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Meanwhile, KT Tunstall takes a chance with some space-age folk, David Archuleta plays it way too safe with some forgettable pop, and Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, can't seem to move the needle past 1997.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 5 Shawn Amos 2010

When he's rapping, he doesn't really have that unique back-of-the-throat fat-man slur that made Biggie's voice so distinctive.

District-9 and Viral Marketing darkerblogistan 2009

The widow of the late Notorious B.I.G. has been kicking out platinum and gold albums ever since Biggie's '97 murder.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 5 Shawn Amos 2010

The widow of the late Notorious B.I.G. has been kicking out platinum and gold albums ever since Biggie's '97 murder.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 5 Shawn Amos 2010

"I am trying to clean it up to give Tupac and Biggie's mothers some closure."

Prison Inmate Confesses to Involvement in 1994 Tupac Shakur Shooting 2011

Meanwhile, KT Tunstall takes a chance with some space-age folk, David Archuleta plays it way too safe with some forgettable pop, and Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, can't seem to move the needle past 1997.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 5 Shawn Amos 2010

"I am trying to clean it up to give Tupac and Biggie's mothers some closure."

Prison Inmate Confesses to Involvement in 1994 Tupac Shakur Shooting 2011

FRANNIE KELLY: Biggie's voice doesn't sound like anybody else's.

Biggie Smalls: The Voice That Influenced A Generation 2010

In thirteen years, times sure have changed for the music business and for rappers especially, yet for Rick Ross, it sounds like he's pretty comfortable living out Biggie's dream and making great albums the old school way (heavy on the samples).

Daniel Weisman: Rick Ross: Living out Notorious B.I.G.'s dream? Daniel Weisman 2010

FRANNIE KELLY: Biggie's voice doesn't sound like anybody else's.

Biggie Smalls: The Voice That Influenced A Generation 2010