Styles P is once again preaching The Notorious B.I.G. being the greatest rapper of all time, and he’s not taking any debates on the topic.
Styles appeared on the latest episode of the YouTube series Creators Club alongside Jadakiss, where The LOX duo sat down for a chat about healthy living, the metaverse, the state of Hip Hop and more.
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One of the topics that came up was Biggie and his relationship with The LOX when they first joined Diddy’s Bad Boy Records in the ’90s.
Kiss revealed the Yonkers trio had yet to actually meet the late Brooklyn rapper before appearing on his Life After Death track “Last Day,” which they recorded their verses for separately. When they did eventually meet, The LOX instantly connected with Biggie and realized his greatness.
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“I think most people understand him as the greatest MC to ever live. What makes him the greatest, he was really great in all aspects of rhyming,” Styles said. “Most people are good in two categories, maybe three, if you’re pushing it. Big was really, really nice in all categories.
“But what really topped it off was he was a charismatic individual, but he was very fucking classy and a G at the same time.”
Styles added that Biggie treated everyone the same way and was also a giving person if someone ever needed something. Ghost said The LOX consider themselves to be the same way, and that led to a fruitful relationship between the former labelmates.
“He ain’t just treat me, Kiss and Louch good; he treated all over our homeboys good,” Styles continued. “He would treat my man how he would treat me. He would give me that same drink, that same weed, that same thing, and I think that’s what set him apart for me.”
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He added: “I think he embodied something that most people don’t, and he was a student of the game. He loved rhyming, so when he heard us rhyme, and you know, at those times when somebody asked you to rhyme, you rhymed.
“I think we embody the same thing he embodied. I think it just made him have a natural kind of clinging to us, and vice versa.”
This isn’t the first time Styles P has crowned Biggie the G.O.A.T. During an appearance on The Big Face Gary Show last year, the “Good Times” MC elaborated on his admiration for Christopher Wallace, who he ranked above JAY-Z and others.
“Big wins on the evolution tip,” he said. “Big’s second album was global. Do you understand what I’m sayin’? Global. He hit a different chamber and level to even have the audacity to say my second one is gonna be my second and third one.”
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2022 marked a series of major milestones for The Notorious B.I.G.: the 25th anniversary of his still-unsolved March 1997 murder, the 25th anniversary of his second and final album Life After Death, and what would’ve been his 50th birthday.
