Combat Jack Presents: True Stories Behind 25 Rap Classics
By Dominic Green | Sep 21, 2010 | 11:49 am | Permalink
The Lox "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" (1997)
Produced by: Grease
"Puff ain't lie: it was all fucked up now. Ain't no one know what to do, especially Puff. One day, he was talking about how he was done with the music business, what was supposed to be fun somehow turned into death and tragedy. Shell-shocked, we all continued to go through the motions. Big's funeral was held on March 18th. One of the most star-studded events I've ever attended, and not to sound morbid, but the service was also one of the most beautiful music industry-related events I had ever witnessed. Sitting in one of the pews, the funeral home was playing some music that had been newly recorded by artists that knew, worked, lived with, and loved Big. That's where I first heard 'We'll Always Love Big Poppa,' at his funeral while looking up front at his casket, his lifeless body resting, right before trooping to Bed-Stuy for that BK royal sendoff. I don't think Big would have had it any other way than for his Bad Boy Lox soldiers to be spitting somber raps about the greatness of his life. And the Lox were dead on—we'll always love Big Poppa."
Samira B. September 24th, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Isn't this song called "Get Money" though?
Jack September 24th, 2010 at 12:44 PM
shamira shut your...
THUNDERKUSH September 24th, 2010 at 12:55 PM
very insightful feature.
dadap September 24th, 2010 at 01:07 PM
link to #11 is broken.
Ivan September 24th, 2010 at 01:34 PM
Jack!
Pierzy September 24th, 2010 at 01:50 PM
99% sure that Nas was NOT mentioned on "How To Rob." And wasn't Jay's first single actually titled "I Can't Get Wit That"? Very insightful nonetheless.
DG September 24th, 2010 at 03:26 PM
50 didnt mention Nas directly but he did reference the R Kelly/Nas remix Did You Ever Think which came out that same year
@N_C_B September 24th, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Nas was mentioned on the OG version that was never released. As was AZ. Both were made aware of the mention by the Trackmasters.
Pierzy September 26th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Never heard that before...my bad.
Sonny Chiba September 24th, 2010 at 01:51 PM
Link to #7 isnt working for me
a mad rapper September 24th, 2010 at 02:43 PM
stops working after "hate me now" #21.
AmpGeez a.k.a Let Dat Blogger Cook September 24th, 2010 at 03:52 PM
Great article. Combat Jack is definitely one of the most interesting personalities in the Hip-Hop Bloggersphere. You can't get insightful stories like these anywhere else.
jubei September 24th, 2010 at 03:54 PM
"Put your hands where my eyes can see" by Busta was NOT a sample from Hall & Oates but from Seals & Crofts...