11/12/2025
The posthumous release of ‘Harlem’s Finest: Return Of The King’ celebrates Big L’s lyrical brilliance & features unreleased gems, rare freestyles, remastered classics & more. The album is the fifth installment in Mass Appeal’s “Legend Has It…” series of records by hip-hop trailblazers & features contributions from Nas, Method Man, Mac Miller, Jay-Z, Showbiz, Herb McGruff & others. The standard black LP & cassette are currently available at fatbeats.com.
The album is intended to both preserve & elevate Big L’s legacy as one of hip-hop’s most gifted lyricists & is the result of Mass Appeal, Nas & the rapper’s family & estate all working together to ensure its completion. The artist’s family wrote: “Big L has a long history with Nas as they both signed to Columbia in 1992. This is a full circle moment & we are excited for y’all to hear what we’ve been working on. As some of you may have noticed, many Big L songs have been removed from streaming services over the past few years. Those songs were unmixed/unmastered, samples were not cleared & many of the producers weren’t paid or credited properly. Thanks to the team at Mass Appeal we will be re-releasing the best versions of these songs, rare freestyles & a few surprises...”
RIP Big L 🕊️