The Notorious BIG’s Best Songs: 15 Tracks To Remember Biggie On March 9 Anniversary

On March 9, 1997, the hip-hop world lost one of its greatest rappers when Biggie Smalls was shot and killed in Los Angeles. The Notorious B.I.G.’s death is still felt today in rap and on the 20th anniversary of his death, we honor the “Juicy” rapper with some of his best songs.

With music from his albums such as “Ready to Die” and “Life After Death,” these are some of the best Biggie songs and lyrics. Check out 15 of the best Notorious B.I.G. tracks below:

1. “Suicidal Thoughts”

“It don’t make sense, goin' to heaven with the goodie-goodies / Dressed in white, I like black Tims and black hoodies”

2. “Juicy”

“Birthdays was the worst days / Now we sip champagne when thirst-ay”

3. “Big Poppa”

“I love it when you call me big poppa”

4. “What’s Beef”

“What’s beef? Beef is when you need two gats to go to sleep”

5. “Mo Money Mo Problems” Featuring Mase And Puff Daddy

“B-I-G-P-O-P-P-A / No info, for the, DEA”

6. “Notorious Thugs” Featuring Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

“Armed and dangerous / Ain’t too many can bang with us”

7. “Ten Crack Commandments”

“Number 4, I know you heard this before / Never get high on your own supply”

8. “Sky’s The Limit” Featuring 112

“He came out with the phrase, he went from ashy to classy”

9. “You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)”

“With my Sycamore style, more sicker than yours”

10. “Hypnotize”

“Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see”

11. “Dead Wrong” Featuring Eminem

“Relax and take notes, while I take tokes of the marijuana smoke”

12. “Who Shot Ya”

“Separate the weak from the obsolete / Hard to creep them Brooklyn streets”

13. “Warning”

“Who the hell is this, paging me at 5:46 in the morning”

14. “Get Money” By Junior M.A.F.I.A.

“Lick in the door, wavin’ the 4-4 / All you heard was ‘Poppa don’t hit me no more’”

15. “The What”

“Deep like the mind of Farrakhan”