The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (25th Anniversary Edition) - VINYL LP

Limited silver colored vinyl. Biggie's second long-player was a huge slab of hip hop featuring a whole range of guests and a whole load of hits. The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Ready to Die, picking up where it's predecessor left off, sprawled across the span of two discs, each filled with music, 24 songs in all. You'd expect any album this sprawling to include some lackluster filler. That's not really the case with Life After Death, however. Like 2Pac's All Eyez on Me from a year before, an obvious influence, Biggie's album made extensive use of various producers - DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Clark Kent, RZA, and more of New York's finest - resulting in a diverse, eclectic array of songs. Plus, Biggie similarly brought in various guest rappers - Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Bone Thugs, Too $hort, L.O.X., Mase - a few vocalists - R. Kelly, Angela Winbush, 112 - and, of course, Puff Daddy, who is much more omnipresent here than on Ready to Die, where he mostly remained on the sidelines. It's perhaps Puffy himself to thank for this album's biggest hits Mo Money Mo Problems, Hypnotize, Sky's the Limit, three songs that definitely owe much to his pop touch. There's still plenty of the gangsta tales on Life After Death that won Biggie so much admiration on the streets, but it's the pop-laced songs that stand out as highlights. Album Tracks 1. Life After Death Intro 2. Somebody's Gotta Die 3. Hypnotize 4. Kick in the Door 5. F**k You Tonight 6. Last Day 7. I Love the Dough 8. What's Beef? 1. B.I.G. Interlude 2. Mo Money Mo Problems 3. Niggas Bleed 4. I Gotta Story to Tell 5. Notorious Thugs 6. Miss U 7. Another 8. Going Back to Cali 1. Ten Crack Commandments 2. Playa Hater 3. Nasty Boy 4. Sky's the Limit 5. The World Is Filled 6. My Downfall 7. Long Kiss Goodnight 8. You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)

Reissue of the 1997 second and final studio album from Notorious B.I.G. Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Life After Death (Intro) 2. Somebody's Gotta Die 3. Hypnotize 4. Kick in the Door DISC 2 1. #!*@ You Tonight (Feat. R. Kelly) 2. Last Day (Feat. the Lox) 3. I Love the Dough (Feat. Jay-Z & Angela Winbush) 4. What's Beef DISC 3 1. B.I.G. (Interlude) 2. Mo Money Mo Problems (Feat. Mase & Puff Daddy) 3. Niggas Bleed 4. I Got a Story to Tell DISC 4 1. Notorious Thugs 2. Miss U 3. Another (Feat. Lil' Kim) 4. Going Back to Cali DISC 5 1. Ten Crack Commandments 2. Playa Hater 3. Nasty Boy 4. Sky's the Limit (Feat. 112) DISC 6 1. The World Is Filled... (Featuring Too Short & Puff Daddy) 2. My Downfall (Feat. DMC) 3. Long Kiss Goodnight 4. You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)

Limited gold & black marble colored vinyl. It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, originally released on July 2, 1996, by Columbia Records. After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written. Produced largely by Trackmasters, it departed from the debut's raw, underground aesthetic and embraced mafioso and gangsta themes. The recording also marked the first appearance of Nas's short-lived supergroup The Firm, featuring the rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Cormega. Album Tracks 1. Album Intro 2. The Message 3. Street Dreams 4. I Gave You Power 5. Watch Dem Niggas (Album Version) 6. Take It in Blood 7. The Set Up 1. Black Girl Lost 2. Suspect (Album Version) 3. Shootouts 4. Nas Is Coming 5. Affirmative Action 6. Live Nigga Rap (Album Version) 7. If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) 8. Silent Murder