Signature
key confidence high · relative C# minor · tempo confidence high · double-time 187.9 · low end 60% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Written byAndy Armersource
- CoveredAndy Instonesource
- CoveredBeedle The Bardcoresource
- CoveredBiggie Smallssource
- Written byDeric “D‐Dot” Angelettiesource
- Written byDiddysource
- SamplesDoug E. Fresh and M.C. Ricky D, La Di‐Da‐Disource
- SamplesHerb Alpert, Risesource
- CoveredHerb Alpert b/w Biggiesource
- Written byRandy Badazzsource
- Written byRon Lawrencesource
- CoveredTaggy Matchersource
- CoveredThe Lullabeatssource
- Written byThe Notorious B.I.G.source
- CoveredVitamin Dubsource
Why it is here
- The track is built from a sample of Herb Alpert's 1979 hit "Rise," cleared personally by co-writer Randy Alpert after he had turned down artists like Ice Cube, Eazy-E, and Vanilla Ice for the same sample. source
- Its chorus melody and title are drawn from a lyrical section of Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di," sung by Pamela Long of Total though she went uncredited. source
- Released five days before Biggie's murder, it became the fifth song by a credited artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 posthumously, and was nominated for the Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy at the 1998 awards. source
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