Ripped From Death and Forced to Live Again

1997 studio album by The Notorious B.I.G.

Life After Death
Studio album past The Notorious B.I.G.
Released	March 25, 1997 (1997-03-25)
Recorded	September 1995 – January 1997
Genre	Gangsta rap[1] mafioso rap[2] hardcore hip hop[three]
Length	120:39 59:42 (single-disc version)
Label	Bad Male child Arista
Producer	Sean "Puffy" Combs (exec.) Mark Pitts (also exec.) The Notorious B.I.Thou. The Hitmen Buckwild Clark Kent DJ Premier Like shooting fish in a barrel Mo Bee Havoc Daron Jones KayGee RZA
The Notorious B.I.G. chronology
Ready to Die (1994) Life Afterward Death (1997) Born Again (1999)
Singles from Life Later on Death
"Hypnotize" Released: March 1, 1997 "Mo Money Mo Problems" Released: July 15, 1997 "Sky'south the Limit" / "Going Back to Cali" Released: November eighteen, 1997

Life After Expiry is the second and final studio album by American rapper The Notorious B.I.Thousand., released on March 25, 1997, on Bad Male child Records and Arista Records.^[4] A double anthology, it was released 16 days afterwards his death. Information technology features collaborations with guest artists such as 112, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, As well $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.Grand. further delving into the mafioso rap subgenre. The album is a sequel to his starting time anthology, Ready to Die, and picks upward where the last song, "Suicidal Thoughts", ends.

The album was nominated for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for its first unmarried "Anesthetize", and Best Rap Functioning past a Duo or Grouping for its second single "Mo Money Mo Bug" at the 40th Almanac Grammy Awards. In 2020, the album was ranked at No. 179 on Rolling Stone magazine'south listing of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^{[5] [half dozen]}

Background

Two and a half years before the album's release, the Notorious B.I.G., who had married Faith Evans, became East Declension's icon in the E Coast–West Declension rivalry and made guest appearances on albums past Jay-Z and Luther Campbell amongst others. The album was supposed to exist released on Halloween in 1996, but Biggie was involved in a machine accident in September 1996 which delayed the finalizing of the album. It was pushed back to 1997.

As he explained on BET's Rap City, Biggie aimed to reach a wider audience with Life After Death, collaborating with a wider multifariousness of artists than his debut. In addition to Bad Male child Records labelmates Mase, The LOX, 112, and label owner Puff Daddy, guests include Jay-Z, Angela Winbush, Also Brusk, Lil Kim, & Bone Thugs N Harmony. A tape with Bay Area rapper Due east-40 was not included on the final track listing. Product for the anthology was handled by DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Havoc, RZA, Stevie J and other members of Bad Male child'due south in-house production team, The Hitmen. Q-Tip as well submitted a crush for the anthology; Biggie enjoyed the beat when information technology was played for him, nonetheless, the album had already been completed and turned into Bad Boy.^[vii] The beat was later used for A Tribe Called Quest's song "The Love", from their 1998 anthology The Beloved Movement.^[seven]

Biggie traveled to the Due west Coast in Feb 1997 to promote the album, and shoot the video for the lead unmarried, "Hypnotize." Two weeks before its release, on March ix, the Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a drive-by shooting and was subsequently pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Feud references and subliminal disses

Conflict with other rappers is a major theme throughout the album. Numerous songs incorporate references to B.I.K.'due south rivals, some subtle and some obvious.

"Boot in the Door"

The track "Kicking in the Door" is directed at Nas, Jeru the Damaja, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and even the rail's producer DJ Premier. The subtle messages take been speculated on by listeners and confirmed by artists on several occasions, including XXL magazine's April 2003 edition, "The Making of: Life After Decease".

In "The Making of: Life After Death", Nashiem Myrick reveals that the second poesy has lines directed at Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier:^[viii] "Nas said that record was for him, just when Big said, 'Son, I'm surprised you run with them/I recollect they got cum in them, 'cause they nothin' just dicks,' he was talking about Jeru the Damaja to Premo 'cause Jeru was going at Big and Puff and all them [with the Premier-produced 'One Twenty-four hours' in Jeru'south album Wrath of the Math]."

The line "Fuck that, why try, throw bleach in your eye" is a reference to Raekwon'due south jab on the runway "Ice Water" from Only Built iv Cuban Linx... where Raekwon raps.

That'south life, to top it all off, beefiness with White
pullin bleach out tryin to throw it in my eyesight

The lines on the final verse are directed at Nas as a reference to Nas challenging The Notorious B.I.1000. for the title of "King of New York"^[9] in the song "The Message" from the album It Was Written in which Nas raps:

Yo let me let y'all niggaz know one thing
In that location'south ane life, one love, so there tin can only be 1 King

Biggie struck dorsum with the lines:

Own't no other kings in this rap matter
They siblings, zero but my chil'ren
One shot, they disappearin'
Information technology's ill when MC'south used to be on cruddy shit
Took home Ready to Die, listened, studied shit
Now they on some money shit, successful out the blue

In "The Making of: Life Later Death" commodity Lil' Terminate explains, "Large talked about Nas a little bit in that shit. It was the King of New York part, the last verse: 'This goes out for those that chose to apply disrespectful views on the Male monarch of NY.' That's when Nas had that freestyle out, where he was like, 'I'll take the crown off the and then-called King and lock it down.' That's when Big had the cover of The Source, and it said, 'The King of New York.'"^[8]

"Long Kiss Goodnight"

It was speculated by many listeners that the song "Long Kiss Goodnight" contains cryptic insults towards 2Pac and Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, although at the time it was never confirmed due to the sensitive nature of both rappers' recent deaths.

All the same, Lil' Cease, Biggie's cousin and a member of Junior One thousand.A.F.I.A. claimed the following in XXL magazine's Apr 2003 issue nigh "Long Kiss Goodnight": "That was about 'Pac. He had some shit at the commencement of that though, nobody heard it, on the reel. We had to change information technology. It was a little besides much. I can't call up what Big said almost him, just it was terrible. It couldn't get in. He didn't want to do information technology. He had some fire. Merely he didn't desire to make information technology too much. He only wanted to accost it and to permit nigga know, "I know what's going on, and I could get wreck if I want to." Like, "If I actually wanted to become on ya niggas, I could.""

Sean Combs, nonetheless, denies these claims stating, "Naw, it was just some emcee lyrics. I know people wanna have their imagination, only it was merely lyrics. Y'all're hearing it from the horse's mouth. I would tell the truth."^[8]

In the get-go verse, the lyric "Express joy At present, Cry Later" is allegedly a reference to two tattoos on 2Pac's dorsum.^[10] A line in the first verse is supposedly aimed at Shakur:

When my men bust yous just motility with such stamina
Slugs missed ya, I Own't Mad at Cha (We Own't Mad at Cha)

The last two verses in item seem to be directed towards Tupac:

I'm flaming gats, aimin' at these fuckin' maniacs
Put my name in raps, what part the game is that?
Like they hustle backwards
I smoke Weald and Dutchies, ya tin can't touch me
Endeavour to rush me, slugs get touchy-touchy
Y'all're bleeding lovely with your spirit higher up me or beneath me
Your whole life you alive sneaky
Now you balance eternally, sleepy, you burn down when yous creep me
Rest where the worms and the weak be

Slugs hit your chest, tap your spine, apartment line
Heard through the grapevine, you got fucked fo' times
Damn that three to ix, fucked you lot up for real though
Slugs still ho-hum, as for remorse, we experience no

The lines seem to be making reference to Tupac frequently mentioning Biggie past name in his raps, and allegations spread by Wendy Williams that he had been raped during his prison term at Rikers Island.^[10] Although some fans accept interpreted these lines as references to Shakur's murder, XXL Magazine wrote that the song was most likely recorded before 2Pac'southward decease.^[eleven]

Other references

In "Going Back to Cali" the 2nd verse opens upward with Biggie'south thoughts on the inter-coastal war and his relationship with the West Coast:

If I got to cull a coast I got to choose the East
I live out there, so don't go there
Merely that don't mean a nigga tin can't residuum in the Due west
See some nice breasts in the West
Fume some squeamish sess in the West, y'all niggas is a mess
Thinkin' I'one thousand gon' finish, givin' L.A. props
All I got is beef with those that violate me
I shall demolish thee
Case closed

In the song "Notorious Thugs", B.I.M. clearly refers to longtime nemesis 2Pac in the line "so chosen beefiness with you lot-know-who", calling the feud between him and Shakur 'bullshit', while Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (who featured 2Pac on one of their songs the aforementioned year) throw jabs at Three six Mafia, Twista, Crucial Conflict and Do or Die.

The tracks "What'southward Beef" and "My Downfall", both of which deal with the subject of feuding, equally well as "Concluding Mean solar day" and "You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)" are also said to contain apparent jabs aimed at his rivals (including Shakur), even though Biggie stated in a Spin magazine interview that the song "You're Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)" was not directed at Shakur, who at the time had recently been shot.^[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[thirteen]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A[14]
Amusement Weekly	C+[fifteen]
The Guardian	[16]
Los Angeles Times	[17]
NME	8/x[eighteen]
Pitchfork	9.5/10[xix]
Rolling Stone	[20]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[21]
USA Today	[22]

Life After Death received widespread acclaim from critics upon release. Jon Pareles of The New York Times described the album as "flaunting affluence with a leisurely swagger, midtempo grooves and calmly big-headed raps".^[23] Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone magazine called it a "conscious continuation of Fix to Die", and stated "Life Later on Expiry captures law-breaking's undeniable glamour just doesn't stint on the fear, desperation and irretrievable loss that the streets inevitably exact".^[twenty] Cheo Hodari Coker from the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Life After Decease reflects both the dark and the heartfelt sides of the rapper's Gemini personality. It's not but a circuitous testament to who he was in his private life, but also a sit-in of his amazing rhyming ability. In cardinal moments, B.I.G. does a marvelous job of surfing between accessible music fare tailored for the radio, and more challenging cloth that will be savored by difficult-core rap fans who take long admired B.I.Thou.'due south microphone skills. Rarely has a rapper attempted to delight so many unlike audiences and done it then brilliantly".^[17] In a five-mic review for The Source, Michael A. Gonzales felt that it would "undoubtedly get a classic to any true hip-hop fan".^[24] Although David Browne of Amusement Weekly was unfavorable of the album's long length, and some of its violent and materialistic content, he commended Notorious B.I.Thousand.'due south "bicoastal respect" past working with other hip-hop styles and artists from other regions of the U.s.a..^[fifteen]

Retrospect

Since its release, Life Subsequently Decease has received retrospective acclaim from critics. Rob Sheffield, writing in The Rolling Stone Anthology Guide (2004), called it "a filler-free two-disc rush of musical blowing" and commented that the Notorious B.I.Grand.'s vocalization and lyrics were "deeper" than earlier.^[21] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier wrote, "It may take taken the Notorious B.I.Yard. a few years to follow upwardly his milestone debut, Ready to Die, with some other anthology, but when he did return with Life Afterwards Decease, he did so in a huge manner. The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Fix to Dice, picked up where its predecessor left off."^[13] Birchmeier further said, "Over the course of only two albums, he achieved every success imaginable, maybe none greater than this unabashedly over-reaching success."^[13] Evan McGarvey of Stylus magazine wrote in his review, "Life After Expiry is a grand practise in personal mythology, narrative sweep, and truly diverse, universal pop excellence. Equally a double anthology it is the very definition of cinematic; it essentially perfected the concept and standard in hip-hop ... Sequenced every bit an unpacking of sorts, the anthology's progression from song to song is an essay itself."^[25] In 2013, VIBE named Life After Decease the greatest Hip-Hop/R&B album since 1993.^[26]

Accolades

• The information regarding accolades is adapted from Acclaimed Music^[27] except for lists that are sourced otherwise.
• (*) signifies unordered lists

Publication	Country	Accolade	Twelvemonth	Rank
Near.com	U.s.a.	100 Greatest Hip Hop Albums [28]	2008	40
		All-time Rap Albums of 1997 [29]		1
Addicted to Noise		Albums of the Year	1997	7
Blender		The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time	2002	25
Ego Trip		Hip Hop'southward 25 Greatest Albums by Twelvemonth 1980–98	1999	1
The Face	Great britain	Albums of the Year	1997	twenty
Fnac	France	The grand All-time Albums of All Time	2008	858
Hip Hop Connection	United Kingdom	The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995–2005	2005	14
Tom Moon	United States	one thousand Recordings to Hear Earlier You Die	2008	*
The New Nation	United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland	Superlative 100 Albums by Black Artists	2005	60
OOR Moordlijst	Netherlands	Albums of the Twelvemonth	1997	87
Pure Pop	Mexico			18
Q	United Kingdom			*
Rolling Stone	United states	The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	2003	483
			2012	476
			2020	179
		100 Best Albums of the Nineties [30]	2011	66
		The Essential Recordings of the 90s	1999	*
The Source		The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time [31]	2005	8
		The Critics Pinnacle 100 Blackness Music Albums of All Time [32]		60
Spex	Frg	Albums of the Yr	1997	19
Spin	United States	Albums of the Year		seven
(diverse writers) [ where? ]		fifty Years of Dandy Recordings	2005	*
Vibe		51 Albums representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement	2004
		150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era (1992–2007)	2007
Hamlet Voice		Albums of the Yr	1997	12

Commercial performance

Life After Death was released to a meaning corporeality of disquisitional praise and commercial success. The album sold 690,000 copies in its first week.^[33] In 2000, the anthology was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),^[34] cogent shipment of 5 1000000 copies (the threshold for double albums) and it has been credited equally one of the best-selling rap albums of all fourth dimension. It likewise made the largest leap to number one on the Billboard 200 nautical chart in history, jumping from number 176 to number i in 1 week. Also, information technology spent four weeks at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and topped the Billboard Year-End chart as a Billboard 200 for 1997.^[35]

Legacy and influence

Although released in the wake of B.I.G.'s fatal shooting, Life After Decease signaled a stylistic change in gangsta rap as it crossed over to the commercial mainstream. Later on the release of Life Afterward Death, Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records continued to bring pop and gangsta rap closer together: the references to violence and drug dealing remained, as did the entire "gangsta" rhetoric, but the overall production style changed from the previously darker sound to a cleaner, sample-heavy, more upbeat sound that was directly fashioned for the mainstream pop charts, as seen in the single "Mo Money Mo Problems". The Notorious B.I.G. is often credited with initiating this transition, as he was amongst the commencement mainstream rappers to produce albums with a calculated attempt to include both gritty and realistic gangsta narratives as well every bit more radio-friendly productions. The bulk of the anthology was produced by Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Carlos "July 6" Broady, Ron Lawrence, and Nashiem Myrick. Even so, other notable hip-hop producers such as Piece of cake Mo Bee, Havoc from Mobb Deep, DJ Premier and RZA from Wu-Tang Clan contributed beats to the album every bit well.

Diverse artists were specifically influenced by songs on Life After Death. Evidence'due south "Down in New York Urban center" is essentially "Going Back to Cali" from the perspective of a Due west Coast hip hop artist. Jay-Z borrows four bars from "The World Is Filled..." in his song "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It two Me)", besides as the chorus from his vocal "Clasp 1st" from "Hypnotize", a line in "The Ruler's Dorsum" from "Kick in the Door" and "Y'all're Nobody ('Til Somebody Kills Y'all)" on "D.O.A. (Death of Motorcar-Tune)". Water ice Cube borrows the chorus from "Kicking in the Door" for his song "Child Back up". As with B.I.Grand.'southward "I Love The Dough" Monica'due south 2010 song "Everything to Me" samples "I Love Yous More" by René & Angela. The official remix includes a verse from B.I.Grand. that originally appeared on "I Dearest The Dough". SWV sampled "Ten Crack Commandments" on the opening track "Someone" featuring B.I.M.'due south sometime protege and friend Puff Daddy. The French rapper Rohff named his album "La Vie Avant La Mort" (Life Earlier Death) (2001) as a tribute to B.I.G, Joey Badass interpolated the lines 'Kick in the Door' on "Super Predator" from All-Amerikkkan Badass (2017). The album has sold 350,000 copies.

Rail listing

Credits adapted from Life Later on Death liner notes.^[36]

Disc 1

No.	Title	Author(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Life After Death Intro"	Christopher Wallace Sean Combs Steven Jordan	Sean "Puffy" Combs Stevie J. The Notorious B.I.G.[a]	ane:39
2.	"Somebody'due south Gotta Die"	Wallace Nashiem Myrick Carlos Broady Combs Anthony Hester	Myrick Carlos "July Six" Broady Combs	4:26
3.	"Hypnotize"	Wallace Combs Deric Angelettie Ron Lawrence Andy Armer Randy Alpert	Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Ron Lawrence Combs	3:50
4.	"Kick in the Door"	Wallace Jalacy Hawkins Christopher Martin	DJ Premier	four:47
five.	"Fuck You This evening" (featuring R. Kelly)	Wallace Daron Jones Combs Robert Kelly	Jones Combs	5:45
six.	"Last Day" (featuring The LOX)	Wallace Jason Phillips David Styles Kejuan Muchita	Havoc Combs[a] Stevie J.[a]	4:xix
vii.	"I Dear the Dough" (featuring Jay-Z and Angela Winbush)	Wallace Osten Harvey, Jr. Angela Winbush René Moore Shawn Carter	Easy Mo Bee	5:11
viii.	"What's Beefiness"	Wallace Myrick Broady	Broady Myrick Paragon[a]	5:15
9.	"B.I.G. Interlude"	Wallace Angelettie	B.I.K. Angelettie	0:48
x.	"Mo Money Mo Problems" (featuring Mase, Puff Daddy, and Kelly Price)	Wallace Combs Hashemite kingdom of jordan Bricklayer Betha Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers	Combs	4:17
xi.	"Niggas Bleed"	Wallace Myrick Combs Jordan	Myrick Broady Combs Stevie J.	4:51
12.	"I Got a Story to Tell"	Wallace Anthony All-time	Buckwild Chucky Thompson[a] Combs[a]	four:42
13.	"Interview/Biggie Speaks" (hidden track)			11:28
Total length:				61:18

Disc ii

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Notorious Thugs" (featuring Os Thugs-n-Harmony)	Wallace Steven Howse Anthony Henderson Bryon McCane Combs Jordan	Stevie J. Combs	6:07
2.	"Miss U" (featuring 112)	Wallace Keir Gist Lionel Richie	KayGee	iv:58
three.	"Another" (featuring Lil' Kim)	Wallace Kimberly Jones Combs Jordan	Combs Stevie J.	four:15
4.	"Going Dorsum to Cali"	Wallace Harvey Roger Troutman	Like shooting fish in a barrel Mo Bee	5:07
5.	"Ten Crack Commandments"	Wallace Martin	DJ Premier	iii:24
6.	"Playa Hater"	Wallace Combs Jordan Wilbert Hart	Combs Stevie J.	3:57
vii.	"Nasty Male child"	Wallace Combs Jordan	Combs	5:34
8.	"Sky's the Limit" (featuring 112)	Wallace Rodolfo Franklin Bobby Caldwell Hubert Eaves Iii James Williams	Clark Kent	5:29
9.	"The Globe Is Filled..." (featuring Also Short, Puff Daddy, and Carl Thomas)	Wallace Angelettie Combs Kit Walker Todd Shaw	Angelettie	4:54
ten.	"My Downfall" (featuring D.Thou.C.)	Wallace Myrick Broady Combs Darryl McDaniels	Broady	5:26
11.	"Long Buss Goodnight"	Wallace Robert Diggs	RZA	5:18
12.	"You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)"	Wallace Combs Jordan Billy Preston Ephram Lopez George Johnson	Combs	4:52
Total length:				59:21

Clean edition

No.	Championship	Length
1.	"Anesthetize"	3:57
2.	"Notorious Thugs"	half-dozen:xiv
3.	"I Honey the Dough" (featuring Jay-Z and Angela Winbush)	5:40
iv.	"B.I.G. Interlude"	0:48
5.	"Miss U"	4:05
6.	"Mo Money Mo Problems" (featuring Puff Daddy and Ma$e)	4:17
7.	"Playa Hater"	three:59
viii.	"Another" (featuring Lil' Kim)	4:22
9.	"Ten Commandments"	iii:24
10.	"Nasty Boy"	3:51
xi.	"Sky'southward the Limit" (featuring 112)	4:37
12.	"Going Dorsum to Cali"	iii:55
13.	"You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills Y'all)"	4:52
xiv.	"Lovin' You Tonight" (featuring R. Kelly)	v:42
Total length:		59:42

Disc i notes

• ^{^[a]} – co-producer
• "Life Afterward Death Intro" contains sample of "Suicidal Thoughts" by The Notorious B.I.G., and "This Masquerade" past George Benson.
• "Somebody's Gotta Die" contains a sample of "In the Rain" by The Dramatics.
• "Hypnotize" contains a sample of "Rise" by Herb Alpert, and an interpolation of "La Di Da Di" past Slick Rick & Doug East. Fresh.
• "Kick in the Door" contains a sample of "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "Unbelievable" The Notorious B.I.G., interpolations of "Become Money" past Junior M.A.F.I.A., "Wash Yo Ass" by Martin Lawrence, and "Robby, the Melt, and sixty Gallons of Booze" by Louis & Bebe Barron.
• "I Love the Dough" contains a sample and an interpolation of "I Love You More than" past René & Angela, and "Da Ya Remember I'm Sexy?" past Rod Stewart.
• "What's Beef" contains a sample of "I'm Glad You lot're Mine" by Al Greenish and "Close to You lot" by Richard Evans.
• "B.I.K. Interlude" contains a sample of "P.South.K. What Does Information technology Hateful?" past Schooly D.
• "Mo Money Mo Problems" contains a sample of "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross.
• "Niggas Drain" contains a sample of "Hey, Who Really Cares" by The Whispers.
• "I Got a Story to Tell" contains a sample of "I'grand Glad You're Mine" by Al Greenish.

Disc two notes

• "Notorious Thugs" contains a sample of "More than Than Love" by Ohio Players.
• "Miss U" contains an interpolation of "Missing You" by Diana Ross.
• "Another" contains a sample and interpolation of "Another Human being" by Barbara Bricklayer.
• "Going Back to Cali" contains a sample of "More than Bounciness to the Ounce" by Zapp.
• "X Crevice Commandments" contains samples of "Vallantra" by Les McCann, and "Shut 'Em Down" by Public Enemy.
• "Playa Hater" contains a sample and interpolation of "Hey Love" by The Delfonics.
• "Nasty Boy" contains a sample of "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid.
• "Sky's the Limit" contains a sample of "My Flame" past Bobby Caldwell.
• "The World Is Filled..." contains a sample of "Infinite Talk" by Asha Puthli, and "The What" by The Notorious B.I.Thou.
• "My Downfall" contains a sample of "For the Expert Times" past Al Green and an interpolation of "You lot're All I Demand to Get By" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
• "Long Osculation Goodnight" contains a sample of "The Alphabetic character" by Al Green.

Personnel

Performers

• Notorious B.I.One thousand. – writer, rap performer, additional production
• Sean "Puffy" Combs – featured rap performer
• Lil' Kim – featured rap performer
• Jay-Z – featured rap performer
• As well Curt – featured rap performer
• Mase – featured rap performer
• Bizzy Bone – featured rap performer
• Krayzie Bone – featured rap performer
• Layzie Bone – featured rap performer
• Jadakiss – featured rap performer
• Styles P – featured rap performer
• Sheek Louch – featured rap performer
• 112 – featured vocals
• R. Kelly – featured vocals
• DMC – featured vocals
• Angela Winbush – featured vocals
• Kelly Cost – vocals
• Pamela Long – additional vocals
• Carl Thomas – boosted vocals
• Religion Evans – groundwork vocals
• Karen Anderson – background vocals
• Keanna Henson – background vocals
• Deborah Neeley Rolle – background vocals
• Ron Grant – background vocals
• Michael Ciro – guitar
• Butch Ingram – writer/publisher

Production

• Sean "Puffy" Combs – producer, mixing
• Carlos "six July" Broady – producer, hammond organ
• Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie – producer
• Stevie J – producer
• Nashiem Myrick – producer
• Ron Lawrence – producer
• Easy Mo Bee – producer
• DJ Premier – producer
• Clark Kent – producer
• RZA – producer
• Havoc – producer
• Buckwild – producer
• Kay Gee – editor, producer
• Chucky Thompson – producer
• DJ Enuff – producer
• Daron Jones – producer
• Paragon – producer
• Jiv Pos – producer
• Mike Pitts – assistant producer, editor
• Michael Patterson – engineer, mixing
• Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander – engineer, mixing
• Lane Craven – engineer, mixing
• Manny Marroquin – engineer
• Camilo Argumedes – engineer
• Stephen Dent – engineer
• Ben Garrison – engineer
• Rasheed Goodlowe – engineer
• Steve Jones – engineer
• Rich July – engineer
• John Meredith – engineer
• Lynn Montrose – engineer
• Axel Niehaus – engineer
• Diana Pedraza – engineer
• Doug Wilson – engineer
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Paul Logus – mixing
• Eddie Sancho – mixing
• Richard Travali – mixing
• Herb Powers – mastering

Charts

Certifications

See also

• Listing of best-selling albums in the Us
• List of number-one albums of 1997 (U.South.)
• List of number-i R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)
• Billboard Year-End

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External links

• Life Later Death at Discogs
• The Making of Life Subsequently Death at XXL
• Playing God: Life Afterward Death at Stylus

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