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  • Release Date: 06/04/2002
  • Original Release: 2000
  • Sales Rank: 28,007
  • Label: RAWKUS / UMGD
  • UPC: 008811289621

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The Big Picture

1LISTENThe Big Picture (Intro) 2:59
2LISTENEbonics 3:21
3LISTENSize 'Em Up 3:55
4LISTENDeadly Combination / Tupac Shakur 2:32
5LISTEN'98 Freestyle 2:09
6LISTENHoldin' It Down / Miss Jones 4:39
7LISTENThe Heist 3:02
8LISTENThe Enemy / Fat Joe 2:48
9LISTENFall Back / Kool G Rap 2:49
10LISTENFlamboyant 3:07
11LISTENCasualties of a Dice Game 3:18
12LISTENPlatinum Plus / Big Daddy Kane 3:37
13LISTENWho You Slidin' Wit 4:13
14LISTENGames / Sadat X 4:32
15LISTENThe Heist Revisited 3:01
16LISTENThe Triboro 5:29

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Editorial Reviews

The posthumous album from Diggin' in the Crates crew member Lamont "Big L" Coleman is a testament to the underrated MC's short-lived legacy. With production by DJ Premier and Pete Rock, and guest shots from an impressive lineup including Guru, Kool G Rap, and Big Daddy Kane, it's obvious that L got props from the hip-hop community -- so much so that his untimely death in 1999 inspired Gang Starr's "Full Clip" single. In that song, Guru rhymes that Big L was "one of the best [MCs] yet," and on The Big Picture, L proves his mic skills worthy of such praise. In his classic single "Ebonics" (which also appears on D.I.T.C.), L decodes the hip-hop generation's slang vernacular, while on "The Heist" he tells the tale of a harrowing night of shootin' and lootin' . But perhaps the best testimony to Big L's potential is "98 Freestyle," on which the Harlem rapper's humorous boasts ("You runnin' with boys/I'm runnin' with men/I'ma be rippin' mics til I'm one-hundred and ten") are too clever to keep the track's producer, Lord Finesse, from laughing out loud. The disc's most memorable moment, however, is the haunting "Deadly Combination," on which Big L trades prophetic quips such as "Tell me if you feel me, I think niggas is trying to kill me" with 2Pac. Ironically, that song foreshadows the ill fate of both rappers and ultimately serves as a sad reminder of the many talented, young black men who have been tragically cut down in their prime. Get the picture? Ryan Crosby Barnes & Noble

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Big Pictureby Anonymous

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March 02, 2008: This is a must have for any hip hop fan. anyone who's heard it would agree, one of the best rap albums of all time. legendary.

Big Pictureby Anonymous

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April 03, 2001: Big L was one of the greatest lyricists that was never heard by the mainstream, and was tragically murdered before he had a chance to break the surface of the underground. But maybe it's better that the mainstream didn't get a hold of him, and therefore his lyrics stayed rawed-out, flamboyant(no pun intended) and to the point. Even though he's gone, his voice still rules the underground scene and songs like ''Casualties of a Dice Game'', ''Triboro'', ''Ebonics'', and ''The heist'' prove why. All hail the King of Harlem.

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