LAD comes from a decidedly different perspective.
It upped the production values on East Coast Hip-Hop albums and put a decided focus on narrative and pace. It showed that East Coast Hip-Hop could also make murder melodic in the vein of Death Row and be massively commercially viable. There are a couple skippable tracks and skits, but as an album, R2D was a game changer. Primo stopped by to give the head bangers what they wanted with “Impeach The President” driven “Unbelievable”. Easy Mo Bee was the principal architect, delivering the title track, “Machine Gun Funk” “Gimme the Loot” Method Man collaboration “The What” and a couple other tracks. From the opening intro reflecting the change is time and condition, to the final shot and the slowing heartbeat, you got a complete saga an epic, gritty trip through the Brooklyn gutter. With over a decade in the rearview, which album should be used to define greatness when we consider Biggie’s brief yet stellar run?Īs a body of work, R2D is certainly more compact and focused in theme and narrative. Which album was better: Ready To Die or Life After Death?īoth were critically acclaimed upon release, although LAD met with some resistance after the then-venerable Source gave it a 5 Mic rating. But one question left behind by that album we will address today. How would Biggie have been 10 years later? Would Lil’ Kim still look like Kim Jones? Would Jigga have enjoyed the run he did? Would Hip-Hop be in its present state? A million and one questions certainly, and most of them can be answered only with assumption and theory. An expansive work to say the least, Life became his last will and testament, bequeathing his work to his fans and bad boy’s bottom line, his BK throne to Jay-Z, and tragically a life time of “what if’s” to Hip-Hop enthusiasts. No one has or will ever be better then big.īIG INSPIRED LIFE AND DIDDY MADE HIS BEST SONG WHEN BIG DIED.THERE WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER B.I.G.IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMEONE BETTER TYPE YOUR RESPONSE.On March 25th, 1997 we were served with the bittersweet entree of Life After Death, the final living work of the Notorious B.I.G. Im not an east coast or west coast fan i just personally think he is the best. Gimme the loot is the best rap song ever created. Biggie didnt copy his style and if he did he did it way better. Ready to Die is the best album ever created simple as that.
Tupac may have a better album with that said. enough said true this album isnt the greatest. Brooklyn Stand the F-K up for the real king of Hip Hop.īiggie is the best. This was the album that would had made him a SUPERSTAR, but we all know what happened, if it wasnt for his death this album would had put him in a place, where no rapper could had ever touch him, and that means no Jay Z, Nas, or whoever else, alot of rapper benefitted from his death and you all know who they are. One of the top five rap albums of all time.
this was put out in 97 and i still bump it every day.īIGGIE DAMN DIZ WAS FIYAH!!!!! HOP OFF PACS NUT HE TRASH BIGGIE FO LIFE! every hip hop head should have this in their collection.
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every track is cinematic, its almost like listening to a movie or sumthin. No matter how u cut it this is the best hip hop album ever made.