The proper arrival of this album comes on “Somebody's Gotta Die,” a pure revenge tale. But where the first album started with a feeling of hope arising from the muck and mire of urban poverty, Life After Death announces itself in much starker fashion. Ready to Die, Biggie’s previous album, also began with heart-pulling cinematic flourishes, featuring a decade-spanning montage that played as a mini saga telling the tale of a small-time street thug who was raised in a dysfunctional home and turned into a formidably successful rapper. The blast comes courtesy of a large-bore cartridge from a high-powered revolver, while his best friend and confidante-played by label boss and possible svengali, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs-listens in disbelief, possibly willing him back to life, possibly imagining an alternate reality where Christopher Wallace remains alive. Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G.'s second and final full-length studio album, which also serves as his first posthumous release, begins where its predecessor, 1994's Ready to Die left off: with the narrator dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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