The Notorious B I G - Ready to Die (1994) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

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The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl

Released: 1994
Genre: Rap
Style: East Coast Rap
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 2,600 kbps
Bits Per Sample: 24
Sample Rate: 96,000 Hz

01. Intro (3:24)
02. Things Done Changed ( 3:57)
03. Gimme the Loot (5:04)
04. Machine Gun Funk (4:16)
05. Warning (3:40)
06. Ready to Die (4:24)
07. One More Chance (4:43)
08. #! *@ Me (Interlude) (1:31)
09. The What (3:57)
10. Juicy (5:03)
11. Everyday Struggle ( 5:19)
12. Me My Bitch ( 4:00)
13. Big Poppa (4:13)
14. Respect (5:22)
15. Friend of Mine (3:28)
16. Unbelievable (3:43)
17. Suicidal Thoughts (2:54)

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 its recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded, and thats mostly due to Biggies skill as a storyteller. 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. Hes blessed with a flair for the dramatic, and slips in and out of different contradictory characters with ease. Yet, no matter how much he heightens things for effect, its 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. A sense of doom pervades his most involved stories: fierce bandits (Gimme the Loot), a hustlers beloved girlfriend (Me My Bitch), and robbers out for Biggies newfound riches (Warning) all die in hails of gunfire. 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. Not everything is so dark, though; Combs production collaborations result in some upbeat, commercial moments, and typically cop from recognizable hits: the Jackson 5s I Want You Back on the graphic sex rap One More Chance, Mtumes 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 Bees deliberate beats do get a little samey, but it hardly matters: this is Biggies show, and by the time Suicidal Thoughts closes the album on a heartbreaking note, its clear why he was so revered even prior to his death.

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