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Pete Rock claims credit for "Juicy" as well:
"I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit." - Pete Rock
Pete Rock claims credit for "Juicy" as well:
"I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit." - Pete Rock
No disrespect to Pete Rock, but Juicy never would have hit with those drums. It might be an underground classic, but not something white girls sing at weddings 30 years later.
Pete Rock's version showed Puff what not to do. Why would anyone want credit for that?
I'll defer to you since I know you're a DJ, but I've never regarded "Juicy" as the type of classic that white girls would rap or sing at weddings anyway. It was a rap hit that crossed over to R&B, but never a major pop hit.
It wasn't the pop hit at the time, but over the years it turned to Biggie into an icon. It's the reason he got a biopic, the reason white teenagers wear his face on their t-shirts, and the reason he got a second album.
Without Juicy he would have reached Craig Mack status at best.
Hell no! Are you forgetting “Big Poppa” and the “One More Chance” remix?