Biggie is saying, I like Bone Thugz-n-Harmony, Miami bass, West Coast music, so why should I not make a record that includes all of those things? Life After Death isnвЂ™t adversarial itвЂ™s inclusive. Jon Caramanica (Music critic, The New York Times): This album is vibrant, deliberate statements about hip-hop in its fullness. ThatвЂ™s a starting point for why it was so impactful. ItвЂ™s a major puzzle piece in the unification of hip-hop. VIBE: What made Life After Death such a great musical work?Д®rik Parker (Writer and producer of Time Is Illmatic):В It was an adventure for an East Coast artist because this guy actually looked into different places and made an album that appeals to hip-hop fans across regions. John Kennedy, Music Editor (2009-2014) Consider this a Life After Death postmortem. And in honor of our own 20-year anniversary, weвЂ™ve rounded up Music Editors of VIBEвЂ™s past-Erik Parker (2003-2006) and Jon Caramanica (2006-2008)-to wax reflective on B.I.G.вЂ™s (second) classic. So weвЂ™re championing Big PoppaвЂ™s sophomore LP as the greatest to drop since ClintonвЂ™s first term. VIBE's Editor-In-Chief Remembers Biggie 25 Years After His Death And while there are slight chinks (вЂњGoing Back To CaliвЂќ is symbolically significant, but sonically mediocre), Life After Death is a transformative album so diverse that its 25 songs play as fluidly as 13, setting a double-disc bar thatвЂ™s tempted-yet evaded-G.O.A.T. Biggie bucked mid-вЂ™90s hip-hopвЂ™s divisive nature, shedding frequent flyer miles for Too $hort and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony features. KellyвЂ™s most hilariously obnoxious hooks You TonightвЂќ).

Utilizing Puff DaddyвЂ™s polished ear, he parties (вЂњHypnotizeвЂќ), slap-boxes with rival rappers (вЂњKick In The DoorвЂќ), makes bad singing sound good (вЂњPlayer HaterвЂќ), spins popcorn-worthy narratives (вЂњNiggas BleedвЂќ) and hosts one of R. Unlike NasвЂ™ Illmatic or DвЂ™AngeloвЂ™s Brown Sugar, both efficient 10-track landmarks that relentlessly hone on their niche and perform flawlessly, Life After Death revealed Biggie as a master of every trade. The overweight kid from Brooklyn was the Swiss Army knife of MCs, and Life After Death is a thorough exhibition of that versatility, as the maturing 24-year-old Bad Boy toned down Ready To DieвЂ™s blustering flows while broadening his perspective beyond Bed-StuyвЂ™s blocks. You never knew what to expect when The Notorious B.I.G.

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