# Life After Death

Life After Death é o segundo e último álbum do rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (também conhecido como Biggie Smalls) e foi realizado postumamente em 25 de Março de 1997 pela Bad Boy Records. Um álbum duplo, foi lançado pouco tempo depois de sua morte em 9 de março de 1997 e tem participações especiais dos músicos 112, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, R. Kelly, The LOX, Kelly Price e Puff Daddy.
Life After Death foi um sucesso tanto criticamente quanto comercialmente. Na primeira semana de venda como número um o álbum vendeu 690.000 cópias e no ano de 2000, o álbum ganhou da RIAA certificação de diamante (mais de 10 milhões de cópias vendias), se tornando num dos únicos seis álbuns de hip hop a conseguir tal proeza (os outros três são Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em de MC Hammer, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below de OutKast, The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP de Eminem e Greatest Hits de 2Pac). Em setembro de 1997 o álbum já tinha vendido mais de seis milhões de cópias e já era certificação de platina sextupla. Também fez o maior pulo da história das paradas musicais, passando do número 176 para o número 1 em apenas uma semana. O álbum foi nomeado para três Grammys em 1998, incluindo Melhor Álbum de Rap, Melhor Performance Solo de Rap e Melhor Performance de Rap Por Uma Dupla ou Grupo.
Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Em 2003, o álbum foi colocado na 483ª posição da lista dos melhores álbum de todos os tempos da Rolling Stone.
Juntamente com Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... de Raekwon, Doe Or Die de AZ, Reasonable Doubt de Jay-Z e It Was Written de Nas, Life After Death é considerado um álbum seminal do mafioso rap, e também é considerado uma obra-prima do hip hop.

## Faixas
### Disco um

| # | Título | Duração | Compositores | Produtores | Outros Performistas | Samples |
| 1 | "Life After Death (Intro)"* | 1:39 | C. Wallace, S. Jordan, Sean Combs | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen, co-produced by The Notorious B.I.G. | | Contains a sample of "Suicidal Thoughts" by The Notorious B.I.G. Contains a sample of "This Masquerade" by George Benson |
| 2 | "Somebody's Gotta Die"* | 4:26 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, A. Hester, Nasheim Myrick, Carlos Broady | Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of "In the Rain" by The Dramatics |
| 3 | "Hypnotize" | 3:50 | C. Wallace, R. Alpert, D. Angelettie, Andy Armer, Sean Combs, Ron Lawrence | Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | Pamela Long | Contains a sample of "Rise" by Herb Alpert Contains a sample of "Young Lust" by Pink Floyd Interpolates "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh |
| 4 | "Kick in the Door"* | 4:47 | C. Wallace, J. Hawkins, Chris E. Martin | DJ Premier for Works of Mart Productions,Inc. | | Contains a sample of "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins Contains a sample of "Unbelievable" by The Notorious B.I.G. Contains a sample of "Get Money" by Junior M.A.F.I.A. Contains a sample of "Wash Yo' Ass" by Martin Lawrence Contains a sample of "Robby, The Cook, And 60 Gallons Of Booze" by Louis & Bebe Barron |
| 5 | "Fuck You Tonight" | 5:45 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, D. Jones, R. Kelly | Daron Jones & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | R. Kelly | |
| 6 | "Last Day"* | 4:19 | C. Wallace, Kejuan Muchita, J. Phillips, Dorothy Stiles | Havoc, co-produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs & Stevie J for The Hitmen | Jadakiss, Styles P & Sheek Louch | |
| 7 | "I Love the Dough"* | 5:11 | C. Wallace, S. Carter, O. Harvey, R. Moore, Angela Winbush | Easy Mo Bee for Bee Mo Easy Productions,Inc. | Jay-Z | Contains a sample of *"I Love You More" by Rene & Angela Synth lead based on "Do You Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart |
| 8 | "What's Beef?"* | 5:15 | C. Wallace, Carlos Broady, Nasheim Myrick | Nashiem Myrick & Carlos "6 July" Broady for the Hitmen, co-produced by Paragon | | Contains a sample of I'm Glad You're Mine by Al Green Contains a sample of Can You Rock It Like This by Run DMC |
| 9 | "B.I.G. Interlude" | 0:48 | C. Wallace, D. Angelettie | The Notorious B.I.G. & Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of *"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" by Schooly D |
| 10 | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | 4:17 | C. Wallace, M. Betha, Sean Combs, B.H. Edwards, S. Jordan, Nile Rodgers | Steven "Stevie J" Jordan & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | Puff Daddy, Mase & Kelly Price | Contains a sample of *"I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross |
| 11 | "Niggas Bleed"* | 4:51 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, S. Jordan, Nasheim Myrick | Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of "Hey Who Really Cares" by The Whispers |
| 12 | "I Got a Story to Tell"* | 4:42 | C. Wallace, A. Best | Buckwild for Kurrup Money Entertainment, co-produced by Chucky Thompson & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of *"I'm Glad You're Mine" by Al Green |

### Disco dois

| # | Título | Duração | Compositor(es) | Produtor(es) | Outros Performistas | Sample(s) |
| 1 | "Notorious Thugs" | 6:07 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, A. Henderson, S. Howse, S. Jordan, Bryon McCane | Steven "Stevie J" Jordan & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Contains a sample of "More Than Love" by Ohio Players |
| 2 | "Miss You" | 4:58 | C. Wallace, Kaygee Gist, Lionel Richie | Kay Gee | 112 | Contains a sample of "Missing You" by Diana Ross |
| 3 | "Another" | 4:15 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, N. Ingram, K. Jones, S. Jordan | Steven "Stevie J" Jordan & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | Lil' Kim | Contains a sample and interpolation of "Another Man" by Barbara Mason |
| 4 | "Going Back to Cali" | 5:07 | C. Wallace, O. Harvey, Roger Troutman | Easy Mo Bee for Bee Mo Easy Productions,Inc. | | Contains a sample of "More Bounce To The Ounce" by Zapp |
| 5 | "Ten Crack Commandments"* | 3:24 | C. Wallace, Chris E. Martin | DJ Premier for Works of Mart Productions,Inc. | | Contains a sample of "Vallantra" by Les McCann Contains a sample of "Shut 'Em Down" by Public Enemy |
| 6 | "Playa Hater" | 3:57 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, W. Hart, S. Jordan | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of "Hey! Love" by The Delfonics Contains a sample of "Basketball Jones" by Cheech and Chong |
| 7 | "Nasty Boy" | 5:26 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, S. Jordan | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen | | Contains a sample of "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid |
| 8 | "Sky's the Limit" | 5:29 | C. Wallace, Bobby Caldwell, Hubert Eaves, Clark Kent, J. Williams | Clark Kent | 112 | Contains a sample of "Keep On" by D. Train Contains a sample of "My Flame" by Bobby Caldwell |
| 9 | "The World Is Filled..."* | 4:54 | C. Wallace, D. Angelette, Sean Combs, T. Shaw, K. Walker | Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | Carl Thomas, Puff Daddy & Too Short | Contains a sample of "Space Talk" by Asha Puthli Contains a sample of "The What" by The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 10 | "My Downfall"* | 5:26 | C. Wallace, Carlos Broady, Sean Combs, Darryl McDaniels, Nasheim Myrick | Carlos "6 July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick & Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen | DMC | Contains a sample of "You're All I Need To Get By" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Contains a sample of "For The Good Times" by Al Green |
| 11 | "Long Kiss Goodnight"* | 5:18 | C. Wallace, Robert Diggs | RZA for Wu-Tang Productions | | Contains a sample of "The Letter" by Al Green Contains a sample of "The Letter" by Grant Green |
| 12 | "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)" | 4:52 | C. Wallace, Sean Combs, Gary Johnson, S. Jordan, E. Lopez, B. Preston | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen, co-produced by DJ Enuff & Jiv Poss | Faith Evans | |

## Histórico nas paradas

Críticas profissionais :
| Avaliações da crítica ||
| Fonte | Avaliação |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | (A) |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+) |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The New York Times | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | 1997 |
| Rolling Stone | 2004 |
| The Source | |
| Stylus Magazine | (favorable) |
| USA Today | |
| Parada (1997) | Posição topo |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 |
| U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 1 |
| Canadian Albums chart | 3 |
| UK Albums chart | 20 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 59 |
| Chart (1990-1999) | Position |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 96 |
| Song | Chart (1997) | Peak position |
| "Hypnotize" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| "Hypnotize" | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 1 |
| "Hypnotize" | U.S. Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
| "Hypnotize" | Canadian Singles Chart | 3 |
| "Mo Money Mo Problems" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| "Mo Money Mo Problems" | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
| "Mo Money Mo Problems" | U.S. Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
| "Mo Money Mo Problems" | Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| "Going Back to Cali" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 26 |
| "Going Back to Cali" | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 31 |
| "Going Back to Cali" | U.S. Hot Rap Tracks | 3 |
| Song | Chart (1998) | Peak position |
| "Sky's the Limit" | Canadian Singles Chart | 11 |