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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (Parental Advisory),Big L

- Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (Parental Advisory)
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Big L
Released 1995

Put It On
03:36
72,003 plays

MVP
03:38
35,028 plays

Da Graveyard
05:24
34,997 plays

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- 1
- Put It On
- 03:36
- 72,003 plays

- 2
- MVP
- 03:38
- 35,028 plays

- 3
- No Endz, No Skinz
- 03:29
- 23,645 plays

- 4
- 8 Iz Enuff
- 04:59
- 22,875 plays

- 5
- All Black
- 04:21
- 20,572 plays

- 6
- Danger Zone
- 03:36
- 20,975 plays

- 7
- Street Struck
- 04:09
- 31,418 plays

- 8
- Da Graveyard
- 05:24
- 34,997 plays

- 9
- Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
- 03:21
- 23,093 plays

- 10
- I Don't Understand It
- 04:20
- 14,002 plays

- 11
- Fed Up Wit The Bullshit
- 03:52
- 14,945 plays

- 12
- Let 'Em Have It 'L'
- 03:57
- 17,428 plays

album review

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, All Music Guide