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Ready to Die
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With his prodigious, often booming voice overwhelming the track, he sweeps his verbal camera high and low, painting a sonic picture so vibrant that you're transported right to the scene. He raps in clear, sparse terms, allowing the lyrics to hit the first time you hear them.

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...the natural rapping, clever use of sound effects and acted dialogue, and concept element (from a baby being born at the start to the fading heartbeat at the end) set this well apart from the average gangsta bragging...

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A funky, hard-nosed chronicle of a death foretold.

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...Fans knew that from this debut that Biggie was indeed a born winner...

The Source (10/94, p.79)

...READY TO DIE, the debut from Brooklyn's own Biggie Smalls echoes the attitude in full Ghettovision color, showing us that the true `American way' is to hustle for yours...