| Product Summary | | Label: Bad Boy Records | | UPC: 00075678388521 | | Release Date: 12/20/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 202025651 | | Item#: M2QCS5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. B.I.G. Live In Jamaica ~ The Notorious B.I.G. |  | | 2. It Has Been Said - (with Diddy/Eminem/Obie Trice) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 3. Spit Your Game - (with Twista/Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 4. Whatchu Want - (with Jay-Z) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 5. Get Your Grind On - (with Big Pun/Fat Joe/Freeway) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 6. Living the Life ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 7. Greatest Rapper, The - (Interlude) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 8. 1970 Somethin' - (with The Game/Faith Evans) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 9. Nasty Girl - (with Diddy/Nelly/Jagged Edge/Avery Storm) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 10. Living In Pain - (with 2Pac/Mary J. Blige/Nas) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 11. I'm With Whateva ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 12. Beef - (with Mobb Deep) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 13. My Dad - (Interlude) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 14. Hustler's Story - (with Scarface/Akon/Big Gee) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 15. Breakin' Old Habits - (with T.I./Slim Thug) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 16. Ultimate Rush - (with Missy Elliott) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 17. Mi Casa - (with R. Kelly/Charlie Wilson) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 18. Little Homie - (Interlude) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 19. Hold Ya Head - (with Bob Marley/Juelz Santana) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 20. Just A Memory - (with The Clipse) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 21. Wake Up - (with Korn) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | | | 22. Love Is Everlasting - (Outro) ~ The Notorious B.I.G. | |
| | Over two years in the making, The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter features rhymes recorded by B.I.G. throughout his career, melded with newly recorded performances by some of contemporary music's greatest vocalists and MCs. Dozens of superstars have come together to perform with and pay homage to the legendary rapper on this unprecedented, history-making release. In addition, The Final Chapter incorporates posthumous appearances by 2Pac, Bob Marley, and Big Pun.
The music tracks are all brand-new, created by many of the industry's top producers, including: Eminem, Swizz Beatz, Danja, Timbaland, Jazze Pha, Sean C "Sean Cane," Sean "Diddy" Combs, LV, Coptic, Lesette Wilson, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Just Blaze, Havoc, Stevie J, D. Dot, Reefa, Mike "Suga Mike" Allen, Mario Winans, J-Dub, Scott Storch, DJ Green Lantern, Clinton Sparks, Jonathan Davis, and Atticus Roff.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Makeba Riddick, T Yanna Dream Wallace, Capricorn Clark, Ebony Black, Voletta Wallace, Karen Anderson (vocals); Steven King (guitar); Luis Resto (keyboards); Atticus Ross (programming); DJ Scram Jones (scratches). | | Audio Mixers: Eminem; Glen Marchese; Marcella "Ms Lago" Aracia; Kevin Wilson; Rich Keller; Steve Sola; Steven King; Terry Date; Tony Dofat; Tony Maserati; Leslie Brathwaite. | | Liner Note Author: Voletta Wallace. | | Recording information: 54 Sound, Detroit, MI; Backroom, Glendale, CA; Big Things Studios, New York, NY; Clay Garden Studio, Norfolk, VA; Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, NY; Doppler Audios, Atlanta, GA; Dun Deal Studios, New York, NY; Invasion Studios, New York, NY; Jamworld Entertainment Centre, Potmore, Jamaica; KoRn Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Monza Studios, New York, NY; Patchwork Studios, Atlanta, GA; Pedigree Sound Asylum, Hollywood, CA; Right Track Recording Studios, New York, NY; Sony Studios, New York, NY; Sound on Sound Studios, New York, NY; The Cathedral, Hollywood, CA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; The Sh*# Factory, Houston, TX. | | Editor: Andy Geel. | | Illustrator: Elizabeth Rosen. | | It is difficult to overcome the suspicion that DUETS: THE FINAL CHAPTER, the Notorious B.I.G.'s second posthumous "studio" release, is a blatant case of opportunism. The late rapper's legend towers so hugely over the hip-hop landscape, and his name has taken on such iconic grandeur, that it's absurdly easy to cash in on his musical legacy. DUETS recycles unused Biggie material, looping it artfully along with performances by some of the finest MCs and vocalists in the hip-hop and R&B community. Since Biggie's parts are sometimes minimal, however, those looking for a disc full of new music from the late icon may be disappointed. | | Still, the album is an affecting listen, which is largely due to the spectacular assembly of talent. With a roster that includes the likes of Missy Elliott, R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, Mary J. Blige, and Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, among many, many others, DUETS works nicely as a tribute and a testament to Biggie's influence on the evolution of hip-hop. As much a cultural artifact as a music release, DUETS will appeal to hardcore Biggie fans and, in general, music fans interested in how hip-hop builds and maintains its own mythology. | | The weight of Notorious B.I.G.'s legacy is so profound that most major rap MCs and R&B singers alive -- and some who are dead -- are willing to be attached to it in whatever form possible. It could also be argued that anyone with the means is more than willing to profit from it in a monetary way. Here's Duets: The Final Chapter, released just before Christmas Day 2005, following 1999's Born Again, which was released just before Christmas Day 1999. Like Born Again, Duets takes bits of unused material from the late legend, and that can entail full-blown verses, looped declarations, or punctuative interjections. On some tracks, Biggie's presence is no more prominent than a handclap or a snare hit. Check the lead track "It Has Been Said," where he's limited to "what," "ungh," "yeah," "ha-ha," "uh-huh." If you can get past the fact that a lot of tracks barely feature the headliner, or listen without imagining the original contexts of the patched-together scraps, Duets can be sporadically riveting. The list of guests is overwhelming, with Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, R. Kelly, T.I., Slim Thug, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, the Clipse, Snoop Dogg, and Freeway representing roughly half of the involved. Only a few tracks contain significant Biggie contributions, and it's not as if they provide any further insight or add to his long-established legend. Many of his vocals are not pulled from professional studio-quality recordings, which only makes them sound more displaced. Perhaps Korn's Jonathan Davis put it best when he told Billboard about the project: "It's f*ckin' weird to be doing a song with someone who is deceased!" His description applies to what it's like to listen to the disc. ~ Andy Kellman |
Producer: Eminem; Swizz Beatz; Sean Cane; Faith Evans; Andre Harris; Vidal Davis; Jazze Pha; Just Blaze; Havoc; Scott Storch; Clinton Sparks; Scram Jones; Jonathan Davis; Harve Pierre; Danja Mowf; Wayne Barrow; Luis Resto; Mario Winans; Atticus Ross; DJ Green Lante |
Engineer: Dave Hyman; David Frederic; Ryan West; Corte Ellis; Jaymz Hardy Martin III; Andrew Dawson; Eric Vargas; Jason Carson; Tony Campana; Victor Abijaudi; Mr. Rogers; John Bedo; Bryan Ellis; King James II; Juelz Venguer; Nate Oberman; Ruben "Swift" Vidal; Micha |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 12/20/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 83885 | | Label : Bad Boy Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075678388521 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.80)
- "DUETS works on two fronts: as a brisk-moving all-star mixtape and sad reminder of a towering talent." -- Grade: B |
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