Wednesday 9 March 2011

The Notorious B.I.G - Who Shot Ya? (1995)


The B side to his 1995 single, Big Poppa. The track was later released on the posthumous Born Again, the remastered edition of Ready to Die, and The Greatest Hits.
Originally the song was recorded for the Mary J. Blige album My Life and meant for what eventually became the K. Murray Interlude (as evidenced on the track by use of the same instrumental) however Biggie's version was deemed too violent for an R&B album and Keith Murray was asked to record his version instead. The song samples David Porter's I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over.
And an prophetic title to boot. Yes, I know the song is meant to be a Tupac diss, but you can't help but wonder what was going on.

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