#THE NOTORIOUS BIG READY TO DIE ORIGINAL CRACK#
“Machine Gun Funk”: “So I guess you know the story / the rap side, crack side,” Biggie spits in the third verse, having spent the first two asserting his cred as both a gun-toting criminal and a mic-smoking MC. rhymes “doorknockers” with “blakka, blakka, blakka”– the sound of him blasting some poor woman for her earrings. “From the Beretta, putting holes in your sweater,” the higher-pitched one raps at 2:50. Biggie plays two roles - stickup kid 1 and stickup kid 2 - and while the one he portrays with his usual voice seems more experienced, both are coldblooded, and neither comes across as the voice of reason. “Gimme the Loot”: There were originally six samples on this song, none of which distract from the brutal wordplay. His Bed-Stuy ‘hood has turned into a Wild West of guns and crack, and where his neighbors used to hold barbecues, bodies are piling up. “Things Done Changed”: The key line of this dark, sample-driven tune comes at the end: “Shit, my momma’s got cancer in her breast / Don’t asked me why I’m motherfucking stressed.” His mother’s illness isn’t the only reason he’s bugging out, though.
Along the way, he discovers hip-hop, the source of his super powers. In 3:20 of cinematic embellishment, he takes us from his birth - with “Super Fly” playing in the delivery room - to a daring subway robbery that lands him behind bars.
This is Biggie’s, and make no mistake: It is a story. “Intro”: Every great rapper fancies himself a superhero, and every superhero needs an origin story. Read on to get our track-by-track take on Notorious B.I.G.’s classic debut.
The case remains unsolved, and conspiracy theories abound, but one thing is for sure: Biggie was one of the all-time greats. On March 9, 1997, just weeks before the release of his sophomore effort, Life After Death, Biggie was gunned down in Los Angeles. His paranoia, it turns out, was justified. Even when he’s celebrating, he’s looking over his shoulder. His songs mix fantasy and reality, and unlike so many of his peers, he rarely, if ever, glorifies the gangsta lifestyle. As a youngster, Wallace was a gifted student, and even though he went astray as a teenager - getting into the drug game and eventually serving nine months in a North Carolina prison - his rhyming and storytelling are testaments to his intelligence. plenty of room to throw his weight around, lyrically speaking. The bleak anti-pop moments serve the record well, giving B.I.G. It’s the story of a young man succumbing to the pressures of his environment. It’s funky, and thanks to executive producer Sean “ Puff Daddy” Combs, there are plenty of pop hooks. Dre‘s The Chronic, a record Biggie admired enough to sample on track two, “Things Done Changed.” Relative to Dre’s West Coast game-changer, though, B.I.G.’s East Coast landmark is harder, darker and less song-oriented. 15 on the Billboard 200 - is similar to Dr. In that way, Ready to Die - which reached No. His bellowing voice suggests lungs filled with cigar smoke and a throat coated with Welch’s grape juice, his beverage of choice in the Top 10 single “Big Poppa.” Whether he’s spinning semi-autobiographical crime narratives or indulging in lover-man fantasies, he never lets the crippling stress wreck his flow. He’s a man of hardy appetites - for money, food, women, blunts, booze, and the thrill of the hustle - and he raps with the easy-does-it delivery of a guy who’s just polished off a steak dinner or finished a round of lovemaking. Notorious B.I.G.’s 15 Biggest Billboard Hitsĭeath wishes aside, the Biggie heard on Ready to Die is a guy bellying up to life’s buffet.
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