Duets: The Final Chapter

Duets: The Final Chapter
Studio album by The Notorious BIG
Publication (s)	December 20, 2005
Label (s)	Bad Boy Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	22nd
running time	73:27
production	Eminem Swizz Beatz Danja Jazze Pha Just Blaze Havoc Scott stork Static major Mario Winans DJ Green Lantern Jonathan Davis Atticus Ross among others
chronology Born Again (1999) Duets: The Final Chapter Greatest Hits (2007)
Single releases October 11, 2005 Nasty girl February 24, 2006 Spit your game

Duets: The Final Chapter (English for: Duets : The last chapter , also known as The Biggie Duets ) is the fourth and last studio album by the American rapper The Notorious BIG It was posthumously on December 20, 2005, more than eight years after the artist's death, released on the Bad Boy Records label. In the USA, the record was awarded platinum for more than one million copies sold .

content

Various recordings from The Notorious BIG were used for the songs on the album. Most of these come from songs from his three previous studio albums Ready to Die , Life After Death and Born Again . Biggie's verses were underlaid with new instrumentals and, as the title of the album suggests, supplemented by various guest contributions from various artists. These include Eminem , P. Diddy , Twista , Jay-Z , Faith Evans , Snoop Dogg , Ludacris , Nelly , The Game , Lil Wayne , 2Pac , Nas , Mary J. Blige , Mobb Deep , R. Kelly , Bob Marley and KoRn .

production

The beats on the album were produced by a variety of different producers. These include Eminem , Swizz Beatz , Danja , Jazze Pha , Just Blaze , Havoc and Scott Storch . In addition, eight songs contain samples of various songs from different musical genres.

Cover design

The album cover shows a black and red drawing of the rapper with a crown on his head. The background is white and the lettering The Notorious BIG and Duets The Final Chapter in black and red are in the top left of the picture.

Track list

#	title	time	Guest Posts	Producers	Samples	Original text (album)
1	"BIG Live in Jamaica (Intro)"	1:22		Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker for The Hitmen
2	"It Has Been Said"	3:18	Eminem , Obie Trice & P. Diddy	Eminem	"Victory" from Puff Daddy
3	"Spit Your Game"	4:13	Twista & Krayzie Bone	Swizz Beatz	"My Ship Is Coming In" by Walter Jackson	"Notorious Thugs" ( Life After Death )
4th	"Whatchu Want (The Commission)"	3:54	Jay-Z	Danja		"What You Want" (Freestyle)
5	"Get Your Grind On"	5:25	Freeway , Big Pun & Fat Joe	Sean Cane & LV for The Hitmen		"My Downfall" ( Life After Death )
6th	"Living the Life"	4:28	Faith Evans , Cheri Dennis, Bobby Valentino , Ludacris & Snoop Dogg	Coptic sounds	"Take Time to Tell Her" by Jerry Butler	"Let Me Get Down" ( Born Again )
7th	"The Greatest Rapper (Interlude)"	0:08	Christopher Wallace, Jr.
8th	"1970 Somethin '"	3:25	Faith Evans & The Game	Dre & Vidal & Static Major		"Respect" ( Ready to Die )
9	"Nasty Girl"	4:50	P. Diddy, Nelly , Jagged Edge & Avery Storm	Jazze Pha		"Nasty Boy" ( Life After Death )
10	"Living in Pain"	4:01	2Pac , Mary J. Blige & Nas	Just Blaze	"Blue Sky Silver Bird" by Lamont Dozier	"House of Pain" (unreleased)
11	"I'm with Whateva"	2:33	Jim Jones , Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana	Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen	"Halloween" by John Carpenter	"Ready to Die" ( Ready to Die )
12	"Beef"	4:57	Mobb Deep	Havoc	"My Other Love" by Bunny Sigler	"What's Beef?" ( Life After Death )
13	"My Dad (Interlude)"	0:10	T-yanna Wallace
14th	"Hustler's Story"	5:47	Scarface , Akon & Big Gee	Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker & Mario Winans for The Hitmen, Reefa & Suga Mike		"You'll See" ( Bad Boy Promotional Tape )
15th	"Breakin 'Old Habits"	4:38	TI & Slim Thug	Chink Santana		"Young G's" ( No Way Out )
16	"Ultimate Rush"	3:48	Missy Elliott	Scott stork	"Drugs" by Lil 'Kim	"Why You Tryin 'to Play Me?" / "Drugs" ( The Projects Presents: Balhers Forever / Hard Core )
17th	"Mi Casa"	4:12	R. Kelly & Charlie Wilson	Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker & Mario Winans for The Hitmen & DJ Green Lantern		"Friend of Mine" ( Ready to Die )
18th	"Little Homie (Interlude)"	0:34		Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie for The Hitmen & Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
19th	"Hold Ya Head"	2:47	Bob Marley	Clinton Sparks	"Johnny Was" by Bob Marley	"Suicidal Thoughts" ( Ready to Die )
20th	"Just a Memory"	4:30	The Clipse	Scram Jones		"You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" / "Come On" ( Life After Death / Born Again )
21st	"Wake up"	3:35	Grain	Jonathan Davis & Atticus Ross		"If I Should Die Before I Wake" / "Kick in the Door" ( Born Again / Life After Death )
22nd	"Love Is Everlasting (Outro)"	0:57

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Duets: The Final Chapter   DE 55 01/06/2006 (9 weeks)   CH 29 01/08/2006 (11 weeks)   UK 13 07/01/2006 (15 weeks)   US 3 07/01/2006 (20 weeks)

Singles

Nasty girl   DE 8th 01/27/2006 (15 weeks)   AT 23 01/27/2006 (13 weeks)   CH 14th 01/29/2006 (19 weeks)   UK 1 01/28/2006 (22 weeks)   US 44 12/17/2005 (15 weeks) Spit your game   CH 76 06/04/2006 (2 weeks)   UK 64 05/06/2006 (1 week)

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

Duets: The Final Chapter rose to number 55 in the German album charts at the beginning of 2006 and stayed in the top 100 for a total of nine weeks. In the US, the album debuted at number 3 and stayed in the charts for 20 weeks.

The songs Nasty Girl , which reached number 8 in Germany and stayed in the top 100 for 15 weeks, and Spit Your Game were released as singles from the album .

Sales figures and awards

In the United States, Duets: The Final Chapter was awarded a platinum record in 2006 for over one million sales , while the album also received a gold record in the United Kingdom in 2006 for over 100,000 sales.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Notorious BIG in the RIAA database
2. ↑ Album cover at amazon.de
3. ↑ The Notorious BIG Search at the-breaks.com .
4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from May 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
7. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
8. ↑ Duets: The Final Chapter in US charts
9. ↑ Singles in US charts
10. ↑ US: Platinum
11. ↑ UK: Gold