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Notorious B.I.G. (song)

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Genre
  
Funk rap

Label
  
Bad Boy

Length
  
3:11

Released
  
January 3, 2000 (2000-01-03)

Format
  
CD single, CD maxi single, 12" single

Writer(s)
  
Christopher Wallace, Daven Vanderpool, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, Kimberly Jones

"Notorious B.I.G." is a song and single by The Notorious B.I.G. from the album Born Again, which features Lil' Kim and Puff Daddy. As a tribute song, Lil' Kim and Puff Daddy's verses have little relevance to Biggie's verse, which is about being in the hospital while being comforted by attractive female nurses. It samples the song "Notorious" by Duran Duran.

Contents

In February 2013, the song resurfaced on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart at #5 for one week.

Video

The video consists of Puff Daddy inviting a security guard (played by Tracy Morgan) to a party, and a traffic jam, and a big party in the end glorifying Notorious B.I.G. It features cameos from 98 Degrees, Krayzie Bone, Thug Queen, Cuban Link, Wish Bone, Missy Elliott, Nas, Jennifer Lopez, Lil' Cease, Fat Joe and others. Puff Daddy was also the director of the video.

12 inch

A-Side

  1. "Notorious" (club mix) (3:12)
  2. "Notorious" (instrumental) (3:12)

B-Side

  1. "Dead Wrong" (radio edit) (3:12)
  2. "Nasty Boy" (remix) (4:15)

Remix

A-Side

  1. "Notorious" (remix) (dirty mix)
  2. "Notorious" (remix) (clean mix)
  3. "Notorious" (remix) (instrumental)

B-Side

  1. "Biggie" (dirty mix)
  2. "Biggie" (clean mix)
  3. "Biggie" (instrumental)

CD single

  1. "The Notorious B.I.G." (radio mix)
  2. "The Notorious B.I.G." (club mix)
  3. "The Notorious B.I.G." (instrumental)
  4. "Dead Wrong" (Main w-o Eminem)
  5. "One More Chance"/"Stay with Me" (remix)

References

Notorious B.I.G. (song) Wikipedia
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