Faith Evans Will Release Album With Biggie 20 Years After His Death

Fans of โ€™90s hip-hop/R&B can break out their Timbs, phillies and 40s! Singer Faith Evans (not Hill, CNN) will release an album of duets with her late husband the Notorious B.I.G. 20 years after his murder in Los Angeles. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncรฉ Concert, But One Dies On the Way.…

Fans of โ€™90s hip-hop/R&B can break out their Timbs, phillies and 40s! Singer Faith Evans (not Hill, CNN) will release an album of duets with her late husband the Notorious B.I.G. 20 years after his murder in Los Angeles.

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Evans, who most likely has ownership of Biggieโ€™s masters and unreleased work, will debut The King & I on May 19, according to her website. It will be distributed through Rhino Records.

The 25-track album promises โ€œrare and unreleased vocalsโ€ by Big as well as โ€œguest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Lilโ€™ Cease, Lilโ€™ Kim, Sheek Louch and Styles P.โ€

We all know that Lilโ€™ Kim and Faith were once at odds because both of them were romantically dealing with the rapper, but all of that seems like water under the bridge now.

Evans recruited some of hip-hopโ€™s finest producers for the project as well, including DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Salaam Remi, Chucky Thompson and, of course, her little boyfriend from TV, Stevie J.

Evans released the first two singles from the album on Friday, โ€œNYC,โ€ featuring Jadakiss and โ€œWhen We Party,โ€ featuring Snoop Dogg.

On โ€œNYC,โ€ Biggieโ€™s verses comes from an early track called โ€œMumbling and Whispering,โ€ and on โ€œWhen We Party,โ€ Biggieโ€™s rhyme is lifted from the 1997 hit โ€œGoing Back to Cali.โ€

โ€œI remember telling Ms. Wallace years ago that one day it would be really dope if I could do something similar to Natalie & Nat King Coleโ€™s โ€˜Unforgettable,โ€™ โ€ Evans said in a statement. โ€œKnowing the love that B.I.G. had for [his children] Tyanna & Ceejay, I feel itโ€™s my duty to uphold & extend his legacy, especially his musical contributions.โ€

You can preorder the album on Evansโ€™ website.

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