Heavy D. Dead at Age 44 (R.I.P.)

I was very surprised to hear this morning on the news that Heavy D had passed away last night.  Someone just mentioned on the radio yesterday how it always seems to come in threes and I guess we are almost there already.  First it was Joe Frazier and now it's my boy Big Heav.  He even gave his own R.I.P. message to Frazier on his Twitter handle just yesterday.  Damn.

I grew up on Heavy D and the Boyz back in middle school and high school and even though they sold mad records back then and had a bunch of hits, I always thought they were underrated.  I guess it's because he was more of a commercial artist in a time when the raw and grimy rappers were getting more attention.  Now it's the complete opposite.  If those songs were released today and were just as successful, Heavy D would be a huge name in Hip Hop.  He is still well known but I'm not sure he'll ever get the credit he deserves. 

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite joints from back in the day.  He also just released a new R&B flavored album that was really solid called Love Opus.  Go and take a listen on Spotify if you get the chance.  It's some nice Hip Hop/R&B for the older set.