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- Date Released: January 1, 1995
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Rap
- Label: Columbia
- Copyright: (P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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Having made a name for himself as a guest MC on D.I.T.C. (Diggin' in the Crates) projects such as Diamond D.'s Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop and Showbiz & A.G.'s Runaway Slave, the flamboyantly gifted Lamont Coleman (aka Big L) dropped his debut in early 1995. A product of the mean streets of Harlem, L made his bones in the rap game with his rapid fire freestyle delivery and clever punchline-peppered rhymes. A patchwork album with a few outstanding cuts, Lifestylez fails to package the lightning-in-a-bottle talent of this cut-above MC. The album showcases L as a master of the lyrical stickup undressing his competition with kinetic metaphors and a brash comedic repertoire. The lead track, "Put It On" produced by Kid Capri, is a party cut with a criminal attitude. "M.V.P." snatches a brief segment from DeBarge's "Stay With Me" (later aggrandized on the Notorious B.I.G.'s popular remix of "One More Chance"). "Da Graveyard" features a young Cam'ron (here Killa Kam) and most notably a superb verse from a pre-Jigga Jay-Z (at the outset of his solo career). With better production and marketing, Big L might have found himself with a platinum album but instead he settled for platinum respect. This album captures the dynamic potential of a street legend, a legend who would later be gunned down in his prime.
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| 01. |  |
Put It On |
3:36 |
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| 02. | |
MVP |
3:38 |
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| 03. | |
No Endz, No Skinz
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3:29 |
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| 04. | |
8 Iz Enuff
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4:59 |
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| 05. | |
All Black
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4:21 |
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| 06. | |
Danger Zone
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3:36 |
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| 07. | |
Street Struck |
4:09 |
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| 08. | |
Da Graveyard
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5:24 |
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| 09. | |
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
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3:21 |
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| 10. | |
I Don't Understand It |
4:20 |
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| 11. | |
Fed Up Wit The Bullshit
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3:52 |
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| 12. | |
Let 'Em Have It "L"
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3:50 |
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12 Total Tracks, 48:35 Total Length
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Credits
- Terra - ? // Kid Capri - Producer // Chris Conway - Engineer // Lord Finesse - Producer // Buck Wild - Producer // Dino Zervous - Engineer // Big L - Vocals // Craig Boogie - Producer // Mike Boogie - Vocals // Mike Boogie - ? // Buddah Bless - ? // Killa Kam - ? // Herb McGruff - ? // Showbiz - Producer // Trooper J. - ? // Twan - ? // Jay-Z - Vocals // Tony Dawsey - Mastering // Danny Clinch - Photography // Michelle Willems - Art Direction // Michelle Willems - Design // Cam'ron - Vocals // John Shrive - Engineer // Party Arty - Vocals
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Other Details
- Instrument:
- Bass (Electric)
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