The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The Big Picture is the debut album by the hip-hop rapper Big L. The featured hit singles in the album are "Holdin It Down", "Ebonics" and "Flamboyant".

1 About
2 Trivia
3 Shop
4 Song Meanings
5 Reviews
6 External Links

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About

The Big Picture was released on July 11, 2000 under Priority records. The album ranked no.13 on the Billboard 200 and no.2 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Album chart. The first single in the album "Holdin It Down" featuring Stan Spit and D.I.T.C. member A.G. became a big hit. The second single in the album "Flamboyant" was produced by Mike Heron. The single peaked no.1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart and no.39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

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Tracks

Track	Title	Duration
1	The Big Picture (intro)	2:59
2	Ebonics	3:21
3	Size 'Em Up	3:55
4	Deadly Combination (feat. 2Pac)	2:32
5	'98 Freestyle	2:09
6	Holdin' It Down (feat. Stan Spit, A.G., and Miss Jones)	4:39
7	The Heist	3:02
8	The Enemy (feat. Fat Joe)	2:48
9	Fall Back (feat. Kool G Rap)	2:49
10	Flamboyant	3:07
11	Casulties of a Dice Game	3:18
12	Platinum Plus (feat. Big Daddy Kane)	3:37
13	Who You Slidin' Wit' (feat. Stan Spit)	4:13
14	Games (feat. Sadat X and Guru)	4:32
15	The Heist Revisited	3:01
16	The Triboro (feat. OC, Fat Joe, and Remy Martin)	5:29

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Awards & Certifications

Certifications

Year	Album	Certification
2000	The Big Picture	Certified Gold in U.S.

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Chart Toppers

Year	Title	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2000	Flamboyant	39	1

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Credits

Performance Credits

Big L Primary Artist, Primary Artist

Big Daddy Kane Track Performer

Kool G Rap Track Performer

Fat Joe Track Performer

Sadat X Track Performer

Miss Jones Track Performer

Technical Credits

Mike Heron Producer, Executive Producer

Shomari Producer

Bob Brown Engineer

DJ Premier Producer, Executive Producer

Lord Finesse Producer, Executive Producer

Eric Lynch Engineer

Big L Executive Producer

Pete Rock Producer

Max Vargas Engineer

Duncan Stanbury Mastering

YSAE Producer

Ron Browz Producer

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Trivia

Most of the songs in the album had a cappella recordings that were never used and was only completed by some of Big L's fellow rappers which he had worked with previously.

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