Arguably the darkest song in his entire discography, “Somebody’s Gotta Die” details Biggie hearing about how his friend C-Rock just got shot by a guy named Jason, and how he plans his revenge. The sound of Big’s heart rate monitor flatlining, a signal he is experiencing cardiac arrest, is still fading as the first beat on the album kicks in. Puffy is lamenting his demise as we hear dramatic piano keys give way to falling raindrops. The Beginning The introduction on Life After Death picks up where Biggie last left us on the outro to Ready to Die, with his suicide still ringing in our ears as he’s being rushed to the emergency room.
Despite having some genuinely great material on their double-disc extravaganzas, neither JAY-Z nor Nas could pull off that kind of excess. It’s 24 tracks deep, and that’s not even counting a multitude of skits peppered between those two dozen songs. At first glance, Life After Death shouldn’t work. Still, Big never sacrificed any of the narrative grit-look no further than “Ten Crack Commandments” or his much-imitated, never-duplicated flow.įew albums in hip-hop history make a stronger argument for this case than The Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death.
Too Short & Puff Daddy) 20 - My Downfall (feat. Lil Kim) 15 - Going Back To Cali 16 - Ten Crack Commandments 17 - Nasty Boy 18 - Sky's The Limit (feat. Mase & Puff Daddy) 10 - Niggas Bleed 11 - I Got A Story To Tell 12 - Notorious Thugs 13 - Miss U 14 - Another (feat. Interlude 09 - Mo Money Mo Problems (feat. Jay-Z & Angela Winbush) 07 - What's Beef 08 - B.I.G. Life After Death Instrumentals 01 - Somebodys Gotta Die 02 - Hypnotize 03 - Kick In The Door 04 - Fuck You Tonight (feat.
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