Listen to the Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans’ New Song 'Ten Wife Commandments'
By Sheldon Pearce.
On May 19, Faith Evans will release her duet album with the Notorious B.I.G. called The King & I. The record features Evans singing alongside unreleased Biggie rhymes as well as famous verses. The latest offering from the album is a new song called “10 Wife Commandments,” which is a play on Biggie’s classic “10 Crack Commandments.” Listen to it here.
“Ten Wife Commandments” follows two previously shared songs: “When We Party” and “NYC,” which featured Snoop Dogg and Jadakiss, respectively. The King & I also features Busta Rhymes, Lil’ Kim, Sheek Louch, and Styles P, as well as Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, who narrates album interludes alongside Biggie and Evans. In a statement, Faith Evans said of “Ten Wife Commandments”:
“Ten Wife Commandments” was the first song I started recording for The King & I. Excited and optimistic about the new deal & the opportunity to bring my idea to life, I started looking for Big’s acapellas on YouTube while in Detroit rehearsing with my band. With “Ten Crack Commandments” being one of the songs I had always wanted to redo, I found it and got to work! It took a few different sessions to get the commandments to be meaningful and clever, but I do feel these are points that both men and women can appreciate.
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Listen to “Ten Crack Commandments”:
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