Marisa Orlando

Juicy-Biggie Smalls

Shifting from “negative” to “positive” in the song “Juicy”, Biggie Smalls uses a specific rhyme scheme, obvious allusions and slang in order to tell his story of how he went from being extremely poor to rich just from doing what he loves the most; rapping.

In the song “Juicy” Biggie Smalls utilizes a specific rhyme scheme in order to portray his story of becoming a famous rapper. However, it mainly serves to maintain a consistent ‘flow’ in which will eventually conclude a specific purpose; just like the flow of a river will eventually meet its end. As Biggie once wrote, “Rapping duke daha daha, you never thought hip hop would take it this far”. This is a flowing way to introduce the struggle in ones life,

Obvious allusions are also used in the song “Juicy” in order to prove that he has become something instead of becoming a loser who went nowhere in life. In the line “Yeah, this album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'.” he alludes to the teacher at them saying he'd never go anywhere in life, but he did what he dreamed of in becoming a famous rapper.

Lastly, Smalls uses slang in the song “ Juicy”. The use of slang is a helpful tool to use to keep a song flowing, and is almost a necessity in rap songs. It is a way to get a message across but in a catchy, and entertaining manner. An example of catchy slang that also portrays the over all message of how he went from nothing to something is when he says “Born sinner, the opposite of a winner remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner.” This gets his message away, without saying it in a boring way.

The use of specific rhyme scheme, obvious allusions, and slang is Small's way of telling his story of how he went from being extremely poor to rich just from doing what he loves the most, rapping.