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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
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Album: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
# Song Title   Time
1)    Put It On
2)    MVP
3)    No Endz, No Skinz
4)    8 Is Enuff
5)    All Black
6)    Danger Zone
7)    Street Struck
8)    Da Graveyard
9)    Lifestylez Ov da Poor & Dangerous
10)    I Don't Understand It
11)    Fed up Wit the Bullshit
12)    Let 'Em Have It "L"
 

Album: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
# Song Title   Time
1)    Put It On
2)    MVP
3)    No Endz, No Skinz
4)    8 Is Enuff
5)    All Black
6)    Danger Zone
7)    Street Struck
8)    Da Graveyard
9)    Lifestylez Ov da Poor & Dangerous
10)    I Don't Understand It
11)    Fed up Wit the Bullshit
12)    Let 'Em Have It "L"
 
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Performer Notes
  • Personnel: Big L, Terra, Herb McGruff, Buddah Bless, Twan, Killa Kam, Trooper J, Mike Boogie (vocals).
  • Producers: Buck-Wild, Lord Finesse, Showbiz, Craig Boogie.
  • Engineers: Tony Smalios (tracks 1, 6); Chris "Conman" Conway (tracks 2-5, 7-12).
  • Recorded at Powerplay Studios, Unique Studios and Chung King Studios, New York.
  • All songs co-written by L. Coleman. Samples include "Vibrations" (as performed by Buster Williams) and "Stay With Me" (as performed by DeBarge).
  • 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. ~ M.F. DiBella
Professional Reviews
The Source (3/95, p.71) - 4 Stars - Slammin' - "...he comes with ill animated lyrics, combined with metaphors that stun; a combo sure to have suckas on the run..."
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