5. "Ready to Die's production doesn't hold up nearly as well" In response to Reply # 0
Biggie was on fire, of course, but he at best just matches Nas on that end; meanwhile, Puffy's ragtag team dig a good job, especially Mo Bee, but it ain't exactly Pete/Premier-in-their-prime good.
6. "RTD is how the formula established on Illmatic went mainstream." In response to Reply # 0
if it wasn't apparent, I prefer Illmatic.
But I don't think RTD is a bad album. Of "mainstream/popular" MCs, Biggie might be one of my favorites because despite some of the production he was on, he really had a "head's" sensibility.
I "believe" him more than I do a Jay-Z, for example.
15. "Wayment....is the consensus that RTD had outdated production " In response to Reply # 0
back THEN? Or that it hasn't aged nicely enough? Either way, Jones is my favorite rapper so there that is...I'm just tryna understand, some of the rationale.
It takes all kinds to make up a world, son. -My pops
19. "Good question...you should do a spin-off post" In response to Reply # 17
>side question? > >if you had to make RtD into 10 tracks, which ones?
Asking this about other classic albums to see if we feel any would then top Illmatic.
1 Things Done Changed 2 Machine Gun Funk 3 Juicy (Pete Rock version) 4 Warning 5 Ready To Die 6 Unbelievable 7 The What 8 Big Poppa 9 Everyday Struggle 10 Suicidal Thoughts
As an aside, I don't think that the album needs to be trimmed to ten cuts to be great. Shoot, I still think "Dreams" and "C'mon Motherfuckas" should have been the album. Replacing the not-so-good cuts with better ones would have been an improvment.
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