A Gentleman's Guide to Clubbing

146. NOTORIOUS B.I.G., "Big Poppa"
Produced bySean "Puffy" Combs; written by The Notorious B.I.G.
Bad Boy 79015 1995 Billboard: # 6

You know, if you listen to him now, in the wake of Fiddy and crunk, it's amazing how polite Biggie sounds. He wants to get to know this woman, and her friends--a real gentleman. Sure, there's that whole patriarchal thing going on with the title, but there are definitely points in here where you would never believe that this was the man who wrote the graphic lyrics that allowed Lil Kim to anatomize her anatomy.