Life after Death was a big release if you consider the fact that Biggie was dead before it was released. Not to mention at the time it was released few hip hop artists successfully had released double disc LPS. Notorious B.I.G changes his approach to this album a lot which worked out great for him. He starts strong on the intro and goes hard to the very end with few break in between. The sets a vibe of a Godfather movie mixed in a pot with Heat and New Jack City. Two discs contain the story from rags to riches and make you not just want to be a fan but to actually be the man himself. His flows makes it seem effortless to him to deliver such punchlines and his vocal is capable to make you want to dance in the club or just start a fight. The first disc is club orientated with such classics as "hypnotize" and "i love the dough" ft. Jay-z make you feeling like your riding shotgun with Big as you speed through the city throwing money out the roof and drinking champagne out the bottle. "F*** you tonight" ft. 112 slows things down and makes you want to bring your girl in close for a slow dance as his words flow with the beat like a great jazz singer would have back in the day. He gets darker with tracks such as "last days", "kick in the door" and "n***** bleed" proving he still has the ability to be aggressive and still make it sound easy. Disc 2 has club bangers such as "going back to cali" which almost makes you want to go out and buy a drop top and take a week off to go speeding in California with Versace shades. "Skys the limit" has a moving intro done by his mother and the chorus sung by 112 can only be described as one of the best pick me up hooks in hip hop. Biggie takes you through his struggle and lets the listener know what it took him to reach his status and what he was prepared to do for it. You can smell the doujah in the air and hear the boom bax playing in ya mind as he teleports you to Bedstuy. "Notorious Thugs", not much to say except that Biggie up stages the legendary tongue twisters by letting loose with a flow unlike anything biggie fans were used to hearing from the late Frank White. He ends this awesome LP with an irony. "Your nobody (til somebody kills you)" much like "suicidal thoughts" from his freshmen release is dark and moving at the same time. When the songs fades out and comes to an end it leaves the listener scratching for more. It is a tragedy that this was the last album Biggie did while he was still alive.

This album, Notorious BIG, Life After Death, is truly epic. It merits at least a 9.5 and any one who begs to differ has no taste in hardcore rap. It maybe true that "Ready To Die" was slightly more hardcore but in both cases Notorious BIG's laid back, monotonous flow is infectious and never wears thin. RIP B.I.G