Notorious B.I.G. song gains new prominence thanks to remix

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The Notorious B.I.G. has been gone for almost 20 years at this point, and while his legacy is strong, efforts to extend that legacy posthumously fell flat in many ways. Many of the tracks only contained small snippets of his rapping, and given they were leftovers, probably wasn’t the strongest material to work with. Continue reading

YouTube has everything: ‘Dinosaurs’ character Earl performs ‘Hypnotize’

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This one doesn’t require much an introduction: Someone took video clips featuring the character Earl from the TV show “Dinosaurs” and edited it to make it look like he’s rapping the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize.” The results of the mash-up are as enjoyable as it would seem on paper: Continue reading

New Michael Jackson track: “Love Never Felt So Good”

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When it was announced that multiple albums were on the way featuring music from the unreleased vaults of Michael Jackson, I was a bit worried.  Further was the fact that they were going to modernize the songs (a concern, if you recall the album that followed The Notorious B.I.G’s death). The first fruits of this, “Love Never Felt So Good,” has been released in advance of the album “Xscape,” and it’s pretty good.

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