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The album debuted at number 149 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7wsEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Billboard 200 | journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] | issn=0006-2510 | volume=107 | issue=15 | page=78 | date=April 15, 1995 }}</ref> and number 22 on [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]].<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7wsEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Billboard Top R&B Albums | journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] | issn=0006-2510 | volume=107 | issue=15 | page=22 | date=April 15, 1995 }}</ref> ''Lifestylez'' would go on to sell over 200,000 copies as of 2000.<ref name="vh1-street buzz" /> Three singles were released from the album; the first two, "[[Put It On]]" and "[[M.V.P. (song)|M.V.P.]]", reached the top twenty-five of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Rap Tracks]] and the third "[[No Endz, No Skinz]]" did not chart.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Krishnamurthy | first=Sowmya | title=Hip-Hop Remembers Big L on the Anniversary of His Death | url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/02/15/big-l-anniversary-hip-hop-remembers/ | work=''[[MTV.com]]'' | publisher=[[MTV Networks]] | date=February 15, 2012 | accessdate=February 19, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic singles">[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-l-p144340/charts-awards/billboard-singles Big L > Charts & Awards > ''Billboard'' Singles]. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.</ref> Even though the album received a three-star rating from [[Allmusic]], it was an AMG Album Pick.<ref name="Lifestylez Review">{{cite web | url=http://allmusic.com/album/lifestylez-ov-da-poor-and-dangerous-r217577/review | title=''Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous'' – Big L > Review | last=DiBella | first=M.F | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> </div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>His debut studio album, ''[[Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous]]'', was released in March 1995. The album debuted at number 149 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7wsEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Billboard 200 | journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] | issn=0006-2510 | volume=107 | issue=15 | page=78 | date=April 15, 1995 }}</ref> and number 22 on [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]].<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7wsEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Billboard Top R&B Albums | journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] | issn=0006-2510 | volume=107 | issue=15 | page=22 | date=April 15, 1995 }}</ref> ''Lifestylez'' would go on to sell over 200,000 copies as of 2000.<ref name="vh1-street buzz" /> Three singles were released from the album; the first two, "[[Put It On]]" and "[[M.V.P. (song)|M.V.P.]]", reached the top twenty-five of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Rap Tracks]] and the third "[[No Endz, No Skinz]]" did not chart.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Krishnamurthy | first=Sowmya | title=Hip-Hop Remembers Big L on the Anniversary of His Death | url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/02/15/big-l-anniversary-hip-hop-remembers/ | work=''[[MTV.com]]'' | publisher=[[MTV Networks]] | date=February 15, 2012 | accessdate=February 19, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic singles">[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-l-p144340/charts-awards/billboard-singles Big L > Charts & Awards > ''Billboard'' Singles]. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.</ref> Even though the album received a three-star rating from [[Allmusic]], it was an AMG Album Pick.<ref name="Lifestylez Review">{{cite web | url=http://allmusic.com/album/lifestylez-ov-da-poor-and-dangerous-r217577/review | title=''Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous'' – Big L > Review | last=DiBella | first=M.F | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Sometime in 1996, Coleman was dropped from Columbia mainly because of the dispute between Coleman's rapping style and the production from Columbia.<ref name="Picture Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-big-picture-r489942/review | title=''The Big Picture'' – Big L > Review | last=DiBella | first=M.F | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> He stated "I was there with a bunch of strangers that didn't really know my music."<ref name="crate">{{Cite journal | last=Lewis | first=Mike | year=1998 | title=The Crate & The Good | journal=[[Hip Hop Connection]] | issn=1465-4407}}</ref> In 1997, he started working on his second studio album, ''[[The Big Picture (Big L album)|The Big Picture]]''.<ref name="allhiphop10">{{Cite web | last=Salaam | first=Ismael | date=February 15, 2009 | url=http://allhiphop.com/2009/02/15/rapper-big-l-remembered-10-years-later/ | title=Rapper Big L Remembered 10 Years Later | work=''[[AllHipHop.com]]'' | accessdate=February 11, 2012}}</ref> COC folded when Bloodshed died in a car accident on March 2, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hot97.com/Channels/newonhot/Story.aspx?id=1390667 | title=About Cam'ron: | publisher=Hot 97FM | accessdate=August 3, 2012}}</ref> DITC appeared in a July issue ''On The Go Magazine''.<ref name="timeline" /> Coleman appeared on [[O.C. (rapper)|O.C.]]'s single "Dangerous" for O.C.'s second album ''[[Jewelz]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/dangerous-t1633810 | title=Dangerous: O.C. | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref> In November, he was the opening act for O.C.'s European Jewlez Tour.<ref name="timeline" /> Sometime in 1998, Coleman formed his own [[independent label]], Flamboyant Entertainment.<ref name="riverfront">{{Cite news | last=Park | first=April | date=September 13, 2000 | url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2000-09-13/music/big-l/ | title=Big L: ''The Big Picture'' (Rawkus/Flamboyant) | newspaper=[[Riverfront Times]] | accessdate=February 5, 2012}}</ref> According to the ''[[The Village Voice]]'', it was "planned to distribute the kind of hip-hop that sold without top 40 samples or r&b hooks."<ref name="Jasper1999-2">[[#Jasper1999|Jasper]] (1999), p. 2</ref> He released the single "Ebonics" in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Berry | first=Jahna | date=July 31, 2000 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65GPAIxLd | archivedate=February 6, 2012 | title=Big L's Second Album Due, More Than A Year After His Death | work=[[Vh1]] | publisher=[[Viacom]]}}</ref> The song was based on "[[African American Vernacular English|Ebonics]]", and ''The Source'' called it one of the top five independent singles of the year.<ref name="Rawkus Bio" /> DITC released their first single, "Dignified Soldiers", that year.<ref name="allmusic" /> </div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Sometime in 1996, Coleman was dropped from Columbia mainly because of the dispute between Coleman's rapping style and the production from Columbia.<ref name="Picture Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-big-picture-r489942/review | title=''The Big Picture'' – Big L > Review | last=DiBella | first=M.F | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> He stated "I was there with a bunch of strangers that didn't really know my music."<ref name="crate">{{Cite journal | last=Lewis | first=Mike | year=1998 | title=The Crate & The Good | journal=[[Hip Hop Connection]] | issn=1465-4407}}</ref> In 1997, he started working on his second studio album, ''[[The Big Picture (Big L album)|The Big Picture]]''.<ref name="allhiphop10">{{Cite web | last=Salaam | first=Ismael | date=February 15, 2009 | url=http://allhiphop.com/2009/02/15/rapper-big-l-remembered-10-years-later/ | title=Rapper Big L Remembered 10 Years Later | work=''[[AllHipHop.com]]'' | accessdate=February 11, 2012}}</ref> COC folded when Bloodshed died in a car accident on March 2, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hot97.com/Channels/newonhot/Story.aspx?id=1390667 | title=About Cam'ron: | publisher=Hot 97FM | accessdate=August 3, 2012}}</ref> DITC appeared in a July issue ''On The Go Magazine''.<ref name="timeline" /> Coleman appeared on [[O.C. (rapper)|O.C.]]'s single "Dangerous" for O.C.'s second album ''[[Jewelz]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/dangerous-t1633810 | title=Dangerous: O.C. | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref> In November, he was the opening act for O.C.'s European Jewlez Tour.<ref name="timeline" /> Sometime in 1998, Coleman formed his own [[independent label]], Flamboyant Entertainment.<ref name="riverfront">{{Cite news | last=Park | first=April | date=September 13, 2000 | url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2000-09-13/music/big-l/ | title=Big L: ''The Big Picture'' (Rawkus/Flamboyant) | newspaper=[[Riverfront Times]] | accessdate=February 5, 2012}}</ref> According to the ''[[The Village Voice]]'', it was "planned to distribute the kind of hip-hop that sold without top 40 samples or r&b hooks."<ref name="Jasper1999-2">[[#Jasper1999|Jasper]] (1999), p. 2</ref> He released the single "Ebonics" in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> | url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1122625/20000731/index.jhtml</ins> | last=Berry | first=Jahna | date=July 31, 2000 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65GPAIxLd | archivedate=February 6, 2012 | title=Big L's Second Album Due, More Than A Year After His Death | work=[[Vh1]] | publisher=[[Viacom]]}}</ref> The song was based on "[[African American Vernacular English|Ebonics]]", and ''The Source'' called it one of the top five independent singles of the year.<ref name="Rawkus Bio" /> DITC released their first single, "Dignified Soldiers", that year.<ref name="allmusic" /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Coleman caught the eye of [[Damon Dash]], the CEO of [[Roc-A-Fella Records]], after the release of "Ebonics". Dash wanted to sign Lamont to Roc-A-Fella, but Coleman wanted his crew to sign<ref name="Don Tube Interview" /><ref name="Hess2010-41">[[#Hess2010|Hess]] (2010), p. 41</ref> On February 8, 1999, Coleman, [[McGruff (rapper)|Herb McGruff]], C-Town, and Jay-Z started the process to sign with [[Roc-A-Fella Records]] as a group called "The Wolfpack".<ref name="timeline" /><ref name="McGruff Video Interview">{{Cite interview | subject=Herb McGruff | subjectlink=McGruff (rapper) | interviewer=Mikey T | date=July 25, 2010 | title=Herb McGruff Jay Z & Big L Deal | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6F0-i6sBAY&feature=fvwrel | work=''[[YouTube]]''}}</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Coleman caught the eye of [[Damon Dash]], the CEO of [[Roc-A-Fella Records]], after the release of "Ebonics". Dash wanted to sign Lamont to Roc-A-Fella, but Coleman wanted his crew to sign<ref name="Don Tube Interview" /><ref name="Hess2010-41">[[#Hess2010|Hess]] (2010), p. 41</ref> On February 8, 1999, Coleman, [[McGruff (rapper)|Herb McGruff]], C-Town, and Jay-Z started the process to sign with [[Roc-A-Fella Records]] as a group called "The Wolfpack".<ref name="timeline" /><ref name="McGruff Video Interview">{{Cite interview | subject=Herb McGruff | subjectlink=McGruff (rapper) | interviewer=Mikey T | date=July 25, 2010 | title=Herb McGruff Jay Z & Big L Deal | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6F0-i6sBAY&feature=fvwrel | work=''[[YouTube]]''}}</ref></div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Revision as of 11:26, 5 November 2013</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Big_L_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Big L (disambiguation)">Big L (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Big L</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Error mw:File/Frameless"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Big_L.jpg" class="new" title="File:Big L.jpg"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media">An African-American man, in his early twenties, poses for a camera shot. He is wearing a tan jacket with a tan hat tilted to the side.</span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Big L, as photographed in the 1990s</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Lamont Coleman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1974-05-30</span>)</span>May 30, 1974<br /><a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York" class="mw-disambig" title="New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Harlem, New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 15, 1999<span style="display:none">(1999-02-15)</span> (aged 24)<br />Harlem, New York</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Music_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Music artist">Music artist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1990–1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony</a>, Flamboyant Entertainment, <a href="/wiki/Rawkus_Records" title="Rawkus Records">Rawkus</a>.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biglonline.com">www<wbr />.biglonline<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Lamont Coleman</b> (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), better known by his <a href="/wiki/Stage_name" title="Stage name">stage name</a> <b>Big L</b>, was an American <a href="/wiki/Rapper" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapper">rapper</a>. Coleman was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York" class="mw-disambig" title="New York">New York</a>, where he started his rapping career with Three the Hard Way. His first professional appearance came on <a href="/wiki/Lord_Finesse" title="Lord Finesse">Lord Finesse</a>'s "Yes You May (Remix)". He released his debut album, <i><a href="/wiki/Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_%26_Dangerous" title="Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous">Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous</a></i> in 1995, and significantly contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Underground_hip_hop" title="Underground hip hop">underground hip hop</a> scene. He created his own independent label, Flamboyant Entertainment, in 1998 where he released one of his best known singles "Ebonics" (1998). </p><p>On February 15, 1999, Coleman was killed by an unknown assailant in a <a href="/wiki/Drive-by_shooting" title="Drive-by shooting">drive-by shooting</a> in his native <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>. His second studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i>, was put together by Coleman's manager, Rich King. It was released the following year and certified gold by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA). </p><p>Four posthumous albums have been released, mainly consisting of unreleased songs which were put together by Rich King and his brother, Donald. Multiple tributes have been given to Coleman, including in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Source_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Source (magazine)">The Source</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, and HipHop DX. A documentary is in the works titled <i>Street Struck: The Big L Story</i> (2012). <a href="/wiki/About.com" class="mw-redirect" title="About.com">About.com</a> called him the twenty-third best MC of all time, and multiple writers at <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a> have given him high praise. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Born Lamont Coleman in <a href="/wiki/Harlem,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlem, New York">Harlem, New York</a> on May 30, 1974,<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was the third and youngest child of Gilda Terry (d. 2008<sup id="cite_ref-mother's_death_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mother's_death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and Charles Davis.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father left the family while Coleman was a child.<sup id="cite_ref-finesse-interview_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finesse-interview-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has two siblings, Donald and Leroy Phinazee (d.2002<sup id="cite_ref-mother's_death_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mother's_death-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), who were the children of Gilda Terry and Mr. Phinazee.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman received the nicknames "Little L" and <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'mont 'mont" as a child.<sup id="cite_ref-herald_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-don-phinazee-interview_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-don-phinazee-interview-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of 12, Coleman became a big hip hop fan and started <a href="/wiki/Freestyling" class="mw-redirect" title="Freestyling">freestyling</a> against his own neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-don-phinazee-interview_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-don-phinazee-interview-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He founded a group called Three the Hard Way in 1990, but was quickly broken up due to a lack of enthusiasm.<sup id="cite_ref-dx-remember_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dx-remember-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consisted of Coleman, a "Doc Reem", and a "Rodney".<sup id="cite_ref-Don_Q&A_PT_2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Q&A_PT_2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No studio albums were released, and after Rodney left, the group was called Two Hard Motherfuckers.<sup id="cite_ref-Don_Q&A_PT_2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Q&A_PT_2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, people started to call him "Big L".<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 1990, Coleman met <a href="/wiki/Lord_Finesse" title="Lord Finesse">Lord Finesse</a> at an autograph session in a record shop on 125th Street.<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Source_Interview_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Source_Interview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rawkus_Bio_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rawkus_Bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After he did a freestyle, Finesse and Coleman exchanged numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-Rawkus_Bio_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rawkus_Bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman attended <a href="/wiki/Julia_Richman_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Julia Richman High School">Julia Richman High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in high school, Coleman freestyle battled in his hometown; in his last interview, he stated, "in the beginning, all I ever saw me doing was battling everybody on the street corners, rhyming in the hallways, beating on the wall, rhyming to my friends. Every now and then, a house party, grab the mic, a block party, grab the mic."<sup id="cite_ref-Last-Interview_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Last-Interview-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1994:_The_beginnings"><span id="1990.E2.80.931994:_The_beginnings"></span>1990–1994: The beginnings</h3></div> <p>Coleman began writing rhymes in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-MTV_YO!_1995_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV_YO!_1995-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, he founded the Harlem rap group <a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn_(group)" title="Children of the Corn (group)">Children of the Corn</a> (COC) with <a href="/wiki/Cam%27ron" title="Cam'ron">Killa Cam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ma$e" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma$e">Murda Mase</a>, and Bloodshed.<sup id="cite_ref-dx-remember_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dx-remember-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hess2010-40_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hess2010-40-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 11, Coleman appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Yo!_MTV_Raps" title="Yo! MTV Raps">Yo! MTV Raps</a></i> with Lord Finesse to help promote Finesse's studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Funky_Man" title="Return of the Funky Man">Return of the Funky Man</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-YO!_MTV_1991_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YO!_MTV_1991-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman's first professional appearance came on "Yes You May (Remix)", the <a href="/wiki/B-side" class="mw-redirect" title="B-side">B-side</a> of "Party Over Here" (1992) by Lord Finesse,<sup id="cite_ref-Hess2010-40_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hess2010-40-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his first album appearance was on "Represent" off of <a href="/wiki/Showbiz_%26_A.G." class="mw-redirect" title="Showbiz & A.G.">Showbiz & A.G.</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Runaway_Slave" title="Runaway Slave">Runaway Slave</a></i> (1992).<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Source_Interview_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Source_Interview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that same year, he won an amateur freestyle battle, which consisted of about 2,000 contestants and held by Nubian Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-Doc_Trailer_1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doc_Trailer_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, Coleman signed to <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dx-remember_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dx-remember-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, L joined Lord Finesse's Bronx-based hip hop collective <a href="/wiki/Diggin%27_in_the_Crates_Crew" class="mw-redirect" title="Diggin' in the Crates Crew">Diggin' in the Crates Crew</a> (DITC) which consisted of Lord Finesse, <a href="/wiki/Diamond_D" title="Diamond D">Diamond D</a>, <a href="/wiki/O.C._(rapper)" title="O.C. (rapper)">O.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckwild" class="mw-disambig" title="Buckwild">Buckwild</a>, <a href="/wiki/Showbiz_and_A.G." title="Showbiz and A.G.">Showbiz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Showbiz_and_A.G." title="Showbiz and A.G.">A.G.</a> </p><p>Sometime in 1993, Coleman released his first promotional single, "Devil's Son", and claimed it was the first <a href="/wiki/Horrorcore" title="Horrorcore">horrorcore</a> single released.<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Source_Interview_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Source_Interview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said he wrote the song because "I've always been a fan of horror flicks. Plus the things I see in Harlem are very scary. So I just put it all together in a rhyme."<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Source_Interview_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Source_Interview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 18, 1993, Coleman performed live at the Uptown Lord Finesse Birthday Bash at the 2,000 Club, which included other performances from Fat Joe, <a href="/wiki/Nas_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nas (rapper)">Nas</a>, and Diamond D.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, he released his second promotional single "Clinic". On July 11, 1994, Coleman released the radio edit of "<a href="/wiki/Put_It_On" title="Put It On">Put It On</a>", and three months later the video was released.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the video for the single "No Endz, No Skinz" debuted, which was directed by Brian Luvar.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–1999:_Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_&_Dangerous"><span id="1995.E2.80.931999:_Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_.26_Dangerous"></span>1995–1999: <i>Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous</i></h3></div> <p>His debut studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_%26_Dangerous" title="Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous">Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous</a></i>, was released in March 1995. The album debuted at number 149 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and number 22 on <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lifestylez</i> would go on to sell over 200,000 copies as of 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-vh1-street_buzz_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vh1-street_buzz-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three singles were released from the album; the first two, "<a href="/wiki/Put_It_On" title="Put It On">Put It On</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/M.V.P._(song)" title="M.V.P. (song)">M.V.P.</a>", reached the top twenty-five of <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rap_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Rap Tracks">Hot Rap Tracks</a> and the third "<a href="/wiki/No_Endz,_No_Skinz" class="mw-redirect" title="No Endz, No Skinz">No Endz, No Skinz</a>" did not chart.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_singles_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic_singles-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even though the album received a three-star rating from <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>, it was an AMG Album Pick.<sup id="cite_ref-Lifestylez_Review_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lifestylez_Review-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometime in 1996, Coleman was dropped from Columbia mainly because of the dispute between Coleman's rapping style and the production from Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-Picture_Review_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Picture_Review-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated "I was there with a bunch of strangers that didn't really know my music."<sup id="cite_ref-crate_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, he started working on his second studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-allhiphop10_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allhiphop10-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> COC folded when Bloodshed died in a car accident on March 2, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DITC appeared in a July issue <i>On The Go Magazine</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman appeared on <a href="/wiki/O.C._(rapper)" title="O.C. (rapper)">O.C.</a>'s single "Dangerous" for O.C.'s second album <i><a href="/wiki/Jewelz" title="Jewelz">Jewelz</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, he was the opening act for O.C.'s European Jewlez Tour.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometime in 1998, Coleman formed his own <a href="/wiki/Independent_label" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent label">independent label</a>, Flamboyant Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-riverfront_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riverfront-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>, it was "planned to distribute the kind of hip-hop that sold without top 40 samples or r&b hooks."<sup id="cite_ref-Jasper1999-2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jasper1999-2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released the single "Ebonics" in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was based on "<a href="/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English" class="mw-redirect" title="African American Vernacular English">Ebonics</a>", and <i>The Source</i> called it one of the top five independent singles of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-Rawkus_Bio_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rawkus_Bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DITC released their first single, "Dignified Soldiers", that year.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman caught the eye of <a href="/wiki/Damon_Dash" title="Damon Dash">Damon Dash</a>, the CEO of <a href="/wiki/Roc-A-Fella_Records" title="Roc-A-Fella Records">Roc-A-Fella Records</a>, after the release of "Ebonics". Dash wanted to sign Lamont to Roc-A-Fella, but Coleman wanted his crew to sign<sup id="cite_ref-Don_Tube_Interview_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Tube_Interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hess2010-41_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hess2010-41-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 8, 1999, Coleman, <a href="/wiki/McGruff_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="McGruff (rapper)">Herb McGruff</a>, C-Town, and Jay-Z started the process to sign with <a href="/wiki/Roc-A-Fella_Records" title="Roc-A-Fella Records">Roc-A-Fella Records</a> as a group called "The Wolfpack".<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McGruff_Video_Interview_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGruff_Video_Interview-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2></div> <p>Coleman was killed at 45 West 139th Street in his native Harlem on February 15, 1999 after being shot nine times in the face and chest.<sup id="cite_ref-vh1_death_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vh1_death-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MTV_death_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV_death-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerard Woodley, one of Coleman's childhood friends, was arrested in May for the crime.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodley_MTV_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodley_MTV-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his death, Coleman had two brothers in prison. "It's a good possibility it was retaliation for something [Big L's] brother did, or [Woodley] believed he had done," said a spokesperson for the <a href="/wiki/NYPD" class="mw-redirect" title="NYPD">NYPD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Woodley was later controversially released, and the murder case remains unsolved. Many say that if his career played out, he could have been one of the greatest rappers of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_Bio_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_Bio-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death can be compared to rappers <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a>, who were also murdered. </p><p>In a 2010 interview with Donald Phinazee, he commented on what led up to the death of Big L: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>There was something that went down with a dude out here with my middle brother, "Big Lee", and, uh, Lee went upstate for five years. [...] It was a little problem like I just said, "divide and conqueror" with the <a href="/wiki/Friend" class="mw-redirect" title="Friend">fellas</a> between all of us, and, uh, [Lee] went <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">upstate</a>, then I went upstate, and then [Lee] sent word to do something [to someone]. He sent word to somebody else to do something, but Lamont went with him, which Lamont shouldn't have went with him. [...] It didn't go down the way it was supposed to have went down and they seen Lamont face. [...] So, uh, both of us is gone, and [Lamont] was out here by hisself. And so you can't get one brother, you get the other one. That's it in a nutshell.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Donald Phinazee, <sup id="cite_ref-Don_Tube_Interview_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Tube_Interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Posthumous_career">Posthumous career</h2></div> <p>The tracks "Get Yours", "Way of Life", and "Shyheim's Manchild" <a href="/wiki/B/w" class="mw-redirect" title="B/w">b/w</a> "Furious Anger" were released as singles in 1999 for DITC's <a href="/wiki/D.I.T.C._(album)" title="D.I.T.C. (album)">self-titled album</a> (2000) on <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Boy_Records" title="Tommy Boy Records">Tommy Boy Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DITC_album_review_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DITC_album_review-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album peaked at number 31 on <a href="/wiki/R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> and number 141 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman's first posthumous single was "Flamboyant" b/w "On The Mic", which was released on May 30, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single peaked at number thirty-nine on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and topped the <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rap_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Rap Tracks">Hot Rap Tracks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_singles_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic_singles-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it Coleman's first and only number-one single. </p><p>Coleman's second and final studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i>, was released in August 1, 2000 and featured <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guru_(rapper)" title="Guru (rapper)">Guru</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gang_Starr" title="Gang Starr">Gang Starr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap">Kool G Rap</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kane" title="Big Daddy Kane">Big Daddy Kane</a> among others. <i>The Big Picture</i> was put together by his manager and partner in Flamboyant Entertainment, Rich King. It contains songs that he had recorded and <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> recordings that were never used, completed by producers and guest emceess that Coleman respected or had worked with previously.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Big Picture</i> debuted at number thirteen on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i></a> 200, number two on <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a>, and sold 72,549 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-vh1-street_buzz_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vh1-street_buzz-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was <a href="/wiki/RIAA_Certification" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA Certification">certified gold</a> a month later for shipments of 500,000 copies by the RIAA.<sup id="cite_ref-picture-cert_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-picture-cert-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Big Picture</i> was the only music by Big L to appear on a music chart outside of the United States, peaking at number 122 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A compilation album containing COC songs entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn:_The_Collector%27s_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Children of the Corn: The Collector's Edition">Children of the Corn: The Collector's Edition</a></i> was released in 2003. The next posthumous album released was <i><a href="/wiki/139_%26_Lenox" title="139 & Lenox">139 & Lenox</a></i>, which was released on August 31, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Lenox_DX_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lenox_DX-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contained previously unreleased and rare tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-Lenox_DX_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lenox_DX-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released by Rich King on Flamboyant Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-139_Overview_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139_Overview-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next album to follow was <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Devil%27s_Son" title="Return of the Devil's Son">Return of the Devil's Son</a></i> (2010), which peaked at number 73 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman's next release was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Danger_Zone_(album)" title="The Danger Zone (album)">The Danger Zone</a></i> (2011),<sup id="cite_ref-Danger_DX_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danger_DX-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an album called <i>L Corleone</i> was released on February 14, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"L was one of the best lyricist [...] like his <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simile" title="Simile">similes</a> was [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] phenomenal. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Mysonne speaking about Coleman's rapping ability<sup id="cite_ref-Doc_Trailer_1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doc_Trailer_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Henry Adaso, a music journalist for <a href="/wiki/About.com" class="mw-redirect" title="About.com">About.com</a>, called him the twenty-third best MC of 1987 to 2007, claiming "[he was] one of the most auspicious storytellers in hip hop history."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> HipHop DX called Coleman "the most underrated lyricist ever".<sup id="cite_ref-dx-remember_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dx-remember-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many tributes have been given to Coleman. The first was by Lord Finesse and the other members of DITC on March 6, 1999 at the Tramps.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Source</i> has done multiple tributes to him: first in July 2000<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by March 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a></i> did a tribute to Lamont in March 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-xxl_tribute_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xxl_tribute-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 16, 2005, at SOB's restaurant and nightclub in Manhattan, held a commemoration for him.<sup id="cite_ref-SOBS_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOBS-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included special guests such as DITC, Herb McGruff, and Kid Capri.<sup id="cite_ref-SOBS_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOBS-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the money earned went to his estate.<sup id="cite_ref-SOBS_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOBS-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Style">Style</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Ebonics-BigL.ogg" title="File:Ebonics-BigL.ogg">"Ebonics"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="20" data-mwtitle="Ebonics-BigL.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Ebonics-BigL.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/a/ae/Ebonics-BigL.ogg/Ebonics-BigL.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">In "Ebonics", one of Coleman's best-known tracks, he raps about the slang used in Harlem while he was growing up.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>Coleman is often credited in helping to create the <a href="/wiki/Horrorcore" title="Horrorcore">horrorcore</a> genre of hip hop due to his 1992 song "Devil's Son."<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Source_Interview_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Source_Interview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, not all his songs fall into this genre, for example, in the song "Street Struck" Coleman discusses the difficulties of growing up in the ghetto and describes the consequences of living a life of crime.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Idris Goodwin of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i> said, "[Big L had an] impressive command of the English language", and the best example was Coleman's song "Ebonics".<sup id="cite_ref-globe_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globe-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was notable for using a rap style called "<a href="/wiki/Multisyllabic_rhymes" title="Multisyllabic rhymes">compounding</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-McGruff-Interview-L-Online_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGruff-Interview-L-Online-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also used one-liners: an example is in the song <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'98 Freestyle" from <i>The Big Picture</i> where he raps "If my girl think I'm loyal, then that bitch is a fool."<sup id="cite_ref-Picture_Review_RS_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Picture_Review_RS-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman also used <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphors</a> in his rhymes.<sup id="cite_ref-Lifestylez_Review_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lifestylez_Review-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> M.F. DiBella of <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a> stated Coleman was "a master of the lyrical stickup undressing his competition with kinetic metaphors and a brash comedic repertoire".<sup id="cite_ref-Lifestylez_Review_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lifestylez_Review-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the review of <i>The Big Picture</i>, she adds "the Harlem MC as a master of the punch line and a vicious storyteller with a razor blade-under-the-tongue flow."<sup id="cite_ref-Picture_Review_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Picture_Review-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trent Fitzgerald of Allmusic said "a lyrically ferocious MC with raps deadlier than a snakebite and mannerisms cooler than the uptown pimp he claimed to be on records."<sup id="cite_ref-DITC_biography_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DITC_biography-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentary">Documentary</h3></div> <p>A movie title <i>Street Struck: The Big L Story</i> is set to be released in 2012. It is directed by a childhood friend and independent film director, Jewlz.<sup id="cite_ref-Doc_Trailer_1_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doc_Trailer_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately nine hours of footage was brought in, and the film is planned to be 90 to 120 minutes long.<sup id="cite_ref-Don_Tube_Interview_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Tube_Interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first trailer was released on August 29, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Doc_Trailer_1_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doc_Trailer_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Street Struck</i> contains interviews from his mother Gilda Terry; his brother Donald; childhood friends E-Cash, D.O.C., McGruff, and Stan Spit; artists Mysonne and <a href="/wiki/Doug_E._Fresh" title="Doug E. Fresh">Doug E. Fresh</a>; producers Showbiz and Premiere; and recording DJs Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg.<sup id="cite_ref-Doc_Trailer_1_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doc_Trailer_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A soundtrack will be made for the documentary, and it will be put together by Lamont's brother Donald.<sup id="cite_ref-Don_Tube_Interview_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Don_Tube_Interview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Big_L_discography" title="Big L discography">Big L discography</a></div> <dl><dt>Studio</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lifestylez_Ov_Da_Poor_%26_Dangerous" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous">Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 5,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Allmusic&rft.atitle=Big+L+%3E+Overview&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Fartist%2Fbig-l-p144340&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mother's_death-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mother's_death_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mother's_death_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaine2008" class="citation web cs1">Paine, Jake (February 18, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6406/title.big-ls-mother-passes-away">"Big L's Mother Passes Away"</a>. <i>HipHop DX</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 6,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HipHop+DX&rft.atitle=Big+L%27s+Mother+Passes+Away&rft.date=2008-02-18&rft.aulast=Paine&rft.aufirst=Jake&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hiphopdx.com%2Findex%2Fnews%2Fid.6406%2Ftitle.big-ls-mother-passes-away&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-timeline-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timeline_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Big_Sleep2008" class="citation web cs1">The Big Sleep (November 7, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biglonline.com/index.php?showtopic=766">"Lamont 'Big L' Coleman Timeline"</a>. 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Crave Online.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Donald+Phinazee+on+the+life+of+Big+L&rft.pub=Crave+Online&rft.date=2010-11-29&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Brett&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.craveonline.com%2Fmusic%2Finterviews%2F131904-donald-phinazee-on-the-life-of-big-l&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dx-remember-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dx-remember_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dx-remember_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dx-remember_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dx-remember_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUdoh2007" class="citation web cs1">Udoh, Meka (February 15, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/editorials/id.722/title.remembering-lamont-big-l-coleman">"Remembering Lamont 'Big L' Coleman"</a>. 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Retrieved August 27, 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRodriquez2000" class="citation journal cs1">Rodriquez, Carlito (July 2000). "The Tragic Story of an 11 Year Old Killer, Our Tribute to Big L". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Source_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Source (magazine)">The Source</a></i> (130). <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1063-2085">1063-2085</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Source&rft.atitle=The+Tragic+Story+of+an+11+Year+Old+Killer%2C+Our+Tribute+to+Big+L&rft.issue=130&rft.date=2000-07&rft.issn=1063-2085&rft.aulast=Rodriquez&rft.aufirst=Carlito&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRodriquez2002" class="citation journal cs1">Rodriquez, Carlito (March 2002). "The Greatest MC, Albums and Moments". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Source_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Source (magazine)">The Source</a></i> (150): 118. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1063-2085">1063-2085</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Source&rft.atitle=The+Greatest+MC%2C+Albums+and+Moments&rft.issue=150&rft.pages=118&rft.date=2002-03&rft.issn=1063-2085&rft.aulast=Rodriquez&rft.aufirst=Carlito&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-xxl_tribute-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-xxl_tribute_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Big L, Book of Rhymes, Vol. 2". <i><a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a></i>. <b>7</b> (45). Harris Publications. March 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=XXL&rft.atitle=Big+L%2C+Book+of+Rhymes%2C+Vol.+2&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=45&rft.date=2003-03&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SOBS-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SOBS_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SOBS_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SOBS_55-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050204033836/http://sobs.com/urban/0216.htm">"Commemorating the Life of the Legendary 'Big L<span style="padding-right:0.15em;">'</span>"</a>. SOB's. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sobs.com/urban/0216.htm">the original</a> on February 4, 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Commemorating+the+Life+of+the+Legendary+%27Big+L%3Cspan+style%3D%22padding-right%3A0.15em%3B%22%3E%26%2339%3B%3C%2Fspan%3E&rft.pub=SOB%27s&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsobs.com%2Furban%2F0216.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/street-struck-lyrics-big-l.html">"Big L – Street Struck Lyrics"</a>. <i>MetroLyrics.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/CBS_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Interactive">CBS Interactive</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Interviewed by Francesca Djerejian.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Big+L+Online&rft.atitle=The+Herb+McGruff+Interview&rft.date=2009-04-26&rft.au=Herb+McGruff&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbiglonline.com%2Findex.php%3Fshowtopic%3D2152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_interview" title="Template:Cite interview">cite interview</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Italic or bold markup not allowed in: <code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#apostrophe_markup" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Picture_Review_RS-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Picture_Review_RS_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080726071601/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigl/albums/album/243253/review/6067914/the_big_picture">"Big L: <i>The Big Picture</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone (magazine)">Rolling Stone</a></i>. August 22, 2000. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigl/albums/album/243253/review/6067914/the_big_picture">the original</a> on July 26, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=Big+L%3A+The+Big+Picture&rft.date=2000-08-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fartists%2Fbigl%2Falbums%2Falbum%2F243253%2Freview%2F6067914%2Fthe_big_picture&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DITC_biography-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DITC_biography_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFitzgerald" class="citation web cs1">Fitzgerald, Trent. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ditc-p396010/biography">"D.I.T.C. > Biography"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Rovi_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rovi Corporation">Rovi Corporation</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 8,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Allmusic&rft.atitle=D.I.T.C.+%3E+Biography&rft.aulast=Fitzgerald&rft.aufirst=Trent&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Fartist%2Fditc-p396010%2Fbiography&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Hess2010" class="citation book cs1">Hess, Mickey (2010). <i>Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: Volume 1: East Coast and West Coast</i>. ABC-CLIO. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-34323-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-34323-0"><bdi>978-0-313-34323-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hip+Hop+in+America%3A+A+Regional+Guide%3A+Volume+1%3A+East+Coast+and+West+Coast&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-313-34323-0&rft.aulast=Hess&rft.aufirst=Mickey&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABig+L" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Jasper1999" class="citation news cs1">Jasper, Kenji (July 6, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-07-06/news/of-mics-and-men-in-harlem/">"Of Mics and Men in Harlem"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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