Life After Death Notorious B.I.G.

Bad Boy, 1997

As the roots’ Questlove put it, “Rakim is the Father, Biggie’s the Son, and Jay-Z’s the Holy Ghost.” Released less than a month after Notorious B.I.G.’s murder, Life After

Death is two CDs of humor and bravado, no filler at all, as Biggie tops himself in “Mo Money Mo Problems.”