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The album is in part a semi-autobiographical (and exaggerated) account of Biggie's younger days as a criminal, and consists of mostly hardcore gangsta rap, with a few light party jams (the most popular being the first single "Juicy", although the second single, "Big Poppa", is no slouch either).
It went on to become one of the biggest-selling hip-hop albums of all time, helping revitalize the East Coast hip-hop scene commercially in the face of the West Coast's dominance in the early 90s. Three of its songs - "Juicy", "Big Poppa", and "Warning" - went on to become singles, accompanied by music videos.
Sadly, ''Ready to Die'' was the only album Biggie saw the release of during his lifetime - he was murdered in Los Angeles just 16 days before the release of his second album, ironically named ''Music/LifeAfterDeath''.
It went on to become one of the biggest-selling hip-hop albums of all time, helping revitalize the East Coast hip-hop scene commercially in the face of the West Coast's dominance in the early 90s. Three of its songs - "Juicy", "Big Poppa", and "Warning" - went on to become singles, accompanied by music videos.
Sadly, ''Ready to Die'' was the only album Biggie saw the release of during his lifetime - he was murdered in Los Angeles just 16 days before the release of his second album, ironically named ''Music/LifeAfterDeath''.
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The album is in part a semi-autobiographical (and exaggerated) account of Biggie's younger days as a criminal, and consists of mostly hardcore gangsta rap, with a few light party jams (the most popular being the first single "Juicy", although the second single, "Big Poppa", is no slouch slouch, either).
It went on to become one of the biggest-selling hip-hop albums of all time, helping revitalize the East Coast hip-hop scene commercially in the face of the West Coast's dominance in the early 90s. Three of its songs- -- "Juicy", "Big Poppa", and "Warning" - -- went on to become singles, accompanied by music videos.
Sadly, ''Ready to Die'' was the only album Biggie saw the release of during his lifetime- -- he was murdered in Los Angeles just 16 days before the release of his second album, ironically named ''Music/LifeAfterDeath''.
It went on to become one of the biggest-selling hip-hop albums of all time, helping revitalize the East Coast hip-hop scene commercially in the face of the West Coast's dominance in the early 90s. Three of its songs
Sadly, ''Ready to Die'' was the only album Biggie saw the release of during his lifetime
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** The album intro, which is a summary of Biggie's life up until the recording of the album, uses samples to mark the notable time periods of not just his life, but of hip-hop: He's born to Music/CurtisMayfield's "Superfly" in the '70s, gets in trouble as a kid in '79/the early '80s to the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" (marking the birth of hip-hop), commits robbery as a teenager in the '80s to Audio Two's "Top Billin'" (marking the Golden Age of hip-hop), and is released from prison in the early '90s to Music/SnoopDogg's "Tha Shiznit" (marking the rise of West Coast hip hop in the early '90s).
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** The album intro, which is a summary of Biggie's life up until the recording of the album, uses samples to mark the notable time periods of not just his life, but of hip-hop: He's born to Music/CurtisMayfield's "Superfly" in the '70s, gets in trouble as a kid in '79/the early '80s to the Sugar Hill Gang's Music/TheSugarhillGang's "Rapper's Delight" (marking the birth of hip-hop), commits robbery as a teenager in the '80s to Audio Two's "Top Billin'" (marking the Golden Age of hip-hop), and is released from prison in the early '90s to Music/SnoopDogg's "Tha Shiznit" (marking the rise of West Coast hip hop in the early '90s).
