After Life soundtrack: All the songs in season 1 of Ricky Gervais' Netflix show. 4 April 2019, 17:26. By Tom Eames Ricky Gervais has scored a huge hit with his new Netflix series After Life. The dark comedy series follows his character Tony, whose life is turned upside down after his wife dies from breast cancer. A brain surgeon recalled the moment he heard “heavenly music and saw waterfalls” after experiencing life after death. Dr Eben Alexander, author of Living In A Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness, spoke of the how he was in a coma for a week in 2008 before his doctors told him he would die.
It may have taken the Notorious B.I.G. a few years to follow up his milestone debut, Ready to Die (1994), with another album, but when he did return with Life After Death in 1997, he did so in a huge way. The ambitious album, intended as somewhat of a sequel to Ready to Die, picking up where its predecessor left off, sprawled across the span of two discs, each filled with music, 24 songs in all. You'd expect any album this sprawling to include some lackluster filler. That's not really the case with Life After Death, however. Like 2Pac's All Eyez on Me from a year before, an obvious influence, Biggie's album made extensive use of various producers -- DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Clark Kent, RZA, and more of New York's finest -- resulting in a diverse, eclectic array of songs. Plus, Biggie similarly brought in various guest rappers -- Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Bone Thugs, Too $hort, L.O.X., Mase -- a few vocalists -- R. Kelly, Angela Winbush, 112 -- and, of course, Puff Daddy, who is much more omnipresent here than on Ready to Die, where he mostly remained on the sidelines. It's perhaps Puffy himself to thank for this album's biggest hits: 'Mo Money Mo Problems,' 'Hypnotize,' 'Sky's the Limit,' three songs that definitely owe much to his pop touch. There's still plenty of the gangsta tales on Life After Death that won Biggie so much admiration on the streets, but it's the pop-laced songs that stand out as highlights. In hindsight, Biggie couldn't have ended his career with a more fitting album than Life After Death. Over the course of only two albums, he achieved every success imaginable, perhaps none greater than this unabashedly over-reaching success. Ready to Die is a milestone album, for sure, but it's nowhere near as extravagant or epic as Life After Death.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | Randy Alpert / Deric 'D-Dot' Angelettie / Andy Armer / Sean Combs / Ron Lawrence / Christopher Wallace | 03:57 | |
2 | Sean Combs / Anthony Henderson / Steven Howse / Steven Jordan / Bryon McCane / Christopher Wallace | 06:14 | |
3 | 05:40 | ||
4 | 00:48 | ||
5 | 04:05 | ||
6 | Mason Betha / Sean Combs / Bernard Edwards / Steven Jordan / Nile Rodgers / Christopher Wallace | feat: Diddy | 04:17 |
7 | Sean Combs / Steven Jordan / Christopher Wallace | 03:59 | |
8 | 04:22 | ||
9 | Chris Martin / Christopher Wallace | 03:24 | |
10 | 03:51 | ||
11 | Hubert Eaves III / Clark Kent / Christopher Wallace | 04:37 | |
12 | 03:55 | ||
13 | The Notorious B.I.G. / Sean Combs / Gary 'Gazza' Johnson / Steven Jordan / B. Preston | 04:52 | |
14 | 05:42 |
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Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is recovering from a reported heart valve replacement surgery, and his representative says he's expected to make a full recovery.
'Thank you everyone for all your messages of support, I’m feeling much better now and on the mend - and also a huge thank you to all the hospital staff for doing a superb job,' the 75-year-old rocker tweeted Friday.
'Mick Jagger has successfully undergone treatment. He is doing very well and is expected to make a full recovery,' the band's spokesperson, Fran Curtis, said in a statement without elaborating on the nature of the procedure.
The 75-year-old rocker underwent a heart valve procedure called TAVR at a New York Hospital, Billboard and Rolling Stone reported Friday.
On March 30, the Rolling Stones announced that they would be postponing their upcoming tour for Jagger to receive medical treatment.
'Mick Jagger has been advised by doctors that he cannot go on tour at this time as he needs medical treatment,' the statement read. 'The doctors have advised Mick that he is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible.'
Following the announcement, Jagger apologized on social media, writing in an Instagram post, 'I'm devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can.'
Jagger's longtime bandmate Keith Richards tweeted that the postponement was a 'big disappointment for everyone,' but added that 'things need to be taken care of and we will see you soon.'
'We’ll miss you over the next few weeks, but we’re looking forward to seeing you all again very soon,' Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood tweeted, addressing the band's loyal fans. 'Here’s to Mick ~ thanks for your supportive messages it means so much to us'
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The American Heart Association website defines TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) as a minimally invasive surgical procedure that repairs the valve without removing the old, damaged valve. Instead, it wedges a replacement valve into the aortic valve's place. The surgery may be called a TAVR or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
The procedure is reserved for those people for whom an open heart procedure poses an intermediate risk. For that reason, most people who have this procedure are in their 70s or 80 and often have other medical conditions that make them a better candidate for this type of surgery.
The Associated Press contributed to the report.