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The King of Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls, busted through with an instant hip-hop classic on his first album, Ready to Die, but he outdid even his standard on Life After Death, an audible, posthumous autobiography about the life of the former dope dealer. The 2-CD set revels in death, especially on "Niggaz Bleed", "Somebody's Gotta Die", and "You're Nobody ('Til Somebody Kills You)", but it's painfully clear that this chestnut-cheeked, fun-loving father of two wanted to see his kids grow up on "Sky Is the Limit" and "Miss U", both of which point to the future. The album also serves as a testament to Biggie's flexibility: he adopts Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's rapid rhyme flow and Midwestern beats when they guest on "Notorious Thugs", he positively bounces on both "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "Going Back to Cali" (guesting Eazy Mo Bee), and even kicks it Wu-Tang style when RZA shows up for "Long Kiss Goodnight". --Asondra R. Hunter
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2CD set. Massive 1997 album released 3 months after his death. Feat "Mo Money Mo Problems" & "Hypnotize"
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Its a great album but certainly not the best ever. Clearly influenced by all eyez on me and the commercial production isn't suited to biggie. Don't get me wrong he's a lyrical genius, perhaps not as hungry as he was on debut. Even though too many tunes are pop-orientated you still have to love the classics: 'mo money, mo problems' and 'sky's the limit'.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This box set version is brilliant - it has a great range of rap style to suit everyones taste. This is a must have for all hip hop fans....Brilliant
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Biggie one of the best
Anyone who gives this album less than 5stars is off there head,its a classic,lyrically big is amazing as always and he's a great storyteller,plus the production is great from... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2009 by CRAZE
Not that good!
The problem with this album is that it is TOO POLISHED and commercial. Gone is the raw sound of Ready To Die and all we get is a bunch of poppy RnB hits. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2008 by Mr. Ms. Phillips
His true legacy.
Most modern music fans will now only remember Notorious BIG because of P Diddy's relentless plundering of his 'friend's' catalogue, and for the many mawkish tributes he's released. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2008 by dynamitekid156
Best rapper of all time
This album is amazing. I have both this and Ready to die and don't know which one I like more. Ready to die was a street classic whereas this is more commercial. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2006 by Parkzy
Disappointing...but only compared to Ready To Die!!
There have been reviews that call this album great, but there have been reviews that call this album a waste of time. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2006 by T. Kansara
Not as good as i expected
when i got this album i was expecting a lot from the 2nd best rapper. But i didnt get much. There are alot of songs that seem rushed with no real effort put into them. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2006 by Jamie
biggie biggie biggie
this album is an excellent collection of songs that took biggie 2 years to complete but isnt as good as ready to die its more commercialized then ready to die and the influence of... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2006
life after death=classic
biggies life after death album is without a doubt a hip hop classic by arguably the best rapper ever.every song on both discs are lyrically brilliant. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2006 by max
Classic
Anybody listening to this album trying to find another Ready to Die will be disappointed. Biggie had gone through a whole lot after that first album and this is in a completely... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2004
A Legend! (Brooklyn Rapper)
Notorious B.I.G'S "life after death" album is up there with the top hip hop albums of all time, had biggie still been around today rap might be even better, sadly biggie never... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2004 by "ianinc"
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