The Notorious B.I.G. 
The best album credited to The Notorious B.I.G. is Ready To Die which is ranked number 335 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,969.
The Notorious B.I.G. is ranked number 338 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,791.
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The Notorious B.I.G. best albums
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The Notorious B.I.G. best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 11/03/2023 13:24 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2023 18:24 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2022 17:21 | MoonageDaydream | 393 | 85/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 22.0.
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The Notorious B.I.G. forum mentions
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Short but sweet discography. His two albums, along with Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, are the three big ones of the late 90s. I'm pretty sure had he not died, he would definitely have been a defining rapper of the 2000s like Jay.
Most rappers are defined by their beats (Kanye West) their flow and delivery (Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony) or their lyrics (Lupe Fiasco). Biggie's music covers all three - he doesn't produce, but he's fortunate to get to work with guys like the Bluez Brothers and DJ Premier. And on top of that, every one of his tracks contains thought-provoking lyrics delivered masterfully. Everything is covered. And this is no easy feat, it's pretty difficult to think of another hip hop artist whose body of work is this perfect.
I dont like how this sight underrates Hip Hop artists. Biggy is definitely in the top 100 all time. Ready to Die is a masterpiece and deserves to be higher than 260.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2012 23:03 | #50208
Best flow of any hip-hop artist. His lyrics are at times cutting genius, but at other times a little cliche. I'd put him on par with Tupac: Great, but inconsistent.
VitorHugoP 03/29/2016 15:53 | #162925
BIGGIE SMALLS IS THE ILLIST!!
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2014 15:48 | #111892
Biggie is so smooth and easy to listen to. RIP
