The Notorious B.I.G. would be turning 50 years old on Saturday (May 21) had his life not been callously taken from him in 1997. With the help of Biggie’s family and friends, a massive birthday celebration is underway with the release of his first new single in 17 years — “G.O.A.T.”
Featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Nigerian R&B singer Bella Alubo, the track weaves a sample of Biggie’s Life After Death cut “I Love The Dough” into the Afrobeat-inspired affair.
“Being on a song with Biggie has been a dream of mine since I was a kid,” Ty Dolla $ign said in a press release. “The song title is fitting of him…the GOAT. Happy Birthday, Big. We miss you!”
Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace added, “It’s wonderful to witness my son’s music reimagined for his fans and today’s generation of young men and women to embrace his art. I appreciate the hard work of all involved in bringing together the perfect blend of voices and music to this song.”
Founder and Chairman of Benin City Entertainment and co-creator of the song Elliot Osagie — who has worked closely with Voletta Wallace and the Biggie Estate for nearly 10 years — noted, “One of the things I’ve learned building Biggie’s audience all these years is his global impact. We wanted to create a song that paid homage to that impact, hence the Afrobeats theme.”
But that’s not all. On Friday (May 20), the Empire State Building, Bad Boy, Atlantic and Rhino Records will host a ceremony with Voletta Wallace, his children CJ and T’yanna Wallace, Lil Cease and Lil Kim in attendance, among others.
On Biggie’s actual birthday, the Empire State Building in his hometown of New York City will change its lights to red and white along with a crown spinning in its mast that will illuminate Manhattan in tribute to Biggie’s debut multi-platinum album, Ready to Die.
The New York celebration continues on June 10 when the Lincoln Center hosts a free orchestral tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. The black-tie event will feature music arranged and conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, with appearances by The Originals and several special guests.
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That same day, Bad Boy, Atlantic and Rhino Records will release a vinyl version of Life After Death. The 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe boxed set consists of eight LPs and a booklet boasting rare photos from the album cover shoot, liner notes by Sheldon Pearce and exclusive reflections from members of the team who worked on the original album.
they need to stop push that corny “goat” narrative with b.i.g. all time is not 1993-1997. especially when you just put his old part over newschool beat
they need to stop push that corny “goat” narrative, it’s hillarious
good tune production is a bit shit. another victim of the streets rest in peace christopher.
This needed Kim n Cease.
THIS….IS WHY PAC IS THE, IF NOT ONE OF THE GOATS. YEARS LATER WITH REAL UNRELEASED MUSIC IN THE VAULTS. THIS IS BASURA. BIGGIE DIDNT HAVE THE BODY OF WORK TO BE THE GOAT.
theres a lot of goats like a whole herd
Quality over quantity. Put Ready to Die and Life After Death against any other rapper’s BEST 3 albums worth of material, few may come close but no one tops BIG quality wise.
Still overrated as far as quality goes considering he only made two albums and his content never really went beyond gangster rap. So quality wise people have surpassed him in content with the quantity they left in different areas of life to speak on instead of the same ol’ boring shit you listen to everyday. Also better to have unreleased music than this regurgitated bullshit that adds nothing new to his legacy.
ty dollar sign better then biggie
what he not better then biggie
each verse better then the last
Than, not “then”.
ignore, dont feed the troll!
They lifted these verses from a classic song “I love the Dough” with Jay-Z. This is corny. Do they have any unreleased vocals? If not, please stop ruining classic songs. This should be considered a remix.
New?
Another recycle of an old Biggie verse. Just let the man lay.
This shit is ass cuh
Trash man come take this shit away
I wish whoever is in charge of BIG’s estate would stop trying to hard to try to make BIG sound “relevant” or “current.” His legacy is fine enough as it is; and these inorganic forced collabos are pissing on his grave. If he has any more unreleased stuff, which Mo Bee said he does, even if there aint dozens of albums worth like Pac… release it as is! Stop taking verses from existing songs, putting new artists on his shit, some of which werent even born, and the majority of which he likely never woulda worked with. If someone young that wasnt alive or very young when he passed wants to hear him, they can check out his 2 classic LPs. Happy 50th and RIP to BIG
Respect to b.i.g, but his mom a real bitch for this one! The ‘fans’ DON’T LIKE THE SH!T!
Embarrassing.
Biggie would never record a track with ty $ this is gross and highly disrespectful
Just listened and that rah rah ro ro pop shit makes it worse, definitely not how you treat a legend, just disgusting
This ain’t new. It’s recycled. SMH Diddy still milking Biggie’s Estate for everything it’s worth. This is horrible. Destroying the man’s legacy with this nonsense.
Diddy ain’t do it tho. This U is a BIG Mama production.
This is the sonic version of Weekend at Bernie’s
Leave BIG’s real musical legacy alone
This shit is horrible. Just get premier to do a remix or some shit. Throw a rapper from his time on it. Jada. Cam. Whoever.
Man, FUCK this bullshit.
……then real quick back to 0 after listening.
My mind was about to explode if I was about to hear fresh Biggie material.
They didn’t even do the recycled bars justice, sadly.
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Fvck puffy and fvck this shit. Fvck Ty $ aswell fvck this whole shit..this is fvcking bullshit
Y’all trippin. Diddy ain’t have nothing to do with this.
Damn Puff ..Let Me Rest
This shit ain’t right!! Why?? Just why? If you’re going to do this at least put people on the song that are worthy of his presence!! Total cash grab disgraceful! And I didn’t even listen to it and I won’t either! And he’s my favorite rapper of all time so I would love to hear something unreleased from biggie but I doubt it’s unreleased probably just a verse or two they had and they need to filler so they put bums on there that did it for free! So I can say they were on a song with B.i.G.
Well, this is exactly that kind of music he would do if he was alive. Remember, he made songs with pedo Jacko, pedo Kelly and also his biggest hits are Hypnotize and Sky’s the Limit – both are pop-rap songs for the masses. I co-sign this posthumous track as BIG wanted to be a pop star. Now here it is.
Suge would never do that to 2Pac music! Fuck puff daddy!
Duffy had nothing to do with it tho. Grow up.