Born Again is a posthumous album by The Notorious B.I.G.. It was released on December 7, 1999. Unlike Life After Death, this album was created with no input from Biggie himself and was mostly comprised of old and unreleased verses with new production and guest rappers. Along with the usual guest roster of P. Diddy, Lil' Kim, and Junior M.A.F.I.A., the album also featured appearances from Nas, Ice Cube, Eminem, Mobb Deep, Method Man, Redman, Beanie Sigel, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, and the Hot Boys.

Track listing

Unused Tracks

• Party & Bullshit - A Remix of the 1993 song. It had a new beat and Faith Evans singing the chorus and also featured Will Smith.
• Tribute Song w/ Lauryn Hill
• You'll See - A remixed version of the 1996 mixtape song by BIG and The Lox. This version had Puff Daddy and Black Rob and G. Dep.
• House of Pain (Remix) - A Bad Boy remix of the unreleased 1994 song. It features 2Pac and Stretch, also Joe Hooker on the chorus.

Samples

• "Notorious" by Duran Duran

Dead Wrong

• "I'm Glad You're Mine" by Al Green

Biggie

• "Hang Your Head in Shame" by New York City

Big Booty Hoes

• "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad
• "Bust a Nut" by Luke

Would You Die For Me

• "Kiss" by Prince

Come On

• "For Mama" by Doc Severinson

Rap Phenomenon

• "Keep Your Hands High" by Tracey Lee
• "Ten Crack Commandments" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Kick in The Door" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "The What" by The Notorious B.I.G. f. Method Man

Let Me Get Down

• "Love Serenade II" by Barry White

Tonight

• "Just Say Just Say" by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross
• "Long Kiss Goodnight" by Notorious B.I.G.

Who Shot Ya

• "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" by David Porter

Can I Get Witcha

• "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" by Bell & James

I Really Want To Show You

• "Charisma" by Tom Browne
• "Everyday Struggle" by the Notorious B.I.G.

Note

• Biggie's lyrics in Notorious B.I.G. come from BIG's freestyle in 1995 over Death Row Records beats.
• Dead Wrong was an unreleased song from a demo tape back in 1994. The first verse of the original version was used in this version.
• Biggie's verse from Hope You Niggas Sleep comes from the second verse of the original version of Dead Wrong.
• Biggie's verse in Dangerous MC's comes from an unreleased song called Round and Round from 1996.
• Notorious B.I.G.'s part in Biggie was from the song Let's Get It On featuring 2Pac and was by Eddie F. and The Untouchables.
• Niggas is a remix of an original unreleased version from 1993.
• Biggie's verses in Big Booty Hoes comes from the song Bust A Nut by Uncle Luke
• Come On is a remix of the original unreleased song from 1994 produced by Lord Finesse.
• Biggie's part in Rap Phenomenon comes from the song Keep Your Hands High by Tracey Lee
• Tonight has Biggie's first verse from Long Kiss Goodnight
• If I Should Die Before I Wake has Biggie's verse from the unreleased song Stop The Breaks with Raekwon and KRS-One. However Biggie's part in If I Should Die Before I Wake is censored a bit due to references to Christianity. The original verse is: I'm Hard, Jehovah said i'm barred from the pearly gates/Fuck Him, I didn't wanna go to Heaven anyways/But my momma got me on my knees with my hands gripped/Talkin' bout some Praise The Lord Shit/Hail Mary, Fuck Her i never knew her/I'd probably screw her and dump her body in the sewer. The uncensored verse was used in the remix to Deadly Combination with 2Pac and Big L.
• Who Shot Ya is a popular Biggie Song that was originally on the Big Poppa single.
• I Really Want To Show You has Biggie's verses from Everyday Struggle.

Chart positions

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Singles