| 1. Notorious BIG (Radio Mix) |
| 2. Notorious BIG (Club Mix) |
| 3. Notorious BIG (Instrumental) |
| 4. Dead Wrong (Main With Out Eminem) |
| 5. One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix) |
Editorial Reviews
German single from the late Chris Wallace. Taken from 'Born Again'. Tracks include three verions of the title track (radio remix, club mix and instrumental), 'Dead Wrong' (club mix) and 'One More'.
Notorious,Notorious Big,Bmg Int'l,5"CD Singles,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop
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Life After Death
The Notorious B.I.G. Manufacturer: Bad Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000039QA Release Date: 1997-03-25 |
Tracks:
- Life After Death Intro
- Somebody's Gotta Die
- Hypnotize
- Kick In The Door
- #!*@ You Tonight
- Last Day
- I Love The Dough
- What's Beef?
- B.I.G. Interlude
- Mo Money Mo Problems
- Niggas Bleed
- I Got A Story To Tell
Tracks:
- 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)
Amazon.com essential recording
The King of Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls, busted through with an instant hip-hop classic on his first album, Ready to Die, but he outdid even his standard on Life After Death, an audible, posthumous autobiography about the life of the former dope dealer. The 2 CD set revels in death, especially on "Niggaz Bleed," "Somebody's Gotta Die," and "You're Nobody ('Til Somebody Kills You)," but it's painfully clear that this chestnut-cheeked, fun-loving father of two wanted to see his kids grow up on "Sky Is the Limit" and "Miss U," both of which point to the future. The album also serves as a testament to Biggie's flexibility: he adopts Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's rapid rhyme flow and Midwestern beats when they guest on "Notorious Thugs," he positively bounces on both "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "Going Back to Cali" (guesting Eazy Mo Bee), and even kicks it Wu-Tang style when RZA shows up for "Long Kiss Goodnight." --Asondra R. HunterAmazon.com
The King of Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls, busted through with an instant hip-hop classic on his first album, Ready to Die, but he outdid even his standard on Life After Death, an audible, posthumous autobiography about the life of the former dope dealer. The 2 CD set revels in death, especially on "Niggaz Bleed," "Somebody's Gotta Die," and "You're Nobody ('Til Somebody Kills You)," but it's painfully clear that this chestnut-cheeked, fun-loving father of two wanted to see his kids grow up on "Sky Is the Limit" and "Miss U," both of which point to the future. The album also serves as a testament to Biggie's flexibility: he adopts Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's rapid rhyme flow and Midwestern beats when they guest on "Notorious Thugs," he positively bounces on both "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "Going Back to Cali" (guesting Eazy Mo Bee), and even kicks it Wu-Tang style when RZA shows up for "Long Kiss Goodnight." --Asondra R. HunterCustomer Reviews:
More Good Stuff from a Big Man.......2007-07-20
Hypnotize
Kick in the Door
I Love the Dough
Mo Money Mo Problems
Another
Going Back to Cali
The World is Filled
Posthumous greatness .......2007-07-14
Biggy at His Prime.......2007-07-11
He left the world with his best work before he passed. Biggy had a great ability to make his lyrics very visual. Stories like "Somebody Gots to Die", "Niggas Bleed" and "I Got A Story to Tell" are so good that you can visualize his every word. Biggy had the East Coast on lock and no one in the game could touch him in wordplay. I can not even sit here and start to name the best songs because there were too many.
Biggy dropped two classic albums and was killed while he was still on top. He never lost his spot. Life After Death raised the bar for the game. I would have loved to see B.I.G. grow as an artist and make new music after this record. Unfortunately, his time was cut short, but he left us with a gem that shows his amazing talent....
Biggie's best work!.......2007-07-05
The greatest album ever released by Biggie & BadBoy Records........2006-12-01
Top Joints:
I Got A Story To Tell
Long Kiss Goodnight
Notorious Thugs
Hypnotize
N*ggas Bleed
Goin Back To Cali
My Downfall
What's Beef
Kick In The Door
You're Nobody.........
Ten Crack Commandments
Basically the whole 2 discs.
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Greatest Hits
The Notorious B.I.G. Manufacturer: Bad Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000M5473E Release Date: 2007-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Juicy
- Big Poppa
- Hypnotize
- One More Chance/Stay With Me
- Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- Warning
- Dead Wrong
- Who Shot Ya
- Ten Crack Commandments
- Notorious Thugs
- Notorious B.I.G.
- Nasty Girl
- Unbelievable
- N***as Bleed
- Running Your Mouth
- Want That Old Thing Back
- #!*@ You Tonight
Customer Reviews:
Dope.......2007-05-13
greatest music .......2007-05-09
So-so, but worth a listen.......2007-05-07
greatest hits to say the least.......2007-04-03
half-filler .......2007-04-02
While half of the release lives up to its premise with choice cuts from B.I.G.'s brief but brilliant studio album output like "Juicy," "Hypnotize" and "One More Chance/Stay With Me," the other half is muddled with posthumously-released cuts that are more vehicles for guest artists like Nelly and Eminem than true Biggie classics.
Removing the layer of artist purity, one would expect radio hits like the massive tribute release "I'll Be Missing You" or duets like "Mo Money, Mo Problems" (with Diddy), especially since minor hits like Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "Get Money" made the cut. But no, sadly, neither of the first two tracks are anywhere to be found, while the latter track and "Notorious Thugs" (with Bone Thgs-N-Harmony) made it onto the album.
This album is worth it if you're only passively interested in Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest radio hits (and don't mind paying for a lot of filler). Serious fans and B.I.G. beginners should seek out "Ready to Die: The Remaster" and "Life After Death" and call it a day.
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Tupac Rap Phenomenon II DJ Green Lantern, Dirty Harry & Vlad (Mixtape) 2Pac
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ASIN: B000F3FV2E |
Product Description
Three of the illest DJs in the game pay tribute to the legendary musician Tupac Shakur in this mixtape classic! The follow-up to Notorious B.I.G. - Rap Phenomenon showcases six months of dedication creating a soundtrack to Tupac's career. This mixtape features blends, guest cameos & Tupac exclusives produced by these DJs solely for this exclusive mixtape. A TRUE MIXTAPE CLASSIC!Customer Reviews:
CHRIS ROCK IS THE MAN!!!!!!!.......2007-07-23
Sweet!.......2007-05-19
from beyond.......2006-08-14
good idea. .......2006-04-06
however, a few stand out. such as "hold up," an entire song based upon nate dogg's line in dre's "the next episode." it has this really tight beat that sounds kinda like old old snoop dogg. before he dropped the doggy. if you're blazin' phillies, its good stuff to cruise to. additionally, "fight music" is a strong track, with pac flowing over "hate me now" by puffy and nas. it's really good because the beat is prolific, powerful, and quite emotional. the particular pac lines they choose are equally as powerful, giving one the feeling as though this is the original. "me against the world" is pac over dre's "still d.r.e." beat, which is pretty cool (except for the female chorus vocals). i mean, that's a killer beat no matter who rhymes over it. i like dre's much better, but this was a good mix. "thug in me" sounds kinda like something pac would've done when he was alive. it's a decent filler track, i suppose.
the best thing this cd has to offer is tupac's personal opinion that starts the track "revolution."
he says "this country was built on gangs. you know. i think this country still is run on gangs. republicans. democrats. the police department. the fbi. the c.i.--those are gangs. you know what i mean? the correctional officers. i had a correctional officer tell me straight up 'we're the biggest gang in new york state.' straight up."
hearing these words really made me remember how great tupac was. he had a lot of strong messages that unfortunately too little of his audience could actually hear. if you're a tupac fan and have most of his cds, then yeah. add this one to your collection because you'll probably dig it. if you're not a diehard pac fan, then maybe just consider it for fact that its pac with hot new beats. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. but definitely get this before you shell out $XX for Death Row's "nu-mixx klassics." this one is better.
Delivers what it promises........2006-03-31
This mixtape does make you relise something though. All of Pac's beats on his old songs seem tailered for him, cause with his style of rapping, you cant just put any beat in, even the hottest beats may sound wack with him...
I own every pac album from when he was alive, and his greatest hits, and there was still some verses in here I hadnt hered, so it is a good buy... All the tracks flow together, so it sounds like a real mixtape. The best song is the second one, Revolution Feturing Busta Rhymes, over that one really hot P. Diddy beat ( Forgot the name ) And what is cool is that verse is from Military Minds, and even though I found the original song wack, they make it really really good, even better than some of his greatest hits... The Dj's did a good job... Bottom line, if you are a Pac fan get this! I will soon be getting the B.I.G. one too...
I denounce the explotation of premtitated schemes/
Introducin' a drug called crack to us ghetto teens/
-2pac
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002AHC Release Date: 1997-03-25 |
Tracks:
- Artificial Energy
- Goin' Back
- Natural Harmony
- Draft Morning
- Wasn't Born To Follow
- Get To You
- Change Is Now
- Old John Robertson
- Tribal Gathering
- Dolphin's Smile
- Space Odyssey
- Moog Raga (Intrumental)
- Bound To Fall (Intrumental)
- Triad
- Goin' Back (Version One)
- Draft Morning (Alternative Take)
- Universal Mind Decoder (Intrumental)
Amazon.com
The Notorious Byrd Brothers captures the Byrds between the seminal folk-rock glories of their better-known mid-'60s triumphs and the equally influential country-rock that would soon follow, but the album is no holding action: with onetime Beach Boy associate Gary Usher producing and Roy Halee engineering, the band weaves its signature vocal harmonies and chiming guitars through a lusher, more impressionistic art-pop tapestry that stops just short of post-Sgt. Pepper cliché, employing phased vocals, sound effects, Moog synthesizer, and horns. Thematically, the project pits utopian innocence ("Tribal Gathering," "Dolphins Smile") against a new wariness ("Artificial Energy," a cautionary look at amphetamines, and the Vietnam vignette of "Draft Morning"). In a field of well-paced, inventive songs, the zenith is the silken, wistful "Goin' Back," Carole King's poignant meditation on childhood and innocence. --Sam SutherlandCustomer Reviews:
Best of the last of the "old" Byrds.......2007-05-24
This is a true pyschedelic classic!.......2007-03-16
psychedelic byrds. great music........2007-03-12
Flying High in the Friendly Sky.......2006-07-01
Their main inspiration, it seems, was a healthy competitive streak with their old Liverpudlian sparring partners, and Roger Mcguinn's occasional acid-buddies, The Beatles. Sgt Peppers fever was everywhere at the time- with everyone from psychedelic jazz artists (David Axelrod) to folkies like The Incredible String Band trying to ride the wave. And the Byrds were no exeption; they hardly even tried to hide the influence. I can think of three Sgt Pepperisms off-hand: the Lovely Rita-style heavy breathing in Get to You, the horns that come in near the end of Draft Morning, and then there's the fact that each song segues into the next. However, the Byrds were always more than mere Beatles wannabes, they were wonderful melody makers too.
The opening track, Artificial Energy, sounds like Beck thirty years before the fact- the driving horns and Mguinn's laid-back vocals make for what is probably the best opener on a Byrds' album. The rest of the album doesn't disappoint; from Carole King's Goin' Back (try and check out Nils Lofgren's brilliant piano-driven version if you can too) to Space Oddyssey, which continued the Byrds' obsession with alien contact. It could be said that the latter is some, dipsy, love-child era claptrap, but, writing this review in the year when Neil Young has released a State of the Union address/album called Living With War, I could do with a little more of this kind of music. What is arguably the best song on the album didn't even make the cut on the original release, which is a very Byrdsian trend (see axed songs like Psychodrama City and She Don't Care About Time). Triad's basically Crosby asking two lovers to go take part in a menage a trois, and I wouldn't be surprised if they went with it considering he delivered the idea so beautifully. However, I also think the song is about adopting a free-living, hippie aesthetic, and in that way I think of it as a sort of sister-song to his simliar sounding Almost Cut My Hair, which he released with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Whether or not this is their best album depends on your tastes. Personally I'd give that award to Sweetheart of the Rodeo or maybe even Fifth Dimension, but I do know it's a wonderful album of catchy, sometimes inspiring, songs.
Last Of The Greatest.......2006-06-05
'Goin' Back' and 'Natural Harmony' are pleasant, soft, psychedelic songs, well-crafted, well-played and well-sung. But with 'Draft Morning' and 'Wasn't Born To Follow' the real classics kick in, before the surprisingly powerful 'Get To You' ends side 1.
'Change Is Now' is a true gem, even if the beginning sounds somewhat dull. The chorus revives all this and brings a wonderful Byrd song, easily a contender for the same status as earlier songs like 'Turn, Turn, Turn'. 'Old John Robertson' is arguably even better, though quality then drops a little bit for 'Tribal Gathering', though it is, nonetheless, a good song.
But then comes 'Dolphin's Smile' and 'Space Odyssey', two of their most marvellous psychedelic gems, as just the titles indicate.
All these songs are, however, nothing, compared to the first track. 'Artificial Energy' is simply one of the best psychedelic songs ever. It may be outshined by Steppenwolf's 'Magic Carpet Ride', but put it up against 'Magical Mystery Tour' or 'Pinball Wizard', and it, and I hope I don't offend anyone here, for all these titles have been chosen, because they are great monuments of psychedelia, but I think 'Artificial Energy' would beat them both!
This album is not better than 'Younger Than Yesterday', but it is neither worse, and both are very very valuable creations, and it is unbelievable, how underrated they have become...
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The Notorious Cherry Bombs
The Notorious Cherry Bombs Manufacturer: Universal South ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002IQIXI Release Date: 2004-07-27 |
Tracks:
- Let It Roll, Let It Ride
- If I Ever Break Your Heart
- Wait A Minute
- Making Memories Of Us
- Oklahoma Dust
- Dangerous Curves
- Forever Someday
- On The Road To Ruin
- Heart Of A Jealous Man
- It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night
- Sweet Little Lisa
Amazon.com
This reunion of singer-songwriters Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill with pianist Tony Brown, ace guitarist Richard Bennett, and steel guitarist Hank DeVito sounds like the country equivalent of the Traveling Wilburys--a veteran supergroup having too much fun to take itself too seriously. Alumni of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, the Cherry Bombs were Crowell's backing band in the '70s. Since then, Gill has become a star, Brown has become better known as a label executive, and Bennett has seen considerable demand as a producer. Starting with a call to loosen up on "Let It Go, Let It Ride," the album shows a spirit of playful camaraderie. It's tough to imagine either Crowell or Gill putting a cut titled "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" on one of their own albums, but the collaboration here is a honky-tonk highlight. DeVito remains the band's secret songwriting weapon, as "Wait a Minute" (in collaboration with Crowell) and a revival of "Sweet Little Lisa" (previously recorded by Dave Edmunds) capture the exhilaration of early rock & roll. A former gospel pianist, Brown adds revivalist preaching to this busmen's holiday. --Don McLeeseCustomer Reviews:
Mostly fizzle, little sizzle.......2006-10-03
HIGHLIGHTS:
For the most part the songs that veer farthest afield of honky-tonk fare best. "Wait a Minute"'s call for forgiveness in the midst of relationship strife is a bit lightweight (Gill had a much better take on it with "Gimme Just One More Last Chance") but catchy and hummable, sounding not unlike a Traveling Wilburys outtake with just a dash of Tex-Mex influence. "Oklahoma Dust" is clearly a Buck Owens' homage and a well-done one as guitarist Bennett does his best Don Rich impersonation. The sole exception to the 'fast songs are best' rule here is jokey weeper "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night that Chew Your A** Out all Day Long". The hook is so clever and undeniable that it escapes the stupidity in the use of the phrase "disses" from someone Gill's and Crowell's age.
LOWS:
"If I Ever Break Your Heart" is a dull string of cliches every bit as yawn-inducing as the latest Nashville assembly line hat act number.
BOTTOM LINE:
It only really catches fire thrice...far from enough to justify purchasing this dud.
I liked some of it.......2006-09-05
The first 1/3 seems more rock & roll then country -- and that's the part I like. The second 2/3rds of this album is a bit to country for me.
Very original Cherry Bombs.......2006-08-26
It just makes ya happy!.......2005-12-27
The Notorious Cherry Bombs.......2005-09-10
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Ready to Die: The Remaster
The Notorious B.I.G. Manufacturer: Bad Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000JJ4PDK Release Date: 2006-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Things Done Changed
- Gimme the Loot
- Machine Gun Funk
- Warning
- Ready to Die
- One More Chance
- #! *@ Me (Interlude)
- What
- Juicy
- Everyday Struggle
- Me & My B*tch
- Big Poppa
- Respect
- Friend of Mine
- Unbelievable
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Who Shot Ya
- Just Playing (Dreams)
Tracks:
- Juicy [DVD]
- Big Poppa [DVD]
- Warning [DVD]
- One More Chance [DVD]
- Unbelievable [DVD][Live]
Customer Reviews:
The album that defined an era.......2007-07-10
The album begins with a dramatic intro, which gives way to "Things Done Changed," a well-produced and ironic look back at Biggie's humble roots. "Gimme the Loot" is one of the songs that shows his lyrical genius, where he plays multiple characters in a conversation, creating a classic track. "Machine Gun Funk" is an upbeat, funky cut sampling a song by Lords of the Underground for the hook. On the excellent "Warning," Biggie again plays multiple characters during conversation, before dropping philosophy on backstabbers and issuing threats. The title track follows accordingly, as does the original mix of "One More Chance," a song to a woman about their relationship (the more popular remix is not included on the tracklist). Perhaps my favorite song is the Method Man collaboration "The What," a song where the two depressed MCs drop some dark knowledge and philosophy over a great beat. It doesn't get much better than having two of New York's finest rappers over a solid 1994-styled beat. "Juicy" is an absolute classic, an emotional and effective rags-to-riches look at his upbringing, effectively sampling an 80s R&B hit by Mtume. Another of my favorites is the hopeful "Everyday Struggle," which is blessed with the nicest beat on the album, a sunny, clever production over which Biggie recounts the troubles of trying to get by. "Me & My B..." is a humorous and enjoyable tune, followed by the unforgettable hit "Big Poppa." This song has a perfect, Isley Brothers-sampling beat, a head-nodding funker, and shows the humorously seductive BIG at his finest. The well done "Respect" and catchy "Friend of Mine" are worthy deep-album cuts, and the DJ Premier-produced "Unbelievable" has an unforgettable chorus and production. The album closes with one of his most stunning works, "Suicidal Thoughts," a depressing insight of life from a suicidal person.
Overall, "Ready to Die" is inspiring, beautiful, and immensely entertaining. This album doesn't sound like it has aged a bit, and even thirteen yeras later sounds as fresh and incredible as the day it dropped. Listeners of any age should be able to appreciate this masterpiece, it's so consistent that there's not one piece of skip material over seventeen tracks. Unarguably one of the finest hip hop albums ever, I cannot recommend it any higher.
Today, the black covered "Remaster" is the only version in print as far as I know, because last year some lawsuits emergedo over sampling issues. The remaster includes two bonus tracks, "Who Shot Ya?" and "Just Playing," both worthy additions to the tracklist. Also, the DVD is a welcome bonus, with videos and live performances. It's a pretty nice package for a good price.
Biggie's Best!.......2007-04-09
The Album That Set The Year '94 (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5 stars).......2006-12-14
The album is excellent too. A lot of these songs are about drugs, robbing, and what not. Big was just rhyming about things that he went through before he had a record deal, trying to survive and eat. Who could blame him? "Give Me The Loot" is one of those songs about his struggles (some words were edited in this song. I'm pretty sure rhyming about robbing a pregnant woman was going to gain some negative attention). "Machine Gun Funk" is self explanitory on how a good song it was. "Warning" was a short song and video about people targeting him for his money. "One More Chance" is a great song about how he gets his females. The song would be remixed and made into a video a year later, but both versions sound great.
Guest appearances are only one. Method Man, back when his rhyme skills were phenomonal, would rhyme on "The What". Classic track if you ask me.
Production was by Mr. Cee, Puff Daddy, and Easy Mo Bee. True, Puffy might be the "king of beat jacking" and what not, but he did a damn good job with them. The Isley Brothers "Between The Sheets" would be made into the classic single "Big Poppa" was one of them.
This album was pulled off the shelves earlier of this year, because of unauthorized sampling on this album. But recently I've seeing it back on shelves. I guess it got settled. I bought this back in 2003 when it had the origonal white album cover. If you purchased this in 2004, you get the album with a few extra tracks like the more popular "One More Chance (Remix)". And you get the DVD with all the videos that came from this album. This album had a heavy impact in 1994, is a classic and is a must have for any hip hop collection. Most of these songs are rehashed into choppy verses on his postmothous albums unfortunately. But this is where most of them origonally came from. Biggies legacy helped influenced a laundry list your favorite rappers today, who bite his style. That alone should explain how this impacted hip hop. Word.
Rest In Peace Biggie Smalls
Lyrics: A+
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: A+
Musical Vibes: A
Overall: A+
Favorite Tracks: Give Me The Loot, Machine Gun Funk, Warning, One More Chance, Juicy, Every Day Struggle, Me & My B*tch, Big Poppa, Respect, Friend Of Mine, Suicidal Thoughts
Peace!
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Notorious BIG-Rap Phenomenon
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009AFF10 |
Product Description
This mixtape was voted mixtape of the year 2003. Green Lantern and DJ Vlad bring you unreleased freestyles, tracks, remixes, and much more. Collector's Item. Complete with laminated cover.Customer Reviews:
True phenomenon.......2006-03-02
nonstop biggie.......2005-08-15
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Born Again
The Notorious B.I.G. Manufacturer: Bad Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00002S5DF Release Date: 1999-12-07 |
Tracks:
- Born Again (Intro)
- Notorious B.I.G.
- Dead Wrong
- Hope You Niggas Sleep
- Dangerous MC's
- Biggie
- Niggas
- Big Booty Hoes
- Would You Die For Me
- Come On
- Rap Phenomenon
- Let Me Get Down
- Tonight
- If I Should Die Before I Wake
- Who Shot Ya
- Can I Get Witcha
- I Really Want To Show You
- Ms. Wallace (Outro)
Customer Reviews:
Its Definitely a Good Ready To Die Companion CD.......2006-08-31
decent (3.5 stars).......2006-08-08
buy it if you love big, otherwise just get the few best tracks from itunes.
Pretty good, but not better than his others........2006-07-28
His voice fits the beats very good on this CD, just like his other Albums. This CD starts with an intro, and after that possibly my favorite track on the CD, simply called "Notorious B.I.G.". It's just the whole beat in this you just can't help loving. The CD continues the success with another great track after that, "Dead Wrong". But, sadly, after these two great tracks, this CD is only going to get worse. The next 5 tracks are also pretty good, all with rather good beats, but none that compares to the two first. Once you're about half way through the Album the songs starts getting really bad though, it seems that at this point Puffy had run out of good beats and just wanted this CD over with, but what do I know.
All around a pretty good CD, definetely worth picking up if you like Big's material, however, I would recommend getting Life After Death and Ready to Die instead, if you haven't already got those.
aight .......2006-02-11
How can you not see?.......2005-12-30
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Notorious K.I.M.
Lil' Kim Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004TSX6 Release Date: 2000-06-27 |
Tracks:
- Lil' Drummer Boy - (featuring Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob and Redman)
- Custom Made (Give It To You)
- Who's Number One?
- Suck My D**k
- Single Black Female - (featuring Mario "Yellowman" Winans)
- Revolution - (featuring Grace Jones and Lil' Cease)
- How Many Licks? - (featuring Sisqo)
- Notorious Kim
- No Matter What They Say
- She Don't Love You
- Queen Bitch Pt. 2 - (featuring Puff Daddy)
- Don't Mess With Me
- Do What You Like - (featuring Junior M.A.F.I.A.)
- Off The Wall - (featuring Lil' Cease)
- Right Now - (featuring Carl Thomas)
- Aunt Dot - (featuring Lil' Shanice)
- Hold On - (featuring Mary J. Blige)
- I'm Human
Amazon.com
The Madonna of hip-hop strikes again. But in spite of her blonde ambition (demonstrated on "I'm Human," a "Vogue"-esque tribute to the other material girl), the Queen Bee maintains her thug-ette aesthetic. Her beats (provided by an assortment of dance-floor-friendly producers) may be slick, but the rhymes are rough, rugged, and raw. Kim proved her post-Biggie microphone prowess with a take-no-prisoners cameo on Mobb Deep's "Quiet Storm (remix)". Here she continues her reign. Tracks like "Who's Number One?" where she reps for hometown Brooklyn, and "Notorious KIM," where she denounces ex-pal Foxy Brown, demonstrate her lyrical skills, which transcend the sex-centric niche market that she dominates. Notorious KIM builds on the foundation created by her cheeky debut, Hard Core, with more freakiness than Penthouse's letters page. She also gets macho male rappers on their knees with "Suck My D**k," in which she turns the sexual tables on males like those from N.W.A. The weak spots on the album are flaccid pop confections such as "How Many Licks" and "No Matter What They Say," which don't provide Kim with the support she needs. --Lizz Mendez BerryCustomer Reviews:
Notorious cumdumpster!.......2007-03-26
Queen Bitc*, what bitc* u know can thug it like this!.......2006-07-20
Fact is Lil Kim is the leader of this game and clearly doesn't give a fu*.. what people think. Thats a winner.
And her image cant get no better, Yea shes sexual to the xtreme, so what, stop hatin!
I agree with kurupt.......2006-07-06
2 dollar whore with a three dollar hairkut.......2006-06-09
Lil' Kim...notorious for making horrid music........2006-06-01
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Duets: The Final Chapter
The Notorious B.I.G. Manufacturer: Bad Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BJS4P8 Release Date: 2005-12-20 |
Tracks:
- B.I.G. Live In Jamaica (Intro)
- It Has Been Said
- Spit Your Game
- Whatchu Want - The Commission
- Get Your Grind On
- Living The Life
- The Greatest Rapper (Interlude)
- 1970 Somethin'
- Nasty Girl
- Living In Pain
- I'm With Whateva
- Beef
- My Dad (Interlude)
- Hustler's Story
- Breakin' Old Habits
- Ultimate Rush
- Mi Casa
- Little Homie (Interlude)
- Hold Ya Head
- Just A Memory
- Wake Up
- Love Is Everlasting (Outro)
Album Description
Since his passing Notorious B.I.G. has lived on through his posthumous releases, Born Again and the highly anticipated album, The Notorious B.I.G., Duets: The Final Chapter. The album is duets with Biggie and some of today's greatest mc's and vocalists. In addition, the tracks are all brand new, from the best producers in the music industry. There will be a limited edition CD/DVD which includes never before seen performance footage, celebrity interviews and vintage biggie videos.Customer Reviews:
Diddy, Let Biggie RIP.......2006-11-02
An Absolute Disgrace.......2006-10-16
Rubbish.......2006-10-07
2-1/2 stars -- Ah, yes...further milking the legacy.......2006-10-06
And as my brother said, the most irritating thing about this album (aside from the fact that "duet" means two people) is how the songs are constructed around these old Biggie verses. It's hard to say what the worst songs are, but I'll have to go with "Mi Casa" (with R. Kelly and Charlie Wilson) and the badly produced rap/rock song "Wake Up" (featuring Korn). "Nasty Girl" is also pretty cheesy, and speaking of that, if Biggie was alive, I seriously doubt he'd be collaborating with Nelly, or some of these other average emcees like Boyz N Da Hood ("Hustler's Story") or especially Jim Jones (see "I'm With Whateva" -- but actually, Biggie's not even in that song, so I don't know if that really counts).
Another annoying thing is the way Diddy tries to change the meanings of some of these songs. The aforementioned "Nasty Girl" was originally "Nasty Boy", and now it just seems to be a club anthem about nothing. And "What's Beef" has transformed into "Beef", with Diddy yelling at the end, "Beef doesn't not happen on records. You don't KNOW what beef is!" Apparently, HE doesn't know, or he forgot.
While ALL the guest stars' verses don't necessarily fall short, the only really interesting parts of this whole album are the testimonies from Voletta Wallace and Biggie's kids. And I'm not really surprised by the four and five-star reviews for this album because, not to be funny, but I think that if an album came out called The Notorious B.I.G. Sings Sinatra, those people would give THAT a high rating too. Anyway, I'm a fan of Biggie too, but continually reusing his verses is not the way to preserve his legacy, so...Diddy? It's time to quit.
Anthony Rupert
puffy's money album.......2006-09-17
Dance Music:
- Ocean of Funk [Explicit Lyrics]
- Oddiscee [Explicit Lyrics]
- Only If U Knew [Explicit Lyrics]
- Operation Contamination
- Overcoming the World
- Private Personal Parts [Explicit Lyrics]
- Psycho [Explicit Lyrics]
- Reality Check
- Rock N Roll/Holy Calamity [Import]
- Romeo Must Die (2000 Film) [Soundtrack] [Clean]
Dance Music
Form Follows Function [Enhanced]
Slip Away: His Best Recordings
Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 11
Ockeghem: Missa Cuiusvis Toni / Missa Quinti Toni
Reason for Living, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
Prokofiev: Peter And the Wolf/March In B Flat Major/Overture On Hebrew Themes/Classical Symphony