The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
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Track List: Ready to Die
- IntroDownload & Buy
- Things Done ChangedDownload & Buy
- Gimme The LootDownload & Buy
- Machine Gun FunkDownload & Buy
- WarningDownload & Buy
- Ready To DieDownload & Buy
- One More ChanceDownload & Buy
- #!*@ Me
- The WhatDownload & Buy
- JuicyDownload & Buy
- Everyday StuggleDownload & Buy
- Me & My BitchDownload & Buy
- Big PoppaDownload & Buy
- RespectDownload & Buy
- Friend Of MineDownload & Buy
- UnbelievableDownload & Buy
- Suicidal ThoughtsDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Ready to Die
- Release Date:
- 09/13/1994
- Label:
- Bad Boy
- UPC:
- 786127300024
User Reviews: Ready to Die
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biggy
, March 24, 2003Reviewer: paul condell - See all paul condell's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Ready to Die review helpful this album is big at his best,best rapper of all time [wit 2pac] r.i.p big -
without a doubt the ali of rap
, August 22, 2002Reviewer: crusoldier - See all crusoldier's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Ready to Die review helpful rapping is the telling of a story to a beat...
biggie definetly was better at that than pac.. his words just flowed smoothly over any track he laced.....
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Pro Reviews: Ready to Die
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The album that reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age, Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. a star, and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. Today it's recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded, and that's mostly due to Biggie's skill as a storyteller. His raps are easy to understand, but his skills are hardly lacking -- he has a loose, easy flow and a talent for piling multiple rhymes on top of one another in quick succession. He's blessed with a flair for the dramatic, and slips in and out of different contradictory characters with ease. Yet, no matter how much he heightens things for effect, it's always easy to see elements of Biggie in his narrators and of his own experience in the details; everything is firmly rooted in reality, but plays like scenes from a movie. A sense of doom pervades his most involved stories: fierce bandits ("Gimme the Loot"), a hustler's beloved girlfriend ("Me My Bitch"), and robbers out for Biggie's newfound riches ("Warning") all die in hails of gunfire. The album is also sprinkled with reflections on the soul-draining bleakness of the streets -- "Things Done Changed," "Ready to Die," and "Everyday Struggle" are powerfully affecting in their confusion and despair. Not everything is so dark, though; Combs' production collaborations result in some upbeat, commercial moments, and typically cop from recognizable hits: the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" on the graphic sex rap "One More Chance," Mtume's "Juicy Fruit" on the rags-to-riches chronicle "Juicy," and the Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets" on the overweight-lover anthem "Big Poppa." Producer Easy Mo Bee's deliberate beats do get a little samey, but it hardly matters: This is Biggie's show, and by the time "Suicidal Thoughts" closes the album on a heartbreaking note, it's clear why he was so revered even prior to his death. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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