‘Juicy‘ is a single by American hip hop artist The Notorious B.I.G. and his solo debut single from his 1994 debut album ‘Ready to Die.’ It was produced by Poke of Trackmasters & Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs. It is a sample of Mtume’s ‘Juicy Fruit,’ but samples from the song’s ‘Fruity Instrumental’ mix, and has an alternative chorus sung by girl group Total.
The song is considered one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. After the death of The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, a tribute version of this song was made in his honor by the R&B musical group Next with new lyrics.
The song is a ‘rags-to-riches chronicle’ detailing his early years in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rap artist and early influences, his time in drugs and crime, and his eventual success in the music business and current lavish lifestyle. In the song, he makes a reference to his success as ‘Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade,’ a reference to the 1993 bombing attempt on the center. After September 2001, many public radio stations chose to edit the lyric out of the song entirely.
Producer Pete Rock alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song’s beat after hearing it from him during a visit. Rock explained this in an interview with Wax Poetics: ‘I did the original version, didn’t get credit for it. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it’s the same story. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. I’m not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit.’
The Daily Omnivore 
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