Talk:Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)

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message: Party & Bullshit - A Remix of the 1993 song. It had a new beat and Faith Evans singing the chorus and also featured Will Smith
Is this legit? B.I.G. is a hardcore rapper; Will Smith is clean and has never cursed (except "You Saw My Blinker"). Furthermore, songs that Will did with major recording rap artists never get released to air. Confirm that it exists - an audio snippet would be nice. ElMeroEse (talk) 22:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
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message: Is this a remix? A compilation? A studio album? We have to pick something from the list at :Template:Infobox_album#Type. Not "posthumous album" because that's not one of the choices. It looks to me like "studio" and "other" are the only two viable choices.
I would say it's mostly a studio album because the main vocals were recorded in a studio but then beats and stuff were added by others later, in a studio environment. The argument for "other" is that it consists of songs from different sessions that were not intended to be on the same album together, and not recorded during sessions aimed at releasing the album, because the album Born Again was not conceived by the artist. This is in contrast to the previous posthumous album which was recorded by the artist during studio sessions aimed explicitly at creating the album Life After Death, making that album much more of a cohesive project, a true studio album. Binksternet (talk) 01:48, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree that "posthumous album" is not a viable option. Although there is a good argument for "studio" or "other", I am siding more with "studio" because, whether it was conceived by Biggie or not, it was still created in a studio. Just to clarify for others, his premature demise is irrelevant to what type of album this is, in Wikipedia standards. , to save time, what is your opinion of Duets: The Final Chapter? Obviously "posthumous" cannot be retained. TheGracefulSlick (talk) 02:09, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Duets is much more of a compilation–slash–studio thing because some previously published old material was used along with unreleased old stuff combined with new stuff. So it's a mish-mash. I would call it "other". Binksternet (talk) 02:14, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

text: Pinging  to the discussion since he/she more than likely will want an explanation for the changes.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 02:09, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I feel we really can't go wrong with "Studio" or "Other" (due to valid arguments stated above). But of the two, I'm leaning more towards "Other" - as  mentioned "it consists of songs from different sessions that were not intended to be on the same album together, and not recorded during sessions aimed at releasing the album". --Blastmaster11 (talk) 16:24, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

text: Looking back; I wholeheartedly agree with Binksternet "it consists of songs from different sessions that were not intended to be on the same album together, and not recorded during sessions aimed at releasing the album". This isn't a "studio" album in the sense that Ready to Die or Life After Death are. --Blastmaster11 (talk) 17:05, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

text: XXXTentacion actually worked on Bad Vibes Forever and Avicii actually worked on TIM; prior to their deaths. Richard Carpenter (one out of the two Carpenters) actually put the Lovelines project together. BIG had absolutely nothing to do with the Born Again project. It was literally compiled from previous released BIG verses (taken from already existing songs of his, earlier guest verses he did for other artist's songs, and radio freestyles). With all of this said, I don't see anything wrong with "compilation album" or "other" in the infobox and lead for Born Again. --Blastmaster11 (talk) 16:26, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like you want to change from infobox album type "compilation" to something else. What else? The list of choices doesn't include "posthumous". Binksternet (talk) 18:03, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Binksternet, well, according to available sources (press kit, album reviews and certifications) there's no word like "Compilation" or "Remix". For example Rolling Stone marked it release like third album (after Ready to Die and Life After Death) or press kit, Billboard and Los Angeles Times marked it like the second posthumous album. It should be to specify "Studio" as in the first posthumous album (Life After Death) - with all due respect, Felix Montana (talk) 18:32, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
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