Azealia Banks samples Notorious B.I.G. on new single "The Big Big Beat"
22 February 2016, 11:09
| Written by
Laurence Day
Over the weekend Azealia Banks unveiled "The Big Big Beat", the first single from upcoming mixtape Slay-Z.
The track's produced by An Expresso and samples The Notorious B.I.G..
It flaunts a massive '90s house foundation, which Banks uses to build her most promising offering in quite some time, mixing gritty dance-rap with pure pop hooks to great effect.
Listen to "The Big Big Beat" below.
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