The Notorious B.i.g. -biggie Smalls- - Discogra... Official

If you only listen to one album in Biggie’s catalog, this is it. Ready to Die is a concept album chronicling the cycle of poverty, crime, depression, and hedonism in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill projects. It begins with the sound of a baby crying (birth) and ends with a gunshot and flatline (death).

Released just 16 days after his murder, Life After Death is a sprawling, 24-track double album. It is a darker, more cinematic expansion of Ready to Die . Contrary to the title, the album felt like a celebration of life, wealth, and survival, though its lyrics are eerily prescient of his demise. The Notorious B.I.G. -Biggie Smalls- - Discogra...

While Tupac’s catalog is filled with revolutionary politics and vulnerability, Biggie’s discography is the ultimate document of pure, unadulterated rap skill . He told "ghetto dreams" with the narrative detail of a novelist and the rhythmic complexity of a jazz musician. If you only listen to one album in