Notorious Thugs
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| “Notorious Thugs” | ||
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| Song by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||
| 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. and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Layzie Bone contributed to the song.
In 2005, Notorious Thugs was mixed into "Spit Your Game", a song from Biggie's final album, Duets: The Final Chapter. This newer version features Twista and Krayzie Bone. The music video for "Spit Your Game" also features Eightball & 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 against Three 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 2pac,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 band Scary Kids Scaring Kids was included on the Punk Goes Crunk album.
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