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Production for the album was handled by DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Havoc, RZA, Stevie J and other members of Bad Boy's in-house production team, The Hitmen. A record with Bay Area rapper E-40 was not included on the final track listing. In addition to Bad Boy Records labelmates Mase, The LOX, 112, and label owner Puff Daddy, guests include Jay-Z, Angela Winbush, Too Short, Lil Kim, & Bone Thugs N Harmony. It was pushed back to 1997.Īs he explained on BET's Rap City, Biggie aimed to reach a wider audience with Life After Death, collaborating with a wider variety of artists than his debut.

The album had numerous planned release dates, one was supposed to be on Halloween in 1996, but Biggie was involved in a car accident in September 1996 which delayed the finalizing of the album. Two and a half years before the album's release, the Notorious B.I.G., who had married Faith Evans, became East Coast's icon in the East Coast–West Coast rivalry and made guest appearances on albums by Michael Jackson and R. 179 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The album is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release and was nominated for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for its first single ' Hypnotize', and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for its second single ' Mo Money Mo Problems' at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards. Life After Death sold 690,000 copies in its first week, soon reaching the No. The album is a sequel to his first album, Ready to Die, and picks up where the last song, 'Suicidal Thoughts', ends. further delving into the mafioso rap subgenre. Life After Death exhibits The Notorious B.I.G. It features collaborations with guest artists such as 112, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too $hort, Angela Winbush, D.M.C. A double album, it was released sixteen days after his murder. Life After Death is the second and final studio album by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released on March 25, 1997, on Bad Boy Records and Arista Records.

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