MetroLyrics Blog » death http://metrolyricsblog.com Lyrics, Music, News Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:31:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You”: On The 14th Anniversary of Biggie’s Death, We Highlight Some Of Our Favourite Posthumous Hits http://metrolyricsblog.com/2011/03/09/%e2%80%9cyou%e2%80%99re-nobody-%e2%80%98til-somebody-kills-you%e2%80%9d-on-the-14th-anniversary-of-biggie%e2%80%99s-death-we-highlight-some-of-our-favourite-posthumous-hits-2/ http://metrolyricsblog.com/2011/03/09/%e2%80%9cyou%e2%80%99re-nobody-%e2%80%98til-somebody-kills-you%e2%80%9d-on-the-14th-anniversary-of-biggie%e2%80%99s-death-we-highlight-some-of-our-favourite-posthumous-hits-2/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:28:27 +0000 Alysa http://metrolyricsblog.com/?p=2387 Literally weeks before his album Life after Death dropped, Biggie aka The Notorious B.I.G. aka Christopher Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting. Fortunately, it’s been a fairly easy transition for Biggie fans with his continuous out-pour of posthumous hits.

Despite being remixed to death (sorry), Biggie’s released more posthumous albums than studio albums, proving his prophetic statement, “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You”. Here are some of our fav Biggie hits from beyond the grave:

Party & Bullsh*t (Ratatat Remix)

Ratatat successfully proved the unthinkable when they remixed Biggie’s “Party & Bullsh*t” into an even more energetic tune.

Hold Ya Head feat. Bob Marley

Looks like Bob and BIGs were collabing in heaven. Hold Ya Head lets fans rest assured that Biggie will keep spittin’ wisdom long into the afterlife.

The Jumpoff -Lil’ Kim feat. Mr. Cheeks

Biggie and Lil’ Kim didn’t just share feelings for each other, they shared lyrics too. In this case, it’s the line, “Believe me sweetie I got enough to feed the needy,” taken from Biggie’s “Big Poppa”. In most cases, this might be seen as a ripoff, but in this case, it’s no biggie smalls, as an ex-girlfriend Lil’ Kim has an honorary right to sample the hip-hop legend.

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Vic Chesnutt, discovered by REM’s Michael Stipe and regarded with respect by many of the biggest names in the music industry, passed on on Christmas Day from a drug overdose. It isn’t yet known if it was accidental or deliberate.

(From the full article at RollingStone.com)Neutral Milk Hotel’s reclusive Jeff Mangum released a statement that reads, “In 1991 I moved to Athens, Georgia in search of God, but what I discovered instead was Vic Chesnutt. Hearing his music completely transformed the way I thought about writing songs, and I will forever be in his debt.”

Reuters reported today:

The news about the singer’s condition first spread through the Internet on Wednesday through Twitter posts by former Throwing Muses singer Kristin Hersh, who has collaborated with Chesnutt.

“(H)e’s gone…so much to go away in a moment,” she wrote in a subsequent series of messages. “(H)e was supposed to go to *my* funeral, damn it.”

According to MTV: “He put out a total of 13 records over his career (including two in 2009), though he is probably best known for the 1998 compilation Sweet Relief II: The Gravity of the Situation, a benefit CD that saw artists like Garbage, Live, Soul Asylum and Madonna covering Chesnutt’s tunes. The album was a benefit for the Sweet Relief Fund, which sought to provide health care to musicians who needed it…”

Learn more about Vic Chesnutt on his official site, www.vicchesnutt.com.

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