‘Ready To Die’ is amongst this crop of rare collections, as compelling today as it ever was. Years have taken their toll on many 1990s rap releases, but the strongest have survived intact, unblemished. The album played a pivotal role in revitalising the East Coast rap scene, instantly assuming a place beside the likes of Nas’s ‘Illmatic’ ( Spotlight feature) and Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ as a classic of the time – and further evidence that the Big Apple’s best had progressed substantially from the days of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa.
Come September (13 th) 1994, New York had its trump card: ‘Ready To Die’, the debut album from a young Brooklyn MC by the name of Christopher Wallace, better known to a growing fanbase as The Notorious B.I.G., AKA Biggie Smalls or simply Biggie.
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