stealthbomber
cruising at 30,000
ready to die is my favorite album but LAD is great too
Ready 2 Die vs Life After Death
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Piff Perkins
Veteran
Ready To Die by far. I'm kinda surprised many people are picking LAD. I think LAD is dope but it has a lot of filler, I guess which is to be expected for most double albums regardless of genre.
But R2D doesn't have any filler unless you count the skits (which I don't). It's less grand than LAD but that's a given since it's not a double album...
Me and my homie always argue about whether LAD is kinda overrated due to Biggie dying.
But R2D doesn't have any filler unless you count the skits (which I don't). It's less grand than LAD but that's a given since it's not a double album...
Me and my homie always argue about whether LAD is kinda overrated due to Biggie dying.
oO J Smooth Oo
All Star
LAD>>>>>
you can see BIGs transition into a complete artist from RTD to LAD... perfect street tracks, perfect club/party tracks, monster singles, perfect rap/r&b collabo with kellz, way better production than RTD. Big had something for everybody with life after death and satisfied his core fans at the same time
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Is this a fkn joke? Ready to Die>>>
Me and My bytch
Ready to Die
The What
Suicidal Thoughts
Unbelievable
Juicy
Everyday Struggle
Machine Gun Funk
Big Poppa
Listen to the sampling on that intro
How is LAD getting so many votes?
Me and My bytch
Ready to Die
The What
Suicidal Thoughts
Unbelievable
Juicy
Everyday Struggle
Machine Gun Funk
Big Poppa
Listen to the sampling on that intro
How is LAD getting so many votes?
pandering to outsiders for cheap money grabs doesn't make you a complete artist.
the idea that this is how rap albums should be crafted is one of the reasons why rap fell off.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Breh he had all of that on Ready to Die. Perfect street tracks (Ready to Die, Everyday Struggle, Gimme the Loot, etc.), perfect club/party tracks (Big Poppa, Juicy), he had the singles, he had the collab with Meth they were two of the biggest names at that point, the production was not "way" better. I think Puff, Easy Mo Bee, Premo did a great job. Look at the sampling on the intro, I'd take beats like the What and Ready to Die over anything on LAD.
oO J Smooth Oo
All Star
biggies flow and maturity was there on LAD
RTD is still classic but its raw
LAD he was polished
Your Nobody Till Somebody
his verse on last dayz
come on man
RTD is still classic but its raw
LAD he was polished
Your Nobody Till Somebody
his verse on last dayz
come on man
Rapmastermind
Superstar
"Ready To Die" is the more Classic album and it's a Masterpiece. It basically is the last straw that brought the East Back in the mid-90's against Dre, Snoop and Warren that year was killing it to. Biggie was the shift and "Ready To Die" did that. What I love about the album is how it literally a storytelling album from beginning to end. The album begin with his birth and it goes all through his youth. You hear the different musical sounds of the era as he gets older. It's funny cause the last Rap song played in the intro is a Snoop song. Then Big said, "I got Big plans, Big Plans". It was like he told the future and the shift from West to East with that. The 1st track, "Things Dun Changed" was Biggie's "NY State of Mind", a haunting intro about where the streets and the hoods are in that moment. But the album takes off at 180 and never lets up. I honestly don't feel there's a weak song on the album.
The "Weaker" songs like "Friend of Mine" were still dope. Big as an emcee was Flawless Lyrically and Flow wise. Also "Ready To Die" had a very social moral. That this life leads you into two places. Dead or in Jail. Which was the Intro and Outtro with "Suicidal Thoughts". I've always viewed the titled as symbolic in the fact that he was "Ready To Die" cause of his stress, his environment and his life. But he was also ready for a part of himself to die. The part that was doing wrong, that was sinning. Big grew up a Jehovah's witness and went to Catholic school. This is why both albums do have religious themes and why Biggie made it a point to say some of the blasphemous sh!t on wax. Also you have to give it up to the Production on "Ready To Die". Easy Mo Bee jazz influenced beats fit right in that late 80's/early 90's vibe. Premo gave Biggie a tunnel banger for the ages. "Juicy" became one of hip hop most celebrated records ever. "Big Poppa" is still setting clubs a blaze till this day.
Also The B-Sides from the Album were Classic. "Dreams" was amazing. "One More Chance Remix" is one of Hip Hop Biggest Singles Ever. And the album version was Classic too just more street/hard. As far as socially conscious rhymes, listen to "Everyday Struggle" and tell me you can't relate. Even again "Suicidal Thoughts" was very deep to look in the mirror and acknowledge your faults. "Ready To Die" turns 19 years old in a few months. Does that album not still sound great all these years later? Now there is no doubt Biggie was the better emcee on "Life After Death" and there is no doubt that LAD is a masterpiece and classic also. But I feel "Ready To Die" has the edge for being more cohesive storytelling album. LAD was also a storytelling album and I love how Biggie now out of the doom and gloom mind state of his debut was Happy about his success. But Biggie warned, Success still can bring darkness, hate, envy. I love both albums and it's amazing that the man dropped two of the genre's best albums back to back.
The "Weaker" songs like "Friend of Mine" were still dope. Big as an emcee was Flawless Lyrically and Flow wise. Also "Ready To Die" had a very social moral. That this life leads you into two places. Dead or in Jail. Which was the Intro and Outtro with "Suicidal Thoughts". I've always viewed the titled as symbolic in the fact that he was "Ready To Die" cause of his stress, his environment and his life. But he was also ready for a part of himself to die. The part that was doing wrong, that was sinning. Big grew up a Jehovah's witness and went to Catholic school. This is why both albums do have religious themes and why Biggie made it a point to say some of the blasphemous sh!t on wax. Also you have to give it up to the Production on "Ready To Die". Easy Mo Bee jazz influenced beats fit right in that late 80's/early 90's vibe. Premo gave Biggie a tunnel banger for the ages. "Juicy" became one of hip hop most celebrated records ever. "Big Poppa" is still setting clubs a blaze till this day.
Also The B-Sides from the Album were Classic. "Dreams" was amazing. "One More Chance Remix" is one of Hip Hop Biggest Singles Ever. And the album version was Classic too just more street/hard. As far as socially conscious rhymes, listen to "Everyday Struggle" and tell me you can't relate. Even again "Suicidal Thoughts" was very deep to look in the mirror and acknowledge your faults. "Ready To Die" turns 19 years old in a few months. Does that album not still sound great all these years later? Now there is no doubt Biggie was the better emcee on "Life After Death" and there is no doubt that LAD is a masterpiece and classic also. But I feel "Ready To Die" has the edge for being more cohesive storytelling album. LAD was also a storytelling album and I love how Biggie now out of the doom and gloom mind state of his debut was Happy about his success. But Biggie warned, Success still can bring darkness, hate, envy. I love both albums and it's amazing that the man dropped two of the genre's best albums back to back.
Rapmastermind
Superstar
If you a boom bap old school head, "Ready To Die" grimey NY sound will appeal more. "Life After Death" is an new school classic as the production is crisp and the album sounds like it could of dropped last week. Biggie dropped 2 Classic for 2 Era's of Hip Hop Fans. And Future generations are falling in love with both albums as the years go by. Sadly his Triple Album also titled "Born Again" to fit the religious themes of the 1st two titles didn't happen.