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The Notorious B.I.G.

Big Poppa

1994 · via The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 recording of “Big Poppa” is the earliest release on file. The Notorious B.I.G. shares the writing credit with Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper. Also recorded by Vitamin Dub (released 2006), Mindless Self Indulgence (released 2006) and Kassa Overall (released 2025), among 45 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Ready to Die (1994).

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Biggie co-wrote this one with five Isleys and Chris Jasper, and somehow it ended up in the hands of Mindless Self Indulgence. Play them back to back and listen to what makes the trip intact.

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Credited writers: Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper and The Notorious B.I.G.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1994.

On the album Ready to Die (1994).

Other recordings on file · first release year

45 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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