Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (Repress) (CD)

Having made a name for himself as a guest MC on D.I.T.C. (Diggin' in the Crates) projects such as Diamond D.'s Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop and Showbiz & A.G.'s Runaway Slave, the flamboyantly gifted Lamont Coleman (aka Big L) dropped his debut in early 1995. A product of the mean streets of Harlem, L made his bones in the rap game with his rapid fire freestyle delivery and clever punchline-peppered rhymes. A patchwork album with a few outstanding cuts, Lifestylez fails to package the lightning-in-a-bottle talent of this cut-above MC. The album showcases L as a master of the lyrical stickup undressing his competition with kinetic metaphors and a brash comedic repertoire. The lead track, "Put It On" produced by Kid Capri, is a party cut with a criminal attitude. "M.V.P." snatches a brief segment from DeBarge's "Stay With Me" (later aggrandized on the Notorious B.I.G.'s popular remix of "One More Chance"). "Da Graveyard" features a young Cam'ron (here Killa Kam) and most notably a superb verse from a pre-Jigga Jay-Z (at the outset of his solo career). With better production and marketing, Big L might have found himself with a platinum album but instead he settled for platinum respect. This album captures the dynamic potential of a street legend, a legend who would later be gunned down in his prime.




FORMAT: CD 
CONDITION: Brand New 
JEWEL CASE TYPE: Jewel CD Case
GENRE:  Rap / Hip Hop
LABEL:  Columbia
NO. OF DISCS:  1



Tracklist:
01 Put It On
02 M.V.P.
03 No Endz, No Skinz
04 8 Iz Enuff (Feat. Terra, Herb McGruff, Buddah Bless, Twan, Killa Cam, Trooper J & Mike Boogie)
05 All Black
06 Danger Zone
07 Street Struck
08 Da Graveyard (Feat. Y.U., Lord Finesse, Microphone Nut, Party Arty, & Jay-Z)
09 Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
10 I Don’t Understand It
11 Fed Up wit the Bullshit
12 Let ‘Em Have It “L”