It features Biggie's vocal samples from 'Suicidal Thoughts'. 'Hold Ya Head' was produced by Clinton Sparks, and features a sample from the Marley song 'Johnny Was'. 'Spit Your Game' is a remake of the Biggie song 'Notorious Thugs'. The second single from the album is 'Spit Your Game', featuring Twista and Krayzie Bone, a double A-side single with 'Hold Ya Head', a duet with Bob Marley, which was originally the b-side to 'Nasty Girl' in the UK and Australia. In the US, 'Nasty Girl' made #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the single also made the top 20 in Australia. The single also helped the album climb to #13 and therefore, Duets: The Final Chapter became his highest charting album to date there, out peaking the #23 position of Life After Death. The single climbed to #1 in the UK in its second week of release, where it stayed for 2 weeks and became his first and only #1 single there. It took Biggie's vocal samples from his song 'Nasty Boy'. The album's first single was 'Nasty Girl', featuring P Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Avery Storm, Jazze Pha and Fat Joe. ' He also brought up the fact that he was the only other rapper that Biggie chose to have on his debut album Ready to Die. Method Man in particular was a huge critic of the album, who stated 'They got niggas on that album Big would have never rocked with, for real. However, Steve Jones of USA Today gave it all four stars. Soren Baker of Los Angeles Times gave it two stars out of four. Andy Kellman of Allmusic rated the album 2.5 out of 5.

Relic also pointed out the appearances by artists who he believed not to contribute much substance. The album has received generally very mixed reviews by critics Peter Relic of Rolling Stone gave the album only 2 stars out of 5 and commented that the title was wrong because of the major presence of other artists, not The Notorious B.I.G. The package also included a DVD featuring previously unreleased performance footage and several of Biggie's music videos.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Biggie's lyrics come from studio pieces of some of the songs he created during his life (his verse from 'Notorious Thugs' in 'Spit Your Game'), along with some less common lyrics (a freestyle from a promotional tape on 'Hustler's Story'), & unreleased material (Biggie's verse in 'Living in Pain' comes from an unreleased song from Ready to Die called 'House of Pain') all remixed into duets. The album featured orchestrated duets between Biggie and a number of popular rappers and singers, much like the previous LP Born Again (1999).

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