- Notorious Thugs
Song infobox
Name = Notorious Thugs
Artist =The Notorious B.I.G. featuringBone Thugs-n-Harmony
from Album =Life Afer Death
Released =1997
Format = CD
Recorded =1996
Genre =Midwest Rap /East Coast hip hop
Length = 06:07
Label = Bad Boy/Universal
Producer =Sean Combs "Notorious Thugs" is a song off
The Notorious B.I.G. 's second album,Life After Death .The song was never released as a single, likely due to the song's dark nature, but garnered much radio airplay nonetheless and remains a favorite of fans of both
The Notorious B.I.G. andBone Thugs-N-Harmony . Bone Thugs-N-Harmony membersBizzy Bone ,Krayzie Bone , andLayzie Bone contributed to the song.In
2005 , Notorious Thugs was mixed into "Spit Your Game ", a song from Biggie's final album, "". This newer version featuresTwista andKrayzie Bone . The music video for "Spit Your Game" also featuresEightball & MJG .This song is also noteworthy because for this song, The Notorious B.I.G. changed his normally smooth, easy flow to a high speed melodic flow similar to that of the Bone Thugs. Also, the song contains a diss by
Bone Thugs N Harmony againstThree 6 Mafia , with whom they were involved in a feud (or a "beef") at the time. It is also thought to have contained disses towards Tupac, which Biggie and his camp denied.The song was included in "The Notorious B.I.G.'s Greatest Hits" and "Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Greatest Hits .
A cover version by
post-hardcore bandScary Kids Scaring Kids was included on thePunk Goes Crunk album.
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