So LAD was originally 1 disc & the album was "basically done".....

[Mike the Executioner]

kick in the door
going back to cali
10 crack commandments
i love the dough
mo money mo problems
last day
what's beef
i got a story to tell
miss u
sky's the limit
my downfall
long kiss goodnight
somebody's gotta die
notorious thugs


now that's a classic flawless album. Street hits, a few hits for the clubs

You don't like "nikkas Bleed?"

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

You don't like "nikkas Bleed?"

of course, i just wanted to only put 14 songs

 

[IAmListenin']

I was actually listening to Life After Death yesterday. Would've been better as one disc.

You don't like "nikkas Bleed?"

To each his own, but "nikkas Bleed" is my favorite song on the album. I'm not the guy to think my favorites have to be everyone else's as well, but it was surprising to see it completely left out of a proposed single disc altogether.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Now I'm at how the story that runs through the album would have fit on one album.

 

[jelanitsunami]

last 5 songs of the album might be the greatest 5 song stretch on any rap album

 

[Larry Lambo]

There ain't a double album in existence that wouldn't have been better as a 16-18 track single album.

But $ talks.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Both discs had 12 tracks. If you take out Another, Nasty Boy, and Player Hater and make one disc it basically just as long as Ready to Die

Take out Goin Back To Cali also. Dude was pandering on that track and got merked shortly after. LAD shoulda been 15-16 tracks maximum with maybe some skits attached to the end of a couple of tracks

 

[bl2k8]

The dude fukked all the loose women at Bad Boy though, two just happened to be "lighter" or whatever. I wonder if white people sit around and discuss if Paul McCartneys broads were light crackers or dark crackers and what the definition is .

This board has a unhealthy obsession over analyzing the color of of chicks dudes mess with.

I wish there was footage of albums like LAD being recorded. Imagine seeing BIG vibe out to hearing these beats as they being made and then seeing him get in the booth spit shyt he just thought of!

Literally the only thing I can find starts at 2:55. I’m sure there is way more that they aren’t releasing for whatever reason

 

[I love Latina women]

Literally the only thing I can find starts at 2:55. I’m sure there is way more that they aren’t releasing for whatever reason

Good looking out!

 

[Rozay Oro]

Damn sounds like puff really Sacrificed big. Even the car accident sounds suspicious. Big and pac had to die.

 

[bigmanharris]

this is 97 we're talking about here. I kept it to 14 songs. World is filled could be substituted with somebody's gotta die. A few songs are interchangeable, but songs like "hypnotize"(i have no idea why people like that bs), player hater, nasty boy, and another are filler tracks

Mofo you crazy. Hypnotize is the shyt

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Mofo you crazy. Hypnotize is the shyt

hypnotize was bullshyt. weak lyrics over a wack loop thrown together. When I first heard it, I had no idea then how or why people liked it.

 

[King Kai]

Charli still fine as wine.

 

[I love Latina women]

 

[heart]

Both discs had 12 tracks. If you take out Another, Nasty Boy, and Player Hater and make one disc it basically just as long as Ready to Die

YEAH I agree somewhat.

BUT I can't view that album the same if "ANOTHER" is not on it. It's one of the most honest tracks BIG ever did considering even currently today we have so many dudes going thru that. You're with a girl you really care about but you keep fukking up and messing with other girls. It was a peak into not only BIG's insecurities but a lot of men who do dirt, but cant take it when it's done to them. And then KIM gives her POV.

I know throughout hip-hop we have had the "battle of the sexes" types tracks but to me this was the most honest and well thought out tracks...

Somebody gotta die is the best track on the album. I still play it regularly. It sets the mood for the entire album, and the story telling is very vivid... With albums unless your doing own compilations less is always more. Meaning with double albums you're always gonna have fillers no matter how great it is overall.

Nasty boy, Going back to cali, fukking you tonight, & player hater were not needed imo. Trim it down to 10 tracks each and it's truly an even better masterpiece. Same could be said for Pac's AEOM.