May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997
His first solo effort was "Party And Bulls**t", included on the soundtrack to the movie Who's The Man. His debut album followed in 1994. Ready To Die became a major hit thanks to the inclusion of singles such as "Juicy", "One More Chance" and "Big Poppa", the latter a US Top 10 hit which was voted Billboard's rap single of the year. He scooped a number of end-of-year awards in The Source, as the album achieved platinum sales. He went to the UK to support R. Kelly at Wembley Stadium in London, and also guested on Michael Jackson's HIStory - Past, Present And Future Book 1. However, despite his elevation to such exalted company, Notorious B.I.G. never left the ghetto behind. He formed M.A.F.I.A. with some of his former hustler colleagues, releasing an album, Conspiracy, in 1995. He was also involved in sundry episodes involving violence, such as a fracas with a promoter in New Jersey and his attempt to take a baseball bat to autograph hunters (for which he received a 100 hours' community service sentence).
He was also involved in a running feud with rapper 2Pac, who was convinced of B.I.G.'s involvement in a 1994 robbery in which he was injured. Their disagreement soon festered into a bitter feud between the east and west coast American rap scenes. When 2Pac was murdered, B.I.G.'s non-attendance at a rap peace summit in Harlem was widely criticized. Instead he began work on a second album, entitled, prophetically, Life After Death. Its cover featured the rapper standing next to a hearse with the number plate B.I.G. He never lived to see its official release. He was gunned down after leaving a party in California in March 1997. Subsequent conjecture indicated that his murder may have been in retaliation for 2Pac's killing. Issued three weeks later, Life After Death went straight to the top of the US charts. Two years later the Notorious B.I.G. was back at the top of the charts with Born Again, a motley collection of unreleased material, and again in late 2005 with Duets: The Final Chapter featuring a string of collaborations with artists such as Nelly, Jagged Edge, T.I., Clipse, The Game, and even artists like Korn and Bob Marley. A Greatest Hits collection was then released in March 2007 to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of his death.
Sound Files (MP3)
Running Your Mouth (f/Fabolous, Busta Rhymes & Snoop Dogg) - from the album Greatest Hits
Want That Old Thing Back (f/Ralph Tresvant & Ja Rule) - from the album Greatest Hits
Nasty Girl (f/Diddy, Jagged Edge, Nelly & Avery Storm) - from the album Duets: The Final Chapter
Hold Ya Head (f/Bob Marley) - from the album Duets: The Final Chapter
Spit Your Game (f/Twista & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) - from the album Duets: The Final Chapter
Wake Up (f/Korn) - from the album Duets: The Final Chapter
Just A Memory (f/Clipse) - from the album Duets: The Final Chapter
Mo Money, Mo Problems (f/Mase & Puff Daddy) - from the album Life After Death
Hypnotize (f/Total) - from the album Life After Death
Going Back To Cali - from the album Life After Death
Sky's The Limit (f/112) - from the album Life After Death
F**kin You Tonight (f/R.Kelly) - from the album Life After Death
Gimme The Loot - from the album Ready to Die
*Notorious Thugs (f/Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) - from the album Life After Death
I Love The Dough (f/Jay-Z & Angela Winbush) - from the album Life After Death
My Downfall (f/DMC) - from the album Life After Death
Ten Crack Commandments - from the album Life After Death
What's Beef - from the album Life After Death
Kick In The Door - from the album Life After Death
N****s Bleed - from the album Life After Death
I Got A Story To Tell - from the album Life After Death
Miss U (f/112) - from the album Life After Death
Another (f/Lil' Kim) - from the album Life After Death
Nasty Boy - from the album Life After Death
Long Kiss Goodnight - from the album Life After Death
You're Nobody ('Til Somebody Kills You) - from the album Life After Death
Juicy - from the album Ready to Die
One More Chance - from the album Ready to Die
Big Poppa - from the album Ready to Die
Warning - from the album Ready to Die
Unbelievable - from the album Ready to Die
The What (f/Method Man) - from the album Ready to Die
Things Done Changed - from the album Ready to Die
Machine Gun Funk - from the album Ready to Die
Me & My B*tch - from the album Ready to Die
Everyday Struggle - from the album Ready to Die
Respect (f/Diana King) - from the album Ready to Die
Suicidal Thoughts - from the album Ready to Die
Player's Anthem - from the album Conspiracy (by Junior MAFIA)
Who Shot Ya
Just Playing (Dreams)
One More Chance (Remix) (f/Faith Evans)
Party And Bulls**t
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