Monday, February 16 2009

Biggie Gives Us One More Chance

By Quentin B. Huff

Biggie Smalls' mythology hasn't afforded him a dreamy endgame à la Tupac or Elvis. Nobody imagines Biggie pulling the ultimate Machiavellian coup by making the world believe he's dead while he's secretly chillin' in Jamaica.

Friday, January 16 2009

Notorious

By Cynthia Fuchs

Notorious looks back on the day when hip-hop was coming into its seeming own, when telling stories was a way to make order from chaos, as well as money and, as Biggie saw it, mo problems.

Tuesday, January 13 2009

Subject of music biopic ‘Notorious’ was B.I.G.-ger than life

By Rafer Guzmán

Tuesday, July 6 2004

The Show (1995)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'Hip-hop to me,' says Dr. Dre, 'is a way out.'"

Monday, June 14 2004

Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Hearing Tupac Amaru Shakur talk about himself in the past tense is unnerving at first. Not only was he profound and perceptive in his early 20s, he was prescient too.

Thursday, November 13 2003

Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

This sense-making also has to do with extrapolation and education -- granting Tupac yet another chance to speak his mind, indict injustice, and urge action.