Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G. Release ‘The King And I’ Album

Faith Evans’ big day is here in all its glory. After over a decade in the making, the songstress has released her much talked about duets album with her late husband The Notorious B.I.G. Though, he’s known to the world as a rap icon, she simply knew him as her bae.

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The King & I features 25 tracks with cameos from Voletta Wallace, The L.O.X., Lil’ Kim, Lil’ Cease, Busta Rhymes, 112 and Kevin McCall. Producers DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Salaam Remi, Stevie J and Chucky Thompson also chipped in to help steer the direction of the LP.

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“Lovin’ You For Life” with Lil’ Kim is very special,” says Faith told VIBE about the long awaited collaboration. “Obviously, our fans have been waiting for that collaboration to happen, [and] I know Biggie would be proud of it. When I first asked her to do the song, it was during the first rehearsals for the Bad Boy reunion concerts at Barclays. She said ‘of course,’ but I didn’t have the record yet. About halfway through recording I told her I had the song and I knew it was the one.”