The Notorious B.I.G. & Heavy D wanted to release a collaborative album

During his sit-down with XXL, rapper Lil Cease spoke of a close bond between two of hip-hop’s finest – The Notorious B.I.G. and the recently departed Heavy D. Biggie’s former Bad Boy associate elaborated on the great influence D had on Biggie. Had it not been for the Brooklyn rapper’s hectic schedule, a full-length collaborative album between the two heavyweights would’ve had happened. But as a result, they only managed to record three tracks – “Jam Session,” “A Buncha N–gas” and most notably “Let’s Get it On” featuring Grand Puba and 2Pac.

“After Big took off, it was hard for them to set up the schedules,” Lil Cease said. “But, Big always had the idea in his head like, ‘Yo, you know what? Me and Hev doing something together.’ The relationship was there being around the whole Uptown situation. It was a unit, everybody was a family up there; Mary [J.] Blige, Jodeci, Christopher Williams — it was that bond. Him and Big was gonna try to put something together. That’s why they were doing all those records together [and trying to get] a vibe off each other.”