The Hypnotize Sample: Biggie still has us in a trance

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Biggie’s “Hypnotize” was the first released single off of his 1997 Life After Death album. Twenty-five years later and this song is still addictive. “Hypnotize” was also the last song released before Biggie’s death in a March 1997 drive-by shooting, which happened a week after this …

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