Life After Death is the second and final studio album by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G.,released on March 25,1997,on Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. A double album,it was released sixteen days after his murder. It features collaborations with guest artists such as 112,Jay-Z,Lil' Kim,Mase,Bone Thugs-n-Harmony,Too $hort,Angela Winbush,D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C.,R. Kelly,the Lox,and Puff Daddy. Life After Death exhibits the Notorious B.I.G. further delving into the mafioso rap subgenre. The album is a sequel to his first album,Ready to Die,and picks up where the last song,"Suicidal Thoughts",ends.
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin is an American record producer,rapper,singer,songwriter,DJ,record executive. Raised in Atlanta as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin,he began his career in music production at the age of nine. He discovered the teen hip hop duo Kris Kross in 1991. Dupri wrote and produced their breakout 1992 single "Jump," which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the 23rd most successful song of that decade. He established his own record label,So So Def Recordings in a joint venture with Columbia the following year.
Jason Terrance Phillips,better known by his stage name Jadakiss,is an American rapper from Yonkers,New York. He began his career in the 1990s and formed the hip hop trio the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in 1994. The group signed with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records,an imprint of Arista Records to release their debut studio album,Money,Power &Respect (1998);their second album,We Are the Streets (2000) was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment,an imprint of Interscope Records. Both peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200 and yielded critical praise;their two subsequent albums,Filthy America... It's Beautiful (2013) and Living Off Xperience (2020) were both released by Jay-Z's Roc Nation and met with continued praise.
Joseph Lewis Thomas,known mononymously as Joe,is an American R&B singer. He signed to Polygram Records in 1992,and rose to prominence after releasing his debut album Everything the following year. He followed it with a series of successful albums under Jive Records,including All That I Am (1997),the international bestseller My Name Is Joe (2000) as well as the multi-certified albums Better Days (2001) and And Then... (2003). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop and R&B record charts,including the number-one hit "Stutter",the top ten entries "All the Things ","Don't Wanna Be a Player",and "I Wanna Know" as well as his collaborations "Faded Pictures","Thank God I Found You" and "Still Not a Player".
"Honey" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album,Butterfly (1997). It was released as the lead single from Butterfly on July 29,1997,by Columbia Records. The song was written and produced by Carey,Sean Combs,Kamaal "Q-Tip" Fareed and Steven "Stevie J" Jordan. The song samples "Hey DJ" by World-Famous Supreme Team and "The Body Rock" by the Treacherous Three. "Honey" was a redefining song in Carey's career,pushing her further into the hip hop scene.
David R. Styles,better known by his stage name Styles P,is an American rapper,best known as a member of hip hop group the Lox,alongside childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss. Along with the other members of the Lox,he is a founder of D-Block Records and was also a part of the Ruff Ryders Entertainment collective. In addition,he has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo MC. In 2002,he released his debut solo album A Gangster and a Gentleman,which contained the hit single "Good Times". The song peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Contemporary R&B is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop,soul,funk,hip hop,and electronic music.
Kiss of Death is the second album by American rapper Jadakiss. It is the follow-up to his 2001 Platinum-RIAA selling debut album Kiss tha Game Goodbye. The album was released in the US on the June 22,2004 and debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
Kiss tha Game Goodbye is the debut studio album by American rapper Jadakiss. Originally scheduled for an April 18th,2000 release,the album was ultimately released on August 7,2001,by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
M.A.D.E. is the third studio album by American rapper Memphis Bleek,released by Get Low Records,Roc-A-Fella Records,and Def Jam Recordings. Originally scheduled for a summer 2003 release,the album was ultimately released on December 16,2003. The album reached #35 on the Billboard 200 charts.
"Where I Wanna Be" is a song by American R&B singer Donell Jones. It was written and produced by Jones and Kyle West for his same-titled second album (1999). Released as the album's fourth and final single,the song charted at number Twenty nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,marking his second top five hit on the latter chart. A sequel to the song titled "Where You Are " appeared on Jones' next album Life Goes On in 2002. The track has significantly influenced the R&B genre,evident in its widespread sampling by prominent artists. Notably,in 2017,singer Mariah Carey incorporated elements of the song into her single "I Don't",featuring rapper YG.
The discography of Jadakiss,an American rapper,consists of six studio albums,one collaborative album,six mixtapes and 12 singles.
Brass Knuckles is the fifth studio album by American rapper Nelly,released on September 16,2008 after several delays. In 2008 Nelly embarked on The Brass Knuckles Tour in support of the album.
"Things That U Do" is the second single from rapper Jay-Z's 1999 album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. It features guest vocals by Mariah Carey and a beat produced by Swizz Beatz. AllMusic's John Bush describes it as an "overblown production," while Steve Juon of RapReviews.com considers it a "commercially aimed song" that "still sounds fresh and original." It was neither heavily promoted nor released as a CD single,causing it to chart lowly.
"Roc Boys ..." is the second single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album,American Gangster. The song is produced by Skyz Muzik,Diddy and two of his producers known as LV and Sean C from his production team,The Hitmen. It features additional vocals by Beyoncé,Kanye West and Cassie. The song samples "Make the Road by Walking" by The Menahan Street Band. On December 11,2007,Rolling Stone named it the best song of 2007.
The Last Kiss is the third studio album by American rapper Jadakiss. The album was released on April 7,2009,on D-Block,Ruff Ryders,Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam,after numerous delays. The album features guest appearances from Faith Evans,Swizz Beatz,Bobby V,Pharrell Williams,OJ da Juiceman,Sheek Louch,Mary J. Blige,Styles P,Ghostface Killah,Ne-Yo,Raekwon,Young Jeezy,D-Block,U.S.D.A.,Lil Wayne,&Avery Storm. Production on the album is handled by The Alchemist,Buckwild,Swizz Beatz,Neo da Matrix,The Neptunes,Baby Grand,Eric Hudson,Needlz,Sean C &LV.
"My Love" is the second single from The-Dream's second studio album,Love vs. Money,featuring Mariah Carey. It was written by Carey,The-Dream,and Carlos McKinney,and produced by The-Dream and McKinney.
"I Don't" is a song by American singer Mariah Carey featuring American rapper YG. The song was written by Carey,YG,JohntáAustin,Crystal Nicole Pompey,Donell Jones,and Kyle West and produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. Carey previewed the track during the final episode of her E! docuseries,Mariah's World,on January 29,2017. Epic Records released it as a single five days later on February 3. The song samples Jones's song "Where I Wanna Be".
"A No No" is the second and final single by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fifteenth studio album,Caution (2018). The song was written by Carey,Robert "Shea" Taylor,Priscilla Hamilton,Mason Betha and Camron Giles. Since the track samples Lil' Kim's "Crush on You" (1997),songwriting credits were added for a total of nine. Digitally released as a promotional single in November 2018,Epic Records serviced it to rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio as the second single from the album on March 4,2019. "A No No" is a hip hop and R&B song with a blithely dismissive chorus and frisky beat. The song failed to chart on the US Hot 100 or any major international music chart. Its parent album Caution would sell approximately 80,000 units globally,falling off many international music album charts after only one or two weeks. The album became Carey's lowest-selling studio album. Epic Records would depart ways with Carey after the release of this album.
"Big Energy" is a song by American rapper Latto. It was released through Streamcut and RCA Records on September 24,2021,as the lead single from Latto's second studio album,777 (2022). It was written by Latto,A1 LaFlare,Jaucquez Lowe,Randall Hammers,Theron Thomas,Dr. Luke,and Vaughn Oliver,with the latter two handling the production. Adrian Belew,Chris Frantz,Steven Stanley,and Tina Weymouth received songwriting credits since the song samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song "Genius of Love". "Big Energy" has been described as pop and funk-rap.
