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 Entertainment
linked to: Bad Boy Records

New York City hip hop scene
containsElement braggadocio lyrics
direct and indirect disses
multi-syllabic rhymes
countryOfOrigin United States
era 1990s hip hop
featuredOn various The Notorious B.I.G. compilations
followsInTracklist 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