Released more than a year after his death, “Flamboyant” became Big L’s biggest hit, reaching #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Rap chart for 3 weeks in June 2000. The track’s title is a reference to Flamboyant Entertainment, an independent label founded by Big L in 1998. During a February 1999 interview with Mike Lewis in Amsterdam, the New York emcee spoke on why making his own label was so important: “Having your own label is financially rewarding and it’s good for long term growth.

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