The Notorious BIG first appeared as a remixer of Mary J Blige's hit Real Love. From that moment on, hip-hop fans looked forward to his debut album. With Ready To Die Biggie Smalls fulfilled the high expectations. The album contains fifteen tracks full of raw hip-hop with hypnotic beats. With the help of producer Easy Mo Bee, Biggie tells about life in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the rugged New York neighborhood
… where he grew up. For example, the uptempo Gimme The Loot is about a robbery. In Big Poppa, provided with a sample of the Isley Brothers' Between The Sheets, Biggie portrays himself as a player. Ready To Die contains no fillers and therefore quickly grew into a hip-hop classic.more
