Biggie and Tupac | 3. What's Beef?
Slow Burn
Slate Audio
4.6 • 25.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode: Biggie releases “Who Shot Ya,” an instant hip-hop classic that Tupac takes as a personal affront. Tupac calls out Biggie and Puffy in a jailhouse interview. And the Death Row and Bad Boy crews start preparing for war.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast has language that some people might find offensive. |
| 0:03.9 | Previously on Slow Burn, Tupac Shakur is becoming a superstar music and film. |
| 0:09.1 | Meanwhile, his life is coming apart. |
| 0:11.5 | On November 30, 1994, |
| 0:13.3 | In New York City, rap star Tupac Shakur is listed in serious but stable condition tonight. |
| 0:19.4 | He was shot five times, apparently in a random robbery |
| 0:22.5 | last night. Unknown gunmen attacked Tupac in the lobby of Quad Studios, where his friend |
| 0:28.2 | Biggie Smalls was recording. The next day, Tupac was found guilty as sexual abuse, and soon after |
| 0:34.3 | that, he was taken to Rikers Island to await sentencing. |
| 0:46.4 | The songs that made Notorious BiG famous were the ones he didn't even want to record. |
| 0:49.7 | Big they even like Big Papa or Juicy. |
| 0:51.9 | Here's producer Nashim Myrick. |
| 0:55.0 | You know how long it took him to do Big Papa? That was the last joint I think he did for that album. |
| 0:58.0 | Juicy and Big Papa were the first singles off of Biggie's first album, Ready to Die. |
| 1:03.0 | These were the songs that got the heavy set 22-year-old Christopher Wallace on MTV. |
| 1:08.0 | While Juicy was a hit, it was Big Papa that reached number one on the rap charts. |
| 1:13.7 | The infectious hooks brought listeners in. |
| 1:16.0 | What won them over was the warmth in Biggie's voice, |
| 1:18.7 | a sound that made him both relatable and totally unique. |
| 1:23.9 | To all the ladies in the place with style and grace, |
| 1:27.2 | allow me to lace these |
| 1:28.3 | Liverpool dushes in your bushes |
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