“The subject matter was broader,” says D-Dot, who produced “Hypnotize” with longtime collaborator Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence and Puffy. There was the optimistic single “Sky’s The Limit,” the drug-dealing manual “Ten Crack Commandments,” the funk-drenched “Going Back To Cali,” the cinematic “I Got A Story To Tell,” and the smash single “Hypnotize,” among others. Indeed, the resulting album, 1997’s 24-cut, double disc Life After Death, showed how much Biggie had evolved. So there's no need for Puffy to force the ‘Juicy’ type of samples on him anymore.”

Now he's making it comfortable for where he feels like it should go. Now he's able to pick the music that satisfies the street element, but he's comfortable going to the ‘Juicy’ side. to Lil’ Kim, by being around me, by being around Nashiem, and Puffy and the different producers that he was around and then going out in the world and seeing what was resonating with the people. 'From what he went through from Ready To Die to Junior M.A.F.I.A. “Now he understands,' D-Dot says of Biggie's mindset going into his sophomore project. D-Dot is working on Black Rob’s forthcoming posthumous LP, a documentary on The Hitmen, and a few projects for his Crazy Cat company. “Now he gets it,” says Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie, who served as A&R on Biggie’s Life After Death and produced three songs on the LP. His musical mind was in a different place. When Biggie started working on what would become his second LP, his life had changed dramatically since Ready To Die arrived in stores via Puffy’s Bad Boy Entertainment and “Juicy” became his first hit single.

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