It would be fair to question whether he would have been able to maintain the same lyrical prowess over the past decade had he not passed away. His lyrics were meticulous and mind-bending, packed with brutal double entendres and breadth of vocabulary that rarely required him to use cliché to pad a punchline. He knew all the best ones, too, but never rapped about dancing on couches - he absorbed every scene, and at the end of the night he could give you a detailed rundown of every corner of the room. While there are many in the canon who are adept storytellers or able to spin clever yarns about their money, women, and other ephemera, Biggie Smalls was able to finesse the English language in a way that hardly ever utilized egregious transitions or flossing - almost everything he spit advanced a narrative, even if it was one of party and bullshit. At times he was Aesop, others Hitchcock, often Don Giovanni. The rapper, né Christopher Wallace, had too dynamic a scope, despite his catalogue being limited to his debut, Ready To Die, and its double-disc follow-up, Life After Death. With its old school loops and lucid yet humorous lyrics, Ready To Die cemented itself in rap folklore and marked the start of a career that was tragically ended far too soon with the rapper’s shooting in March, 1997.Choosing the ten best songs by one of Brooklyn’s most beloved children, the Notorious B.I.G., is essentially a fool’s errand. Never shying away from telling his own story, "Respect" sees Biggie map out his turbulent life for us, from birth to dope smoking teen, drug dealer, convict, and finally rap sensation. "Warning" documents a robbery attempt by two men who had heard of the known ex-drug dealer’s rise to the top of the rap game, and ends with Biggie firing two fatal shots, a poetic way of conveying the difficulty the rapper had in distancing himself from street life.
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Dre and co.Īs well as telling the story of the streets, Biggie spends parts of the album explaining how his focus on music was a way for him to take a step back from the criminal lifestyle, something he demonstrates on "Machine Gun Funk" with the lyrics "Left the drugs alone, took the thugs along with me" and "I’m doing rhymes now, f*** the crimes now." However, the album also makes it clear that despite turning over a new leaf, it can be hard for someone who once had "a key knee deep in the crack game" ("Things Done Changed") to cut all ties with their past life. These three tracks signaled the arrival of the artist the East Coast had been waiting for to lead the charge against the West Coast dominance started by Dr. The album’s lead single, "Juicy", went gold just over three months after its release, with following singles "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance" both certified platinum less than a year later. The album also explores some of the rapper’s deeper and more troubling thoughts and emotions with tracks such as "Everyday Struggle" and the distressing late night phone call of "Suicidal Thoughts". In contrast to the West Coast glamorization and glorification of the criminal lifestyle, Ready To Die includes tracks which give a brutally honest account of a crook’s life on the streets, something which helped Biggie gain the respect of the masses. paints a picture of the darker, criminal side of early '90s New York, drawing mainly from personal experience. Coming straight from the streets of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, The Notorious B.I.G. Released by Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in September, 1994, Biggie's debut album paved the way for countless future stars and signalled the beginning of an East Coast revival. Widely considered as one of the greatest and most important rap albums of all time, The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready To Die is an indisputable masterpiece and one of the cornerstones of East Coast rap.
Who Shot Ya? (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Suicidal Thoughts (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Unbelievable (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Friend Of Mine (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Respect (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Big Poppa (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Everyday Struggle (2005 Remaster) (Album Version)
One More Chance (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Ready To Die (2006 Remaster) (Explicit Album Version) Warning (2005 Remaster) (Album Version) Machine Gun Funk (2006 Remaster) (Explicit Album Version) Gimme The Loot (2005 Remaster) (Album Version)
Things Done Changed (2005 Remaster) (Album Version)
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