Ready to Die

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Upon release, the album was met with widespread critical acclaim, with Pitchfork giving it a 10/10 rating along with various other critics praising it for its brutally honest depiction of gang violence and conflict as opposed to the often-glorified portrayal in the genre and the wider media. Q magazine gave Ready to Die three out of five stars, and stated "the natural rapping, clever use of sound effects and acted dialogue, and concept element (from a baby being born at the start to the fading heartbeat at the end) set this well apart from the average gangsta bragging". Andrew Kameka, of HipHopDX, 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. The estate countersued in turn, claiming the sample as used was short, adapted, and supplemented, and thus subject to fair use, [14] a legal tactic not pursued previously. Like others said this doesn't have the og samples, so if you're looking for that you'll still want the VMP version.

Coker had a similar view of the song, noting that it was "one of the bawdiest sex raps since Kool G Rap's classic, " Talk Like Sex" and continued, stating it "proves hilarious simply because of B.The New York Times wrote "Though drug dealing carries tremendous heroic value with some young urban dwellers, he sacrifices the figure's romantic potential. In April 2018, Ready to Die was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 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. The album features productions by Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier, and Lord Finesse, among others.

It has been ranked by many critics as one of the greatest hip hop albums, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album was significant for revitalizing the East Coast hip hop scene, amid West Coast hip hop's commercial dominance. In these sessions, XXL magazine describe an "inexperienced, higher-pitched" Biggie sounding "hungry and paranoid". Ready to Die peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and was subject to widespread critical acclaim and soon a commercial success. On April 2, 2014, Lee Hutson of The Impressions filed a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement suit against Combs, Bad Boy Records, and the estate of the late Notorious B.If you are not emotionally attached to the "real" release then I would say this is a good one to purchase. Former Impressions singer Lee Hutson slaps hip-hop mogul Diddy, Bad Boy Entertainment and estate of Notorious B. for copyright infringement, alleging that his song " Can't Say Enough About Mom" was illegally sampled in the production of the song "The What". Coker stated " Ready to Die is the strongest solo rap debut since Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.

His raps acknowledge both the excitement of drug dealing and the stress caused by the threat from other dealers, robbers, the police and parents, sometimes one's own. on October 16, 1995, only a year and one month after its release the album was certified double Platinum. In 2011, Rolling Stone also placed it at number eight on their 100 Best Albums of the Nineties list, and described it as "mapping out the sound of ' Nineties cool'". This x2LP re-issue featuring the iconic artwork of an infant bearing a resemblance to the rapper has been out of the marketplace for over a decade and also features all 19 tracks from the Ready to Die Sessions.Originally released on 13th September 1994, Ready To Die is the debut studio album from hip-hop legend, The Notorious B. Overall, this package is complete: ridiculous beats, harmonizing honeys, ill sound effects, criminal scenarios, and familiar hooks". A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. He rapped about these topics in "clear, sparse terms, allowing the lyrics to hit the first time you hear them".