![]() ![]() The word poetic has often been attached to his rapping style - a quality that he shares with another NYC legend, Nas. These days, he’s remembered for being a man with stark truths to tell about a life lived mostly in the pressure cooker that is the inner city streets, his harsh words dancing over lilting jazzy melodies and funky drum grooves, almost incongruously so. In fact, Jay-Z was supposedly about to sign him to Roc-A-Fella right before his passing, a move that would’ve no doubt vaulted him to much greater heights. ![]() When Big L was shot and killed in New York City in 1999, there was a sense that the rap world had lost their “next one.” At just 24 years of age, the emcee born Lamont Coleman had already made a significant mark on the hip-hop community from a writing standpoint and seemed destined to take that big next step into the realm of superstardom. ![]() Two East Coast legends square off in the latest installment of our Debut Album Versus series.
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