Ready to Die

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debut album studio album

Ready to Die is the critically acclaimed 1994 debut studio album by The Notorious B.I.G. that helped define East Coast hip hop and cemented his legacy as one of rap’s greatest artists.

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Ready to Die (reissue) 1
Ready to Die (song) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
chronologicallyFollowedBy Life After Death ⓘ
contributedTo revival of East Coast hip hop in the 1990s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs landmark East Coast hip hop album ⓘ
executiveProducer P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean Combs

The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
follows Party and Bullshit ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hardcore hip hop ⓘ
hasPart Big Poppa ⓘ
Everyday Struggle ⓘ
Friend of Mine ⓘ
Gimme the Loot ⓘ
Juicy ⓘ
Machine Gun Funk ⓘ
Me & My Bitch ⓘ
One More Chance ⓘ
Ready to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ready to Die (song)

Respect ⓘ
Suicidal Thoughts ⓘ
The What ⓘ
Things Done Changed ⓘ
Unbelievable ⓘ
Warning ⓘ
labelDebutOf The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 69:10 ⓘ
notableSingle Big Poppa ⓘ
Juicy ⓘ
One More Chance ⓘ
Warning ⓘ
performer The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
producer Bluez Brothers ⓘ
Chucky Thompson ⓘ
DJ Premier ⓘ
Darnell Scott ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee ⓘ
Lord Finesse ⓘ
Nashiem Myrick ⓘ
Poke ⓘ
P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean Combs
recordingPeriod 1993–1994 ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
Bad Boy Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1994-09-13 ⓘ
RIAACertification Multi-Platinum ⓘ
Platinum ⓘ
theme crime ⓘ
death ⓘ
existential struggle ⓘ
urban life in Brooklyn ⓘ

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Juicy → album → Ready to Die ⓘ
One More Chance → album → Ready to Die ⓘ
Warning → album → Ready to Die ⓘ
Who Shot Ya? → associatedAlbum → Ready to Die ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ready to Die (reissue)
Life After Death → follows → Ready to Die ⓘ
Ready to Die → hasPart → Ready to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ready to Die (song)
Warning → includedInAlbum → Ready to Die ⓘ
Bad Boy Records → notableRelease → Ready to Die ⓘ
Frank White → notableWork → Ready to Die ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. → notableWork → Ready to Die ⓘ
The Stooges → notableWork → Ready to Die ⓘ
Juicy → partOfAlbum → Ready to Die ⓘ