the notorious big ready to die album zip

Another example of his storytelling would be on the famous 'Gimme the Loot', where he talks about a train robbery, with some great bars it's a really enjoyable song to follow with it's bouncy yet smooth sounding flow. With a catchy boom bap instrumental - it's a great song, my only issue with it is it's a bit slow moving at some points. In fact, that song is a prime example of the immaculate storytelling on this album as he tells the tale of some people planning on killing him, therefore meaning he needs to know what he's going to do to defend himself. While his lyrics are straight forward enough, the bars he spits are always so detailed, honest and pack a punch to them thanks to Biggie's mean delivery, like on the track 'Warning', ' And they wanna stick the knife through your windpipe slow ' - just look how detailed that is, most rappers just say they're going to stab someone. With some good storytelling the whole upbeat tempo of the song comes off so smooth sounding to the ear.Īs for Biggie's rapping skills - well - he's one of the best ever to put it simply. There seems to be a different style beat on the song 'Friend of Mine', with a faster tempo and a catchy African drum pattern as Biggie explains the reason why he's so hard on women - because he's had his heart broken before. The hook works well on this track and as usual Biggie's flow and rhyme schemes make for a sonically enjoyable listen as well as a technically enjoyable listen. 'One More Chance' has a more hard hitting style with a deep guitar base as Biggie talks about his sex life and big penis with some funny punchlines, ' I get swift with the lyrical gift // Hit you with a dick, make your kidney shift'. The beat on 'Gimme the Loot' is also great, and is a perfect example of why the simplicity of the beats on this album work, because the drum patterns used are just so catchy. It starts quite intense, before turning joyous after his birth - this sets the mood perfectly and is one of the best intro tracks ever.

There's also some nice samples scattered about, starting with the first track 'Intro', which tells a story of Biggie's life up until this point, using classic hip-hop samples (such as ' Rapper’s Delight ' by Sugarhill Gang) and soul samples in the process to establish what era of time the story takes place in. The album is cemented with boom-bap production, catchy drum patters and a laid back feel for the majority of the album. For 1994, the production on this album is outstanding and it still sounds great 26 years later.

The notorious big ready to die album zip