Nashiem Myrik, a member of Diddy’s Bad Boy production team, The Hitmen, says that The Notorious B.I.G. initially didn't like “Juicy” and “Big Poppa” from his debut album, Ready To Die. The two singles went on to be among the most iconic songs from the late legendary discography. Myrik recalled the making of the tracks and Biggie's hesitancy to do them during the premiere of Angie Martinez's Iconic Records visual podcast series.
“Big didn’t want to do certain songs, like 'Big Poppa.' He didn’t like that record. 'Juicy?' He didn’t like that record [either],” he said on the show. “He [just] didn’t want to do them records, but Puff knew he needed singles, and those were them.”
The Notorious B.I.G. At The Billboard Music Awards
When Biggie “refused to do it,” Diddy suggested giving the beat, which Myrick created with Chucky Thompson, to the Lost Boyz. Eventually, Myrick says he was able to get the beat back and traded it for the beat that would be used in the Lost Boyz’s “Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz” from their album, Legal Drug Money.
For Iconic Records, Martinez interviewed 25 subjects over the course of five days to not only discuss his final album, Life After Death, but also the career and legacy of the late rapper. Guests for the series include Lil Cease, Fat Joe, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Too $hort, and more. “I’ve pivoted in my career. At this point, I want to do things that I’m truly passionate about… Things that I want to leave on the table,” Martinez told Billboard in April. “Celebrating B.I.G. and 25 years of this album in a different way was exciting. That’s because some of the people we talked to weren’t the traditional people we see or hear from and who had different types of viewpoints on him.” Iconic Records is available on the WMX Hip Hop channel on The Roku Channel. Check out the latest episode below.
Nashiem Myrik On "Iconic Records"
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