Life After Death is an album.
A double album ( or double record ) is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold , typically records and compact discs . Life After Death . A double album , it was released posthumously following his death on March 9 , 1997 . Life After Death has been considered by music writers as one of the seminal mafioso rap albums , along with Raekwon 's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... ( 1995 ) and Jay-Z 's Reasonable Doubt ( 1996 ) . In 2003 , the album was ranked number 476 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time .