Notorious B.I.G - Life after death (3LP clear new vinyl) (Limited numbered release)

Limited 3 LP on clear colored vinyl.  2014 Limited Record Store Day release. Numbered 0214/5000

Biggie's second long-player was a huge slab of hip hop featuring a whole range of guests and a whole load of hits. The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Ready to Die, picking up where it's 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.

Track List

Life After Death Intro
Somebody's Gotta Die
Hypnotize
Kick in the Door
Fuck You Tonight
Last Day
I Love the Dough
What's Beef?
B.I.G. Interlude
Mo Money Mo Problems
Niggas Bleed
I Gotta Story to Tell
Notorious Thugs
Miss U
Another
Going Back to Cali
Ten Crack Commandments
Playa Hater
Nasty Boy
Sky's the Limit
The World Is Filled
My Downfall
Long Kiss Goodnight
You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)