Born Again: Vinyl 2LP Unknown Mortal Orchestra courtesy of Walt Disney Records

courtesy of Walt Disney Records

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he signed with Blue Note in 1961 and began a run of essential albums that marked a rebirth for the tenor giant

Born Again: Vinyl 2LP Unknown Mortal Orchestra courtesy of Walt Disney RecordsConsidering it was released almost three years after his death, it'd be easy to dismiss the Notorious B. I. G.'s third album as a cash in or merely a tribute album, similar to Puff Daddy's No Way Out. Fact is, Born Again includes a lot of previously unheard material from Biggie, and guest spots from Busta Rhymes, Redman and Method Man, Missy Elliott, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg work better than could be expected. It's difficult to say where all this