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  • Acting for Two: Rapping for two, in this case. In "Gimme the Loot" Biggie raps as both of the bank robber protagonists, and on "Warning" he raps both ends of the phone conversation that the song is structured around.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • Biggie wanted to take his debut into a more straightforward hardcore direction, but was convinced by Puffy to lean into the R&B side of things to have more commercial appeal; hence tracks like "Juicy" and "Big Poppa", both of which he didn't want to record initially.
    • Biggie wanted "Machine Gun Funk" to be the lead single, but was overruled by Puffy, who chose "Juicy" instead. As a compromise, "Unbelievable" was the B-side.
    • Craig Mack was going to be featured on Biggie's "Warning", but attitude problems and rumored beef between the two kept it from happening.

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