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Big L's upcoming posthumous album is set to feature some major collaborations.
On Wednesday, October 29, a tracklist for the late lyricist's anticipated project, Harlem's Finest: Return of the King, was posted to social media after Mass Appeal shared the pre-order. The album, which co-produced by Big L's estate and Royce Da 5'9", will hold 14 tracks in total with appearances by JAY-Z, Nas, the late Mac Miller, Joe Budden, Method Man, Joey Bada$$, Showbiz and more. While some tracks will be new, the album will also consist of verses from Big L's classic freestyles and radio appearances before his death in 1999.
The tracklist comes two weeks after Big L's estate and Mass Appeal shared the first single from the album, "u aint gotta chance" featuring Nas. Harlem's Finest: Return of the King will be Big L's fifth album overall. His first posthumous album, The Big Picture, dropped over a year after the artist was gunned down during a drive-by shooting in Harlem. In the years after his death, Big L's estate handled the release of his two other posthumous albums, 139 & Lenox (2010) and The Danger Zone (2011).
Big L's album is the fifth installment of Mass Appeal's 'Legend Has It' series. It follows other albums from Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Slick Rick, and Mobb Deep. There are two more albums that are still on the way. De La Soul's 10th studio album Cabin In The Sky, which is a tribute to their fallen member Trugoy The Dove, is set to arrive in November. Meanwhile, Nas & DJ PREMIER will close out the series with their long-awaited joint album in December.
Harlem's Finest: Return of the King drops on Halloween.