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It’s always around this time of year that we hear from Notorious B.I.G posthumously as March 9 marks the anniversary of his death and producers and DJs pay homage to the man with remixes and tribute mixes aplenty.

This year is no exception with a couple of choice tributes doing the rounds, on this, the 17th anniversary of his passing.

First up is the Picasso Biggie remix by !llmind which takes Jay Z’s Picasso Baby beat and pitch shifts it down then adds Biggie’s Sky’s The Limit raps as well as Hova’s verse from Success and flips it all into an absolute jam that sounds like it was meant to be together all along.  !llmind then (and this is probably our fave part) teamed up with artist Naturel to create some killer Picasso inspired Biggie artwork. Look and listen below.

 

Next up, mixtape master J. PERIOD delivers the final installment in the #MARCH9REVISITED trilogy.

J.PERIOD revisits the catalog of Brooklyn’s Finest to re-imagine classic B.I.G. verses over a diverse collection of tracks that speculate on what hip hop might be like if The Notorious was still around… The result is a non-stop collection of remixes over new and classic instrumentals from Nas, Jay Z, Fabolous, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, 2Chainz, Cam'ron, Busta Rhymes and more. Also includes J.PERIOD’s signature interview clips and personal insights from Puffy, Jay, Snoop, and B.I.G himself.

Life after death indeed.