Ready To Die

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Item Details

Genre

Dance & Soul

Catalogue Number

0249.86280

Number of Discs

Label

Atlantic

Release Country

Europe

Original Release Year

1994

Format

Other

+DVD, Remaster,Import

Product Description

This release includes a bonus DVD.
Personnel: The Notorious B.I.G. (rap vocals); Diana King, Total (vocals); Method Man (rap vocals); Sybil Pennix (spoken vocals); Carl "Chucky" Thompson (various instruments).
Producers: Sean "Puffy" Combs; Darnell Scott; Easy Mo Bee; Norman & Digga Bluez Brothers; Carl "Chucky" Thompson.
Engineers: Bob Brockman;Greg Pinto;Rick Travali.
Recording information: The Hit Factory, New York City; Soundtracks Recording Studio; Sound on Sound Studios, New York, New York; Chung King House Of Metal; D&D Recording Studio, New York, NY.
Once he stepped out onto the scene as the rapper on the remix of Mary J. Blige's hit single "Real Love," many hip-hop fanatics anxiously awaited the debut of The Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a. Biggie Smalls. Their prayers were answered with READY TO DIE, fifteen tracks of uncut, hard-core, lyrically sophisticated rap all complemented by hypnotic beats supplied by the underground's most prominent producers. READY TO DIE resumes where his "Juicy" single left off, but separates itself from the array of hip-hop albums that don't live up to the initial hit.
Blowin' up the charts using his knowledge of the streets and hard bangin' snares provided by producer Easy Mo Bee, the Bedford-Stuyvesant native Notorious B.I.G. is far from "Ready To Die." Not since the likes of Slick Rick has there been an artist so successful in the storytelling genre of rap music, creating a mental picture of life in the heads of his listeners. The up-tempo "Gimme The Loot" illustrates the hustlin' ways of a trigger-happy robbery expert stressed from the "Everyday Struggle" of life. The recurrence of the Isley Brothers tune "Between The Sheets" adds to the charm of "Big Poppa," where Biggie portrays his "player" image. No need to skip any songs, READY TO DIE is packed with hits all the way through.