Album · Notorious B.I.G.
Life After Death by Notorious B.I.G.
Life After Death is an album by Notorious B.I.G., released in 1997. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hypnotize”, on 5 lists with a best position of #57.
Life After Death, the Notorious B.I.G.'s second and final album, came out on Bad Boy on March 25, 1997, sixteen days after he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. It's a sprawling double album, a sequel to Ready to Die that picks up exactly where that record's closing "Suicidal Thoughts" left off, and Biggie sinks deeper into mafioso rap, his unhurried, laid-back flow gliding over grim tales and wild celebrations alike.
The production roster is stacked, from DJ Premier, RZA, Easy Mo Bee and Buckwild to Sean Combs, and so is the guest list: Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, R. Kelly, The Lox, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too Short and Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels among them. "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" were the first two singles. It moved 690,000 copies in its first week on the way to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, drew three Grammy nominations, and in 2020 Rolling Stone put it at No. 179 on its 500 greatest albums list.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Life After Death on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypnotize | 5 | #57 | – | 2020–2023 | |
| 2 | Mo Money Mo Problems | 1 | #594 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.