In 1992, Mister Cee reveals that contrary to many reports, the MCA Records-distributed label got out of the B.I.G. Would you be cool with that?’ Big was like, ‘Just talk to Cee.'”Īs a result, The Notorious B.I.G. B.I.G.’s mentor recalls the young exec demanding the Brooklyn MC get right to exhibition, quoting Puff as saying, “‘I want you to rhyme right now.’ After he finished rhyming, Puff’ said, ‘I can have a record on you out by the summer. “The first thing Puff’ asked him, ‘But how does he look though?’ ” Then the head of A&R at Uptown Records, Puff Daddy took a meeting with The Notorious B.I.G.
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Then a young man named Sean ‘Puff Daddy’ Combs went to Matty C and said, ‘I know y’all doing this “Unsigned Hype” thing, who’s the best rapper you got ?'” Matty C, who would become an acclaimed A&R, pointed Combs in Big’s direction. I submitted the demo to Matty C, and we got in The Source. Blige.Ĭontinuing, Cee says, “ was like, ‘I’m supposed to be working with Daddy-O, but whatever you want to do, yo.’ So we redid the demo, and Matty C who was working at The Source did this thing called ‘Unsigned Hype,’ where he was featuring rappers. Like member Prince Paul would do with De La Soul and 3rd Bass, Daddy-O would begin his own artist development, including Mary J.
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In retelling that aspect, the DJ explained, “What a lot of people don’t know about Biggie was that before I got a hold of him, he was working with Daddy-O from Stetsasonic.” Stetsasonic had just recorded their third and final album for Tommy Boy Records in 1991. The demo recorded in 50 Grand’s basement studio would be re-recorded by Cee at his own studio. “We need to redo your demo, ’cause it’s very airy and hissy,” Cee recalled telling the MC almost immediately.