The Notorious BIG is well known Ready to die The debut album, which turns 30 in September, is getting special treatment for the big anniversary: A limited-edition 2-LP reissue is set to mark the occasion.
Ready to Die (30th Anniversary) will hit the album's original September 13 release date and feature a redesigned cover featuring a photo of Biggie Smalls, the late Brooklyn rapper's subway stop G, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
The limited edition reissue will be commercially available as a double album on black vinyl rhinoceros and Biggie's official e-shop. Select retailers such as Barnes & Noble will also have a color vinyl version for sale on the same day.
Ready to die landed in 1994 and gave the East Coast an instant classic while shaking the cages of the '90s rap landscape. Backed by the singles “Juicy,” “Big Poppa” and “One More Chance,” Biggie's set of street tales peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200. “Juicy” peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 while “Big Poppa” (No. 6) and “One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix)” (No. 2) impacted the top 10 of the all-genre chart.
Ready to die came in at No. 24 on Advertising signon the Greatest Rap Albums of All Time list and could have another entry in the top 10. “The rapper was ready to put years of drug dealing behind him, his mother was battling breast cancer and his girlfriend was pregnant in their first child,” William E. Ketchum wrote of the album. “But Christopher Wallace was up to the task: he wrote ruthless hood dramas and delivered them with both menace and charm, which suited the variety of rattling speakers and smooth samples helmed by Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs.”
Find it Ready to Die (30th Anniversary) cover below.
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