Notorious (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack from The Notorious BIG | ||||
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Publication |
January 9, 2009 |
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| Label (s) | Bad boy entertainment | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
17th |
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running time |
67:46 |
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Notorious ( Music from and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Notorious ) is the soundtrack album for the film Notorious BIG. It was released on January 9, 2009 on the Bad Boy Entertainment label. Most of the songs on the album come from the rapper The Notorious BIG , whose biography the plot of the film revolves around.
content
The songs on the album are mostly previously released singles and tracks from already released albums by rapper The Notorious BIG These are Ready to Die (two songs), Life After Death (five songs), Born Again (one song) and Greatest Hits (a song). It also includes the rapper's very first single, Party and Bullshit , released in 1993. There are also three previously unreleased demo versions ( Microphone Murderer , Guaranteed Raw , Love No Ho ) and a remix for the song One More Chance / The Legacy on the soundtrack. The Notorious BIG is not involved in any of the other three tracks.
production
Many different producers were involved in the production of the album. Sean Combs , Voletta Wallace (mother of The Notorious BIG ), Mark Pitts and The Notorious BIG are named as executive producers . Sean Combs is also involved in most of the instrumentals with six productions. The beats of the three demo versions come from The Hitman DJ 50 Gran and two instrumentals each were produced by Easy Mo Bee and Rashad Smith. In addition, Poke , DJ Premier and Kanye West are responsible for one beat each . The title The Notorious Theme was composed by Danny Elfman . Some of the producers on the album are part of The Hitmen's production team.
Many songs contain samples of songs by other artists.
Cover design
The album cover is kept in dark blue tones. It shows Jamal Woolard , the actor who plays in The Notorious BIG , from the right. He is wearing sunglasses and a hat that he grabs with his left hand. In the lower part of the picture there is the lettering Notorious in gold and music from and inspired by the original motion picture in white.
Guest Posts
The Notorious BIG itself cannot be heard on three of the 17 songs. Thus Brooklyn Go Hard collaboration of rapper Jay-Z and singer Santigold , while Letter to BIG a collaboration of rapper Jadakiss with singer Faith Evans represents. The composition The Notorious Theme is a purely instrumental piece. On seven of the other 14 songs, other artists can be heard besides The Notorious BIG. So when is Juicy the girl group Total and represented in Hypnotize sings Pamela Long, a member of this group, the chorus. Other guest singers are Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige in the song One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix) . The former also sings the chorus of One More Chance / The Legacy (Remix) , which also includes Christopher Wallace Junior, son of The Notorious BIG. The track Notorious Thugs is a collaboration with the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony . The Notorious BIG's discoverer Puff Daddy can also be heard in the track Notorious BIG alongside rapper Lil 'Kim and has ... together with the singer in The World Is Filled Carl Thomas and the rapper Too Short made another guest contribution.
Track list
| # | title | Guest Posts | producer | length | album |
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| 1 | Notorious Thugs | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Stevie J and Sean Combs | 6:05 | Life after death |
| 2 | Hypnotize | Pamela Long | D-Dot, Amen-Ra and Sean Combs | 3:49 | Life after death |
| 3 | Notorious BIG | Lil 'Kim and Puff Daddy | Prestigious | 3:12 | Born again |
| 4th | Juicy | Total | Poke and Sean Combs (Co) | 5:01 | Ready to Die |
| 5 | Party and bullshit | Easy Mo Bee | 3:37 | Soundtrack for the film Who's the Man? | |
| 6th | Warning | Easy Mo Bee | 3:39 | Ready to Die | |
| 7th | One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix) | Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige | Rashad Smith and Sean Combs (Co) | 4:28 | Greatest hits |
| 8th | Brooklyn Go Hard |
Jay-Z feat. Santigold , without The Notorious BIG |
Kanye West and Plain Pat | 3:58 | previously unpublished |
| 9 | Letter to BIG |
Jadakiss feat. Faith Evans, without The Notorious BIG |
Needlz | 4:00 | previously unpublished |
| 10 | Kick in the door | DJ premier | 3:34 | Life after death | |
| 11 | What's beef? | Nashiem Myrick and Six July | 5:12 | Life after death | |
| 12 | The World Is Filled ... | Carl Thomas, Puff Daddy and Too Short | D-Dot and Sean Combs (Co) | 4:55 | Life after death |
| 13 | One More Chance / The Legacy (Remix) | Christopher Wallace Junior and Faith Evans | Rashad Smith and Sean Combs (Co) | 4:30 | previously unpublished |
| 14th | The Notorious Theme | without The Notorious BIG | Danny Elfman | 2:06 | previously unpublished |
| 15th | Microphone Murderer (Demo) | The Hitman DJ 50 Gran | 2:04 | previously unpublished | |
| 16 | Guaranteed Raw (demo) | The Hitman DJ 50 Gran | 3:41 | previously unpublished | |
| 17th | Love No Ho (Original Demo Version) | The Hitman DJ 50 Gran | 3:55 | previously unpublished |
Chart successes and sales figures
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The soundtrack album peaked at number 4 on the United States' charts and stayed in the top 200 for nine weeks. By mid-March 2009, the album had sold around 125,000 times in the United States.
reception
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Dani Fromm from laut.de rated the soundtrack with four out of a possible five points. The songs from The Notorious BIG are called “alltime classics” and “regardless of the 15 years they have under their belts, they have not started any cobwebs.” In addition, the album offers “a lot of added value” in the form of Jay's songs -Z , Santigold , Jadakiss and Faith Evans as well as some demo versions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sample search by entering the song title
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Notorious (soundtrack) at billboard.com
- ↑ US: 125,000 sales
- ↑ a b Evaluation: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento of March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
