Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death

PRE ORDER => 2025 11 21
3LP - BAD BOY ENTERTAINMENT
1997 => 2022

Reissue / Repress on Standard Black Double Vinyl.

TRACKLIST
A1. Life After Death Intro Sean Combs, Stevie J
A2. Somebody's Gotta Die Sean Combs, Stevie J, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
A3. Hypnotize Sean Combs, Stevie J, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
A4. Kick In The Door Sean Combs, Stevie J, DJ Premier
B1. Fuck You Tonight R. Kelly Sean Combs, Stevie J, Daron Jones
B2. Last Day The Lox Sean Combs, Stevie J, Havoc
B3. I Love The Dough Jay-Z, Angela Winbush Sean Combs, Stevie J, Easy Mo Bee
B4. What's Beef? Sean Combs, Stevie J, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
C1. B.I.G. Interlude Sean Combs, Stevie J, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Notorious B.I.G.
C2. Mo Money Mo Problems Mase, Puff Daddy Sean Combs, Stevie J
C3. Niggas Bleed Sean Combs, Stevie J, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
C4. I Gotta Story To Tell Sean Combs, Stevie J, Buckwild
D1. Notorious Thugs Sean Combs, Stevie J
D2. Miss U Sean Combs, Stevie J, Kay Gee
D3. Another Lil' Kim Sean Combs, Stevie J
D4. Going Back To Cali Sean Combs, Stevie J, Easy Mo Bee
E1. Ten Crack Commandments Sean Combs, Stevie J, DJ Premier
E2. Playa Hater Sean Combs, Stevie J
E3. Nasty Boy Sean Combs, Stevie J
E4. Sky's The Limit 112 Sean Combs, Stevie J, Clark Kent
F1. The World Is Filled... Puff Daddy, Too Short Sean Combs, Stevie J, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
F2. My Downfall DMC Sean Combs, Stevie J, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
F3. Long Kiss Goodnight Sean Combs, Stevie J, RZA
F4. You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You) Sean Combs, Stevie J

DESCRIPTION
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. - allmusic.com