"Notorious B.I.G." is a song and single by the Notorious B.I.G. from the album ''

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'', which features

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, and

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. As a tribute song, Lil' Kim and Puff Daddy's verses have little relevance to Biggie's verse, which is about being in the

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while being comforted by attractive female nurses. It samples the song "

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. In February 2013, the song resurfaced on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart at #5 for one week.

Music video

The music video consists of Puff Daddy inviting a

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(played by Tracy Morgan) to a house party, and a traffic jam, and a big party in the end glorifying Notorious B.I.G. It features cameos from 98 Degrees, Krayzie Bone, Thug Queen, Cuban Link, Wish Bone,

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, Nas,

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, Lil' Cease,

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and others. Puff Daddy was also the director of the video.

Track listing

12-inch single

A-side # "Notorious" (club mix) – 3:12 # "Notorious" (instrumental) – 3:12 B-side # "Dead Wrong" (radio edit) – 3:12 # "Nasty Boy" (remix) – 4:15

Remix

A-side # "Notorious" (remix) (dirty mix) # "Notorious" (remix) (clean mix) # "Notorious" (remix) (instrumental) B-side # "Biggie" (dirty mix) # "Biggie" (clean mix) # "Biggie" (instrumental)

CD single

# "The Notorious B.I.G." (radio mix) # "The Notorious B.I.G." (club mix) # "The Notorious B.I.G." (instrumental) # "Dead Wrong" (Main w-o Eminem) # "One More Chance"/"Stay with Me" (remix)

Charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Notorious B.I.G. (Song) 1999 singles 1999 songs Bad Boy Records singles Lil' Kim songs Sean Combs songs Songs released posthumously Songs written by the Notorious B.I.G. Songs written by Lil' Kim Songs written by Simon Le Bon Songs written by John Taylor (bass guitarist) Songs written by Nick Rhodes The Notorious B.I.G. songs