The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (30th Anniversary Edition) (2xLP)

The Notorious B.I.G.'s multi-platinum debut, Ready to Die, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special 2LP reissue featuring newly reimagined limited edition cover art. In 2024, the Library of Congress inducted Ready to Die into the National Recording Registry. In the essay accompanying the induction, author and journalist Justin Tinsley writes, "In its true essence, the album is a response to American capitalism and just how deadly the pursuit of money could be and was for so many - in particular, young Black folks in America. Ready to Die is a response to so many moments in American history before it: the economic crisis that nearly crippled New York in the 1970s, the crack explosion of the '80s (and the unfathomable violence and destruction it brought) and Reagonomics, 'Stop-And-Frisk'-era policies that crippled Black communities… Rolling Stone dubbed the album 'the precise moment when hip-hop's golden age transitioned into its modern age, the height of New York hip-hop and the s