![]() The Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs orchestrated set changed the commercial fortunes for his newly christened Bad Boy label and more importantly an entire coast. ![]() 2… Hard Knock Life (1998) and Kanye West’s The College Dropout (2004). The late, transformative Christopher Wallace’s debut edges out such universally lauded, highly impactful yet inconsistent albums as N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton (1988) Method Man’s Tical (1994) the Fugees’ The Score (1996) Jay-Z’s Vol. So it can finally be said: The Notorious B.I.G.’s iconic 1994 debut Ready To Die is hip-hop’s most flawed classic work. The moment you realize that a game-changing landmark album is a bold, yet uneven affair that one of the statement-making, genre-defying musical works held closely to an entire generation’s heart also happens to be a project that triumphs mainly due to the sheer breathless lyrical dexterity and roughish yet lovable charm of its Brooklyn, New York born author. ![]() Still, upon closer look 20 years later, Ready to Die has some chinks… ![]() The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album began the legend of Brooklyn’s begotten son. ![]()
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