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Ready to Die (The Remaster) [CD + DVD]

CD 2 discs
$13.99

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The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die is the debut that rewrote New York rap, and this CD and DVD edition pairs the remastered album with a disc of his music videos.

When it arrived in 1994, Christopher Wallace was a Brooklyn hustler turned storyteller with a voice like velvet gravel and a flow that seemed to bend time. The album traces a life from the hard corners of Bedford-Stuyvesant to sudden fame, and it never pretends the ride is pretty. It put Bad Boy Records on the map and gave East Coast hip-hop a new centre of gravity.

Juicy is the rags-to-riches anthem everyone knows, sunny and grateful over a classic soul-funk sample. Big Poppa slides in with laid-back charm, while Gimme the Loot shows his gift for vivid, cinematic menace, trading two characters' voices with uncanny ease. The darker closing stretch, ending in Suicidal Thoughts, still lands like a punch.

This remastered edition also adds Who Shot Ya? and Just Playing (Dreams) to the running order. The DVD gathers videos for Juicy, Big Poppa, Warning and One More Chance, plus a live performance of Unbelievable. It is the complete picture of a debut that announced one of rap's greatest talents, and one that still sounds hungry today.

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