Greatest Hits (The Notorious B.I.G. album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
The Notorious B.I.G.
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007 (2007-03-06)
Recorded1994–2005
GenreHip hop[1]
Length76:08
Label
The Notorious B.I.G. chronology
Duets: The Final Chapter
(2005) 		Greatest Hits
(2007) 		Notorious
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
RapReviews(8/10)[4]
Rolling Stone[1]
The Skinny[5]
Stylus MagazineB−[6]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Notorious B.I.G. The album was released on March 6, 2007 by Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records, three days before the 10th anniversary of his death.

The album was criticized for not containing many of the Notorious B.I.G.'s biggest hits, including: "Mo Money Mo Problems", "Going Back to Cali", "Player's Anthem" and "Sky's the Limit".[3] It was also criticized as an unnecessary release, given the limited amount of material which the Notorious B.I.G. released in his lifetime and the inferior quality of his posthumously-published work.[1]

Greatest Hits debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number one in the issue dated March 14, 2007, with 100,000 copies sold in its first week of release.[7] As of 2019, it is the last greatest hits album to debut at the number one position on the Billboard 200. It is B.I.G's 3rd US #1 on the Billboard 200.

The album sold 178,702 units in four weeks. The album has been certified Platinum by both the BPI and RIAA and has sold over 1,003,000 copies in the US to date.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleSource albumLength
1."Juicy"Ready to Die (1994)5:02
2."Big Poppa"Ready to Die4:10
3."Hypnotize" (featuring Pam from Total)Life After Death (1997)3:50
4."One More Chance (Stay With Me Remix)" (featuring Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige)Bad Boy's Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2005) (originally from Ready to Die)4:28
5."Get Money" (with Junior M.A.F.I.A.)Conspiracy (1995)4:35
6."Warning"Ready to Die3:39
7."Dead Wrong" (featuring Eminem)Born Again (1999)4:58
8."Who Shot Ya?"Ready to Die - The Remaster and Born Again5:17
9."Ten Crack Commandments"Life After Death3:24
10."Notorious Thugs" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)Life After Death6:08
11."Notorious B.I.G." (featuring Lil' Kim and Diddy)Born Again3:12
12."Nasty Girl" (featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, and Avery Storm)Duets: The Final Chapter (2005)4:47
13."Unbelievable"Ready to Die3:40
14."Niggas Bleed"Life After Death4:52
15."Running Your Mouth" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Fabolous, Nate Dogg, and Busta Rhymes)previously unreleased3:33
16."Want That Old Thing Back" (featuring Ja Rule and Ralph Tresvant)previously unreleased4:59
17."Fuck You Tonight" (featuring R. Kelly)Life After Death5:45
Total length:76:19
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleSource albumLength
18."Mo Money Mo Problems" (featuring Puff Daddy and Mase)Life After Death4:17
Total length:80:36

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[27] Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] 2× Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[29] Platinum 1,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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