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Bad Boy preps B.I.G. hits collection
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
February 28, 2007 at 03:23:00 PM | more stories by this author

Greatest Hits, which features 17 tracks and two unreleased songs, will mark the 10th anniversary of the rapper's murder.

As the 10th anniversary of his murder approaches--a killing that remains unsolved--Bad Boy Records is set to release a Notorious B.I.G. hits collection, aptly titled, The Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits.

<em>The Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits</em> The Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits

The 17-track compilation, which hits stores March 6, features the rapper's biggest hits, from "Juicy" and "Big Poppa" to Junior Mafia's "Get Money" and "Hypnotize." Guests on the collections include Bad Boy mogul Diddy, Eminem, R. Kelly, Ja Rule, and Bone Thugs and Harmony.

The album also includes two unreleased tracks, "Want That Old Thing Back" and "Runnin' Ya Mouth," the latter of which features Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Fabolous, and Busta Rhymes.

"Through his words, persona, life, and music, he was able to open doors and create opportunities for hip-hop as a whole," Diddy said in a statement. "I wanted to celebrate his legacy, life, and work as we mourn his senseless death 10 years ago. The release of Greatest Hits makes it clear to the world why the Notorious B.I.G. is the greatest rapper of all time."

B.I.G.--real name Christopher Wallace--was gunned down in March 9, 1997 while he sat at a red light inside an SUV as he and his posse were leaving a music-industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Notorious B.I.G. Notorious B.I.G.

The crime remains unsolved, and Wallace's mother Violetta's wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles is scheduled for a retrial this year.

Ms. Wallace has claimed that rogue police officers, one of whom was allegedly on duty at the time, were involved in the killing of the 24-year-old rap star. It charges that Death Row Records founder Suge Knight put a contract out on B.I.G., and that ex-LAPD officer David A. Mack facilitated the hit.

The case ended in a mistrial in July 2005 when it was discovered that a police detective intentionally hid statements by a jailhouse informant linking the killing to two former officers.

In August 2006, the LAPD reopened the murder investigation.


Track listing for The Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits:

1. Juicy

2. Big Poppa

3. Hypnotize

4. One More Chance Remix

5. Get Money

6. Warning

7. Dead Wrong

8. Who Shot Ya

9. Ten Crack Commandments

10. Notorious Thugs

11. Notorious Big

12. Nasty Girl

13. Unbelievable

14. Niggaz Bleed

15. Running Your Mouth*

16. Want That Old Thing Back*

17. F*****' You Tonite

* Previously unreleased

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5 Comments

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RIP Biggie, but Puff get off BIggie's coat tails all ready u freakin cash cow
Posted 03/01/2007 2:13pm
They left off the 3 best tracks on Life After Death: My Downfall, Long Kiss Goodnight and You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You).
Posted 03/01/2007 12:09pm
They left off the 2 last tracks on Life After Death.
They were the best on the album.
Posted 03/01/2007 12:06pm
Very cool.
Posted 02/28/2007 5:56pm
Thats totally awesome, but it also seems like Puffy jusst wants to make some more $$$
Posted 02/28/2007 4:45pm
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