It's difficult to get him out of your head once you sample what he has to offer'.
From the breathtakingly visual moments of his birth to his Cobainesque end in 'Suicidal Thoughts,' B.I.G. Coker stated ' Ready to Die is the strongest solo rap debut since Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Ready to Die received critical acclaim from music critics.
Rock explained this in an interview with Wax Poetics: It document the star's transition from Brooklyn knucklehead to magazine cover story.' Producer Pete Rock, who was commissioned to remix the track, alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song's beat after hearing it from him during a visit. Andrew Kameka, of, stated that the song was one of his 'greatest and most-revealing songs' and went on to say it was a 'Part-autobiography, part-declaration-of-success. AllMusic's Steve Huey stated that, along with the other singles, it was an 'upbeat, commercial moment', calling it a 'rags-to-riches chronicle'. Produced by Combs, it features a prominent sample of 'Juicy Fruit' as performed by James Mtume. It shipped 500,000 copies in the United States and the RIAA certified it Gold on November 16, 1994. It peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 14 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and reached number 3 on the Hot Rap Singles. 'Juicy' was released as the lead single on August 8, 1994. 'Things Done Changed' was also one of the few hip hop songs in The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. In the original Rolling Stone review, Cheo H Coker declared that he 'maintains a consistent level of tension by juxtaposing emotional highs and lows'. The album is also noted for its dark tone and sinister sense of depression. Touré, writing for The New York Times, referred to The Notorious B.I.G., proclaiming that he stood out from other rappers because 'his lyrics mix autobiographical details about crime and violence with emotional honesty, telling how he felt while making a living as a drug dealer'. He also went on to mention that his lyrics are 'firmly rooted in reality, but play like scene from a movie'. Many critics applauded his story-telling ability such as AllMusic writer Steve Huey, who stated 'His raps are easy to understand, but his skills are hardly lackingâhe has a loose, easy flow and a talent for piling multiple rhymes on top of one another in quick succession'. The Notorious B.I.G.'s lyrics on the album were generally praised by critics. I still donât know how this shit is just getting out know.
You hear some samples that wasnât cleared, some production from Premier and Pete Rock that wasnât on the original, and hear what Biggie and Bad Boy initially intended. So people, if you havenât already got this, do so and sit back and listen to Ready To Die again for the first time. even though Iâve wronged you and Hip-Hop, I know that deep inside you would have did the same thing too. Iâm sorry that I let my physical urges (and the chance to release them on a sexy caramel toned beauty) get in the way of real Hip-Hop. So, Biggie Iâm sorry I didnât do what I was supposed to and post the original version of Ready To Die on Friday. But for a long LONG time, I would steal on a motherfucker if they said Christoper George Latore Wallace wasnât the best to ever do it. Shit, I may believe that Jay-Z is the âBest Rapper Everâ right now. But as the weekend commenced I had this feeling in the back of my head that I really should have. At first I wasnât gonna post this when we first got this in our e-mail on Friday.