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- #1
- Posted: 05/19/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1273): Ready To Die
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Today's album of the day
Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G. (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1994.
Country:
Overall rank: 242
Average rating: 80/100 (from 240 votes).
Tracks:
1. Intro
2. Things Done Changed
3. Gimme the Loot
4. Machine Gun Funk
5. Warning
6. Ready to Die
7. One More Chance
8. Fuck Me (Interlude)
9. The What (feat. Method Man)
10. Juicy
11. Everyday Struggle
12. Me & My Bitch
13. Big Poppa
14. Respect
15. Friend of Mine
16. Unbelievable
17. Suicidal Thoughts
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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Kiki
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- #2
- Posted: 05/19/2014 20:02
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Oh my! I used to have this one on all the time! Machine Gun Funk and Ready To Die were my favorite. I think I may hav had it on mu first chart.
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- #3
- Posted: 05/19/2014 22:04
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Yes yes yes. Respect and Friend Of Mine are awesome tracks.
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Mercury
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SuedeSwede
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- #5
- Posted: 05/19/2014 22:39
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'Fuck Me (Interlude)' is the best here. _________________
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- #6
- Posted: 05/19/2014 22:53
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SuedeSwede wrote: | 'Fuck Me (Interlude)' is the best here. |
As a kid I was genuinely more anxious that my parents would walk into my room whilst that happened to be playing than I was about them finding me watching porn.
Anyway, this album is fantastic. A favourite among pretty much all of my friends for as long as I can remember, Biggie just has this deep, distinct rapping voice and a smooth, buttery flow to match. So many quotables littered throughout, and far more consistent than the (admittedly also amazing) Life After Death. That three-song-run from 'The What' to 'Everyday Struggle' is untouchable, whilst there isn't a weak song here. I always felt that, out of pretty much every rapper ever, Biggie had the best balance between the poppy party side of hip-hop, and the aggressive hardcore side (in fact, he pretty much set the bar in that regard, with Jay-Z and 50 Cent in particular standing out as clear disciples of this template). A true trendsetter, and a brilliant album in every sense. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
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HigherThanTheSun
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- #7
- Posted: 05/19/2014 23:40
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I think it might be the best hip hop album I don't understand how it's only at 242.
What lethal said basically, there's not a weak moment and it's the perfect amount of pop for gangster rap. _________________ Shut up mate you're boring!
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drakonium
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- Posted: 05/20/2014 09:49
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One of the most influential albums of my life, I thought hip-hop was nice enough, and then I listened to that, and it was like wow, wtf. Truly changed my vision of it all. Gimme The Loot has possibly the best rapping I've ever heard, as well. Could come back to my chart if I listened to it again, you know how it is. But yeah, it's untouchable and is definitely the album I would give first to someone wanting to get into rap.
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- Posted: 05/20/2014 16:15
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It's really good, but it always falls a little short of the hype for me, probably because I'm aloof and want all my albums to 'mean something'. 'Things Done Changed' blew me away when I first heard it, and 'Juicy' is an indisputable classic, the rest to me is just good fun. I've always been a little dissapointed with Biggie's rapping, he has a lot of interesting things to say, but his writing isn't the most inspiring for the prestige this album carries. His delivery and character is charming though, I can't fault him on that, certainly more of a style than substance thing.
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alelsupreme
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- #10
- Posted: 05/20/2014 16:41
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I actually found this one kinda meh. It doubtless has a number of greats (Juicy, Gimme The Loot, Everyday Struggle) most of it just leaves me kinda cold.
Also will someone tell P Diddy to SHUT THE FUCK UP. _________________
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