A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Life After Death is the second and final studio album by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released on March 25, 1997, on Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. A double album, it was released posthumously following his death sixteen days earlier. It features collaborations with guest artists such as 112, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too $hort, Angela Winbush, D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C., R. Kelly, The LOX and Puff Daddy. Life After Death exhibits… read more Tracklist
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Released shortly after his untimely passing, Biggie's second album made him a true rap legend. This double-disc extravaganza finds the Brooklyn icon in top form, offering classic club hits ('Hypnotize'), rugged street anthems ('Ten Crack Commandments') and saucy love jams ('F*ck You Tonight'). Timeless music from one of the best.
About This AlbumSongsAbout This AlbumLatest albums by The Notorious B.I.G.Contract vanzare cumparare auto model. © 2019 Rhapsody International Inc. Terms of Use|Privacy Policy|End User Agreement Released as scheduled two weeks after his murder in Los Angeles, California, Life After Death, the ambitious diamond-certified double-disc sophomore album by The Notorious B.I.G., topped the Billboard 200 for 4 weeks and was Grammy-nominated for best rap album in 1997. Notorious Big Life After Death Full AlbumLife After Death documents the extraordinary and ultimately tragic final chapter in the life of an ascending star. Recorded over 18 months between Los Angeles, New York, and Maraval, Trinidad, the sessions were interrupted by B.I.G.’s arrest for marijuana and gun possession, and a car accident that shattered his left leg, forcing him to stay seated for the majority of the album. The media frenzy surrounding the interpersonal rivalry between Biggie and California rapper Tupac Shakur also added increased pressure for the Brooklyn emcee to finish the album. The landmark release spawned many hit singles, including “Mo' Money, Mo' Problems” and the platinum-selling“Hypnotize,” both of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and were Grammy-nominated. Public Enemy icon Chuck D somberly gave his observation on the tragic death of Christopher Wallace: With the shake-up behind the murders, beefs, and tensions between coasts, this album was a painful reminder of how talent that is snuffed out too soon, and over too little, was and is one of the number-one problems in the industry. Yet this project brought many artists together and helped lay some balm over the loss for his mourning audience. It may have taken the Notorious B.I.G. a few years to follow up his milestone debut, Ready to Die (1994), with another album, but when he did return with Life After Death in 1997, he did so in a huge way. The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Ready to Die, picking up where its predecessor left off, sprawled across the span of two discs, each filled with music, 24 songs in all. You'd expect any album this sprawling to include some lackluster filler. That's not really the case with Life After Death, however. Like 2Pac's All Eyez on Me from a year before, an obvious influence, Biggie's album made extensive use of various producers -- DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Clark Kent, RZA, and more of New York's finest -- resulting in a diverse, eclectic array of songs. Plus, Biggie similarly brought in various guest rappers -- Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Bone Thugs, Too $hort, L.O.X., Mase -- a few vocalists -- R. Kelly, Angela Winbush, 112 -- and, of course, Puff Daddy, who is much more omnipresent here than on Ready to Die, where he mostly remained on the sidelines. It's perhaps Puffy himself to thank for this album's biggest hits: 'Mo Money Mo Problems,' 'Hypnotize,' 'Sky's the Limit,' three songs that definitely owe much to his pop touch. There's still plenty of the gangsta tales on Life After Death that won Biggie so much admiration on the streets, but it's the pop-laced songs that stand out as highlights. In hindsight, Biggie couldn't have ended his career with a more fitting album than Life After Death. Over the course of only two albums, he achieved every success imaginable, perhaps none greater than this unabashedly over-reaching success. Ready to Die is a milestone album, for sure, but it's nowhere near as extravagant or epic as Life After Death.
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