It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley
From a talented young journalist on the rise, a deeply reported, timely new biography of the Notorious B.I.G., publishing for what would have been his 50th birthday The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life: young trouble, drug dealing, guns, prison, a giant hit record, the wealth and international superstardom that came with it, then an early violent death. Biggie released his first record, Ready to Die , in 1994, when he was only 22. Less than three years later, he was killed just days before the planned release of his second record Life After Death . Journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is a fresh, insightful telling of the life beyond the legend. It is based on extensive interviews with those who knew and loved Biggie, including neighbors, friends, DJs, party promoters, and journalists. And it places Biggie’s life in context, both within the history of rap but also the wider cultural and political forces that shaped him, including Caribbean immigration, the Reagan era disinvestment in public education, street life, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and the booming, creative, and influential 1990s music industry. This is the story of where Biggie came from, the forces that shaped him, and the legacy he has left behind. Read more
First, look at that cover. It’s artistic. It’s bold. It’s like a movie poster. Love it. Second, if you grew up in the 80s and 90s and are fan of music in particular, or rap and pop culture in general, then this book is as much about the musical world of your high school and college years as anything else. The backdrop, of course, is Brooklyn. But not just Brooklyn in the 90s and 2000s. Tinsley does an incredible job setting the stage for Biggie and the environment he came up in that I’d guess most people reading this didn’t know much about. Everything from the corruption in local government to the nonsensical laws about certain drugs, to the unintended consequences of legal statutes that turned sections of the city into drug and war zones, this book is sprawling and puts Biggie as the eye of a cultural hurricane. And then, naturally, the book moves to music and pop culture and Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records and how unique Biggie was on the scene. As Tinsley put it, “There wasn’t anyone who looked like Big. He wasn’t a chiseled sex symbol like LL Cool J… or a high energy small guy like Easy E or Phife Dawg… He didn’t even initially have the big guy sex symbol vibes like Heavy D…” But he could rhyme. And flow. And he was on his own level lyrically. If you’ve been following up to this point, then you should buy the book, because while you think you know the rest of Biggie’s rise, you don’t. And you’ll be mesmerized by the detail Tinsley puts into his last years.
Publisher -> Harry N. Abrams (May 10, 2022) Language -> English Hardcover -> 352 pages ISBN-10 -> 1419750313 ISBN-13 -> 978-1419750311 Item Weight -> 1.2 pounds Dimensions -> 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches Best Sellers Rank: #8,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7 in Rap & Hip-Hop Musician Biographies #86 in Black & African American Biographies #109 in Rich & Famous Biographies
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