Showing posts with label Notorious B.I.G.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notorious B.I.G.. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Dear Biggie...

13 years ago, I was sitting on my bed at school, in shock when I saw Kurt Loder (or was it Sway?), and your face with those numbers across the screen.

I'd just finished my first semester at school, and was into my second. I'd listened to 'Ready to Die' as a "top 10 way to get back to New York while being on a desolate campus where I was the only black girl on my floor..."

But not the only fan you had. But you already know that.

So much so, the following year, I was elected House President. And that year, the house theme song was "All About the Benjamins," and the part that was always the best was your verse.

I couldn't hit them in the head with "Warning," so forgive me, for this was the best I could do on a racially-challenged campus. Yeah, that sounds good.

Fast forward to about two years later, and I landed an Internship that pretty much changed my life. I witnessed life after your death, and the ripple effects that can occur when the Flagship of the brand is Deceased. Many brands don't even make it past such occurences. Aaliyah comes to mind when I think of brands that suffer from tragedy. I'm sure you two kick it often.
In the meantime, I thought I'd play this song today in your memory. It's befitting of the times we are living in, and a message all of us need to hear: sky is the limit...now, more than ever.

Biggie Smalls Sky's the Limit- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.


xo,
Black Daria ;/

Friday, January 23, 2009

Friday Night Videos: Biggie Edition

Another Friday that couldn't have come sooner, I missed last week's edition (Really wanted to do Aaliyah in honor of her birthday but I couldn't get my act fully together...and had a hard time finding ones I wanted to use...)

Either way, I did see
Notorious on Monday and thought I should certainly do this for a number of reasons you'll either not care about or get jealous and hate me for when you shouldn't, so I won't bother. It's also Friday Night Videos...no room for tangents.

So I began doing searches for Biggie Videos on YouTube...and nothing. Diddy TV? No. Biggie Smalls? Nope. Then I saw that the videos had been removed by WMG...why? What's up with that? Seems strange...will investigate another day.

What WAS there was the last interview with Biggie Smalls before he was murdered. So I suppose you could call this the "Interview" portion of Friday Night Videos.

Biggie/Joe Clair - Part 1





Biggie/Joe Clair - Part 2








R.I.P. Christopher B.I.G. Wallace - May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997

~Black Daria :/

Photo Credit: Bad Boy Records, via Wikipedia (But Looks very Jonathan Mannion to me...JM?)