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A breakdown thread for the album "Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G, released in 1994 which is one of the best albums oat among all genres and a personal favourite of mine. (1/22)
& #39;Ready To Die& #39; is one of the best east coast hip-hop records of the 1990s and an all-time hip-hop classic that sounds just as relevant in 2021 as it did when it was released back in & #39;94 on the legendary Bad Boy Records company run by Sean & #39;Puffy& #39; Combs. (2/22)
Ready To Die is a concept album and chronicles Biggie& #39;s life from birth to death. The intro starts in 1972 with Christopher Wallace being born in the labor room to Curtis Mayfield& #39;s & #39;Superfly& #39;. (3/22)
Then it transitions to 1979 and you can hear Biggie& #39;s father arguing and shouting with his wife (played by Lil& #39; Kim) saying "You can& #39;t control that boy?!" and Kim responds that he& #39;s a "dumb motherfucker!" (4/22)
Next, we have a scene were Biggie coaxes a friend into robbing a train set to the sound of Audio Two& #39;s "Top Billin" from 1988. They then proceed to rob the train as they shout "Get on the floor motherfucker !" while they shoot off shots from a shotgun. (5/22)
In the next scene, Biggie is getting released from prison to Snoop Dogg& #39;s track "Tha Shiznit" in 1993 (after serving 5 years for the robbery). Biggie says to the prison guard "You won& #39;t see me up in this motherfucker no more! I got big plans n***a! Big plans!" (6/22)
After the intro, we dive right into the albums first cut, "Things Done Changed" which sample Dr. Dre& #39;s "Lil& #39; Ghetto Boy" on the chorus, the track is an intense affair and is very uncommercial. (7/22)
Next up Biggie does some role-playing on "Gimme The Loot" where he tells a story and does a two-voiced rap explaining the art of armed robbery in detail. (8/22)
Next, we have two more interesting songs, "Machine Gun Funk" is a New Jack Swing style beat , while "Warning" is a chill beat and some more multi-voiced rapping. (9/22)
Track six is the title track and one of the best tracks so far with a hardcore and morose beat with Biggie delivering some morbid lyrics with a vicious twist of battle lyrics. (10/22)
Next up Biggie goes full sex mode on "One More Chance", the track has a low key beat and features an r&b hook from Debarge. After the song ends Biggie fucks Lil& #39; Kim on the "Fuck Me (Interlude)" with Lil& #39; Kim delivering some sex talk. (11/22)
Track 9 is "The What" featuring Method Man and is a standout track and the first light-hearted song on the album:
Fuck the world, don& #39;t ask me for shit
Everything you get you gotta work hard for it (12/22)
Fuck the world, don& #39;t ask me for shit
Everything you get you gotta work hard for it (12/22)
Track 10, "Juicy", is one of hip-hop& #39;s all-time classics and a great feel-good track featuring biographical lyrics from Big and a sweet chorus delivered by girl group Total. (13/22)
The track offers a variety of themes such as: childhood dreams, accomplishments, success and family values, and these themes make & #39;Juicy& #39; the classic track it is and a bright light on this album which is frequently quite dark. (14/22)
Next, we have the mediocre "Everyday Struggle" with depressing, albeit creative lyrics, describing more street hustler scenarios. Track 12 is titled "Me & My Bitch" and chronicles an intense ghetto romance filled with crime and passion. (15/22)
Track 13 introduces the playa "Big Poppa" who is a smooth, suave, and sophisticated ladies man. The beat is extremely laid-back and has some melodic elements which are very similar to Dr. Dre& #39;s G-Funk sounds. (16/22)
Rounding out the album we have "Respect" which features a hard-hitting beat which is pretty catchy. talking about the gun-toting lifestyle mixed with a party/dancehall vibe. (17/22)
Next Biggie coaxes a girl into giving him a blowjob in a skit full of slurping dick sucking sounds before launching into "Friend of Mine". (18/22)
The last track on the album is the gloomiest of them all and is aptly titled "Suicidal Thoughts" :
When I die, fuck it, I wanna go to hell
& #39;Cause I& #39;m a piece of shit, it ain& #39;t hard to fuckin& #39; tell. (19/22)
When I die, fuck it, I wanna go to hell
& #39;Cause I& #39;m a piece of shit, it ain& #39;t hard to fuckin& #39; tell. (19/22)
After a few minutes of self-hating and remorsefulness, Biggie kills himself at the end of the song as you hear him shoot himself over the phone. (20/22)
A sad and tragic ending to a great concept album that doesn& #39;t glorify the crime life but describes all the misery of living in a way that is centered on violence and crime on a daily basis. (21/22)
End of thread, thank you for reading.
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