Born Again (The Notorious BIG album)
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| Studio album by The Notorious BIG | |||||
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December 7, 1999 |
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| Label (s) | Bad Boy Records | ||||
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Born Again (English for:. Reborn ) is the third studio album by American rapper The Notorious BIG was posthumously , more than two years after the artist's death, about the label on 7 December 1999 Bad Boy Records released. In contrast to his first two studio albums, the sound carrier was created without the involvement of the rapper himself. In the USA, the album was awarded double platinum for more than two million copies sold .
content
For the songs on the album, previously released and unreleased recordings by Notorious BIG were used, which were mainly made in 1993 and 1994 when he was working on his debut album Ready to Die . These were underlaid with new instrumentals and supplemented by various guest contributions by other artists such as Eminem , Puff Daddy , Lil 'Kim , Snoop Dogg , Busta Rhymes and Nas .
production
The beats on the album were produced by a variety of different producers. These include Daven Vanderpool, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Premier , Nottz , Mannie Fresh , Mario Winans , Nashiem Myrick, Deric Angelettie and Clemont Mack. Almost every song on the album uses samples of various songs from different musical genres.
Cover design
The album cover shows The Notorious BIG , dressed in black and wearing a gold chain. He looks into the camera from above and extends his right hand towards the viewer. In the lower part of the picture is the word Born Again in white.
Track list
| # | title | time | Guest Posts | Producers | Samples |
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| 1 | "Born Again (Intro)" | 1:28 | Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre & J Dub | ||
| 2 | "Notorious BIG" | 3:11 | Lil 'Kim & Puff Daddy | Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool |
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| 3 | " Dead Wrong " | 4:57 | Eminem | Chucky Thompson & Mario Winans |
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| 4th | "Hope You Niggas Sleep" | 4:10 | Hot Boys & Big Tymers | Mannie Fresh | |
| 5 | "Dangerous MC's" | 5:15 | Mark Curry, Snoop Dogg & Busta Rhymes | Nottz | |
| 6th | "Biggie" | 5:22 | Junior MAFIA | Nashiem Myrick |
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| 7th | "Niggas" | 3:48 | Mario Winans, Clemont Mack & Ramahn Herbert | ||
| 8th | "Big Booty Hoes" | 3:27 | Too short | Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool |
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| 9 | "Would You Die for Me?" | 3:36 | Lil 'Kim & Puff Daddy | Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool | |
| 10 | "Come on" | 4:37 | Sadat X | DJ Clark Kent |
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| 11 | "Rap Phenomenon" | 4:02 | Method Man & Redman | DJ premier |
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| 12 | "Let Me Get Down" | 4:33 | Craig Mack , G-Dep & Missy Elliott | Deric Angelettie |
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| 13 | "Tonight" | 6:08 | Mobb Deep & Joe Hooker | Cornbread |
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| 14th | "If I Should Die Before I Wake" | 4:51 | Black Rob , Beanie Sigel & Ice Cube | Henri Charlemagne, Coptic & Deric Angelettie |
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| 15th | "Who Shot Ya?" | 3:48 | Nashiem Myrick |
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| 16 | "Can I Get Witcha" | 3:36 | Lil 'cease | Chucky Thompson |
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| 17th | "I Really Want to Show You" | 5:09 | Nas , K-Ci & JoJo | Andreao Heard |
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| 18th | "Ms. Wallace (Outro)" | 3:18 | Harve Pierre & Voletta Wallace |
Chart successes and singles
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Born Again rose to number 47 in the German album charts at the beginning of 2000 and stayed in the top 100 for a total of eight weeks. In the US, the album debuted at number 1 and stayed in the charts for 22 weeks.
The songs Notorious BIG (US # 82, 7 weeks), which reached number 56 in Germany and stayed in the top 100 for eight weeks, and Dead Wrong were released as singles from the album .
Sales figures and awards
In the United States, Born Again was double platinum in 2000 for over two million sales , while in the United Kingdom the album was gold record in 2013 for over 100,000 sales.
reception
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Joachim Gauger from laut.de rated the album with two out of a possible five points. It was "made with a lot of love" and "the few as yet unknown samples of Biggie's always punchy staccato rap style" were supplemented by the best East Coast rappers. However, “NEW tracks or melodies are unfortunately not to be found,” which makes Born Again seem like “corpse-busting”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Notorious BIG in the RIAA database
- ↑ Album cover at amazon.de
- ↑ The Notorious BIG Search at the-breaks.com .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US
- ↑ Born Again in DE Charts ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Born Again in US charts
- ↑ Singles in DE Charts ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Singles in US charts
- ↑ US: 2x platinum
- ↑ UK: Gold
- ↑ a b Evaluation: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento of October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
