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"Party and Bullshit"
Promotional single by The Notorious B.I.G.
from the album Who's the Man?: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
ReleasedJune 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)
Recorded1992
Genre
Length3:43
Label
Songwriter(s)Christopher Wallace
Producer(s)Easy Mo Bee
The Notorious B.I.G. chronology
"Dolly My Baby"
(1993) 		"Party and Bullshit"
(1993) 		"Juicy"
(1994)

"Party and Bullshit" is a song by the American hip hop artist The Notorious B.I.G., credited as BIG. It is his first single and was released as the fourth promotional single for the soundtrack to the 1993 film Who's the Man?.

Background

The refrain "party and bullshit" was inspired by the song "When the Revolution Comes" by the spoken word artists The Last Poets. Wallace changed the meaning in his rap. Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets explained, "When we rapped, it was all about raising consciousness and using language to challenge people. When I wrote [about] 'party and bullshit' it was to make people get off their ass. But now 'party and bullshit' was used by Biggie, used by Busta Rhymes, but in a non-conscious way."[1] The song was performed at a concert with Biggie's friend-turned-rival Tupac in 1993.

Music video

The music video[2] shows Biggie Smalls performing outdoors in Brooklyn, New York. Sean Combs and Lil' Kim also appear in the video.

Remixes

"Party and Bullshit" was remixed by Ratatat on the 2007 album Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2, by the G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks and appeared on his Halloween Havoc mixtape, by Hathbanger to the Miley Cyrus song "Party in the USA", to create "Miley Cyrous", by Shane Rutherfoord-Jones as a breakout single in 2011, titled "SRJ's Party and Bullshit remix" and by Solar Slim and Richie Branson in their Notorious B.I.G. and Star Wars mashup album Life After Death Star.

The official remix features Biggie's then-wife and widow Faith Evans.

Rita Ora's song "How We Do (Party)" interpolates the lyrics of "Party and Bullshit".

Track listing

12" vinyl
Side A
  1. "Party and Bullshit" (Radio) - 3:42
  2. "Party and Bullshit" (Album) - 3:42
  3. "Party and Bullshit" (Instrumental) - 3:42
Side B
  1. "Party and Bullshit" (Club Dirty) - 3:42
  2. "Party and Bullshit" (Dirty Instrumental) - 3:42

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.[3]

References

  1. ^ "10/3 NYC-DUB GABRIEL & UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS) W/ FRANCOIS K. - msg#00011". OSDIR. Retrieved 2010-12-30.[dead link]
  2. ^ "The Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullshit".[dead YouTube link]
  3. ^ "BIG* – Party And Bullshit (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-12-30.


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