Ryan, Rachel, and Matt discuss the ironically underexposed Ready to Die, the 1993 debut of the Notorious B.I.G.
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Syllabus: Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
- Ready to Die: Amazon, iTunes
- Lyrics
- Wikipedia: The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
- Reviews: The Source, Rolling Stone, P4k, Christgau
- David Copperfield Chapter 1: “I am Born”
- “Rap Genius Can’t Explain Rakim’s Genius Rapping” and “Poetics of Rap: Lil’ Wayne and, um, kenning” from Overthinking It
Whhhoooooo wrather do i have a song for you!!
Speaking of kenning…..
https://youtu.be/6inZQWz8-YU
That’s pretty great.
https://genius.com/Smoothe-da-hustler-broken-language-lyrics
I think my favorite is “Death threater sender,” because it’s a double.