Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
by Big L
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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous is ranked as the best album by Big L.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2026 16:10 |  LebowskiRams | 1,452 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 18:56 | Jonboy | 105 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 18:39 | Thearei30ee | 610 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 04:11 | wdye326 | 53 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 06:36 |  Norman Bates | 10,132 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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I truly believe Big L could have been up there with the very best had his life not been cut so short.. A brilliant album despite the production not being anywhere near good enough!
One of the greatest rappers I've ever heard. The album is kept from being a classic thanks to the lame production and the repetitiveness of the songs. 9.5/10!
Along with Celph Titled, Big L is one of the funniest MC that ever grabbed a mic, his punchlines are savage and well-thought. RIP Big L
Sometype 10/10/2016 22:11 | #176676
one of the most consistent rap albums ever
Epitome of rap
MCOTho 07/10/2013 02:48 | #80858 | TOP COMMENT
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Up there with Em & Nas lyrically. It's so sad he died young, and is still very unheard of.
Big L is arguably a better emcee than Biggie, if we woulda been able to see Big L release 1 or 2 more LPs he might have made that argument very easy to make.
Hayden 02/03/2012 14:42 | #36370
As stated before, the production makes this quite a boring album. I do like the lyrics though. I'm kinda wishing someone would redo this album....Make the talent in this shine a bit more. All Black is a great track though, the productions a step up on that one.
Agree lyrically his rhymes are some of the funniest I've heard recorded but the production is so dull and monotonous that it's difficult to ever want to listen to it again.
one of the most overlooked rap albums of all-time....production is very raw and simplistic, but Big L is one of the greatest MCs to ever grab the mic...tragedy that he was killed before he achieved any success
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