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Life After Death

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Stream Ten Crack Commandments by Notorious B.I.G. From desktop or your mobile device. SoundCloud Ten Crack Commandments by Notorious B.I.G. Published on 2016-04-03T13. In “Ten Crack Commandments,” Biggie presents himself as the Moses of the drug game, juxtaposing the force of God with the dark forces of capitalism, much like Jay Z’s “D'Evils” As in. Biggie Smalls - Ten Crack Commandments. Biggie Smalls - Ten Crack Commandments. Skip navigation Sign in. The Notorious B.I.G. Album Life After Death (Deluxe Edition). Nov 11, 2014  Provided to YouTube by Bad Boy Records Ten Crack Commandments The Notorious B.I.G. Greatest Hits ℗ 2007 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. For the world.

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Life After Death

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The Notorious B.I.G.

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Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known professionally as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie, was an American rapper. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. Wallace was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His debut album Ready to Die (1994) made him a central figure in East Coast hip hop and increased New York City's visibility in the genre at a time when West Coast hip hop dominated the mainstream. The following year, he led Junior M.A.F.I.A.—a protégé group composed of hi… read more
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known professionally as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie, was an American rapper. He is widely considered to … read more
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), known professionally as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or Biggie, was an American rapper. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all … read more
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Ten Crack Commandments is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. on disc two of his final studio album, ‘’Life After Death’’. It was written by B.I.G. (credited under his legal name, Christopher Wallace) along with Christopher Martin who also produced the song under his stage name DJ Premier. Complex (magazine) rated the song #1 song about selling drugs. In March 2017, Faith Evans released the single ‘’The Ten Wife Commandments’’ as the fourth single from her duet album with the rapper, The King & I. Lin-Manuel Miranda paid homage with the song ‘’Ten Duel Commandments’’ in his hit musical Hamilton. The Swedish underground hip-hop group The Keffat Liv paid homage with the song ‘’10 Barn Commandments’’ from their album ‘’Vassego o skölj’’.

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Notorious Big 10 Crack Commandments

The song is a step-by-step guide to achieving success as a drug-dealer. Biggie, purportedly, was inspired by an article in the hip-hop magazine The Source. The July 1994 article, entitled “On the Rocks: From 1984 to 1994, Ten Years of Crack”. The article included a sidebar, “A Crack Dealer’s Ten Crack Commandments” that outlines ten critical rules to help dealers survive and thrive in the drug business.

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The crack epidemic the early 1980s and the early 1990s was the flood of crack cocaine usage in urban communities across the United States. Beginning around the same time as Hip hop music became the sound of these same urban areas, the manifestations of the crack epidemic became a key theme in Hip hop music.

The relationship between drugs and Hip hop music can be mapped onto the politics of drug use in urban communities during the epidemic. A lack of economic opportunity forced urbanites to turn to selling drugs and other illicit forms of employment to make ends meet and provide for their families. The War on Drugs sought to quell the incredible impact that drugs had on the United States and the increase in violent crime nationwide.

These two factors encouraged both The Source and rappers to discuss drug-dealing in the way that promoted physical and fiscal security without discouraging dealers, who had no other means of income, to stop selling drugs. Still, however, the drug influenced lyrical content of Hip hop music has encouraged a longstanding debate about the illicit content of the musical genre.

Composition[edit]

‘’Ten Crack Commandments’’ does not follow the typical constructs of a Hip hop or popular song. It contains no chorus and completely abandons the 16 bars construction of a rap verse. Instead, the song presents the lyrics in a list and offers a short, witty explanation of each. Bracketing this list are an intro and outro of sorts that, to start, outlines Big’s credentials for sharing this list and, to end, explores what might happen if the listener does not abide by these rules.

The song also includes samples from ‘’Shut ‘Em Down’’ by Public Enemy and ‘’Vallarta’’ by Les McCann.

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

BlackBook. “Notorious B.I.G's 'Ten Crack Commandments' Inspired by Magazine Feature.” BlackBook, 23 Feb. 2011, bbook.com/nightlife/notorious-b-i-gs-ten-crack-commandments-inspired-by-magazine-feature/.

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“Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G. Provide the Blueprint for Marriage on 'Ten Wife Commandments': Listen.” Billboard, www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7736397/faith-evans-ten-wife-commandments-notorious-big-listen.

10 Crack Commandments Lyrics

Strauss, Matthew. “Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Biggie's 'Ten Crack Commandments' Into New Pro-Hillary Song.” Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Turn Biggie's 'Ten Crack Commandments' Into New Pro-Hillary Song | Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2016, pitchfork.com/news/69090-watch-lin-manuel-miranda-turn-biggies-ten-crack-commandments-into-new-pro-hillary-song/.

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