2.) Some of Biggies original lyrics were apparently too raw for the sensibilities of the new millenium so they were edited out or backmastered.
They are not at all what we heard when we first bumped this album back in 94. There is also a companion long-form audio documentary of the same name, available only on Amazon Music and available to Prime members, which is a deeper dive with longer interviews. So now, tracks like 'Machine Gun Funk' and 'Ready to Die' sound totally different. The producers and Coker also talk about the album’s deft balance of hard, hard street tracks and sweeter songs like “Juicy” and “Big Poppa,” as well as the true meaning behind its ominous title, “Ready to Die.”
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(Also in celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary, Rhino and are releasing a limited-edition boxed set that features every album track – plus two bonus tracks, “Who Shot Ya”?” and “Just Playing (Dreams)” – on nine 7” colored-vinyl singles.) I’m really ready to sign you for some big money.’ Came down, let’s sign me, let’s put me to work.”
“He was like, ‘Yo Money, this is a serious thing. “When Puff heard me, he got me to the office,” Big says in the doc. Puff Daddy), which led to his record deal with Bad Boy, and the recording of the classic album that made his reputation as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Similar to the way the Beastie Boys doc focused on the group’s five-year creative peak, this one zooms in on the period between when Big was transitioning from underground buzz to being discovered by Diddy (a.k.a. Ready to Die by Iggy & the Stooges album reviews & Metacritic score: The first studio release since 1973's Raw Power to be credited under Iggy & The Stooges, reunites Iggy Pop with James Williamson, Scott Asheton, and new bassis.