Ready to Die

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Murphy, Killian (June 22, 2004). "Notorious BIG – Ready to Die – On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010 . Retrieved October 23, 2009. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004 . Retrieved March 25, 2022. Vault of Fame". Pause & Play. Archived from the original on March 5, 2010 . Retrieved October 20, 2023. Ready to Die has been highly acclaimed. In 1998, The Source included it on their 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time list, [33] and in 2002, they re-rated it to the maximum five 'mics'. [34] Rolling Stone has also given acclaim to Ready to Die over the years. In 2003, they ranked it number 133 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, [35] 134 in a 2012 revised list, [36] and 22 in a 2020 revised list. [37] In 2004, they re-rated it to five stars. [28] In 2011, Rolling Stone also placed it at number eight on their 100 Best Albums of the Nineties list, and described it as "mapping out the sound of ' Nineties cool'". [38] Kilian Murphy from Stylus Magazine wrote favorably of the album in a retrospective review, and concluded "Sweet, hypocritical, sensitive, violent, depressed and jubilant; these words could all fittingly describe Big at various points on Ready to Die." [39] a b Trammell, Matthew (March 9, 2017). "The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017 . Retrieved March 9, 2017.

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