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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous [Explicit Lyrics]

Big L, Big LAudio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (March 28, 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B00000294R
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Put It On
2. MVP
3. No Endz, No Skinz
4. 8 Iz Enuff
5. All Black
6. Danger Zone
7. Street Struck
8. Da Graveyard
9. Life Stylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
10. I Don't Understand It
11. Fed Up Wit The Bullshit
12. Let 'Em Have It 'L'

Editorial Reviews

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  • Track: 10: I Don't Understand It,
  • Track: 11: Fed up Wit the Bullshit,
  • Track: 12: Let 'Em Have It "L:,
  • Track: 1: Put It On,
  • Track: 2: M.V.P.,
  • Track: 3: No Endz, No Skinz,
  • Track: 4: 8 Iz Enuff,
  • Track: 5: All Black,
  • Track: 6: Danger Zone,
  • Track: 7: Street Struck,
  • Track: 8: Graveyard,
  • Track: 9: Lifestylez Ov da Poor and Dangerous
    Media Type: CD
    Artist: BIG L
    Title: LIFESTYLEZ OV DA POOR & DANGER
    Street Release Date: 03/28/1995
    Domestic
    Genre: RAP/HIP HOP

  • Customer Reviews

    It has to be one of the best albums i have ever heard! ETHAN SAUNDERS  |  44 reviewers made a similar statement
    The lyrics and punchlines are incredible. Michael Salinas  |  23 reviewers made a similar statement
    I never wrote a review or anything like this...and this is for more than just this one album. Illuminati-NJ  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
    Most Helpful Customer Reviews
    35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
    Format:Audio CD
    There have been plenty of MCs with more intelligent and enlightened content to their rhymes than Big L. There have also been a few (though not many) with more distinct delivery--and perhaps one (Nas circa "Illmatic"?) with a more natural flow. But for sheer, unadulterated rhyming skill...there's just no one that touched L. Ever. Period. His gift was so unbelievable that I half wish they would have studied his brain when he died (morbid as it may seem)--because there had to be something abnormal about it. If anyone in the hip-hop game was ever a bona fide "genius" in the true sense of the word (meaning blessed with an almost freakish mental gift) it was L.

    Don't sleep on the posthumously released "The Big Picture," but make no mistake, this grittier and more vibrant first album was L's magnum opus. Any one of these tracks contains more stunning, astounding, OHHHH (...)!-inducing rhymes than most MCs ever pen in a lifetime. Just listening to the relentless, incendiary first verses of "8 is Enuff" and "Da Graveyard" is enough to blow you straight off your feet. The numerous collaborators on those tracks are stunning, too, but they're clearly just sweeping up what fragments remain of the mic after L annihilates it.

    Accompanying L's absolutely unparallelled talent for rhyme is a penchant for vicious, shock-value lyrics--which is a deadly combination. The faint of heart do NOT want to pick up this album. In fact, even the not-faint of heart should be advised--if you're going to be offended by references to cop-killing, child-killing, mother-killing, GRANDmother-killing, NUN-killing, Satanism, general blasphemy, rape and other violence against women...just click on over to another album. L obviously lived and died under tough, violent circumstances. His music not only reflects it, but magnifies it to the point of satire (one of the sickest things about all this is you'll find yourself LAUGHING at lines like "Every Sunday, a nun lay from my gunspray").

    The occasional more thoughtful moment on the album (such as the cautionary "Street Struck") should reassure you that no, L doesn't really mean all these terrible things. Is he posing? I don't know, was Mick Jagger posing when he sang from Satan's perspective in "Sympathy for the Devil?" It's my considered opinion that lyricists, writers, poets, etc. have the right to don whatever guises they wish in their quest to enlighten and entertain--and I certainly don't begrudge Big L that right.

    This disc sometimes catches flak for having weak production, but I disagree. The arrangements boast driving drumbeats and basslines to support L's dazzling vocals, while some occasional mellow, jazzy samples round out the tracks with a nice touch of sophistication without crowding L's flow. Anyone expecting huge, flashy arrangements should pick up "The Chronic" or something by Handsome Boy Modeling School--this is production designed purely to support the MC, and in my humble opinion it succeeds.

    If you have ever nodded your head in appreciation of a rhyme, buy this disc now...but be careful not to break your neck.
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    12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Rapper of All time August 28, 2000
    Format:Audio CD
    Well, there's too much to say about this album, but I'll try to keep it within a thousand words. L was, and still is, simply the best. He proves it with crazy metaphors like "when it comes to gettin' nookie, I'm not a rookie, I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi," and "I told him give up the dough before you get smoked... 'Oh, you broke?' (gunshots)... now you dead broke!" Definitely the most clever MC there ever was, regardless of whether he achieved gold or platinum status. This album in particular is special because of the stellar production from Showbiz, Buckwild, and Lord Finesse(D.I.T.C.- the best crew in hip-hop for those that didn't know) and dope guest spots from Herb McGruff, and the rest of his crew in Harlem. People are just catching on to L's greatness even though this joint came out in '95. It's a shame that L didn't live to see the success of his new joint, but buy this joint and his legacy will live on.... R.I.P Big L 1974-1999.
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    7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece January 31, 2002
    Format:Audio CD
    One of the best debuts i've ever heard, along with Illmatic, Ready to Die, and 36 Chambers.
    The beats have an old school feel to them, even though some tracks are dark-sounding (Danger Zone, Street Struck)and others are funky (No Endz No Skinz, MVP), and the lyrics are just perfect; very simplistic, but at the same time extremely clever and most of all very ILL. L proves that you don't have to use big words and rap about the moon and the sun to be underground.
    I also noticed how he influenced some of today's rap starts, like Cam'Ron and Jay-Z. A young hova (literally) shows up on Da Graveyard, dropping a decent verse along with some other MC's. Just imagine what L's career would've been like if he was signed to Rocafella, it's just too bad this album didn't seel many copies and L was murdered before he dropped his second effort.
    Big L's carrer was cut short if you ask me, and the same happened with 3 other GREAT MC's, you know who they are.
    L lives on in the hearts of real hip-hop heads, go cop this album if you don't have it, it's a must.
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    Most Recent Customer Reviews
    3.0 out of 5 stars Scratched
    The CD I purchased from you was in ok shape. Mostly every song plays and sounds well except for one trac that keeps skipping. Read more
    Published 3 months ago by George Murillo
    5.0 out of 5 stars love this record
    love this record this record in my fovorite record ever i wish big l could be where today. dont buy this record because i want them all
    Published 4 months ago by marco Scarda
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hot record
    Glad I bought this record, I've heard great things about Big L but didn't know much of his music. Now I know why he's well-liked, his rapping's great, over excellent old-school... Read more
    Published 4 months ago by Oscar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Big L Puts It On
    I had never heard of Big L until a couple months ago, and boy was I missing out! This highly underrated rapper has mad flow and sick rhymes. Read more
    Published 5 months ago by Aboratory
    5.0 out of 5 stars The definition of real hip hop
    Anyone who isn't sure if they should buy this album, don't hesitate anymore. BUY IT!! Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous is one of the best hip hop albums ever. Read more
    Published on January 20, 2011 by RealHipHop
    5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!
    This is the first review I've ever put on Amazon but I felt I needed to share my opinion with any hip hop or rap fans. Read more
    Published on October 18, 2010 by dandonde
    5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest to ever do it!
    The greatest Album of all time!

    Beats - 10/5 stars
    Lyrics - 10-5 stars
    Overall 100/5 stars
    If u want dark hip hop and hardcore underground beats at its... Read more
    Published on August 17, 2010 by BIG L 139 the greatest
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Album Ever !
    This album is the greatest ever made!!!
    dark new york beats, amazin and funny lyrics and punches
    Classic!
    Big L rest in peace 139 & Lenox
    Greatest rapper ever!
    Published on August 11, 2010 by BIG L 139 the greatest
    5.0 out of 5 stars Probably Hip Hop's Greatest Lyricist!
    this is a must have cd by any Hip Hop head out there.
    this cd is a classic from beginning 2 end, i can play this cd without skippin it all day long.
    R.I.P. Mr. Read more
    Published on November 19, 2009 by L. N. C. Mendoza
    5.0 out of 5 stars wow, makes you sad how good he could have been
    Big L was so ahead of his time, he had the best rhymes ever i think, (BEtter than Nas, BIG and pac). Big L had a dope group in COC and could have taken over the world. Read more
    Published on April 9, 2008 by Jonathan D. Rose
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