Best Notorious Big Album
From The Notorious B.I.G. Album 'Life After Death' released in 1997. You have to love the 90's - the creativity of the music videos from the suits to actually having a story line and of course the real Hip Hop music. The Notorious B.I.G. Biography by Steve Huey A contender for best rapper of all time, and a gifted East Coast storyteller whose gritty, objective realism won him enormous respect and credibility. BIG Party and Bullshit (1993) [Single] This is pretty much the definition of underrated. Most of the Biggie fans don't know this exists, because it didn't get a proper Biggie release until the Notorious soundtrack just this past year. This was Big's first released single, a year before he became famous. In short, it's a great album from beginning to end. While every song on Ready to Die is a good one, there has to be a best. Help rank the best songs on Notorious B.I.G.' S top album by voting up your favorites below, and voting down any you feel shouldn't be at the top.
Short but sweet discography. His two albums, along with Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, are the three big ones of the late 90s. I'm pretty sure had he not died, he would definitely have been a defining rapper of the 2000s like Jay. Most rappers are defined by their beats (Kanye West) their flow and delivery (Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony) or their lyrics (Lupe Fiasco). Biggie's music covers all three - he doesn't produce, but he's fortunate to get to work with guys like the Bluez Brothers and DJ Premier.
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And on top of that, every one of his tracks contains thought-provoking lyrics delivered masterfully. Everything is covered. And this is no easy feat, it's pretty difficult to think of another hip hop artist whose body of work is this perfect.