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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 By 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: The Notorious B.I.G. (background vocals); Quinnes Parker, Daron Jones, Marvin Scandrick, Michael Keith (vocals, background vocals); Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Carl Thomas (vocals); Michael Ciro (guitar); Faith Evans, Deborah "Portia" Neeley Rolle, Karen Anderson, Keanna Henson (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Eddie Sancho ; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; Lane Craven; Michael Patterson ; Paul Logus; Richard Travali; Sean "Puffy" Combs; Tony Maserati.

Liner Note Author: The Notorious B.I.G.

Recording information: Caribbean Sound Basin, Trinidad; Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, NY; NRG Recordings, Hollywood, CA.

Photographer: Michael Lavine.

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.
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List Price $22.97 (You save $4.32)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, East Coast Rap
Label Bad Boy
Orig Year 1997
All Time Sales Rank   170    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 1126389
Catalog number 73011
Discs 2
Release Date Mar 25, 1997
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Engineer Manny Marroquin; Lynn Montrose; Rasheed Goodlowe; Steve Jones; Doug Wilson; Diana Pedraza; Camilo Argumedes; "Prince Charles" Alexander; Rich July; Stephen Dent; Ben Garrison; John Meredith; Lane Craven; Michael Patterson; Axel Niehaus
Personnel Faith Evans
Notorious B.I.G. - background vocals
Kelly Price
Krayzie Bone
Carl Thomas - vocals
Layzie Bone
Bizzy Bone
Karen Anderson
Pam Long
Daron Jones - vocals, various instruments

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Life After Death CD DISC 1:
Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.Life After Death Intro  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Somebody's Gotta Die  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.Hypnotize  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Kick in the Door  $0.99
5.#! *@ You Tonight - (featuring R. Kelly)
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.Last Day - (featuring The LOX)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.I Love the Dough - (featuring Jay-Z/Angela Winbush)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.What's Beef?  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.B.I.G. Interlude  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.Mo Money Mo Problems - (featuring Mase/Puff Daddy)  $0.99
11.Niggas Bleed
Windows MediaRealAudio Media12.I Got a Story to Tell  $0.99
Life After Death Songs DISC 2:
Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.Notorious Thugs  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Miss U  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.Another - (featuring Lil' Kim)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Going Back to Cali  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media5.Ten Crack Commandments  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.Playa Hater  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.Nasty Boy  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.Sky's the Limit  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.World Is Filled..., The - (featuring Too $hort/Puff Daddy)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.My Downfall - (featuring DMC)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media11.Long Kiss Goodnight  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media12.You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)$0.99

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4 stars 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.
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5 stars 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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5 stars Biggie Smalls is the Illist
Its Biggie, its a double disc, nuff said! RIP dawg there will never be another like him!!!!!
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5 stars Greatest Ever. Period.
If you don't have this album yet, click the little shopping cart and smack yourself for not having it yet. One of the best hip-hop albums ever, by the greatest who ever did it.
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5 stars One of the hottest rap albums
B.I.G is one in a million. This album is classic.
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