Notorious P.I.G.
Originally published on SAMMYRAY.
The upcoming biopic Notorious - about the life and death of rapper Biggie Smalls - is almost upon us. Unfortunately. While driving, I heard a commercial for the film which utilizes that horrible Duran Duran song from 1986.
Of course, the song was sampled in Biggie’s obvious posthumous rap hit Notorious B.I.G (clever!!!). It sucked, too.
Am I alone in feeling glad that Biggie got what he deserved?
Ultimately, Biggie lived a life of crime and criminals. In his short life, he did his fair amount of threatening and violence. Many people implicate him in the murder of Tupac Shakur. So seriously … is anyone really surprised that the guy took four bullets to the chest? It’s more suprising that it only took four to bring the fat fucker down.
Since his death, Biggie has been memorialized numerous times in song, most infamously when Puff Daddy sampled The Police to create the overly-sentimental I’ll Be Missing You. Despite his uncomfortably nasty legacy, people want to paint Biggie as some sort of lovable visionary that is completely out of touch with the facts.
Enter Notorious. The film is obviously angling for the Ray-style emotional pyrotechnics. The difference is, of course, that Ray Charles had actual talent and unprovoked tragedy. It’s much harder to feel sympathy for a lardass gangster who jumped through rap hoops in order to make millions of dollars. He’s more like a fat, black, and very dead version of Britney Spears, rather than some sort of ghetto version of John Lennon. Hell, he isn’t even a credible con-artist like Jim Morrison in the world of music.
Anyway, here’s the trailer, featuring that awful Duran Duran song. Ugh.
Ya know, Lil’ Kim is boycotting this thing. That makes her look 100% more intelligent in my book.
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Imagine all the bitches!
The bitches are the ones who fall for this shit.