Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3.36
Rating
27358
Votes
1
9%
2
14%
3
27%
4
30%
5
20%
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Reviews (page 13 of 13)

Originaler Rap und entsprechend wütend.

Rap???

Too many recordings on this album. No lyrics, only statements to a good beat. What comes to mind is singer had a hard, troubled, unhappy life. Not an album a parent, grandparent, brother or sister would be bragging about.

I don‘t like rap

To be clear, I don’t like rap. That said, this one wasn’t bad… until THAT song. Who in their right mind heard that and thought, “sounds great, let’s put it in an album?” For that, this gets one star.

Typical rap. Can't quite get into it either. Heavy topics touched.

Not my thing, but fine.

Not a rap fan

Joar hat mich irgendwie nicht abgeholt. Ich muss mir zwischendurch nicht anhören, wie geballert oder Head verteilt wird. Beattechnisch geht auch nicht allzu viel ab, finde ich, vieles klingt gleich und verschwimmt im Einheitsbrei. Rap-technisch ebenfalls schon Besseres gehört. Auf den Text habe ich wenig geachtet, kann mir aber gut zusammenreimen, worum es so ging. Rating: 1 / 5 ⭐

If it weren't for the words "motherfucker," "Nigger" and "Shit" this album would be about five minutes long. So it's the "truth" from the hood....what a shitty life. And why glorify it on a recording? Rhythmically interesting at times, but mostly....who gives a shit. Rap sucks.

Nix für mich!

Not for me

Firstly, I find it tragic that any 24 year old’s life was taken in such a violent way. The album. Nauseating. Not sure if it’s the horrendous skits, the appalling lyrics or the consistent call to violence that I hate the most. The violence is glamourised and celebrated far too much. I don’t believe in censoring artists material, but I have a choice, and I will never choose this. If that makes me a boomer, then so be it.

One of the greatest albums of all time? Unlike the people in that fateful car, I must be missing something. I just don't see what there is to like, or dare I say, admire about overtly sweary morons like this. Boring and tedious are just some of the positives for this effort. If I was remotely interested in going to town with what I really want to say, I might find myself riddled in shotgun pellets by some disgruntled muthafuckin hip hop fan. As for the interlude which sounds like a recording of BIG having sex? Just too much for me. Update: now up to the 'Blow job' interlude and I've had enough of this dead twat. I'm actually glad he isn't around anymore to make any more of this dogshit and have turned it off. Can I give it 0?

did not care for the language, therefore only listened for 1 minute & 45 seconds.

not my cup of tea

Found most of this album offensive

Verbal porn

a couple times a year a try like hell to make it through a couple rap songs. there's people I like and respect who listen to rap. to me, the only thing different in each song is the lyrics. and I think there's some really cool and interesting lyrics. but it's "rapping ".. music is different. Creativity is in melody too

No comment

Quase escutei inteiro. Nada de envolvente para prestar mais atenção em rap, nem o interlude pornô.

long and bad

Just another rap album to me 🤷‍♀️ lots of cussing and gunshots

Explicit. didnt enjoy 1star

Still not into the lyrical "genius" of most rap.

Nope. Not a fan at all.

Biggie Smalls should take the marshmallows out of his mouth before rapping. Basically, anyone that brags about chauffeurs and accountants and hos can’t be my friend.

Not my thing

I really tried with this album. But I just don't get this "music" - I use that term loosely.

Undeniably C.R.A.P.

I tried, for 3 tracks, but life's too short to be listening to this sub nursery school rhyming gangsta crap. Next album please...

Too in-your-face crude for my taste.

Did not make it all the way through Will say when they sang was bit bad it’s all the other stuff that mad it unlistenable 0/5

Rap/hip hop is not my thing. This started out bearable, but I got really sick of it. Of course it had to have the usual rap album sounds of sex song... 1/5

Again, not a fan of rap. Definitely not a fan of of his nasaly speech. Sounds like me trying to talk after eating 10 lbs of BBQ.

Did not enjoy

Absolute garbage

Not my style. Good rythmic flow, stereotypical ridiculous hip hop tough guy posturing. Mostly extremely uninteresting instrumentation.

I wasn't able to finish this. Just felt like listening to an anxiety panic attack. Not fun

There was 1 - ONE - song I liked. The rest was tiring, boring, monotonous. Rap isn't for me.

I gather it's pretty meaningful music, but I just can't stand listening to it

Not very good tracks amongst horrifically bad interludes and skits.

This album came at the wrong time in my life. He brags about how poorly he treats women and how his dick is so big it shatters bladders. Not for me.

NOT FOR ME

I find gangsta rap confusing. I understand where they're coming from, but to me there doesn't seem to be any real anger - a bit like American punk - it just seems to be designed to shock rather than start an uprising.

This is hard to score to be honest. If it weren't for the _actual words_ being said I might be wondering if I should score this 4. I'm not a rap fan but this guy has decent tunes and his own rapping style which I really enjoyed. But I just can't find enjoyment in an album with this content which is awful. It could still have been a 3 till he started rapping about his cock and then the stupid skits where they're acting out fucking it's dropped to a 1. What a waste of talent.

One of his lyrics is so wildly offensive/gross in the album that I unfortunately can’t look past it to give this a positive and insightful review 😬

life’s too short and fragile to listen to death metal or gangsta rap

why.....? Sure it's got flow and rhythm, but still, Why?

Sad violence and grim perspective.

No, didn't do anything for me. Usual foul mouthed lyrics and ranting. There were some tuneful parts butbthey seemed to be samples of other more accomplished musicians. 1*

So not my kind of thing

No m'agrada el rap ni el hip hop, no hi entro

Nee,vervelend intro daarna wat gangster-gedoe maar eigenlijk zonder stoer te klinken. Ben gestopt met luisteren

Gangster rap is toch een beetje een wereld waar ik niet helemaal in thuishoor. Wel echt geprobeerd, maar dit is helemaal niks voor mij.

Meh...

'Ready To Die', tja dan vraag je er dus gewoon om. Ik muziekaal gezien had ie z'n microfoon al wel een paar jaar eerder aan de wilgen mogen hangen. Wat een cliché rap-geroeptoeter. Stoerdoenerij ipv muziek maken.

This is a whole genre I just can't relate to. Doesn't mean it's no good, just means it's not my cup of mother-flippin tea.

It's not my music.

Brutal and distressing and long.

Not my thing

Uma bela bosta

Rap hiphop

Nope. No way. This is violent, profane bullshit.

I stopped listening partway through. Can't deny the guy has talent (clever lyrical elements, not so much the lyrical content itself), knows how to keep a beat. But the skits are AWFUL and I basically just can't handle how fucking stupid this guy sounds talking about what a bad-ass he is and how much the girls love him. It's obnoxious and there's not much going on musically in the background to save it. Easy 1/5

Didn’t see why all the fuss was about, I wonder if he would have been as famous as he was were he not gunned down. Of its time and not especially outstanding

I have only heard clips of some tracks from B.I.G. before listening to this album. I have listened to very little rap overall. From this album, the primary characteristic that I hear from each track is vulgarity. Then there are all of the references to guns and violence. I can't hear past the language being used.

this album requires listening to the lyrics, the beats are stale, which sucks cuz i usually like the beats in 90s hip hop

Another loud man boasting about his prowess. It manages to be boring, yet highly irritating at the same time. Thank God they started making decent music in the south, because this east coast/west coast stuff is uniformly poor.

Couple on it are alright

Terrible content. It makes me sad people experience this way of life

Some of the beats were good and the rapping smooth but I really didn't enjoy this album.

The most tedious album opener I've ever had the misfortune to hear. These skits age like milk.

Whyyyyy are there so many sex noise/porno skits?! Why do they feel the need to add those in? Even if you're someone who isn't bothered by the misogynistic side of it, it's just annoying to listen to! Though it's not my typical genre, this isn't my first Biggie album. There's some more enjoyable tracks on here, but I still prefer his 'Mo Money Mo Problems' over anything else.

Whelp. Definitely not my cup of tea. There were some good beats and decent background music, but the subject matter is simply one I cannot relate to. Also, far, far too many extremely unpleasant noises to make for good listening. That is not what I want to hear. And too much D*$# for me, thanks.

uf, ovo mi je bas dosadno i repetitivno

bullshit

Hip Hop. Really?!? Sorry, could never get into it. And really, I tried listening to a few tracks here, I just can't find anything I like. 1/5.

Skothvellir og ýmis konar kynlífshljóð í lengri tíma gerðu alveg út af við þessa plötu fyrir mig. Ekki minn tebolli.

Nigga pöetry wit zom biits

Total crap.

It's alright. Just wasn't in the mood.

Did not like

Too many Expletives. Darling cover, am a softy for any baby on covers😁

Tämä oli kaameaa kuraa ja pitkä levy. Minun korvaan räpäyttely oli vähän epäselvää ja lähinnä siitä jäi mieleen oman nimen toistelu, niggat, ammuskelu, kiroilu ja panojutut. Biitit oli aika monotonisia ja kaikki biisit kuulostivat enemmän tai vähemmän samoilta.

Proprio no. Mi sono fermato alla terza traccia.

I really don't understand this kind of shit.

This makes me so angry I can hardly articulate it. Racist, mysoginist in the extreme, boastful, violent and just downright disrespectful all round. Oh yes, and it's also rubbbish musically.

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.

Yeah, no. I stopped during the third song. So not for me.

Meh 😒

Horrendous

Terrible

Not my thing

It’s good, a bit hardcore