"Spit Your Game" is the second single by

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from his '' Duets: The Final Chapter'' album, a remixed album of Biggie Smalls' work. The song features guest appearances from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's

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and

Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his Chopper (rap), chopper style of rapping and for once holding the t ...

and sampled The Walker Brothers' "

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" from their ''

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'' album. The single is a

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with "Hold Ya Head", a song which samples "Johnny Was" from Bob Marley's ''

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'' album by his

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band

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and "Suicidal Thoughts" from Biggie's ''

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'' for his vocals. The single was released on 24 April in the UK and reached No. 64 on the UK chart. It is a modern rendition of Notorious B.I.G.'s and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's acclaimed collaboration on the song "Notorious Thugs". In "Notorious Thugs" Biggie changed his normally smooth flow to a faster melodic pace to emulate Bone's trademark flow and "Spit Your Game" references this by including two fast verses by Twista and Krayzie Bone.

Video

The video for "Spit Your Game" features

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, Wish Bone,

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and

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. It is set in a recording studio as a "Battle for the Krown" is taking place. On the airing of

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's ''

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'' episode for "Spit Your Game", it was announced that this will be the last video ever to be in dedication of The Notorious B.I.G.

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, Big Gee,

, Wish Bone,

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made an appearance on the video, the video was directed by Dr.Teeth

Remixes

"Spit Your Game" is a remix of "

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", a Notorious B.I.G. and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony duet on Biggie's second, diamond album ''

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''. The song also features a remixed version, where

8Ball & MJG 8Ball & MJG is an American hip hop duo from Memphis, Tennessee. They met at Ridgeway Middle School (Memphis, Tennessee) in 1984. In 1993, the duo released their debut album ''Comin' Out Hard''. They went on to release ''On the Outside Looking In ...

spit a verse each towards the end of the song, though their verses have been much criticized for not keeping in context with fast rapping and doing basic slow verses. This remix will be on the compilation '' We Invented the Remix Vol. 2''.

Track listing

UK - CD: 1

# Spit Your Game emix Edit(Featuring

) # Hold Ya Head

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(Featuring

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)

UK - CD: 2

# Spit Your Game emix(Featuring Twista, Eightball & MJG & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) # Hold Ya Head

(Featuring Bob Marley) # Spit Your Game yTone - Personalized Ringtone

UK - 12" vinyl

# Spit Your Game emix(Featuring Twista, Eightball & MJG & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) # Spit Your Game nstrumental Remix # Hold Ya Head

(Featuring Bob Marley) # Hold Ya Head nstrumental

Promo CD

# Spit Your Game emix Edit(Featuring

& Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) # Spit Your Game emix Instrumental # Hold Ya Head

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(Featuring

) # Hold Ya Head nstrumental

Charts

References

External links

* {{Twista 2006 singles The Notorious B.I.G. songs Songs released posthumously Twista songs Bad Boy Records singles Song recordings produced by Swizz Beatz Songs written by Sean Combs Songs written by Twista Songs written by the Notorious B.I.G. 2005 songs Atlantic Records singles