Ready To Die [PA] - Notorious B.I.G. (The)

...the track. 6 - Ready To Die Again, an Easy Mo Bee produced track in which Biggie looks back at his life and how much he struggled as he was growing up. 7 - One More Chance This song was produced by Puff Daddy and was fairly successful. There was a remixed version of the song which made quite a big impact on the US charts. The track features smooth female vocals at the chorus which is a nice contrast to Biggie's gruff voice. 8 - F*$k Me Interlude ...
...9 - The What This Method Man featuring, Easy Mo Bee produced track has a nice laid back feel to it. Method Man is the only rapper to have a feature on this album, a testament to his quality. 10 - Juicy This is one of my favourite tracks of all time. I'm not ashamed to say I know pretty much all of the words (ok, I am a bit ashamed but so what?!?). This track was produced by Puff Daddy and heavily samples Juicy Fruit my Mtume. It features the vocal ...

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...1994 Notorious Big's debut alum Ready to Die is considered today among amid hip hop fans a true classic, and if you follow the game your cd collection should definitly not be without it! The rap stars voice is so unique that all he has to do is call an ad-lib behind a track and you immediately know it is him. He voice is his unique trademark. This album really set some of todays trend in hip hop producing, tracks and lyrics, before this album graphic ...
...album Biggie has shreaded to pieces leaving you wanting to rewind the tracks over and over again, saying to yourself he rhymed 'what with what?' Ready to die is a great album and shows that is BIG was alive today it was only the beginning of great things to come. ...

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This has got to rate as one of the best debut albums ever from a rapper alongside (but not eclipsing) Nas’ s “Illmatic”. This is a very raw album with tracks like “Give Up the Loot” which is all about armed robbery where Biggie definitely takes no prisoners. This mood is maintained with tracks like “Things Done Changed”, “Machine Gun Funk”, and “The What”. You can almost taste the venom Biggie has for anyone who would try and take his on “Warning”. ...
...Poppa” and “Juicy” but Biggie never loses his raw edge. He shows his affection for the ladies on tracks like “Me and my B****”, “Friend of Mine” and “F*** Me” but it’s hardly romantic. “Suicidal Thoughts” is probably the best outro yet for a rap album and shows Biggie’s darkside. This is a very raw and very classic album, not for the fainthearted. ...

victor 12.07.2000 · Read full review
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i unfortunately only converted to the hip-hop and rap game recently, and my first hearing of biggie was through p.diddys post humous "i'll be mssing you." not a great introduction to be honest. how the curve of respect has altered after this astonishing album. throughout each brilliantly produced track (p.diddy again) comes hard hitting lyrics and fantastic beats. stand out tracks include everyones favourite 'juicy,' 'respect' and 'gimme the loot.' ...
...defining classics of 90's hip hop such as doggystyle, illmatic and me against the world, all different all classics. it also has the vibe that if this album was released for the first time tomrrow it would not feel out of place in hip-hop and that is credit to diddys production and the effortless vocals of biggie. method man and didy are the only contributors of fame, and the samples used show that hip-hop shouldn't be about who is featuring on whose ...

MidtableObscurity 08.06.2003 · Read full review
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