To get you in the right frame of mind for Hip-Hop Thursday at the Spring Street Tavern, I find it very appropriate to share a Big L 12" with you that was put out by Fat Beats back in 2000 after posting about Fat Beats' new stuff yesterday.
"Flamboyant" was titled after the recently-established independent imprint of Big L's. It was also the first single to drop to warm up the listeners for Big L's sophomore release, The Big Picture. The hip-hop culture lost one of the greats who was only starting to realize his potential in life and in rhyme. Big L's life was taken on the very block he repped so hard, 139th and Lennox, in February of 1999. His sophomore album was released posthumously. It's hard to say just how far Big L could have gone, especially considering that he helped get Jay-Z heard with a verse on "Da Graveyard" off of his Lifestyles Ov Da Poor And Dangerous. Rest in peace.
It wouldn't be right to rip this 12" and not include the acapella's for my fellow DJ's out there. I also included the instrumental for "Flamboyant" but not "On The Mic" because there is some annoying clicks despite the record visually looking flawless.
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