NOTORIOUS

SO INSTEAD OF SEEING NOTORIOUS EARLY AT THE PRIVATE SCREENING ON SOUTH BEACH I WAS INVITED TO I DECIDED TO SEE IT ON IT'S OPENING DAY. I GUESS SUBCONSCIOUSLY I FELT I WAS CONTRIBUTING TO BIG SOMEHOW SOMEWAY BY PAYING RATHER THAN SEEING IT FOR FREE WITH PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC AND FILM INDUSTRY I SEE ALL THE TIME ANYWAY... SO TO CUT TO THE CHASE I THOUGHT THE FILM WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! IVE MET SOME OF THE ACTUAL PEOPLE PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE DURING MY JOURNEY THROUGH THIS MUSIC BUSINESS, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE PLAYED SUCH A MAJOR ROLE IN BIGS LIFE! LIKE DJ ENUFF WHO WAS BIGS ROAD DJ, HE'S THE DJ THAT PLAYS MY MUSIC ON HOT 97... 

ANYWAY I REALLY FELT THE FILM DID BIGGIE SOME JUSTICE. GRAVY TO ME, BUT TO SOME THAT DON'T KNOW HIM AS A RAPPER JAMAL WOOLARD DID AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE LOOKED, DRESSED AND SPOKE SO MUCH LIKE BIG I'D FORGET HE WAS PLAYING HIM. I WAS PLEASED FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. ANGELA BASSETT PLAYED MS. WALLACE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERS PLAYING FAITH AND KIM. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT LOOK THAT THE DIRECTOR CHOOSE BIGS SON CJ WALLACE TO PLAY HIS DAD AS A CHILD... CJ DID HIS THING! 

THE FILM ALSO TOOK ME BACK TO THOSE FEELINGS I HAD FOR HIP HOP BEFORE IT TURNED INTO A SUIT AND TIE! I MISS THOSE DAYS. IT ALSO BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE DISLIKE I HAD FOR THE MEDIA FOR PLAYING SUCH A MAJOR ROLE IN THE EAST COAST WEST COAST WAR!!!! THEY BLEW IT UP AND MADE TWO BEAUTIFUL COAST HATE EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CREATE PEACE THEY AMPED THE SHIT UP AND MADE MATTERS WORSE. NOW TWO OF THE GREATEST MCEES TO EVER DO IT ARE DEAD AND GONE... AND HOW I WISH PAC WOULD'VE LOOKED BEYOND THE BULLSHIT HE WAS BEING FED BY HIS PEERS AND JUST SQUASHED THE ENTIRE BEEF!

I MEAN WE ALL HAVE OUR THEORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BUT I'LL JUST KEEP MY TO MYSELF. I'D NEED A WHOLE NEW BLOG SPOT TO SPEAK ON THAT! I'LL JUST SAY THIS. EVERYBODY HAS A NUMBER, AND WHEN GOD CALLS YOURS WHETHER YOU'RE READY OR NOT WE ALL MUST ANSWER! BIGGIE AND PAC ACHIEVED FAR MORE AT AGE 24 (BIG) AND 25 (PAC) THEN DAMN NEAR EVER RAPPER WHO SURPASSED THEIR AGE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VERY FEW! BEFORE I CALL IT A NIGHT I'LL LEAVE WITH SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. IF MALCOLM X HAD DIED AT 24 OR 25 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOW ONLY BY THE DETROIT STREETS AS A SMALL TIME HUSTLER NAMED RED. THESE TWO GUYS WERE SPECIAL... I PRAY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BE HALF AS GREAT AN ARTIST AS THEY WERE IN MY CAREER TO COME! WE MISS Y'ALL IN RAP GAME... GOD BLESS