Reviews (page 13 of 13)
Not.My.Thing.
This is complete garbage. I can find no connection with this
The intro was such a traumatonasty that I couldn't listen to the test of it.
No, I don't want to listen to people having sex for an hour. In fact... *checks notes*... the album is 69 minutes long. You can't make this up. 1/5 Key tracks: Warning, Big Poppa
It's not B.I.G and it's not clever. Great tracks ruined by the sort of language I hear too often in work. Difficult to chill to and too pointlessly and purposefully offensive to be entertaining. Puerile.
Nah.
Vulgar, Violent, and everything bad about rap in one album.
Not my style
What a horrible little man
I don’t like rap and I especially hate this kind of rap. N-bombs and F-bombs galore.
Shite. Too noisy.
hate to do it but a bunch of the tracks are just basically trauma songs. Fuck that shit
I tried, but just not my jam.
As a middle age middle class guy from Aotearoa there is nothing for me to appreciate or relate to in this entire album
Artiste totalement inconnu. Aucun intérêt, je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5
I recognize that it's good and also influential, but I just don't enjoy it.
Not my vibe, too slurpy
Sexistisk
One of the rare albums on this list that I had to bail on.
A notorious terrible for it.
Overall this sounded better than previous albums in the same genre I’ve listened to for the project. I don’t mind the swearing, but the voicemail beeps, sex moans and other obnoxious neighbour sounds mean it’s another 1 for me.
Rap is not my style
B.I.G A.I.N.T F.O.R M.E.
Not a good start. The threatening aggressiveness bothers me. The tropes become tiresome. I can recognize the quality of the rhymes and the structure, but there's nothing for me.
This was tough beyond belief. Not aimed at me, I know. Not enjoyed by me either. Some of it I found downright offensive and ugly and unbearable. I will never be asking: Gimme one more chance. But horses for courses and all that jazz.
I was Ready To Die after this.
No
This fella is awfully fond of curse words. He also seems to be without any ethics or courtesy, and is woefully racist. I don't think I like that.
To use the language of the, fortunately deceased artist...." fucking shit start to finish"
fairly good beats , surprisingly poppy at times …. but the lyrics - so dated and one-note.
No!
Didn't even get through this. Never was into the early hip hop stuff, so was initially glad to see this come up today, but what a disappointment. Respect was the only thing that was interesting, and it didn't really even feature Biggie.
Nothing that interests me at all so 1 star or F for me.
yea, no!
I remember liking this at the time, but the material makes it almost impossible to listen to now.
Don’t like this much.( cursing, violence) Love the beat but that’s about it.
Not my taste.
Gave up 1/3 of the way through this one. Rap isn't my thing and it seems like all the lyrics are just about being crude and/or a criminal.
Sampled tunes ripped from real musicians with redundant lyrics, what's not to like...
Gosh I really disliked this album, partly because I dislike rapping/hiphop and partly because I found the content spectacularly irritating.
So to cut a very long album short, his penis is in fine working order and he has lots of guns, possibly more than most people. Of all the gangsta rap we’ve had on here this is to be the worst (so far) for crassness, mysogeny and violence. Oh, and the beats and samples were pretty lame compared to others (which is usually the redeeming feature for me). And we move on…..
Bit sick of east coast, west coast rapping about their bitches and shooting people. It's not BIG or clever Mr smalls.
Not my jam. Some of the beats were ok, but the lyrical content was far too gangsta for me.
I hated every song! Yeah, yeah... Minus 5 stars
2/10 - What the heck is this intro. One of the strangest things I have listened to. Starting with the birth of a child, then a fight between two parents and then a shooting, then idk. One More Chance is a weird song. I have surprisingly heard part of Juicy before. Most of these songs were just so uncomfortable to listen to. There were way too many sex noises and so many of the songs were just about sex and cheating/being cheated on. I usually do not like rap music but this is significantly worse than the rap music I usually dislike
i did not like it
Thank fuck someone ended it before I had to step in
Its an interesting album as far a music history goes.
Such a negative album, made me angry
I made it through but man it took like 4 days
If I could give it 0 stars I would. I was 30 when Ready To Die came out. Wasn’t a fan then and that hasn’t changed.
good thing he died before i got to him. this shit is meh bruh
This album is basically everything that is wrong with modern day culture. Terrible from start to finish.
NOPE
Possibly the worst record I've heard on this 1001, even including "Bongo Rock". Utter trash. Embarrassed to be listening to it. Hope to never hear it again. Amusingly earlier today I was telling a co-worker how gangster rap ruined the genre... I like all sorts of rap and hip-hop, just not interested in pop pop pop and sex noises (unless it's Zappa's "Make a Sex Noise"). Maybe there's a track here or there that isn't total garbage, but I'm sorry, if you can't rap without putting an expletive every ten words, you might want to find a different line of work.
Hyped a lot, yet not at all to my liking. I really tried, listened through. Boring or annoying. All the same to me. Seems I am no gangsta ;-)
Not a rap fan
Horrible, would give it zero stars if I could. Just strings of profanity to a drum machine
No more hip hop please. It's just not for me. I've tried with all the records people claim are 'the best' but I just can't stand it. The misogynic lyrics, abject violence, self aggrandizement, terrible tropes of 'look how dangerous I am' and 'look how much money I have'. It's all just laughable. This record is no exception. I wanted to like this album; part of the fun of this project is finding something that you didn't think you would like but end up enjoying. I was sort of hoping this record might make me enjoy hip hop a little more. Alas, no. It was the same thing I've heard over and over from hip hop artists for the last 30 years. Parts of this album were actually gross, which isn’t something you can say about a lot of music. Like who needs to hear him getting a blowjob? Especially one that he forced the girl to give after she repeatedly said no. No thanks, hard pass from me.
Was so desperate for the beat to do something different... I get the idea but it also reminded me why I used to hate rap. I think the genre has grown in a much more creative and interesting way, and I also think rap wouldnt be the same without him.
I just can't understand this stuff. It doesn't feel like music. It's a beat with a hum and words that are overloaded with dark emotions that don't resonate with my experience of the world. I tried, got about 4 songs in. Sorry Mister Big.
Not for me and given what happened to him, odd to hear for the first time.
nope
Obscenity doesn’t equal artistic courage.
No.
Didn’t enjoy anything about this. It’s not at the bottom of the barrel like NWA are but still an easy 1 star.
No
Niet mijn kopje thee. Sterker nog: ik kan hier niet naar luisteren, bareugh.
Originaler Rap und entsprechend wütend.
Rap???
Too many recordings on this album. No lyrics, only statements to a good beat. What comes to mind is singer had a hard, troubled, unhappy life. Not an album a parent, grandparent, brother or sister would be bragging about.
I don‘t like rap
To be clear, I don’t like rap. That said, this one wasn’t bad… until THAT song. Who in their right mind heard that and thought, “sounds great, let’s put it in an album?” For that, this gets one star.
Typical rap. Can't quite get into it either. Heavy topics touched.
Not my thing, but fine.
Not a rap fan
Joar hat mich irgendwie nicht abgeholt. Ich muss mir zwischendurch nicht anhören, wie geballert oder Head verteilt wird. Beattechnisch geht auch nicht allzu viel ab, finde ich, vieles klingt gleich und verschwimmt im Einheitsbrei. Rap-technisch ebenfalls schon Besseres gehört. Auf den Text habe ich wenig geachtet, kann mir aber gut zusammenreimen, worum es so ging. Rating: 1 / 5 ⭐
If it weren't for the words "motherfucker," "Nigger" and "Shit" this album would be about five minutes long. So it's the "truth" from the hood....what a shitty life. And why glorify it on a recording? Rhythmically interesting at times, but mostly....who gives a shit. Rap sucks.
Nix für mich!
Not for me
Firstly, I find it tragic that any 24 year old’s life was taken in such a violent way. The album. Nauseating. Not sure if it’s the horrendous skits, the appalling lyrics or the consistent call to violence that I hate the most. The violence is glamourised and celebrated far too much. I don’t believe in censoring artists material, but I have a choice, and I will never choose this. If that makes me a boomer, then so be it.
One of the greatest albums of all time? Unlike the people in that fateful car, I must be missing something. I just don't see what there is to like, or dare I say, admire about overtly sweary morons like this. Boring and tedious are just some of the positives for this effort. If I was remotely interested in going to town with what I really want to say, I might find myself riddled in shotgun pellets by some disgruntled muthafuckin hip hop fan. As for the interlude which sounds like a recording of BIG having sex? Just too much for me. Update: now up to the 'Blow job' interlude and I've had enough of this dead twat. I'm actually glad he isn't around anymore to make any more of this dogshit and have turned it off. Can I give it 0?
did not care for the language, therefore only listened for 1 minute & 45 seconds.
not my cup of tea
Found most of this album offensive
Verbal porn
a couple times a year a try like hell to make it through a couple rap songs. there's people I like and respect who listen to rap. to me, the only thing different in each song is the lyrics. and I think there's some really cool and interesting lyrics. but it's "rapping ".. music is different. Creativity is in melody too
No comment
Quase escutei inteiro. Nada de envolvente para prestar mais atenção em rap, nem o interlude pornô.
long and bad
Just another rap album to me 🤷♀️ lots of cussing and gunshots
Explicit. didnt enjoy 1star
Still not into the lyrical "genius" of most rap.
Nope. Not a fan at all.
Urgs
Biggie Smalls should take the marshmallows out of his mouth before rapping. Basically, anyone that brags about chauffeurs and accountants and hos can’t be my friend.
Not my thing
I really tried with this album. But I just don't get this "music" - I use that term loosely.
Undeniably C.R.A.P.
I tried, for 3 tracks, but life's too short to be listening to this sub nursery school rhyming gangsta crap. Next album please...
Too in-your-face crude for my taste.
Did not make it all the way through Will say when they sang was bit bad it’s all the other stuff that mad it unlistenable 0/5
Rap/hip hop is not my thing. This started out bearable, but I got really sick of it. Of course it had to have the usual rap album sounds of sex song... 1/5
Again, not a fan of rap. Definitely not a fan of of his nasaly speech. Sounds like me trying to talk after eating 10 lbs of BBQ.
Did not enjoy
Absolute garbage
Not my style. Good rythmic flow, stereotypical ridiculous hip hop tough guy posturing. Mostly extremely uninteresting instrumentation.
I wasn't able to finish this. Just felt like listening to an anxiety panic attack. Not fun
There was 1 - ONE - song I liked. The rest was tiring, boring, monotonous. Rap isn't for me.
I gather it's pretty meaningful music, but I just can't stand listening to it
Not very good tracks amongst horrifically bad interludes and skits.
This album came at the wrong time in my life. He brags about how poorly he treats women and how his dick is so big it shatters bladders. Not for me.
NOT FOR ME
I find gangsta rap confusing. I understand where they're coming from, but to me there doesn't seem to be any real anger - a bit like American punk - it just seems to be designed to shock rather than start an uprising.
Nope
This is hard to score to be honest. If it weren't for the _actual words_ being said I might be wondering if I should score this 4. I'm not a rap fan but this guy has decent tunes and his own rapping style which I really enjoyed. But I just can't find enjoyment in an album with this content which is awful. It could still have been a 3 till he started rapping about his cock and then the stupid skits where they're acting out fucking it's dropped to a 1. What a waste of talent.
One of his lyrics is so wildly offensive/gross in the album that I unfortunately can’t look past it to give this a positive and insightful review 😬
life’s too short and fragile to listen to death metal or gangsta rap
why.....? Sure it's got flow and rhythm, but still, Why?
Sad violence and grim perspective.
No, didn't do anything for me. Usual foul mouthed lyrics and ranting. There were some tuneful parts butbthey seemed to be samples of other more accomplished musicians. 1*
So not my kind of thing
No m'agrada el rap ni el hip hop, no hi entro
Nee,vervelend intro daarna wat gangster-gedoe maar eigenlijk zonder stoer te klinken. Ben gestopt met luisteren
Gangster rap is toch een beetje een wereld waar ik niet helemaal in thuishoor. Wel echt geprobeerd, maar dit is helemaal niks voor mij.
Meh...
'Ready To Die', tja dan vraag je er dus gewoon om. Ik muziekaal gezien had ie z'n microfoon al wel een paar jaar eerder aan de wilgen mogen hangen. Wat een cliché rap-geroeptoeter. Stoerdoenerij ipv muziek maken.
Yuck
This is a whole genre I just can't relate to. Doesn't mean it's no good, just means it's not my cup of mother-flippin tea.
It's not my music.
Brutal and distressing and long.
Not my thing
Uma bela bosta
Rap hiphop
Nope
Nope. No way. This is violent, profane bullshit.
I stopped listening partway through. Can't deny the guy has talent (clever lyrical elements, not so much the lyrical content itself), knows how to keep a beat. But the skits are AWFUL and I basically just can't handle how fucking stupid this guy sounds talking about what a bad-ass he is and how much the girls love him. It's obnoxious and there's not much going on musically in the background to save it. Easy 1/5
Didn’t see why all the fuss was about, I wonder if he would have been as famous as he was were he not gunned down. Of its time and not especially outstanding
I have only heard clips of some tracks from B.I.G. before listening to this album. I have listened to very little rap overall. From this album, the primary characteristic that I hear from each track is vulgarity. Then there are all of the references to guns and violence. I can't hear past the language being used.
this album requires listening to the lyrics, the beats are stale, which sucks cuz i usually like the beats in 90s hip hop
Another loud man boasting about his prowess. It manages to be boring, yet highly irritating at the same time. Thank God they started making decent music in the south, because this east coast/west coast stuff is uniformly poor.
Couple on it are alright
Terrible content. It makes me sad people experience this way of life
Some of the beats were good and the rapping smooth but I really didn't enjoy this album.
The most tedious album opener I've ever had the misfortune to hear. These skits age like milk.
Whyyyyy are there so many sex noise/porno skits?! Why do they feel the need to add those in? Even if you're someone who isn't bothered by the misogynistic side of it, it's just annoying to listen to! Though it's not my typical genre, this isn't my first Biggie album. There's some more enjoyable tracks on here, but I still prefer his 'Mo Money Mo Problems' over anything else.
Whelp. Definitely not my cup of tea. There were some good beats and decent background music, but the subject matter is simply one I cannot relate to. Also, far, far too many extremely unpleasant noises to make for good listening. That is not what I want to hear. And too much D*$# for me, thanks.
uf, ovo mi je bas dosadno i repetitivno
bullshit
Hip Hop. Really?!? Sorry, could never get into it. And really, I tried listening to a few tracks here, I just can't find anything I like. 1/5.
Skothvellir og ýmis konar kynlífshljóð í lengri tíma gerðu alveg út af við þessa plötu fyrir mig. Ekki minn tebolli.
Nigga pöetry wit zom biits
Total crap.
It's alright. Just wasn't in the mood.
Did not like
Too many Expletives. Darling cover, am a softy for any baby on covers😁
Tämä oli kaameaa kuraa ja pitkä levy. Minun korvaan räpäyttely oli vähän epäselvää ja lähinnä siitä jäi mieleen oman nimen toistelu, niggat, ammuskelu, kiroilu ja panojutut. Biitit oli aika monotonisia ja kaikki biisit kuulostivat enemmän tai vähemmän samoilta.
Proprio no. Mi sono fermato alla terza traccia.
I really don't understand this kind of shit.
This makes me so angry I can hardly articulate it. Racist, mysoginist in the extreme, boastful, violent and just downright disrespectful all round. Oh yes, and it's also rubbbish musically.
The album that reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age, Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. a star, and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. Today it's recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded, and that's mostly due to Biggie's skill as a storyteller.
Yeah, no. I stopped during the third song. So not for me.
Meh 😒
Malo
Horrendous
Nooo
Terrible
Not my thing
It’s good, a bit hardcore