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Album Description
International pressing of the 2007 compilation from the late great Rap superstar features one bonus track: 'Nasty Girl' (feat Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm). Released to coincide with the 10th Anniversary of Biggie's death. Hailed by many as the greatest MC of all time, the Notorious B.I.G. was Bad Boy Records' flagship artist. This 17-track compilation honors the extraordinary life and career of the late, great Hip-Hop legend. The album features tracks spanning Biggie Smalls' prolific, all-too-brief career, as well as two previously unreleased cuts. Warner. 2007.

Album Details
Hailed by Many as the Greatest MC of all Time, the Notorious B.i.g. Was Bad Boy's Flagship Artist. A 16-track Compilation Honoring the Extraordinary Life and Career of the Late, Great Hip-hop Legend. The Album - which features Tracks Spanning the One-and-only Biggie Smalls's Prolific, All-too-brief Career, as Well as Two Previously Unreleased Cuts. The Notorious B.i.g.'s "Greatest Hits" Commemorates What is Unquestionably One of Hip-hop's Most Remarkable Bodies of Work, Gathering Together Such Iconic Classics as "Juicy," "One More Chance," "Big Poppa," "Notorious Thugs," "Ten Crack Commandments," "Dead Wrong," and "Hypnotize." As a Special Bonus, the Set features a Pair of Never-before-released Tracks: "Running Your Mouth" and "Want that Old Thing Back". The Release of the Notorious B.i.g.'s "Greatest Hits" Will Mark the Tenth Anniversary of the Brooklyn-born-and-bred Rapper's Untimely Passing, on March 9, 1997.

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3 out of 5 stars

half-filler April 2, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

An artist with as influential (and short) a career as Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., is done a disservice by an album like "Greatest Hits," especially since it was conceived as a tribute to the Brooklyn rapper 10 years after his tragic death.

While half of the release lives up to its premise with choice cuts from B.I.G.'s brief but brilliant studio album output like "Juicy," "Hypnotize" and "One More Chance/Stay With Me," the other half is muddled with posthumously-released cuts that are more vehicles for guest artists like Nelly and Eminem than true Biggie classics.

Removing the layer of artist purity, one would expect radio hits like the massive tribute release "I'll Be Missing You" or duets like "Mo Money, Mo Problems" (with Diddy), especially since minor hits like Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "Get Money" made the cut. But no, sadly, neither of the first two tracks are anywhere to be found, while the latter track and "Notorious Thugs" (with Bone Thgs-N-Harmony) made it onto the album.

This album is worth it if you're only passively interested in Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest radio hits (and don't mind paying for a lot of filler). Serious fans and B.I.G. beginners should seek out "Ready to Die: The Remaster" and "Life After Death" and call it a day.

3 out of 5 stars

Certainly flawed...the music is undeniable but the selection is not March 17, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Ten years since the passing of Christopher Wallace, one of the greatest MCs to ever rock the mic, Bad Boy Records and exec Sean "Diddy" Combs have released the first Notorious B.I.G. compilation. I find a Biggie hits compilation redundant in the same way I find a Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth or a Digable Planets collection redundant because he only released two albums in his career, but more than that, those two albums were five-star classics and skip-free material. "Ready to Die" and "Life After Death" are two of the 1990s most important albums, and in my opinion both should be appreciated in their entirety. But as this is a greatest hits album, I also have a little beef with the tracklisting. I understand that in order for fans to buy this, some more songs would be needed than just the originals from his two albums released during his life. But that said, putting songs from posthumous releases like "Born Again" and "Biggie Duets" doesn't seem right to me, probably just serving to misinform and confuse new listeners. Like other listeners said, it's a mystery why his most popular song, "Mo Money Mo Problems," would be omitted.

That said, I can't belittle most of the songs here. Standards like "Juicy," "Big Poppa," "One More Chance (Remix)," "Warning," "Notorious Thugs," and "F... You Tonight" are simply classic hip hop, showing a legendary MC in top form. You can't front on that material.

For a Biggie hits collection, this isn't terrible, but it would've been easy to make a better one and in principal a Biggie hits compilation isn't the most practical thing anyway. Biggie fans should steer clear of this, they have all the material already anyway and would only ever consider owning this for die-hard completion purposes. I suggest the same to new listeners. If you're looking at this, consider shelling out the few extra bucks to buy both "Ready to Die" and "Life After Death." These are near-perfect hip hop albums, and having just the hits would keep you from some of his greatest work.

2 out of 5 stars

A poor excuse of a greatest hits release for one of the greatest mc's ever to grace the mic...once again diddy blows it. March 6, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful

first of all the rating i gave has nothing to do with biggie himself. this is stricly about the overall product at hand. thats what reviews are for. anyway this greatest hits cd made for B.I.G. is a strait-up cash-in, i need more money scam from diddy. a single disc GH's release for the great B.I.G.???. thats pretty lame if you ask me. first of all the tracklist that should of been, is incomplete. wheres mo money mo problems, goin' back to cali, & the one i that could'nt belive that did'nt make the cut...sky's the limit?????. this is extremely frustrating for completest, who want all the greatest hits in one spot/package. second...would'nt it had only been right to include a second disc...a dvd anthology of every one of B.I.G.'s videos remastered in 5.1 surround, along with the actual greatest hits album put on the same dvd in a 5.1 surround dvd audio mix playlist(5.1 videos & 5.1 dvd-audio will fit together on a dual-layered single-sided dvd disc). third...how come diddy could'nt of gave B.I.G. some type of special packaging for this release. theres no digi-pack packaging or book style packaging(though diddy has it for his limited edition version of his press play cd, figure that one out). forth...maybe some extra's such as some glossy fleer-styled cards with complete song lyrics for all the songs & rare pictures of B.I.G., with his crew, his family, on the mic, live on stage, etc(would been great for collector's). all 4 of these problems i listed above keep this from being the truly great ultimate release from B.I.G. this is the man's 10 year anniversary of his death & he gets treated this way???. theres no excuse that diddy could come up with for this half-a****, poor excuse for a release. this single disc release made for B.I.G. is a disgrace & an injustice to B.I.G. himself. avoid this release & pick-up ready to die & life after death. BTW...make sure you pick up the original 1994 copyrighted release or the 2004 copyrighted release with the bonus dvd & avoid the 2006 re-release as the songs "machine gun funk" & "ready to die" have been tampered with, with the parliament & bridgeport samples being removed from those 2 songs, which is'nt a good thing. thanks alot diddy. SAD.

2 out of 5 stars

if you have the first two albums don't waste your money March 7, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

Biggie was pretty dope for the short time period that he graced the mic. But he doesn't have an extensive catalog like PAC to be able to make a greatest hits CD. Half the songs are from Life after death and the the other half are from ready to die with a few singles mixed in. So if you own the first two albums (which is about 95% of the world population that do own them) you will be wasting your money. In this day in age with technology, I could probably put together a better greatest hits disc of BIG at home if I wanted the songs on one disc. The cd is a marketing ploy for Puffy and is a complete waste of money for most of the consumers in the world.

3 out of 5 stars

Greatest Hits??? March 7, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Trust me when I say that this is not a real greatest hits from Biggie because it is missing quite a few jewels. This album looks like it was slapped together with a team that just sat down and thought "oh yeah that one was a hit single, I remember that one" instead of actually doing research on all of his hits. It does have most of his hits, but not all of them or songs from soundtracks and "B-Sides". Don't buy this cd if you already have biggies cd's wich you should already have!

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