In the US, " Nasty Girl" made #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the single also made the top 20 in Australia. The single also helped the album climb to #13 and therefore, Duets: The Final Chapter became his highest-charting album to date there, out peaking the #23 position of Life After Death. The single climbed to #1 in the UK in its second week of release, where it stayed for 2 weeks and became his first and only #1 single there. It took Biggie's vocal samples from his song "Nasty Boy". The album's first single was " Nasty Girl", featuring P Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Avery Storm, Jazze Pha, and Fat Joe. " He also brought up the fact that he was the only other rapper that Biggie chose to have on his debut album Ready to Die. Method Man, in particular, was a huge critic of the album, stating that "they got niggas on that album Big would have never rocked with, for real. However, Steve Jones of USA Today gave it all four stars. Soren Baker of Los Angeles Times gave it two stars out of four. Andy Kellman of Allmusic rated the album 2.5 out of 5. Relic believed that the guest appearances don't add much substance. The album received mixed reviews by critics Peter Relic of Rolling Stone gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, commenting that the title was inaccurate because the major presence of other artists overshadowed The Notorious B.I.G.'s presence. The package also included a DVD featuring previously unreleased performance footage and several of Biggie's music videos.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Biggie's lyrics come from studio pieces of some of the songs he created during his life (his verse from "Notorious Thugs" in "Spit Your Game"), along with some less common lyrics (a freestyle from a promotional tape on "Hustler's Story"), & unreleased material (Biggie's verse in "Living in Pain" comes from an unreleased song from Ready to Die called "House of Pain") all remixed into duets. The album featured orchestrated duets between Biggie and a number of popular rappers and singers, much like the previous LP Born Again (1999). It is his second posthumous album that was certified platinum. In the UK it climbed as high as #13 after the release of the album's first single "Nasty Girl". The album was released by Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records in the UK on December 19, 2005, and in the US on December 20 and charted at #3 selling 438,000 copies, beaten by the extremely high sales of Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable and Mary J. Duets: The Final Chapter (sometimes referred as The Biggie Duets) is the second posthumous album by late American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., and is a collection of songs featuring appearances of other prominent rappers.
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