Viewed Notorious movie.
As a hip hop fan, I loved it. It provided a visual to legendary moments in Big's rise.
Gravy's best work in this movie was capturing Big's rap cadences and flow - in this
flick he became Biggie. Similar to Ray, They didn't use voiceovers and have the actor lip synch the track,
a lot of the studio stuff was Gravy rapping it and it was authentic.
It also gave me a new perspective on stuff I never really considered such as:
What was Big's reaction when he first heard Hit Em Up? The movie goes into those details.
What was the relationship between Kim and Big w/ all the other women/Faith around?
How did D-Roc end up doing time for Big so he could end up starting his career?
How did Puff and Big get along. Puff is KNOWN for snapping on people and losing his temper
when working. Strangely enough, Big was the only person who he didn't really argue with.
You also get to see that Big basically was the catalyst to launch Bad Boy.
They re-enacted a lot of classic moments, I sung along to a lot of the lyrics in the flick.
I liked how they went into the making of JUICY.
The Howard Homecoming concert was absolutely a classic moment.
The guy who played Puff absolutely nailed his movements and energy.
The theater laughed collectively everytime he did the signature Puffy dance in the movie.
It's just strange yet refreshing to see events that you grew up watching play out on screen.
I will say this: If you are a Hip Hop fan, and you watch this movie, you will listen to Big's music
(especially the 1st album) with a whole different viewpoint and appreciation.
The movie provides the backdrop and circumstances that serve as the "canvas" for the audio
portraits he laid down.
They could've made this a documentary and I would've loved every bit of it but they tied it together
into a movie with an underlying theme/message.
