Christopher Wallace Legacy

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Legacy of Christopher Wallace

legacy is defined as something that someone has achieved that continues to exist after they stop working or die. Almost like life after death, Life After Death is the second and final studio album by Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls. Released on March 25, 1997, by Bad Boy Records, it was released 16 days following his death on March 9, 1997. His legacy is clear through his popularity, musical technique, and his ability to tell stories through music.

Christopher wallace’s positive early life did not lead him in the direction most people thought he would go. During his early life His mom worked 2 jobs after his dad left. She worked hard to send Christopher to private school, he excelled in english. …show more content…

Growing up in new york Biggie met a jazz saxophonist, he taught him diction and phrasing.The saxophonist wanted him to become a jazz musician, he taught him how to scat and gave him homework that had to do with music. Biggie was more interested in being a rapper, By 13 he hit the studio with some friends under the name MC CWest. His voice didn't sound like anyone else, his voice was wheezy, humid and sounded like it came from deeper in his chest than most people. His dialogue is slow enough for you to understand and put it together, it's not mumble rap.When you listen to a Biggie song he tells a story and its descriptive, it'll put the picture in your head , and that takes …show more content…

Before he blow up a local dj named 50 Grand made Biggie a mix tape, that ended up in magazines unsigned column, Sean Combs(Puff Daddy) heard it and signed him to bad boy records. By 1993, combs had a Biggie song Called “Party and Bulls--t” in the movie who's the man?. During Biggies era the hype was on the west coast, the g-funk sound of death row records was what was big. There was little to no hype on the east coast rap scene. As said before Biggie smalls had flow like no other so when people heard his music they were interested. He used his different flow and ability to tell stories with his music to gain popularity. Biggie said that if he made music that women liked then men would like it too because there gonna be interested in what the women liked. For Example he made songs like “big poppa” that gave off a soft vibe that many girls liked but men could relate too. Don't let that distract you he still made gangsta

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