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Player's Anthems: The Best of the Notorious B.I.G.

Artist Song
The Notorious B.I.G.  Party and Bullshit 
Craig Mack feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Mack, Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes  Flava in Ya Ear 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Juicy 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Big Poppa 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Who Shot Ya? 
The Notorious B.I.G.  One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix) 
Junior M.A.F.I.A.  Player's Anthem 
Junior M.A.F.I.A.  Get Money 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Hypnotize 
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy, Ma$e  Mo Money Mo Problems 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Sky's The Limit 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Going Back To Cali 
The Notorious B.I.G.  Ten Crack Commandments 
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Eminem  Dead Wrong 
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Lil' Kim, Puff Daddy  Notorious B.I.G. 
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Jagged Edge, Nelly, Avery Storm  Nasty Girl 

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I formulated this compilation in response to the godawful "Greatest Hits" CD currently available from The Notorious B.I.G., which - among other misdemeanors - doesn't include "Mo Money Mo Problems", "Going Back to Cali", "Player's Anthem" or "Sky's the Limit", and is saturated by posthumous tracks.

So what you get here is definitely an improvement, whatever critiques one may have - Biggie's pre-Ready to Die career is represented by "Party and Bullshit" and the #9 single "Flava In Ya Ear", the latter of which is followed by Ready to Die's three singles - "Juicy", "Big Poppa", "One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix)", and the infamous B-side, "Who Shot Ya?" (here for historical interest). Thereafter, the logical cuts are sampled from Biggie's Junior M.A.F.I.A. stint - "Player's Anthem" and "Get Money" - and five songs appear from his magnum opus, "Life After Death", including, perhaps controversially, "Ten Crack Commandments" - which I would argue is easily one of his greatest performances, though one might prefer "Notorious Thugs." Finally are three posthumous tracks: "Dead Wrong" - an obvious choice - "Notorious B.I.G.", which has been made more famous due to its prominent usage in the "Notorious" film, and "Nasty Girl", which in spite of being fairly awful demands inclusion due to its success as a UK #1 single.

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