Pop ranked it #1 on their Singles of the Year list in 1994.Pitchfork Media ranked the song at #14 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.ego trip ranked it #1 on its Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980ā98 list in 1999.Bruce Pollock put it on his The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944ā2000 list in 2005.Blender Magazine ranked it #168 on its Top 500 Songs of the '80sā'00s list in 2005.Aside from sharing the same sample source, both songs share little in common otherwise, most notably in regards to subject matter. In spite of these claims, Biggie appeared in the Unsigned Hype column of the March 1992 issue of The Source as "The Notorious B-I-G," and he was also listed as "The Notorious B.I.G." on a 1992 single by Neneh Cherry when he was signed to Uptown/MCA. We was trying to get the truth out back then but after B.i.g's death i decided to leave it alone out of respect.
Just image my surprise when people started calling me saying they've just seen my video. We sent packages to all the major Labels shopping for distribution. We was on the radio first and in the stores first. I know it might be hard to believe but it is 100% the truth. Notorious B1 uploaded the song as part of a mixtape on DatPiff in 2012 saying: The song was released in 1993 and had some resemblances in production to "Juicy" due to both sampling "Juicy Fruit". In 2022 Twitter-user EndemicEmerald brought up a song named "Big Daddy" by rapper Notorious B1. During an appearance on the Juan Epstein Podcast, Rock said that he has no hard feelings about how "Juicy" came about, but wishes he'd gotten the proper credit, although he did admit to harboring some ill feelings at the time. Pete Rock's remix of "Juicy" uses the same sample as the original. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit. 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. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. In an interview with Wax Poetics, he said: Producer Pete Rock alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song's beat after hearing it at Rock's house. One of the song's lines reads, "Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade," referencing the Februbombing of the World Trade Center. chronicles his childhood years living in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rapper, early musical influences, his time dealing drugs, criminal involvement, and his eventual success in the music industry and current lavish lifestyle. The song is a " rags-to-riches chronicle".