It not only provides a great moment of space in the song but really highlights what Biggie is doing with his verse and how he uses his rhymes to create momentum in the song. Puff Daddy makes a great choice to clear the top layer of the instrumentals to let Biggie rap over the base line. WhatвЂ™s interesting is that it doesnвЂ™t really come across as bragging so much as an honest expression of insecurities. His words are by-far the most meaningful illustrating the theme of the song and the struggles that come with wealth. There is a rhythmic energy and punctuation with every syllable he says. From the initial spell-out of his name, his superior skills are immediately clear. Then Biggie comes in and blows both Mase and Puffy away. He works through the beat placing accents against the what you expect before landing back down later in the verse. ThereвЂ™s variations in the phrase lengths, he sues alliteration and check out how he flows when he starts вЂњteam much stronger than yours. Every phrase has the same cadence and his lack of momentum and energy juxtaposed over the sample is pretty painful.

I could deal with his monotone and unaffected delivery if he rhythms of his rap were so monotonous. Listening to this song, the beat is infectious but the variation of the rapping styles comes across very clearly, illustrating how great the Notorious B.I.G. I know I didnвЂ™t when I was listening to this song as a teenager. This song really could not have been more perfect for a rap song sample and Puff Daddy arranged it so well that people hardly cared about the skill or the content of the raps in this song. LetвЂ™s not talk about that jacket sheвЂ™s wearing. The sample which comes from 1980 Diana Ross hit вЂњIвЂ™m Coming Out,вЂќ which features the greatest (and one of the only) trombone solos in popular music history. And while this song warns of this adage the many of the lyrics and the sample feel more like celebration then a warning. stating that with more money came more problems in life.

This song comes from a quote from Notorious B.I.G. Released posthumously after his murder, this song was a huge success topping the Billboard charts for two weeks and saturating MTV and radio stations.

вЂњMo Money Mo ProblemsвЂќ was the second single off the Notorious B.I.G.вЂ™s second and final album Life After Death. Yes, MaseвЂ™s rapping skills were suspect, yes, Puff Daddy comes across as a shameless

Mo money mo problems biggie