star. Along the way, it hits all the right notes for heads like Ayo! who remember NYC and its 1992-1997 rap soundtrack fondly while fondling themselves late at night. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/01/16/why-didnt-gravy-make-it-as-a-rapper/">Jamal &#8220;Gravy&#8221; Woolard</a>, a Brooklyn rapper whose biggest achievement prior to landing this movie was allegedly having his man shoot him in the ass before a Hot 97 radio interview to thug out some headlines, plays Biggie. Though he had no acting pedigree, Woolard took his opportunity and waddled with it. Other than Big&#8217;s lazy eye, which couldn&#8217;t be achieved without prosthetics that would have damaged dude&#8217;s eyesight, everything else from head cock (&#8230;) to the husky voice and cadence is spot on. Looks aside, he pulls off the emotion of a man who pulls himself up out of the struggle only to discover that mo&#8217; money breeds mo&#8217; problems. Although Ayo!, like most folks walking this earth, doesn&#8217;t listen to Gravy&#8217;s music, he hopes that Woolard is able to keep eating off acting (though he should probably stick to salads, unless there are a lot of other roles out there that call for actors to balloon up to 350 pounds). </p>
<p>As for the rest of the cast, <strong>Angela Bassett</strong> blesses the role of Voletta; <strong>Derek Luke</strong>, who portrays Puff, may actually Harlem Shake better than Diddy; <strong>Naturi Naughton</strong> reveals her tremendous talent (and her <a href="http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/01/13/super-twos-day-naturi-naughton/">tremendously taleneted twos</a>) playing Big&#8217;s jumpoff-turned-artist Lil&#8217; Kim. On the flip side, <strong>Tupac Shakur</strong> &#8220;fanatic&#8221; <strong>Anthony Mackie</strong> plays himself playing Pac and Marc John Jeffries makes Big&#8217;s weed carrier Lil Cease seem like an elementary school midget (which may actually be a brilliant turn, now that Ayo! thinks about it).</p>
<p>Though you know the tragic ending and have listened to the music a million times, it&#8217;s ultimately quite moving to grab a 40 and a blunt and spend a couple hours with Big reminiscing on his life before death. R.I.P. B.I.G.</p>
<p><em>(BK, Ayo! will see you at the theater. Please don&#8217;t shoot him.)</em></p>
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		<title>5 Reasons You&#8217;ll Actually Enjoy The Notorious Movie</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just saw an exclusive screening of Biggie's upcoming biopic, and we were pleasantly surprised. Find out why you should catch it in January.]]></description>
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The Complex massive was lucky enough to get an invite to an early screening of the upcoming <strong>Biggie Smalls</strong> biopic, <strong><em>Notorious</em></strong>, which hits theaters January 19. From the moment we heard about the movie, we had our reservations&#39;the film had the potential to be hilariously awful. Well, we watched it last night, and&#8230;it&#8217;s not hilariously awful. In fact, it&#8217;s actually pretty good.</p>
<p>But what makes <em>Notorious</em> so watchable? Let us count down the reasons why&#8230;<br />
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<strong><u>5. DEREK LUKE&#8217;S UTTER MASTERY OF THE DIDDY BOP.</strong></u><br />
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Luke&#8217;s performance as Diddy is less about impersonation and more of an embodiment of the Puff persona. That basically means, Luke doesn&#8217;t really look, talk or act exactly like Puffy, but he still manages to deliver an effective portrayal. However, the one thing that Luke has down pat are Puffy&#8217;s exaggerated dance moves. Shit, Luke diddy bops better than Diddy! We couldn&#8217;t help but laugh every time Luke-as-Puffy jigs across the stage in the movie. You will, too.<br />
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<p><strong><u>4. THIS DUDE IS LIL&#8217; CEASE? REALLY???</strong></u><br />
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The portrayals in <em>Notorious</em> range from really good (Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace) to really bad (Anthony Mackie as 2Pac), but one stands out above them all&#39;Marc John Jeffries as Biggie&#8217;s sidekick Lil&#8217; Cease. We can&#8217;t imagine Cease will be too pleased to see himself played by lil&#8217; dude from <em>Brown Sugar</em> with the Chiclet teeth. He smokes more blunts than a little bit and got mad guns up in the cabin? C&#8217;mon fam: He looks about as hard as a velour bathrobe. Jeffries is not a bad actor by any means, but in a film full of spot-on performances, his Lil&#8217; Cease is comically inaccurate. You&#8217;ll still enjoy it, though, because it&#8217;s <em>that</em> bad.<br />
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<strong><u>3. BAD BOY GOT MAD HITS. <em>MAD</em> HITS.</strong></u><br />
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Y&#8217;all musta forgot! <em>Notorious</em> will definitely compel you to go back and cue up the Big library in the iPod&#39;especially since you&#8217;ll be wanting to hear the real deal, not the Gravy-as-Big movie versions. Either way, the film is full of Biggie classics, as well as other Bad Boy hits (&#8221;You Used to Love Me,&#8221; by Faith&#39;fire!). It will make even the staunchest backpacker a little nostalgic about Bad Boy&#8217;s reign at the top. And there&#8217;s not even a Ma$e in the movie!</p>
<p><em><strong>CLICK NEXT to see the 2 biggest reasons!</strong></em></p>
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