Kick in the Door

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"Kick in the Door" is a hard-hitting, lyrically complex hip-hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. known for its sharp wordplay and confrontational tone.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop song
song
album Life After Death
artist The Notorious B.I.G.
associatedWith Bad Boy Records
surface form: Bad Boy Entertainment

New York City hip hop scene
containsElement braggadocio lyrics
direct and indirect disses
multi-syllabic rhymes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era 1990s hip hop
featuredOn various The Notorious B.I.G. compilations
followsInTracklist Somebody's Gotta Die
surface form: Somebody’s Gotta Die
genre East Coast hip hop
hip hop
hasCriticalReception widely acclaimed by hip hop critics
hasInstrumentation boom-bap drums
looped sample
sample-based beat
hasLyricCharacteristic confrontational tone
hard-hitting
lyrically complex
sharp wordplay
hasNarrativePerspective first-person
hasReputation classic Notorious B.I.G. track
influential diss record
influenced later battle-rap oriented tracks
language English
notableFor DJ Premier boom-bap production
complex rhyme schemes
diss lines aimed at other rappers
partOf Life After Death
performedBy The Notorious B.I.G. at live shows
performer The Notorious B.I.G.
precedesInTracklist F*** You Tonight
producer DJ Premier
recordLabel Arista Records
Bad Boy Records
releaseType album track
subjectMatter competition in hip hop
rap supremacy
self-assertion
tempo mid-tempo
vocalStyle aggressive delivery
confident flow
writer Christopher Wallace
DJ Premier
The Notorious B.I.G.

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Life After Death containsTrack Kick in the Door