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Gangsta rap – 1990-Present

Ice-T Ice-T released one of the seminal albums of the genre, ”OG: Original Gangster” in 1991. It also contained a song by his new thrash metal group Body Count, who released a self titled album in 1992. The group attracted a lot of media attention for the Cop Killer controversy. His next album, ”Home Invasion”, [...]

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The Notorious B.I.G. – March 1997 shooting and death

Wallace traveled to California in February 1997 to promote his upcoming album and record a music video for its lead single, “Hypnotize”. On March 5, 1997 Wallace gave a radio interview with The Dog House on KYLD in San Francisco, California. In the interview he stated that he had hired security since he feared for [...]

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Notorious (2009 film) – Plot

The film opens at a party in Los Angeles in March 1997. Christopher Wallace / Biggie Smalls / The Notorious B.I.G. (Jamal Woolard) is seen sitting at his chair smoking. People, including Faith Evans (Antonique Smith) and Sean Combs (Derek Luke), move to the music on the dance floor. Moments later, Biggie, Combs, and friends [...]

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The Notorious B.I.G. – Legacy

Wallace is celebrated as one of the greatest rap artists and is described by Allmusic as “the savior of East Coast hip-hop”. ”The Source” and ”Blender” named Wallace the greatest rapper of all time. In 2003, when ”XXL” magazine asked several hip hop artists to list their five favorite MCs, Wallace’s name appeared on more [...]

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Life After Death – Introduction

”Life After Death” is the second and final studio album by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released March 25, 1997 on Bad Boy Records. A double album, it was released posthumously following his death on March 9, 1997 and serves as his final studio album. The album is the follow-up to The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut [...]

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The Notorious B.I.G. – Awards and nominations

Wallace received two nominations from the Billboard Music Awards in 1995, including Rap Artist of the Year and Rap Single of the Year. The song “Mo Money Mo Problems” received several nominations in 1998, including Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards; Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music [...]

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Life After Death – Legacy and influence

Though released in the wake of B.I.G.’s fatal shooting, ”Life After Death” signaled a stylistic change in gangsta rap as it crossed over to the commercial mainstream. After the release of ”Life After Death”, Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records continued to bring pop and gangsta rap closer together: the references to violence and drug dealing [...]

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In Search Of… (TV series) – Episodes

Season One #Other Voices: Examines groundbreaking experiments that show the possibility that plants respond to people’s thoughts. #Strange Visitors: Was Oracle Chamber, which lies beneath New Hampshire’s Mystery Hill, built by ancient Phoenicians who traveled to the continent thousands of years ago? #Ancient Aviators: Are there signs of alien visitation here on earth? Might the [...]

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Lifeforce (film) – The US domestic cut version

The film was edited for its U.S. theatrical release by Tri-Star Pictures to a 101 min domestic cut version that was partially re-scored by Michael Kamen, with a majority of Henry Mancini’s original music still left remaining. The original 116 min international theatrical cut version, which is now currently available on video and DVD, contains [...]

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The Notorious B.I.G. – Posthumous career

Fifteen days after his death, Wallace’s double-disc second album was released as planned with the shortened title of ”Life After Death” and hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, after making a premature appearance at #176 due to street-date violations. The record album featured a much wider range of guests and producers than its predecessor. [...]