Aug 7, 2024
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Dec 10, 2025My favorite hip hop album of all time & in my top 5 albums ever, personally. Absolutely changed my life.
I did want to share the OG version of the songs if no one has heard it yet, very intriguing listen
livemixtapes.com/mixtape/the-notorious-b-i-g-ready-to-die-the-o-g-edition
- Dec 10, 2025·2 replies
Take Care, MBDTF, Illmatic, RD, Aquemini, Low End Theory, Marshall Mathers LP, and GRDT all better
Dec 10, 2025·2 repliesNJTransit2000Take Care, MBDTF, Illmatic, RD, Aquemini, Low End Theory, Marshall Mathers LP, and GRDT all better
sliding Take Care and MMLP in there is hilarious
Dec 10, 2025·2 repliesthe jump from ready to die to life after death is the same as the jump from TML to Take Care. damn near sound like a whole different artist
Dec 10, 2025·1 reply
Revel_712Illmatic suffers from that repetitive late 80s early 90s early rap production 1-2 bar loop, ready to die so ahead of it’s time with the song structure they basically came out at the same time
Illmatic way better writing and more important topics ready to die the better album though overall kinda
RTD also has way more captivating vocal performance and Biggies presence was unmatched
Dec 10, 2025splicethe jump from ready to die to life after death is the same as the jump from TML to Take Care. damn near sound like a whole different artist
I feel like this an insult to Ready to Die lmao.
Ready To Die has a lot of Biggie’s best tracks
Dec 10, 2025Expertsliding Take Care and MMLP in there is hilarious
MBDTF too lowkey looking back
Dec 10, 2025ElricRTD also has way more captivating vocal performance and Biggies presence was unmatched
No lie it really sounded like he was f***ing in my ear
Dec 10, 2025LAD def better with how much his raps n flows evolved within the 3 years
- Dec 10, 2025Expert
sliding Take Care and MMLP in there is hilarious
MMLP is the greatest album ever made
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025I enjoy LAD even better but yeah you can def make a case for RTD
Dec 10, 2025NJTransit2000Take Care, MBDTF, Illmatic, RD, Aquemini, Low End Theory, Marshall Mathers LP, and GRDT all better
Hard disagree on a few of those. Take Care is better tho
- Dec 10, 2025splice
the jump from ready to die to life after death is the same as the jump from TML to Take Care. damn near sound like a whole different artist
Life After Death would’ve been amazing without 4-5 mid songs that ruin it
- Dec 10, 2025
Pac and BIG have become kind of popular to hate on or discredit as just “old head group think” “safe hip hop opinions” etc…
But there is a reason they are considered the GOATs to this day. 2 albums by BIG hold more classic material than 15+ years of 90s, 00s and current day rappers. His flow is unmatched to this day and likely never to be replicated.
Pac the goat delivery, goat writer, goat conscious rapper, amazing hook maker. 3 straight all time GOAT candidate albums and arguably the best diss record ever.
All in 2-6 years. These cats were Jordan in his prime
Dec 10, 2025Its up there for sure