Big L Discography
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 Big LLifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous Release Date 1995 Label Sony Music Distribution Rating:  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, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Put It On | Best, Coleman | 3:38 |
| 2 | M.V.P. | Hall, M.D. DeBarge, Jordan, Coleman | 3:39 |
| 3 | No Endz, No Skinz | Lemay, Coleman | 3:29 |
| 4 | 8 Iz Enuff | Best, Mik, Terra, Buddah Bless, Kam, McGruff, Trooper J., Twan, Coleman | 4:58 |
| 5 | All Black | Hall, Coleman | 4:21 |
| 6 | Danger Zone | Best, Coleman | 3:37 |
| 7 | Street Struck | Hall, Coleman | 4:09 |
| 8 | Graveyard | Best, Coleman | 5:23 |
| 9 | Lifestylez Ov da Poor and Dangerous | Hall, Coleman | 3:21 |
| 10 | I Don't Understand It | Lemay, Coleman | 4:20 |
| 11 | Fed up Wit the Bullshit | Hall, Coleman | 3:52 |
| 12 | Let 'Em Have It "L: | C.Rollins, Coleman | 3:57 |
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