Cash Cobain, Pete Rock and More on Why Biggie’s Ready to Die Lives on 30 Years Later
For all his legendary status, The Notorious B.I.G.only dropped one solo album while he was actually alive. It just so happens that that album is one of the five or so greatest projects in rap history. Released 30 years ago today, Ready to Diestands as the absolute apex of hip-hop — a Scorsesian crime drama framed in merciless honesty, sly wit and titanic anthems built to reverberate through all of time itself. As refined as it is unrestrained, the 17-song […]