Ready To Die

This East Coast hip hop album consists of legendary classics. Sadly the only real album by The Notorious B.I.G.

Meh

Great storytelling and flow.

Juicy = best

not sure why you need to say MF that often, and part of the concept album flavor is lost on me... but it was really good

In Conclusione: In gran parte per me i problemi sono gli stessi del Wu-Tang anche se qui a tratti ha mantenuto più viva la mia attenzione perché ogni tanto i testi funzionano di più. Comunque continuo veramente a non capire il senso di questo genere, tanto più che Notorious BIG è considerato uno dei più grandi esponenti. Perché c'è sempre d'obbligo la canzone con l'audio del pompino? Sicuramente lui sarà stato il primo eh, però... Mi rimane la sensazione che di tutto quello di cui potrebbero parlare ora che so usciti dallo spaccio e dalla criminalità in gran parte scelgano sempre di parlare delle stesse cose codificate dal genere con qualche eccezione e infatti le eccezioni so sicuramente più interessanti. Poi sto fatto che si so probabilmente ammazzati per le faide aperte con le canzoni mi sembra un epilogo tragicomico. Insomma per carità rispetto la sua popolarità ma probabilmente non me lo risentirò mai.

Il flow di notorious è spaventoso e ancora moderno. Trovo che dietro le storie di strada si nasconda una tristezza di notorious resa poi più esplicita nell’ultimo pezzo.

Became a gangster

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.

Surprised to enjoy this one. It tells the tale of how he ended up the way he did and is very powerful, at times, self deprecating and tongue in cheek. The swearing and misogyny may be too much for some, but it is all addressed in the Intro track.

cool vibes. if you don't know now you know. feels repetitive rhythm-wise over the album, but listening to it in one sitting becomes all the more pleasant. very autobiographic. not my favourite music genre though

ganz ok

אחד האלבומי היפהופ הכי טובים ששמעתי

One of my favorite albums of the era, I can’t not move my head or tap my feet with these tracks

Meh. I don't get the hype, hooks are THAT good and the lyrics aren't THAT profound.

Classic hip hop album.

Sexism, violence and glorification of illegal activities aside, this is a banger

great

Great.

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.

Music and beats are good. Voice doesn't grate. Don't care much for content.

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

De las cosas que me gustan del hip hop es que es un género muy “unapologetic”. Las canciones abordan diversos problemas que van desde las drogas y la violencia hasta las relaciones familiares y la misma música como medio de trascendencia. Y los raperos hacen todo eso sin “romantizar” sus contextos ni esconder tampoco sus realidades. En este disco queda claro desde el inicio que B.I.G. tiene una historia que contar: desde su nacimiento, su relación con pandillas, drogas, violencia, mujeres y hasta con la muerte y todo amalgamado gracias a un muy buen trabajo de producción. Queda claro por qué Notorious B.I.G., a pesar de haber tenido una trayectoria desafortunadamente corta, es a la fecha un referente de este género.

Solid classic hiphop album, Big Poppa, Juicy, Machine gun Funk

It’s ok. Probably needs more attention than I could give it to be honest. I will go back though.

Good

Very influential and a classic album. His voice is super unique and recognizable. Kinda the king of sexual interludes - made this weird to listen to at home, but there's vulnerable parts as well that make it a really well-rounded album. A little long, but that's alright Saved: Gimme The Loot, Juicy

Saved Prior: Big Poppa Off Rip: Things Done Changed, Gimme the Loot, Machine Gun Funk, Ready to Die, Everyday Struggle, Who Shot Ya?* Cutting Edge: None *Bonus track Overall Notes: Yeah this completely lives up to the hype. Biggie gets braggadocious, sexual, vulnerable, and menacing and sells every single one. King him. 4.5 rounded down.

3/5 good..ish one but too bitch-y

Interesting albumn, not really my thing.

Serieus, wat is dat toch met die seksgeluiden op albums? voor de rest is het een goed album.

Met moeite geluisterd naar dit album. Absoluut niet mijn ding. Maar een nummer apart zou ik eventueel wel luisteren. Het volledige album is wat te veel

One of the greatest Hip Hop records of all time in my opinion. I was blown away by this masterpiece.

Rap

classic

Este pedo es conceptual. Nacimiento, niñez, juventud, vida y muerte de un hombre negro en Estados Unidos. Puede que no te guste lo que dice, que te ofenda y te parezca, no sé, grotesco, banalizando la misoginia, exaltando la delincuencia, cosas así por el estilo que diría un calvinista de closet cualquiera (de derecha o de izquierda). Tampoco es como si estuviéramos ante porno de miseria (Biggie no es Fernanda Melchor aunque es igual de bueno escribiendo, tiene buen oído diría un inmamable de letras). La diferencia con el porno de miseria es, además de que Biggie es testigo y partícipe y no turista de clase media como, por decir, yo, que escucho y escribo esto, que acá hay empatía, hay complejidad en los personajes y una honestidad decapitante. Además, los beats son impecables, oscuros, violentos, lujuriosos y brillantes como la sonrisa que te nace cuando tienes chingos de billetes de alta denominación en la mano. Otro punto a favor es que Biggie es uno de los mejores raperos de la historia. Su habilidad para crear rimas es solo comparable a 2Pac, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane o André. Es realmente una maravilla del lenguaje. Y el disco funciona a distintos niveles. Como cautionary tale, como uno lleno de bangers, como soundtrack para aspirantes a la calle, como educación sentimental, como ejercicio extremo de empatía. El nivel de nihilismo de este pedo ha sido pocas veces superado. Y fue pop. Increíble. Nada nunca ha sido tan brutal, tan suicida líricamente como Suicidal Thoughts.

I loved this album. I thought the lyrics were great in the way they told unique a unique story.

Too much sweary potty mouth.

Angry, angry young man...

Misogynist lyrics made this nauseating, despite any potentially good musical qualities.

Het is wel leuk maar ik merk niet zo veel verschil met vergelijkbare artiesten

Classic

raw, pretty timeless, few duds but its a 4..

Biggie sure does have good flow, and the beats are for the most part great. At first I felt like he surpassed the typical Rap culture tropes of just talking about themselves and their accomplishments. Because the album started as more of a nostalgic feel. But then it descended into the same old tropes and I quickly got bored of the lyrics. I stopped halfway into "**** Me" because I really don't want to hear people having sex. So I would say this album is garbage, not something you want to listen to as an album. Maybe individual songs are great. And musically some of the songs are 5/5. But thematically it is pretty much boring rap themes, with a little originality at the beginning of the album. Also I really disliked how it tried to be explicit in every way possible in a way that seemed on purpose just for explicitness.

I have heard all (or most) of the songs before, but this was my first time listening to the album as a whole. Good stuff. I get the hype.

Like the Goodfellas of rap albums

Too many songs about bitches, skits are shit, but when its being serious it's not that bad

A much more melodic and enjoyable listen than I'd expected. Point off for track 8, general misogyny and for trying to rhyme 'air' with 'player'.

No tengo más que decir que sí me gustó bastante. Mood:

Fine for what it is

Meh 😒

Maybe if you lived in a 'hood in the mid90s NYC this is a masterpiece, who knows...

fehlt ja einiges bei spotify, ordentlich frauenfeindlich auch. brrr.

Im oftmals hohlen Macker biz des hiphop geht’s nicht ohne sie: Frauen! Als Thema zum Abarbeiten würde hier 2/3 der Tracks jede Grundlage fehlen, im smoothen Refrain ihre sanften Vocals zum Polstern stumpfer Kanten, zuletzt in lobenswerten Collabos („Respect“). Eingedenk dessen und einem teils skizzenhaft-tapey Charakter des Werks: 1.6

Okay, 2,7

Great old school bases

Good sound, a lot of foul words.

Juicy, big poppa, once more Chance much de hip hop

Hip-hop soez.

It was good, a bit graphic and monotonous but that is just hip hop. He’s got flow.

Pretty rappy. He's in Tamy's shocks :)

2/10 Prescindible

A titular 90s rap album that encompasses the sound and delivery of the time. With timeless verses that still stand up today.

Not my style of music

Quiero abrir este comentario con dos curiosidades: muy feliz de llegar a este disco porque "Juicy" la habré escuchado por ahí de pequeño y una felicidad regresar a ella. Lo otro, qué cabrón que alguien que le puso a su disco debut "Ready To Die" y al siguiente "Life After Death" haya sido asesinado días antes de que saliera el segundo disco, con sólo 24 años... En fin, ahora sí, mi disclaimer es que sé bien poco de hip hop y rap. Dicho esto, disfruté mucho este disco. Ni siquiera podría diferenciar si es de 1994 o del 2001 o de 2019, pero eso debe ser mi ignorancia. A pesar de que no escuché con atención todas sus letras, hay mucho de cinismo, algo de biografía, supongo, muy buenas rimas y flow. The Notorious B.I.G. pinta como el ambiente del momento y su éxito, así directo, sin desparpajo, hasta dedicado a los maestros que le dijeron que no iba a lograr nada. El interlude "Fuck Me" muy explícito, así como ese final de "Respect" con el sonido de una mamada. Y los sonidos, esos beats, frescos, magnéticos, envolventes a veces. Canciones fav: "Ready To Die", "Juicy", "Everyday Struggle", "Big Poppa" y "Respecto". Igual, "Suicidal Thoughts" puede estar por ahí. De alguna forma, sentí que este disco se fue poniendo mejor conforme avanzaba. 9.5/10

I appreciate his significance and cultural relevance but I just didn't connect with this album in any way.

Re-listening for the generator. What a superb album, tons of fun (rimshot). When he's in the zone, no one does it like Biggie. From all-time opener Things Done Changed to endlessly quotable story of impending conflict Warning to the gloriously victorious Juicy, this work by the notorious one is simply awesome. 9/10 and a probable future 10

Best album de rap du best rapper. Top 3 facile en tout cas. 5*

Rap coñazo.

Genius intro track perfectly setting up the journey of the album. Expert use of samples for effect and to connect different tracks. And Hamilton influences everywhere. Lyrically, there’s a lot of misogyny and homophobia to unpack throughout, which I don’t care for at all. Biggie gave us a STORY in this album. It’s an interesting listening experience with a tragic ending.

Malo

Absolute classic album. Do I wish there were fewer skits with him having sex? Of course. But the rhymes are enough to keep it a 5.

It’s good, a bit hardcore

Solid album. I liked the storytelling aspect of it. It is a clear product of it time though. It was interesting to see how many modern day references are made in relation to this album.

Horrendous

Not my type of music

Solid album. Very chill much wow

I never knew how much I loved this album. So many of these songs were lurking in my subconscious.

this one missed me. a couple of tracks were definitely worth another listen, but i kinda always felt like this particular slice of ny hip hop was just not for me. a whole lot of showboating, but the flow just wasn't there. maybe it was just how it was at the time, but in the end, i didn't love this one.

Arguably the best hip hop album of all time.

Quiet the journey... aggressive, longing, sexual, defining a genre. Some very catchy samples.

I don’t hate the music in this, but the content is not my favorite.

The album aged mostly well, the interludes are corny and cringe now but they kinda were then too. Mostly reminds me of college parties, I wasn’t exactly the target audience of this one.

get live mfs

Very funky and cool flow, just not my kinda rap. Definitely more like 7.2/10 than 3/5 though. Wouldn't complain if it was playing, but wouldn't seek it out

Beautiful and poignant

massa mas tupac é melhor

TUPACSHAKUR

The finest of the genre

amazing. i love this album

Well that was lighthearted. Wasn’t into him when this came out. I totally get why. But now... I’m not sure. I will listen again on a run day. Not sure if it’s a 3 or 4.

Production: 13/20 Songwriting: 12/20 Innovation: 10/20 Bangers: 10/20 Emotional response: 12/20 =57 Yeah not bad

Sex noises! How rude.

can hear how influential this has been on the whole rap scene for better or worse.. raisea alot of moral questions regarding lyrical content. want to give it less but that would be somewhat disingenuous

meh, I won't remember this album.

heard this before it's a classic nawm'sayin

good album. first few songs I loved but the rest were okay.

Classic

Certainly better than I expected. Though there's some decent stuff here, the album is massively let down by a) being way longer than it has any right to be b) a number of very poor songs that do nothing but pad the already excessive runtime c) why the fuck is there a song that's literally just sex noises

Gimme the loot is an absolute track. From the BERETTA puttin' all the holes in ya sweater

Lead to listening to Born to Die. Good tracks, good beats, good flow.

Great interplay between the simple but alluring beats and Biggie's great flows. Lyrics are surpisingly hooky for what I expect a typical rap album to be, there's the usual boasting and explicit content but it's delivered with such authenticity that you can't help but be drawn in.

Classics. Also just watched the netflix doc. Great rap album.

old school hiphop. not terrible but not my thing. lyrics might have been great but could not be bothered to actally listen to them

I get pretty tired of the theatrics and f-bombs dropping. Beats are pretty dope.

Fav Song: Juicy

I don't really like rap, but I know this one is a classic. Still not a fan though.

Wie so oft bei hip hop: geeht so.

Absolute classic.

Not bad, not really for me. Interesting beats and lyrics. Maybe a bit too "Thug" for my mood

думал посчитать сколько раз будет "нигга".. у меня нигга оверфлоу

Great classic rap album. Biggie has the flow

Very classic hip hop album. Juicy is a big hit ("it was all a dream"). Strong title track.

Not sure if this is a nostalgia rating or if this is really one of the best rap albums I have ever heard, but I am going to give this a high rating. Great beats in east coast rap.

Classic album.

old rap . nothing note worthy .

I recognize that this album objectively pretty great, but it didn't really do it for me. It's not one I would listen to again by choice. 2 stars.

Classic hip hop

Not for me

-Smooth flows, dodgy themes, no filler tracks.

Been a while since I’ve visited this LP. Get the loot fucks harder than just about any song today, and ready to die made me very uncomfortable. Great shit

okay echt nice & chilled und sogar zum Arbeiten gut aaabeeeer: diese Sounds am Ende??! Bree das klingt total komisch und wenn jemand reinkommt würde er denken, ich A) spiele ein egoshoot Game B) schaue Pornos C) höre mir random Konversationen zum Spaß an

Nooo

Terrible

gillade detta. vill ge en fyra men det är för långt och för mycket mellansnack.

Solid.

Always loved Biggie. It was a great trip down memory lane.

I really wanted to give the GOAT a 5, but the skits on this album are out of control, in a bad way. This is definitely one where you put several tracks in a playlist and never touch the rest of it again. Best track: The What

This is hard to evaluate. I cannot relate to the subject matter, and the content was indeed extremely heavy. At times I was overwhelmed, but I think that this was incredibly well-done and told a story. Plus, the beats and the vocals (sometimes) were excellent. 3.5?

1994. Key Songs: Big Poppa, Juicy

I know every lyric to this album for good reason.

Not my thing

Great timing as i just watched I Got a Story to Tell, the documentary about Biggie. What a dude. How could i not give this a 5?

Kanske en 5:a om det inte varit för alla töntiga interludes som inte bidrar med något.