The Notorious BIG Ready To Die Vinyl LP Silver Colour 2021

RSD Stores Exclusive Silver Colour Vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Things Done Changed
3. Gimme The Loot
4. Machine Gun Funk
5. Warning
6. Ready To Die
7. One More Chance
8. Fuck Me (interlude)
9. The What
10. Juicy
11. Everyday Struggle
12. Me & My B*tch
13. Big Poppa
14. Respect
15. Friend Of Mine
16. Unbelievable
17. Suicidal Thoughts
18. Who Shot Ya
19. Just Playing (dreams)

A reissue of the 1994 debut album from Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release, including a 10/10 rating from Pitchfork alongside praise from various other critics for its 'brutally honest' depiction of gang violence and conflict. The album has cemented its place in hip-hop history and has since gone on to achieve 6x platinum certification in the US as well as UK platinum status in the UK.
This x2LP re-issue featuring the iconic artwork of an infant bearing a resemblance to the rapper has been out of publication for more than a decade and also features all 19 tracks from the Ready to Die Sessions.

The album cover is often cited as one of the greatest of all time, with Billboard magazine placing it no.4 on its list of “The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time” stating that juxtaposition of the music with the “innocence of a child” on the cover illustrates how “a cruel world imprints on unmoulded minds”. NME has also placed it no.12 on its list of “Timeless Hip Hop Album Covers” and Complex Magazine have placed it at no.16 on its list of “Greatest Album Covers”.