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. 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. In The Source's 1994 issue they gave 'Ready To Die' four 'mics', writing 'Big weaves tales. 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. Ready to Die was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics.At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 66, based on 35 reviews. Eight years on from the album's release, and their original review, they bumped it up to a 5 mic rating. 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. He's blessed with a flair for the dramatic, and slips in and out of different contradictory characters with ease. Given her chic image, it’s a surprise how dull, dreary and pop-starved Born to Die is.
If, as the name suggests, this is the last hurrah of Iggy and the Stooges, then there are worse notes on which to go out. But for the rest of us, she’s just another aspiring singer who wasn’t ready to make an album yet. 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. Ready to Die isnt the missing sequel to Raw Power, but it is a masterclass in writing a big, dumb punk album with occasional touches of emotional depth. 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.
This is NOT the album that was bangin in the clubs, in our cars, or at our house. a star, and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. Before they spend their money on this fakeness, the fans have the right to know.especially the young folks who werent even around back in the day.that the album you see before you.this so called 'remaster'.is NOT what Biggie fans rocked out to in 94. The album that reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age, Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die, The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut studio album, was released on September 13, 1994.It was also Bad Boy Records' first release, produced by founder Sean Puffy Combs.
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