The Notorious B.I.G. died on March 9, 1997 at the ripe age of 24, leaving two children, his wife Faith Evans and a lucrative career behind. But now his son Christopher Jordan “CJ” Wallace is stepping into his own as a recording artist.
On Monday (August 10), Wallace released a remix of the Biggie classic “Big Poppa” simply titled “Big Poppa (House Mix).” Produced by Jonathan Hay, Sarah Rush, Wallace and Willie Mack, the track borrows elements of Biggie’s original and combines it with an uptempo dance beat.
The song comes from the upcoming collection Ready To Dance (a play on Biggie’s Ready To Die album), which was co-produced by Wallace himself. The project strips Big’s voice from several of his songs to give birth to dance renditions of each Hip Hop classic.
“It’s almost as though I can feel the spirit of Biggie through CJ,” Hay tells HipHopDX. “It’s been such an honor to work with him and Willie Mack of Think BIG so closely. As CJ openly states, his musical taste is definitely influenced by his father, which has given so much to the single ‘Big Poppa’ and the Ready to Dance album. We couldn’t have gotten any closer to Biggie while working with his music than collaborating with his own son.”
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Hay — who’s a creative force behind the Follow The Leader (Jazz ) album — also credits Rakim’s longtime manager Matthew Kemp, Eric. B and Rakim for giving him his start in the production world. “None of this would be happening without them and their co-sign for Follow The Leader (Jazz),” he says.
Ready to Dance is being released in conjunction with a new lifestyle brand dubbed Frank White — a Biggie alias borrowed from the drug kingpin in the 1990 film King of New York.
Until the album’s arrival, check out the “Big Poppa (House Mix)” below.
I was waiting for him to rap…
are you sure he hasn’t been hanging around Diddy or Diddy’s son too much and it’s rubbing off…smh
Sounds pretty gay
THIS is the new summer jam for this cray 2020. It’s a hot remix.
I’ve had this song on repeat for the past 2 days!!! Such a vibe!!! Love Biggie as an artist and now definitely love CJ as an artist too!!!!
Blasphemy!
Can’t front this had me nodding and rocking in my Beats by Dre. Only complaint is dislike listening to music on YouTube and I can’t find it on Spotify. It’s a club banger and chic anthem.
What the fuck is this shit? Jesus man. Trash. I come here for hip hop and you give me this?! Dude needs to throw in the towel on music period he will never be a biggie
I PRAY GOD BLESS CHRISTOPHER THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. WALLACE AKA BIGGIE SMALLS BEAUTIFUL ANGEL. I PRAY GOD BLESS THW WALLACE FAMILY TO FINALLY GET JUSTICE FOR BIGGIE SMALLS MURDER THIS YEAR 2020. I REALLY PRAY THAT THIS BE THE YEAR FOR HIS FAMILY TO FINALLY GET JUSTICE FOR BIGGIE SMALLS MURDER IN JESUS NAME ? ? ???❤❤❤???
Yeah….About that, “In 2003, a close friend of Suge Knight, Wardell “Poochie” Fouse, a.k.a. Darnell Bolton, who was suspected of being the trigger man by the LAPD, was himself murdered in a drive-by shooting by a rival gang member” and Suge Knight is in Prison…. unless you are also mean Diddy
I don’t care for it but that’s his son, let him do as he pleases.
Where was the raps? Credit goes to the Isley brothers right ?
I’ma buy it. Pls announce to us wen it comes out, otherwise I won’t know? Thank u v much
Not bad but how in the world does this have so many producers? Not exactly a complicated composition here.
Think about it because it’s Biggie son so they just want to be a part of Biggie and having their name on it because it’s Biggie’s son
Biggie fat pig
Why would you say something like that you ignoramus
He’s thinking about himself again
Jonathan Jay is a sham look out for him everything he does is pathetic sadly, he somehow gets links, biggies son is biggies son. Jonathan hay is a tone deaf Rick rubin with the musical talent of a gold fish….. DEBBIE’S fuming