Notorious big ready to die album artwork

The violence and costs of the hustle are laid bare on the stick-up-kid anthem вЂњGimme the LootвЂќ and the closer вЂњSuicidal ThoughtsвЂќ, which ends with the sound of him killing himself while on the phone with executive producer/mentor Sean вЂњDiddyвЂќ Combs (then known as Puff Daddy), who pleads for him to reconsider.Д«ut against the backdrop of violence and death, Big mixes in moments of aspiration and confidence. вЂњвЂYouвЂ™re saying youвЂ™re ready to die? WhatвЂ™s up, Big?вЂ™ He told me, вЂIвЂ™m going through a lot.IвЂ™m tired of being up there hustling, my mom is sick, I have a baby on the way.вЂ™ He was going through a lot of pressure.вЂќДЇrom the autobiographical вЂњThings Done ChangedвЂќ onwards, Biggie Smalls spoke directly, without distillation, about Brooklyn crime and culture, connecting instantly with those in the know while compelling others less attuned to catch up.

вЂњI remember when he was doing the title track, I was a little disturbed,вЂќ Easy Mo Bee, who produced several of the albumвЂ™s standouts, tells Apple Music. elevated the form to a divine art of brutal honesty. While hardly the first to rap about the pleasures and pitfalls of drug dealing, The Notorious B.I.G. By naming his debut Ready to Die, the Brooklyn rapper bluntly encapsulated both his fearless, take-no-prisoners lyrical style and his perpetual sixth sense that death could come for him at any time. By the age of 22, Christopher Wallace had already lived quite the life.

Notorious big ready to die album artwork