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Faith Evans Plans Notorious B.I.G. Duet Album

February 15, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Two days before his 25th birthday, and just over 20 years since his heartbreaking and still unsolved murder, The Notorious B.I.G. will live on with his widow Faith Evans' duets album, The King & I.

The iconic rapper (born Christopher Wallace) met and married R&B singer and fellow Bad Boy Records label mate Evans in 1994--a turbulent but often loving relationship that ended when Biggie was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997, 16 days before his second album, Life After Death, hit stores.

The King & I, which features a mix of familiar and rare or unreleased verses from The Notorious B.I.G. is the third posthumous album with a formal credit to Biggie, after 1999's Born Again and 2005's Duets: The Final Chapter. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, 112, Jadakiss, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease and Jamal Woolard (who portrayed Biggie in both the 2009 biopic Notorious and this summer's All Eyez on Me, a biopic about Wallace's rival Tupac Shakur) make guest appearances on the 25 tracks on the record, which feature production by DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Salaam Remi and more.

The album drops May 19 on CD and June 9 on double vinyl. Hear lead single "NYC" above, and pre-order below!

Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G., The King & I (Atco/Rhino, 2017)

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  1. A Billion
  2. Legacy
  3. Beautiful (Interlude)
  4. Can't Get Enough
  5. Don't Test Me
  6. Big/Faye (Interlude) (feat. Jamal Woolard)
  7. Tryna Get By
  8. The Reason
  9. I Don't Want It (feat. Lil' Cease)
  10. I Got Married (Interlude) (feat. Mama Wallace)
  11. Wife Commandments
  12. We Just Clicked (Interlude) (feat. Mama Wallace)
  13. A Little Romance
  14. The Baddest (Interlude)
  15. Fool for You
  16. Crazy (Interlude) (feat. 112 & Mama Wallace)
  17. Got Me Twisted
  18. When We Party (feat. Snoop Dogg)
  19. Somebody Knows (feat. Busta Rhymes)
  20. Take Me There (feat. Sheek Louch)
  21. One in the Same
  22. I Wish (Interlude) (feat. Kevin McCall & Chyna Tajere)
  23. Lovin' You for Life (feat. Lil' Kim)
  24. NYC (feat. Jadakiss)
  25. It Was Worth It

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Faith Evans, The Notorious B.I.G.

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, holding positions at Legacy Recordings and Rhino Records and contributing to Allmusic, Discogs, City Pages, Ultimate Classic Rock and Mondo Records, for whom he penned liner notes for his favorite piece of music: John Williams' Oscar-winning score to 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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