Ten Crack Commandments

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"Ten Crack Commandments" is a famous instructional rap song by The Notorious B.I.G. that lays out tongue-in-cheek rules for drug dealing and street survival.

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Ten Crack Commandments canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
artist The Notorious B.I.G.
associatedAct Bad Boy Records roster
associatedWithSubculture drug trade narratives in rap
street culture
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact influential street code song in hip hop
famousFor didactic narrative about street ethics
listing ten rules for crack dealing
genre East Coast hip hop
hip hop
hasCanonicalStatusInGenre classic hip hop track
hasChorus yes
hasCultFollowing yes
hasExplicitContent yes
hasMainCharacter first-person narrator based on The Notorious B.I.G.
hasNumberInTitle 10
hasTitle Ten Crack Commandments self-link
hasVerses yes
includedInAlbum Life After Death
influencedBy street hustler codes
isSatirical partly
language English
lyricStyle instructional
tongue-in-cheek
lyricTheme code of the streets
rules for drug dealing
medium recorded music
musicalStyle boom bap
notableFor association with The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy
detailed step-by-step rules format
originallyReleasedAs album track
partOf Life After Death
performer The Notorious B.I.G.
performerNationality American
producer DJ Premier
recordLabel Arista Records
Bad Boy Records
releaseDecade 1990s
releaseYear 1997
subjectMatter crime
drug dealing
street survival
tempoCategory mid-tempo
vocalType rap
writer DJ Premier
The Notorious B.I.G.

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Life After Death containsTrack Ten Crack Commandments
Ten Crack Commandments hasTitle Ten Crack Commandments self-link