THE biggest OF ALL TUNES (G.O.A.T.) is a admire to the biggest tunes of all time. I’m doing it in genuine time, as I choose to include a song, as well as before today, I had a top 10.
Today, the second rap tune goes on the listing and, more importantly, today my listing goes to 11. Here’s where we are so far:
Layla by Derek as well as the Dominoes (1970) (link)
Smells like teen Spirit by Nirvana (1991) (link)
Surrender by affordable technique (1978) (link)
Better things by The Kinks (1981) (link); and: Covers of the top 30 Kinks tunes right here as well as here
Ironic by Alanis Morissette (1995) (link)
Somebody told Me by The Killers (2004)(link)
Tonight the streets Are Ours by Richard Hawley (2007) (link)
Misfits by the Kinks (1978) (link); and: Covers of the top 30 Kinks tunes right here as well as here
Grindin’ by Clipse (2002) (link)
Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum (1969) (link)
So: Is Biggie’s “origin song” much better than Layla? teen Spirit? No. however exactly how great is it?
Every line is a masterpiece: “Born sinner, the opposite of a winner/Remember when I utilized to eat sardines for dinner…” Juicy is an origin story. It’s nostalgic without being cloying, it pays tributes to the greats without cribbing from them, it tells of growing up bad as well as black without utilizing it as an reason to ended up being a gangster. “Considered a fool cause I dropped out of high school/Stereotypes of a black male misunderstood/And it’s still all good.” as well as most of all, it’s full of B.I.G.’s like of hip hop.
My preferred couplet: “We utilized to fuss when the landlord dissed us/No heat, question why Christmas missed us/Birthdays was the worst days/Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay…”
So why is it called Juicy? since it’s framed around a sample from “Juicy Fruit” by Mtume.
Further listening: You’re nobody ‘Til somebody kills You, Mo money Mo Problems, huge Poppa.
And as for my top 11, I’m knocking Alanis down. Sorry. Ironic is a excellent song, however Juicy’s knocking you down to #6. however at least you’re still top 10. bad Norman Greenbaum now drops below that mark–but I believe all of us understood it would. since I’m putting tunes on this listing as I notice them throughout my life, it’s inevitable that some will decrease quick. In fact, some may not stay when I hit #100–they’ll autumn off.
Covers:Believe it or not, rather a few…