Big Poppa

~ Recording by The Notorious B.I.G.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • CA1994-09-13
Bad Boy Records78612-73000-2
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • US1994-09-13
Bad Boy Records78612-73000-2
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to Die: The RemasterThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • US1994-09-13
  • XW2016-04-08
Bad Boy Records
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
Puff Daddy Records78612 73000 2
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
Bad Boy Entertainment78612-73000-4
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready To DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
WPCR 16909
2.3Big Poppa4:11The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to Die (special edition)The Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • US1995-04-25
Bad Boy Entertainment78612-73005-1
2.3Big Poppa4:11The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
Bad Boy Records78612-73005-1
1.6Big Poppa4:12The Notorious B.I.G.Hardball: Music From The Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2001-09-11
CK 86025
1.6Big Poppa4:10The Notorious B.I.G.Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-03-09
Bad Boy Records
1.6Big Poppa4:10The Notorious B.I.G.Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-03-10
Bad Boy Records
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • DE2004-07-12
Bad Boy Records0249-86280-1
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • AU2004-07-12
Bad Boy Records986 303-3
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to Die (The Remaster CD and DVD)The Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • US2004-07-13
Bad Boy RecordsB0002852-00
1.6Big Poppa4:10Notorious B.I.G.Bad Boy’s 10th Anniversary... The Hits (clean)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bad Boy EntertainmentUNIR 21182-9
2.1Big Poppa (video)4:05The Notorious B.I.G.Bad Boy’s 10th Anniversary... The Hits (clean)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bad Boy EntertainmentUNIR 21182-9
1.13Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Album
  • US2006-11-14
Bad Boy Records94567-2
1.2Big Poppa4:09The Notorious B.I.G.Greatest HitsThe Notorious B.I.G.Album + Compilation
  • US2007-03-05
Bad Boy Records
1.2Big Poppa4:10The Notorious B.I.G.Greatest HitsThe Notorious B.I.G.Album + Compilation
  • US2007-03-06
Bad Boy Entertainment101830-2
1.2Big Poppa4:10The Notorious B.I.G.Greatest HitsThe Notorious B.I.G.Album + Compilation
Bad Boy Entertainment7567899963
2.3Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.Ready to Die (Vinyl Me, Please. Exclusive Pressing)The Notorious B.I.G.Album
Bad Boy RecordsR1-562969
1.2Big Poppa4:12The Notorious B.I.G.An Introduction to The Notorious B.I.G.The Notorious B.I.G.Album + Compilation
  • US2019-03-29
Bad Boy Records564588
1.1Big Poppa4:12The Notorious B.I.G.Music Inspired by Biggie: I Got a Story to TellThe Notorious B.I.G.Album + Compilation
  • XW2021-03-01
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.37Big Poppa4:09The Notorious B.I.G.Halloween 2024Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2024-08-16
X5 Music Group
1.2Big Poppa4:13The Notorious B.I.G.brilliant hits billion bangersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2024-12-19
X5 Music Group
Withdrawn
1.23Big Poppa4:10The Notorious B.I.G.quiet storm: late night r&bVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023-04-21
X5 Music Group

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Rich Travali
producer:Carl "Chucky" Thompson
Sean "Puffy" Combs (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy)
vocals:The Notorious B.I.G.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Bad Boy Records LLC (in 2007)
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2007)
recorded at and mixed at:The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
sampled by:Baby by Fabolous (US rapper) feat. Mike Shorey
Coast Is Clear by Skrillex with Chance the Rapper (US rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer) and The Social Experiment
Follow My Life by Obie Trice
Weekend by Daz Dillinger (US rapper Delmar Arnaud) feat. Johnta Austin (American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, vocalist and rapper)
What’s Going On by Canibus (Jamaican-American rapper)
samples:Between the Sheets by The Isley Brothers
mash-ups:Big Sara by Wobble
Biggie Smalls – Gorillaz – Twenty One Pilots by Carrots The Rabbi (mashup artist)
Mario & Luigi: Biggie’s Inside Story by I am Jemboy (video game/hip‐hop mashups producer)
part of:BILLIONS CLUB (order: 38)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 330) (order: 330)
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 372) (order: 372)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2g8HN35AnVGIk7B8yMucww [info]
recording of:Big Poppa

Related works

Big Poppa

lyricist:Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.)
composer:Ernie Isley
Marvin Isley
O’Kelly Isley
Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs)
Rudolph Isley
Chris Jasper
is based on:Between the Sheets
is the basis for:B.I.G. Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Big Poppa (Cookin’ Soul remix)
lyrics quoted in:Charlie Chazz & Rappin Ralph