Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)

Born Again
Studio album by Notorious B.I.G.
Released December 7, 1999 (1999-12-07) (US)
Recorded

1993–1997 (The Notorious B.I.G. Vocals)

1998-1999 (Production,Guest Vocals,Mixing)
Genre Hip hop
Label Bad Boy Records
Producer Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Premier, Nottz, Mannie Fresh, Nashiem Myrick, Deric Angelettie, Clemont Mack
Notorious B.I.G. chronology
Life After Death
(1997)		 Born Again
(1999)		 Duets: The Final Chapter
(2005)
Singles from Born Again
  1. "Notorious B.I.G."
    Released: November 24, 1999
  2. "Dead Wrong"
    Released: January 5, 2000
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Born Again is a posthumous album by The Notorious B.I.G.. It was released on December 7, 1999. Unlike the first album released after his death (Life After Death), this album was created with no input from Biggie himself. It is composed primarily of unfinished material and unreleased verses recorded mainly during his Ready to Die era from 1993-1994 with new production and guest rappers. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 485,000 albums sold in the first week, and was later certified double-platinum. Along with the usual guest roster of P. Diddy, Lil' Kim, and Junior M.A.F.I.A., the album also featured appearances from Nas, Ice Cube, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, Method Man, Redman, Beanie Sigel, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, and the Hot Boys. Before his death, Biggie had intended his third album to be a three disc collection. However, there was not enough finished material to piece together such a massive project. This is the final album of Biggie to contain mainly original material. However, in 2005, a remix album was released called Duets: The Final Chapter, which was the last of his records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Born Again" (Intro) — 1:28
    • produced by Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, J Dub
  2. "Notorious B.I.G." — 3:11
  3. "Dead Wrong" — 4:57
  4. "Hope You Niggas Sleep" — 4:10
  5. "Dangerous MC's" — 5:15 produced by Nottz
  6. "Biggie" — 5:22
  7. "Niggas" — 3:48
  8. "Big Booty Hoes" — 3:27
  9. "Would You Die for Me?" — 3:36
  10. "Come On" — 4:37
  11. "Rap Phenomenon" — 4:02
  12. "Let Me Get Down" — 4:33
  13. "Tonight" — 6:08
  14. "If I Should Die Before I Wake" — 4:51
  15. "Who Shot Ya?" — 3:48
    • produced by Nashiem Myrick
  16. "Can I Get Witcha" — 3:36
  17. "I Really Want to Show You" — 5:09
  18. "Ms. Wallace" (Outro) — 3:18

Unused Tracks

Samples

Notorious B.I.G.

Dead Wrong

Biggie

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

Note

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 1
Canadian Albums chart 14

Singles

Song Chart (1999) Peak
position
"Dead Wrong" U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 39
"Notorious B.I.G." U.S. Billboard Hot 100 67
"Notorious B.I.G." U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 30
Preceded by
All The Way... a Decade of Song by Celine Dion		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 25, 1999 - December 31, 1999		 Succeeded by
All The Way... a Decade of Song by Celine Dion

See also

The Notorious B.I.G.
Junior M.A.F.I.A. – Lil' Cease · Banger · Nino Brown · MC Klepto · The Notorious B.I.G. · Lil' Kim · Bugsy · Blake C · Capone · Chico Del Vec
Studio albums
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Posthumous albums
Singles
Guest singles
Compilations
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