Song Parody: "Player Hata", a robbery-themed take on the Delfonics' "Hey Love".Biggie references the 1996 crime film Set It Off in his song "What's Beef", with the line "Watch me set it off like Vivica.
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#4 of the "Ten Crack Commandments" is " Never get high on your own supply".Biggie was clearly a fan of Casino, as the album features not one but two shoutouts: First on "Another" ("Peep the scene, sorta like Sam Rothstein / Guess you Ginger, huh, go figure"), and then on "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" ("Watch Casino, I'm the hip-hop version of Nicky Tarantino" - conflating Joe Pesci's character Nick Santoro with Quentin Tarantino).Previously on : The intro track is a TV-style recap to remind listeners what happened on the last album, in which Biggie committed suicide.One-Word Title: "Hypnotize" and "Another".New Sound Album: The album was slightly less hardcore than its predecessor and had more party tracks and more of a glamorous mafioso feel, helping usher in the "Shiny Suit Era" of the late '90s.However, it was later revealed that Chuck Ds associates were the one who sued Biggies estate, not Chuck D himself who was fine with the sampling of his voice. It originally included a sample of Chuck D counting to ten from the song "Shut 'Em Down", but Chuck, who is both Straight Edge and heavily critical of drug dealing, was so incensed at being sampled in a song about drug dealing that he sued to have it removed. Intercourse with You: "Fuck You Tonight".If you die they still get paid, extra probably.īut of course you know I had my fingers crossed These motherfuckers is henchmen, renegades. I kill 'em all I'll be set for life, Frank pay attention. Think about it now, that's damn near one-point-five I Have Your Wife: Invoked in the second verse of "Hypnotize".Doubles as a nod to Scarface protagonist Tony Montana, who did get high off his own crack, only to lose everything. Getting High on Their Own Supply: Rule number four of the "Ten Crack Commandments" advises potential drug dealers not to do this, lest they face the consequences.Genre Shift: "Playa Hater" features Biggie singing a parody of The Delfonics' "Hey Love".Gangsta Rap: A mix of Commercial, Hardcore and Mafioso.As if the title wasn't Harsher in Hindsight enough. Face on the Cover: Biggie standing next to a hearse.Epic Rocking: The 6:08 "Notorious Thugs".Deliberately Monochrome: The black-and-white noir-ish cover image, with the only splashes of color being Biggie's name and the title.A strong word called "consignment", strictly for live men, not for freshmen. If you ain't gettin' bagged, stay the fuck from police.ġ0. Keep your family and business completely separated.ĩ. Never let no one know how much dough you hold.ĥ. It was released a while after the death of Biggie's main rival Tupac Shakur, but retains a few sly references to the beef (such as the line "My so-called beef with You-Know-Who" on "Notorious Thugs"), as well as a few subliminal disses thrown at several other rappers Biggie was beefing with, such as Nas and Raekwon and Ghostface Killah.ġ. The album was also released at the tail-end of the infamous East Coast/West Coast hip-hop feud of the '90s. And like Ready to Die, three of its tracks - "Hypnotize", "Mo Money Mo Problems", and "Sky's the Limit" - became singles. It even picks up immediately where that album's final track, "Suicidal Thoughts", left off. Life After Death is the second album ( of two) by The Notorious B.I.G., released Majust 16 days after Biggie was murdered in Los Angeles, technically making it a posthumous album, though it was completed before he was killed.Ī double album, Life After Death goes in a glossier, more mafioso-themed direction than its predecessor, but retains that album's mixture of hardcore songs and lighter party jams.
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