Classic. It felt very scenic like a Hollywood thriller film to me.
It's a man succumbing to the pressure of society that's forcing him down the destructive path he's now on which he knows is wrong.
His best friend is trying to convince him about all the positive things in his life but still thinks that all the bad in his life upto that point vastly outweighs the positive. Now all he wants is the easy way out.
It's a powerful analogy for becoming a new person and changing your outlook on life which is why his 3 albums were going to be titles that were similes for exactly that.
Ready to Die (Figuring out where he went wrong whilst leaving his old negative life behind)
Life After Death (His journey to uprooting his living circumstances and having a more positive outlook on life but still holding onto the past somewhat)
Born Again (Truly embracing his new life. I always imagined he'd end the trilogy like the film Carlito's Way so he'd end up dying anyway since Ready to Die and Life After Death both ended in him dying anyway)
But, I love all albums that follow a theme in general. I miss the 90s and early 00s.
For the past 10 years every album sounds like a compilation.

No thought into the album sequence at all.
Though the album is a 9.9 the only thing that truly ruins a perfect score is the, "fukk Me Interlude". The Interlude with Lil' Kim pretending to suck his dikk is an instant skip.

91-98 were the greatest years for Hip-Hop in its purest form.
