Signature
key confidence medium · relative C major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 86.1 · low end 48% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredBeedle The Bardcoresource
- Sampled byCanibus, What’s Going Onsource
- Written byChris Jaspersource
- Sampled byDaz Dillinger feat. Johnta Austin, Weekendsource
- Sampled byDe La Soul, The Silent Life of a Truthsource
- Written byErnie Isleysource
- Sampled byFabolous feat. Mike Shorey, Babysource
- CoveredIsley Brothers b/w Biggiesource
- CoveredKassa Overallsource
- Written byMarvin Isleysource
- CoveredMidwest Hypesource
- CoveredMindless Self Indulgencesource
- Written byO’Kelly Isleysource
- Sampled byObie Trice, Follow My Lifesource
- Written byRonald Isleysource
- Written byRudolph Isleysource
- Sampled bySkrillex with Chance the Rapper and The Social Experiment, Coast Is Clearsource
- SamplesThe Isley Brothers, Between the Sheetssource
- CoveredThe Lullabeatssource
- Written byThe Notorious B.I.G.source
- Remixed byThe Notorious B.I.G., Big Poppa (Cap Kendricks remix)source
- Sampled byUnknown Artist, Big Poppasource
- CoveredVitamin Dubsource
- CoveredWun Two & Biggie Smallssource
Why it is here
- The track samples the Isley Brothers' 1983 song "Between the Sheets," giving it a smooth R&B-inflected groove that critics singled out as distinctive. source
- It became the Notorious B.I.G.'s first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum after selling over one million copies domestically. source
- The song earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1996 and was later ranked among Rolling Stone's greatest hip-hop songs. source
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