Yeah he built confidence in fat niggas carrying the torch from Heavy D, & yeah him along with 2Pac are what started the infatuation of luxury higher end clothing brands in Rap.

But that isnt music. Writing for Lil Kim doesnt count & the lab created body snatcher replacements that Puffy cynically made himself after Biggs passing doesnt count either, im talking genuine influence musically

I think Rick Ross is the only one.... Yeah a lot of Rappers have Biggie in their top 5s/10s but all favs =/= direct influence. I havent heard any Rappers by word of mouth nor their style be Biggie-like except Ross

Even if you go by the "big 3":

Jay/Wayne/Kanye = Drake
2Pac/Andre/Nas = Kendrick
2Pac/Nas/Kanye = J. Cole

Even ASAP Rocky is influenced by Three 6, Wu Tang, 2Pac, Mase & Dipset while Joey Badass is influenced by Nas, Tribe, Gangstarr, Roots & MF Doom, which are some of NYs longest running "newer" artists that arent either

DMX, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, CamRon etc. dont seem influenced by Biggie like that either (musically) while 50 n Ja are both influenced by Pac. Wayne by Jay, Game by Jay, Pac n Nas, Kanye by Jay n Pac. Even Fat Joe n Pun werent really either outside of drip.

Im sure theres probably lesser artists influenced, but overall it seems Biggie didnt influence a whole lot musically. Possibly due to only 2 albums & one post.

His career & spotlight were tragically & ridiculously cut short, byt it just still seems weird to me the lack of noticeable musical impact while theres many peers & even more underground artists of his time & after that are way more influential in the sound of Rap.

• This isnt disrespect to Biggie hes still a legend & in most people favs while having obvious influence outside of literal music. Its just a strage observation I had recently.

Imo the most influential 10 Rappers of all time musically so far are 2Pac, Jay Z, Wayne, Kanye, Drake, Chief Keef, Eminem, Nas, 50 Cent & Juicy J.

HM Rakim the patient zero of this Rap s***.

Hov

Pusha T

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Hov and Push

Flow is immaculate all that matters

Shyne

A lot of rappers are influenced by Biggie, a better question is who sounds like Biggie

Just because they don’t sound just like him doesn’t mean he didn’t influence them

I’m super influenced by lots of artist I sound nothing like

Any rapper that puts thought into how they flip rhyme schemes and pairs down their bars to be as effective as possible 🤷‍♂️ he's technically perfect and what he brought to rap can't be understated

I think this is good a***ysis OP

How about you go take a look at all the biggie homages/interpolations rappers have been doing since he died

Honestly any great rapper post Biggie was probably inspired by Biggie

Yup. And this is why following influence solely based on sound is stupid

Also Biggie influence can easily sound like Hov or Nas influence as well

Jay Electronica

True.

Somebody like Rick Ross was definitely influenced by Biggie.

OP needs a masters in English for that good ass a***ysis

the game

The answer is Ross yeah

Edit: Nicki, Rocky, & Game too

Why wouldn’t you count writing for Lil Kim?

Nicki minaj for sure, cole drake

If Biggie wrote for Kim does that mean Biggie inspired Nicki and changed women rap forever

yeah nigga