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Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)

"Hypnotize"
Single by The Notorious B.I.G.
from the album Life After Death
ReleasedMarch 4, 1997 (1997-03-04)
Recorded1996
Genre[2]
Length
  • 3:49 (album version)
  • 3:59 (CD single)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology
"You Can't Stop the Reign"
(1996)
"Hypnotize"
(1997)
"Mo Money Mo Problems"
(1997)
Music video
"Hypnotize" on YouTube

"Hypnotize" is a song by American rapper the Notorious B.I.G. featuring uncredited vocals by Pamela Long,[A] released as the first single from his album Life After Death by Bad Boy and Arista Records on March 4, 1997. The last song released before his death in a drive-by shooting a week later, it was the fifth song by a credited artist to peak the Billboard Hot 100 posthumously since "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon in 1980.[5] Rolling Stone ranked the song as number 30 on their list of the "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time".[1]

  1. ^ a b "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. June 2, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hypnotize by the Notorious B.I.G. On WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
  3. ^ Life After Death (booklet). Bad Boy. 1997. 78612-73011-2.
  4. ^ Hypnotize (liner notes). Arista. 1997. 74321-46643-2.
  5. ^ Zellner, Xander (June 27, 2018). "Artists Who Hit No. 1 On The Hot 100 Posthumously: XXXTentacion & More". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2021.


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