Duets: The Final Chapter

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Duets: The Final Chapter
Studio album by Notorious B.I.G.
Released	December 20, 2005
Recorded	N/A
Genre	Rap
Length	73:30
Label	Bad Boy/Atlantic
Producer(s)	Diddy, Eminem, Swizz Beatz, Jazze Pha, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Clinton Sparks, Danja, Jonathan Davis, DJ Green Lantern,
Professional reviews
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Notorious B.I.G. chronology
Born Again (1999)	Duets: The Final Chapter (2005)

Duets: The Final Chapter is the second posthumous album by The Notorious B.I.G. The album was released by Bad Boy Records on December 20, 2005 and charted at #3 in the US and climbed as high as #13 in the UK after the release of the album's first single "Nasty Girl". It is another of his posthumous albums that went Platinum.

The album featured orchestrated duets between Biggie and a number of popular vocalists and MCs, much like the previous LP Born Again (1999). The package also included a DVD featuring previously unreleased performance footage and several of Biggie's music videos.

The album's first single was "Nasty Girl", featuring Diddy, Nelly, and Jagged Edge. It took Biggie's vocal samples from his song "Nasty Boy". The single climbed to #1 in the UK in its second week of release, where it stayed for 2 weeks and became his first and only #1 single there. The single also helped the album climb to #13 and therefore, Duets: The Final Chapter became his highest charting album to date there, outpeaking the #23 position of Life After Death. In the US, "Nasty Girl" made #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the single also made the top 20 in Australia.

The second single from the album is "Spit Your Game", featuring Twista and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, a double A-side single with "Hold Ya Head", a duet with Bob Marley, which was originally the b-side to "Nasty Girl" in the UK and Australia. "Spit Your Game" is a remake of the Biggie song "Notorious Thugs". "Hold Ya Head" was produced by Clinton Sparks, and features a sample from the Marley song "Johnny Was". It features Biggie's vocal samples from "Suicidal Thoughts". The single is set for release in the UK on 24th April 2006 [1]. The cover for the single can be found here: [2].

The album was generally received poorly by critics, as it does not feature a great deal of new material from Biggie (many believe Diddy had used up Biggie's unreleased material on the posthumous Born Again) and has a rather extensive list of guest rappers. Certain hip-hop fans view Diddy's release of the album as an exploitation of Biggie's legacy.

[edit] Track listing

Track	Song	Featuring Artists	Original Lyrics	Production
1	Intro	-	-	J-Dub
2	It Has Been Said	Eminem, Obie Trice, Diddy	-	Eminem
3	Spit Your Game	Krayzie Bone, Twista (Remix included 8 Ball & MJG)	Notorious Thugs on Life After Death	Swizz Beatz
4*	Whatchu Want	Jay-Z	What You Want (Verse 1&2)	Danja Handz
5	Get Your Grind On	Big Pun, Fat Joe, Freeway	My Downfall on Life After Death	Just Blaze
6	Living The Life	Cheri Dennis, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Valentino, Faith Evans	Let Me Get Down on Born Again	Coptic Sounds
7	The Greatest Rapper (Interlude)	C.J. Wallace	-	Faith Evans
8	1970 Somethin'	The Game, Faith Evans	Respect on Ready to Die	Dre & Vidal
9	Nasty Girl	Jagged Edge, Avery Storm, Nelly, P. Diddy, Jazze Pha	Nasty Boy on Life After Death	Jazze Pha
10*	Living In Pain	Nas, Mary J. Blige, 2Pac	House of Pain	Just Blaze
11	I'm With Whateva	Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, Jim Jones	Ready to Die on Ready to Die	Stevie J or Deric Angelettie
12	What's Beef	Mobb Deep	What's Beef on Life After Death	Havoc
13	My Dad (Interlude)	Tyanda Wallace	-	Wayne Barrow
14	Hustler's Story	Akon, Scarface, Big Gee of Boyz N Da Hood	You'll See on Bad Boy Promotional Tape	Reefa
15	Breakin' Old Habits	T.I., Slim Thug	Young G's on No Way Out	Chink Santana
16	Ultimate Rush	Missy Elliott	Why You Trying to Play Me on Baller's Story	Scott Storch
17	Mi Casa	R. Kelly, Charlie Wilson	Friend of Mine on Ready to Die	DJ Green Lantern
18	Little Homie (Interlude)	-	-	Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
19	Hold Ya Head	Bob Marley	Suicidal Thoughts on Ready to Die	Clinton Sparks
20	Just a Memory	The Clipse	You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You	Scram Jones
21	Wake Up	KoRn	If I Should Die Before I Wake & Kick In The Door on Born Again and Life After Death	Jonathan Davis & Atticus Ross
22	Love Is Everlasting (Outro)	-	-	Wayne Barrow

• Unreleased material

[edit] Bonus disc track listing

1. "Want That Old Thing Back" (featuring Ralph Tresvant and Ja Rule)
2. "Running Your Mouth" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Foxy Brown, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous)
3. "Three Bricks" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Raekwon) (Originally made for Duets, but then used for Ghostface's album Fishscale)

[edit] Songs that didn't make the final cut

• "Aim For The Target" (featuring Young Buck, Busta Rhymes & Chauncy Black)
• "Make Noice" (featuring Swizz Beatz & Cassidy)
• "Hold Office" (featuring The Game & Mary J. Blige)
• "The Grind" (featuring 50 Cent)
• "Real Niggas" (featuring Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Black Thought & UGK)

v • d • e  The Notorious B.I.G.

Albums and EPs: Ready to Die | Conspiracy | Life After Death | Born Again | Duets: The Final Chapter

Singles: "Party And Bullshit" | "Juicy" | "Big Poppa" | "One More Chance" | "Fuck You Tonight" | "Hypnotize" | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | "Sky's The Limit" | "Notorious B.I.G." | "Dead Wrong" | "Nasty Girl" | "Spit Your Game" | "Hold Ya Head"

See Also: 2Pac vs. The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy Records | Junior M.A.F.I.A.