2021 repress on black vinyl - The album that reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age, Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. a star, and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. Today it's recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded, and that's mostly due to Biggie's skill as a storyteller. His raps are easy to understand, but his skills are hardly lacking -- he has a loose, easy flow and a talent for piling multiple rhymes on top of one another in quick succession. He's blessed with a flair for the dramatic, and slips in and out of different contradictory characters with ease. Yet, no matter how much he heightens things for effect, it's always easy to see elements of Biggie in his narrators and of his own experience in the details; everything is firmly rooted in reality, but plays like scenes from a movie.
| A1 | Intro |
| A2 | Things Done Changed |
| A3 | Gimme The Loot |
| A4 | Machine Gun Funk |
| A5 | Warning |
| B1 | Ready To Die |
| B2 | One More Chance |
| B3 | #!*@ Me (Interlude) |
| B4 | The What |
| B5 | Juicy |
| C1 | Everyday Struggle |
| C2 | Me & My B*tch |
| C3 | Big Poppa |
| C4 | Respect |
| D1 | Friend Of Mine |
| D2 | Unbelievable |
| D3 | Suicidal Thoughts |
| D4 | Who Shot Ya |
| D5 | Just Playing (Dreams) |
