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The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. Album: “Duets: The Final Chapter”

Album Information :

Title:

Duets: The Final Chapter

Release Date:2005-12-09

Type:Unknown

Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, East Coast Rap, Mainstream Rap

Label:Bad Boy

Explicit Lyrics:Yes

UPC:075678388569

Track Listing :
1	B.I.G. Live In Jamaica (Intro) Video
2	It Has Been Said The Notorious B.I.G., Diddy, Eminem and Obie Trice
3	Spit Your Game Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Notorious B.I.G. and Twista Video
4	Whatchu Want The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and Jagged Edge
5	Get Your Grind On (featuring Big Pun, Fat Joe and Freeway)
6	Living the Life Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Ludacris, Bobby V and Cheri Dennis Video
7	Greatest Rapper (Interlude)
8	1970 Somethin' (featuring The Game and Faith Evans)
9	Nasty Girl The Notorious B.I.G., Diddy, Jagged Edge, Nelly and Akon Video
10	Living in Pain Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac and Mary J. Blige
11	I'm with Whateva The Notorious B.I.G., Korn, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones
12	Beef (featuring Mobb Deep)
13	My Dad (Interlude)
14	Hustler's Story Bee Gee, Scarface, The Notorious B.I.G., Akon and Big Gee
15	Breakin' Old Habits Scarface, The Notorious B.I.G. and T.I.
16	Ultimate Rush The Notorious B.I.G. and Missy Elliott
17	Mi Casa The Notorious B.I.G., R. Kelly and Charlie Wilson
18	Little Homie (Interlude) Video
19	Hold Ya Head Bob Marley, The Notorious B.I.G. and Juelz Santana Video
20	Just a Memory The Notorious B.I.G. and Clipse
21	Wake Up The Notorious B.I.G. and Korn
22	Love Is Everlasting (Outro)

Review - :

The weight of {$Notorious B.I.G.}'s legacy is so profound that most major {\rap} MCs and {\R&B} singers alive -- and some who are dead -- are willing to be attached to it in whatever form possible. It could also be argued that anyone with the means is more than willing to profit from it in a monetary way. Here's {^Duets: The Final Chapter}, released just before Christmas Day 2005, following 1999's {^Born Again}, which was released just before Christmas Day 1999. Like {^Born Again}, {^Duets} takes bits of unused material from the late legend, and that can entail full-blown verses, looped declarations, or punctuative interjections. On some tracks, {$Biggie}'s presence is no more prominent than a handclap or a snare hit. Check the lead track {&"It Has Been Said,"} where he's limited to "what," "ungh," "yeah," "ha-ha," "uh-huh." If you can get past the fact that a lot of tracks barely feature the headliner, or listen without imagining the original contexts of the patched-together scraps, {^Duets} can be sporadically riveting. The list of guests is overwhelming, with {$Jay-Z}, {$Nas}, {$Mary J. Blige}, {$Faith Evans}, {$R. Kelly}, {$T.I.}, {$Slim Thug}, {$Eminem}, {$Lil Wayne}, {$Missy Elliott}, {$the Clipse}, {$Snoop Dogg}, and {$Freeway} representing roughly half of the involved. Only a few tracks contain significant {$Biggie} contributions, and it's not as if they provide any further insight or add to his long-established legend. Many of his vocals are not pulled from professional studio-quality recordings, which only makes them sound more displaced. Perhaps {$Korn}'s {$Jonathan Davis} put it best when he told {~Billboard} about the project: "It's f*ckin' weird to be doing a song with someone who is deceased!" His description applies to what it's like to listen to the disc. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide