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Album Savings: £4.14 compared to buying all songs
- Original Release Date: 26 Jan 2004
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Intro [Explicit] | 3:25 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Things Done Changed [Explicit] | 3:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Gimme the Loot [Explicit] | 5:04 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 4. Machine Gun Funk [Explicit] | 4:16 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Warning [Explicit] | 3:40 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Ready To Die [Explicit] | 4:24 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. One More Chance [Explicit] | 4:42 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. F*** Me (Interlude) [Explicit] | 1:31 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. The What | 3:57 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Juicy [Explicit] | 5:02 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Everyday Struggle [Explicit] | 5:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Me & My Bitch [Explicit] | 4:00 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Big Poppa [Explicit] | 4:12 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. Respect [Explicit] | 5:21 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 15. Friend of Mine [Explicit] | 3:28 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. Unbelievable [Explicit] | 3:43 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 17. Suicidal Thoughts [Explicit] | 2:53 | £0.69 |
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Ready To Die" is one of a rare breed; a hip hop classic. Along with albums like Mobb Deep's "The Infamous..." and Nas's "Illmatic," it rises above the one-dimension portrayal of the thug life that so many mediocre rappers spit. Biggie raps about violence and crime on songs such as the excellent "Gimme The Loot," and being a player on "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance," but he tempers this with more poignant tunes, for example "Things Done Changed," which laments the escalation of violence in the inner cities, or "Suicidal Thoughts," where the guilt-ridden protagonist decides to end his own life. The production is tight, and thankfully isn't swamped with Puffy's karaoke tunes (unlike "Life After Death," which is a poor album), instead consisting mainly of funk-ridden head-nodders from Easy Mo Bee, Darnell Scott and the ever-amazing DJ Premier. And lyrically, what can I say? Biggie, as most people know, was a fantastic wordsmith, and this is exhibited on songs like "Warning," where a friend of Biggie's calls him to tell him that a group of thieves are headed his way: "They even heard about the crib you bought your Moms out in Florida / The fifth corridor... Call the coroner / There's gonna be a lot a slow singing, and flower-bringing / If my burglar alarm starts ringing." Biggie's flow, cadence and lyricism remain entertaining throughout, and blended with the good quality beats and the level of introspection, gives us a classic hip hop album. Unfortunately, Biggie was killed a few years ago and we will never be able to hear an album of equal quality from him. It is unlikely, in fact, that we will hear one from anybody in the near future. My advice? Buy this album.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is, and will always be the best Hip Hop debut album of all time. After the raw, uncut unground tracks like "Party & Bullshit" Biggie managed to take that raw style into a comercial world, but without forgetting his roots like many other great rappers have done. The production on this album is simply amazing and much credit must go to the then unknown Puff Daddy for keepin Biggie's beats as good as his lyrics. You can not rate this album with just 5 stars, it is beonde that, there is a track for every body on this album and every one is as good as another, but tracks that do stand out are "The What" feat Method and "Big Poppa". These are very different tracks, but you can listen to this album again and again, i have been for years and i'am still finding things i can relate to in his lyrics today. This is an album that will never date and would highly recommend this album to any East Coast Hip Hop fan as it came out at a time when Hip Hop was at it's highest point with the East-West Coast feud, where all records had to be of the highest quality. If your considering buying a Hip Hop album i would buy this album over any more recent Hip Hop album because it simply ouses quality and production when both Biggie and Puff Daddy were at a "make or break stage" of there careers. If you have't really heard Biggie before then you will class him as a lyrical God, if you think Puff Daddy has now "sold out" think of what he could be doing if Biggie was still with us today. R.I.P B.I.G, peace.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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. 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. He's 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, it's 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 hustler's beloved girlfriend ("Me & My Bitch"), and robbers out for Biggie's 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 5's "I Want You Back" on the graphic sex rap "One More Chance," Mtume's "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 Bee's deliberate beats do get a little samey, but it hardly matters: this is Biggie's show, and by the time "Suicidal Thoughts" closes the album on a heartbreaking note, it's clear why he was so revered even prior to his death.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Must Have
This CD is amazing. Every1 who listens to good old school rap music must have it. Too bad that BIG is dead R.I.P.
Published 24 days ago by kriki200
Ready to die
They didn't have this cd new so reluctantly bought it used. The product description said it was in good condition, but when I opened it there was not a single scratch on the cd-... Read more
Published 21 months ago by aharpe10
A CLASSIC!!!!
Let me start by saying this album took a while to grow on me, for instance i started off just listening to (the classic) Juicy and Suicidal Thoughts, but after a while other songs... Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by J. Mullins
Best Hip Hop Album Ever?.
Definitely the best album from the late "Biggie Smalls". Fast approaching it's twentieth anniversary, and it still stands the test of time. Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by Craig Cairney
Breathtaking
Truly unbelievable, this album represents TRUE Hip-Hop in every sence. Its like every song is a complete classic, Biggie was truly a gifted artist. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Mr. C. Schorah
GIMME THE LOOT GIMME THE LOT IM BAD BAD MAN
BIGGIE BIGGIE YOUR WORDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CAPTAVATING AND LYRICALLY YOUR ALWAYS GONNA BE AT THE TOP THIS ALBUM REVOLUTIONISED HIP HOP AND PUT BROOKLYN ON THE MAP I FOUND ALL THE... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2006
One of the greatest Hip Hop albums
I bought this album after buying "Life after Death". This album is more hardcore, so it took a while for me to adjust. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2005 by Robbi Paterson
N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S.
The best EVER debut!There have been some amazing debut albums through the years (Doggystyle,36 Chambers,Illmatic,Get Rich or Die Tryin',The Chronic,Reasonable Doubt,College... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2005
I can die after listening to this
Biggie was a genious, my ears were treated to some of the most encapsulating music ever created. Each song could have been a single, to be totaly honest the only fault with this... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2005 by "ozjan"
Possibly the Best Hip Hop Album Ever?
Straight out of the ghetto of Brooklyn, NY, Biggie Smalls was one of many young rappers aspiring to make it as the new Pete Rock or Big Daddy Kane. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2005 by Greg Hall
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