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LIFE AFTER DEATH was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "Hypnotize" was nominated for a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Mo Money Mo Problems" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ... Full DescriptionBy A Duo Or Group.
The double-CD LIFE AFTER DEATH arrives in stores, ironically and tragically, less than three weeks after the Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. Biggie Smalls, as he was known, quickly became one of rap's most respected MCs after the 1994 release of his debut album, READY TO DIE. His music sparked the comeback of East Coast hip-hop, while his very being added fire to rap's over-publicized East-West rivalry. For some (see "Playa Hater"), Biggie's success was too much to handle, and he became a primary target in hip-hop's continuing feud. Never feeding into that war on wax, B.I.G. chose to remain silent, until LIFE AFTER DEATH became a reality, and the situation spoke for itself.
Although song titles like "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" eerily mirror the real-life tragedy, the music on LIFE AFTER DEATH serves to bring the Notorious B.I.G. back to life. As anything that he appeared on, the production (by a superstar conglomerate including Sean "Puffy" Combs and the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA) is top-notch, and his lyrical skills are razor sharp. Biggie was loved for his versatility. On "Notorious Thugs," he switches up his style to rhyme like a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Tracks like "Hypnotize" showcase his ability to be hardcore and commercial at the same time. Another talented rapper lost to senseless violence; B.I.G.'s winning album streak will, sadly, have to end here.
Personnel includes: The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, The Lox, Too Short, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Lil' Kim, Puff Daddy (rap vocals); Daron Jones (vocals, various instruments); 112, R. Kelly, Carl Thomas, Angela Winbush, Quinnes Parker, Michael Keith, Marvin Scandrick (vocals); Carlos "July Six" Broady, Stevie J., Paragon (various instruments); Deric "D-dot" Angelettie (programming); Faith Evans, Pam Long, Kelly Price, Keanna Henson, Karen Anderson, Deborah "Portia" Neeley Rolle, Michael Keith, Marvin Scandrick (background vocals); Ron Grant & Friends.
Producers include: Sean "Puffy" Combs, Stevie J., Easy Mo Bee, Daron Jones, Kay-Gee, RZA, Buck-Wild, DJ Premier, Havoc, Clark Kent.
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.77) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Rolling Stone (5/1/97, pp.49-50) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a worthy and more mature, if less uniformly spectacular, successor to his 1994 debut....there's considerable pleasure and fun to be had when an artist feels free to stretch out and try anything, and those pleasures are available in abundance on LIFE AFTER DEATH..."
Spin (1/98, p.86) - Ranked #7 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year."
Q (1/98, p.113) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
Vibe (5/97, p.111) - "...LIFE AFTER DEATH truly rises, though, when Biggie is full control; he tells tales like a true alum of those hard-to-creep Brooklyn streets....LIFE AFTER DEATH is an olive branch to his divided kingdom....Long live the king!"
The Source (5/97, p.79) - 5 Mics (out of 5) - "...Big documented the illmatic mean streets of his Bedford Stuyvesant stomping grounds....LIFE AFTER DEATH's finest moments are the instantly catchy, future-radio-favorites....Big's potent verses of violent death became a self-prophecy indeed."
Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #13 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Hide Description Notorious B I G Life After Death Songs Purchase Life After Death CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Tupac R U Still Down? (Remember Me) CDs (1997)
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R U STILL DOWN? (REMEMBER ME) contains rare and previously unreleased songs from Tupac's personal vault.
Even after Tupac Shakur was tragically gunned down in Las Vegas, his legacy continued to live on through his music. In addition to the 2pac albums we all love and have become familiar with, there are posthumous testaments to his talent like R U STILL DOWN, which contains songs that were unreleased at the time of his death. Having left a large body of work behind, 2Pac continues to voice his opinion and is still among the most powerful rappers, even ...
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"Changes" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
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Puff Daddy was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. NO WAY OUT won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "I'll Be Missing You" won and "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.
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Principally recorded at Daddy's House Recording Studio, Chung King Studios and The Hit Factory, New York, New York; Doppler Studios and Krosswire Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Where would Christopher Wallace/Biggie Smallz/Notorious B.I.G. be today had the rap wars not claimed the large (both livin' and size) rapper? It's the eternal James Dean question--how much of the myth comes from the tragedy and how much of the tragedy comes from the myth. These questions can never be answered to any satisfaction, though it's only fair to recall that Biggie had sold millions of records and seen the top of Billboard's album and pop singles charts long before he went out bigger than his life. On BORN AGAIN, the whole rap world turns out to pay tribute at this latest reverent, raucous wake.
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SPLEEN AND IDEAL is a profoundly different sounding record than its self-titled predecessor. It seems to have been recorded in a completely different time, perhaps by the 14th century ancestors of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, if they had access to electric guitars and synthesizers. The tracks are all stately, muted affairs that actually managed to evoke the images that their titles suggest--the best example of this is the brittle, gorgeous "Circumradiant Dawn," which sounds like ...
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Life After Death Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The best hip hop album EVER
no matter how u cut it this is the best hip hop album ever made. every track is cinematic, its almost like listening to a movie or sumthin. every hip hop head should have this in their collection. this was put out in 97 and i still bump it every day.
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Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
In my opinion this album isn't as good as READY TO DIE, that joint is a CLASSIC. I still have to give B.I.G. props though because this album has a lot of bangers on it. When an artist attempts to drop a doulbe CD worth of material it is very hard to make it listenable from start to finish. B.I.G. holds his own on LIFE AFTER DEATH but there are some spots on this album that I skip over (Hypnotize, Mo Money-Mo Problems, I Love The Dough and Notorious Thugs). THE SOURCE magazine gave this album 5mics out of 5mics which I don't agree with because I think READY TO DIE should've got 5mics but THE SOURCE only gave that 4.5mics. All in all LIFE AFTER DEATH is a good album to own, the beats are tight and B.I.G. drops some memorable verses.
RIP-Notorious B.I.G.
Submitted by Paul (Andover, MA)
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Its Biggie, its a double disc, nuff said! RIP dawg there will never be another like him!!!!!
Submitted by chstrckwel (Beale AFB, CA, USA) 
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This was the album that would had made him a SUPERSTAR, but we all know what happened, if it wasn't for his death this album would had put him in a place, where no rapper could had ever touch him, and that means no Jay Z, Nas, or whoever else, alot of rapper benefitted from his death and you all know who they are. Big up to Biggie and all his fans. Brooklyn Stand the F--K up for the real king of Hip Hop.
Submitted by CLONGS (BROOKLYN, (East NY))
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Biggie is the best. enough said true this album isn't the greatest. Tupac may have a better album with that said. Ready to Die is the best album ever created simple as that. Biggie didnt copy his style and if he did he did it way better. Every song on ready to die is amazing. Gimme the loot is the best rap song ever created. Im not an east coast or west coast fan i just personally think he is the best. No one has or will ever be better then big.
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