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- Envisable Tiers Vol. 1
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1770-12-17
- Active to
- 1827-03-26
Discography
- Beethoven - Haydn
- Beethoven Immortal: Sonatas Para Piano 3, 12 Y 17
- Beethoven late string quartets (Volume 3)
- Beethoven: String Quintet op. 29 / Mendelssohn: String Quintet op. 87
- Beethoven/The Great Composers
- Berühmte Sinfonien Nr. 9
- Berühmte Werke
- Eroica (Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55)1954
- Septett Es-dur1960
- Eroica-Variationen / 6 Variationen G-Dur / 32 Variationen c-moll1984
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Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999 in New York City, USA), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper from. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most lyrical rappers of all time, and is known for helping to pioneer horrorcore. Emerging from Harlem, New York in the early to mid-1990s, Coleman became well known amongst underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability, and was eventually signed to Columbia Records <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Big+L">R
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Key facts
- Also known as
- L Corleone
- Born
- Lamont Coleman , ( 1974-05-30 ) May 30, 1974, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- February 15, 1999 (1999-02-15) (aged 24), New York City, U.S.
- Cause of death
- Drive-by shooting
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop hardcore hip-hop gangsta rap horrorcore
- Occupations
- Rapper record executive record producer
- Years active
- 1992–1999
- Labels
- Columbia Sony Rawkus Priority Flamboyant
- Formerly of
- Children of the Corn Diggin' in the Crates Crew Three the Hard Way The Wolfpack
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Coleman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harlem
- Place of death
- Harlem
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- African American English
- Genre
- underground hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Priority Records
- Official website
- www.biglonline.com
- Image
- Studying the history of "Big L" the legendary rapper from Harlem.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1974-05-30
- date of death
- 1999-02-15
- manner of death
- homicide
- place of burial
- New Jersey
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- pseudonym
- Big L
- name in native language
- Lamont Coleman
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- Commons category
- Big L
- member of
- D.I.T.C.
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Encyclopedic overview
Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper and record producer. Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Big L became known among underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability. He was eventually signed to Columbia Records, where, in 1995, he released his debut studio album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous. He was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Harlem in 1999.
Big L was noted for his use of wordplay, and writers at AllMusic, HipHopDX, and The Source have praised him for his lyrical ability. Henry Adaso described him as "one of the most talented poets in hip-hop history."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Big L” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.