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

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Notorious B.I.G.
Released	March 6, 2007
Recorded	1994–2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	76:08
Label	Bad Boy, Atlantic
The Notorious B.I.G. chronology
Duets: The Final Chapter (2005) Greatest Hits (2007) Notorious (soundtrack) (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
RapReviews	(8/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
The Skinny	[5]
Stylus Magazine	B−[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, 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".^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] As of 2007, it is the last greatest hits album to debut at the number one position on the Billboard 200.

The album sold 178,702 units in four weeks. The album has been certified Gold by both the BPI and RIAA and has sold over 751,000 copies in the US to date.^[10]

Track listing

1. "Juicy" – 5:02 (from Ready to Die, 1994)
2. "Big Poppa" – 4:10 (from Ready to Die, 1994)
3. "Hypnotize" (featuring Pam from Total)" – 3:50 (from Life After Death, 1997)
4. "One More Chance (Stay With Me Remix)" (featuring Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige) – 4:29 (from Bad Boy's Greatest Hits Volume 1, 2005)
5. "Get Money" (with Junior M.A.F.I.A.) – 4:35 (from Conspiracy, 1995)
6. "Warning" – 3:39 (from Ready to Die, 1994)
7. "Dead Wrong" (featuring Eminem) – 4:58 (from Born Again, 1999)
8. "Who Shot Ya?" – 5:17 (from Ready to Die - The Remaster, 1994)
9. "Ten Crack Commandments" – 3:24 (from Life After Death, 1997)
10. "Notorious Thugs" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) – 6:08 (from Life After Death, 1997)
11. "Notorious B.I.G." (featuring Lil' Kim & Diddy) – 3:12 (from Born Again, 1999)
12. "Nasty Girl" (featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm) – 4:47 (from Duets: The Final Chapter, 2005)
13. "Unbelievable" – 3:40 (from Ready to Die, 1994)
14. "N***as Bleed" – 4:52 (from Life After Death, 1997)
15. "Running Your Mouth" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Fabolous, Nate Dogg & Busta Rhymes) – 3:33 (previously unreleased)
16. "Want That Old Thing Back" (featuring Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant) – 4:59 (previously unreleased)
17. "#!*@ You Tonight" (featuring R. Kelly) – 5:45 (from Life After Death, 1997)
18. "Mo Money Mo Problems" (featuring Puff Daddy & Mase) - 4:17 (from Life After Death, 1997) (Japanese bonus track)

Chart positions

Chart (2007–2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[11]	36
Canadian Albums Chart[12]	183
UK Albums Chart[13]	65
UK R&B Albums Chart[14]	5
US Billboard 200	1
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
US Billboard Top Rap Albums	1

Certifications

Country	Certification	Amount
United Kingdom	Gold	100,000+

References

1. About.com review
2. AllMusic review
3. RapReviews review
4. Rolling Stone review
5. The Skinny review
6. Stylus Magazine review
7. AllMusic review
8. Rolling Stone review
9. Sisario, Ben (2007-03-15). "Arts, Briefly; Notorious B.I.G. on Top". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
10. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27864/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-3-9-2014
11. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". ARIA Charts. 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
12. "CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts". Jam.canoe.ca. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
13. "The Notorious BIG - Greatest Hits". Chart Stats. 2009-02-21. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
14. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/