Ready to Die

Will pointed out that one of the short stories – I don't know if we can remember any of the things he's talking about here.

Will pointed out that one of the short stories is titled Ready to Die, which could possibly be a notorious B.I.G. reference.

Right.

Yet it went unspoken that Frank White is also the name Biggie uses to refer to his drug dealer alter ego.

Uh, no big deal.

Um, I would say Ready to Die and Enter the 36 Chambers and The Chronic are probably my three greatest albums, uh, three best albums of all time.

Um, listened to a lot of NWA, um, a lot of Dre, uh, which is also NWA, but obviously different.

Um, yeah, that's a bunch of, those are a bunch of options.

On November 30, 1994, Tupac walked into Quad Recording Studios in Times Square, Manhattan, to record a paid guest verse for Little Sean, a rapper associated with Diddy, who was known then as Puff Daddy.

Huffy's Bad Boy Entertainment label was starting to take off, thanks to the massive success of rapper Biggie Smalls' debut album, Ready to Die.

And at this time, Tupac and Biggie were still friends.

In fact, Tupac had been mentoring Biggie and helping him navigate his newfound rap fame.

best.

Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die.

There's some really good fucking New York hip-hop albums.

Don't Wear Die by

guy.

If someone imposed the income tax on us, you'd be like, this is the most insane shit ever.

We'd be ready to die over this shit, but it's our own government who does it, so we just accept it.

But is it? I mean, the name of the invader was F.E.D., and they landed in 1913 on our shores.

[laughs] Yeah, mate.

I was gonna say, ready to die.

No, I'm not suicidal, though.

Suicidal- You're not suicidal? Being suicidal means- 'Cause Ready To Die, man ...

yeah, Ready To Die is different.

That album, that last track.

Suicidal- About, uh, suicidal thoughts ...

You're just like- Life After Death ...

Or '94.

No, Ready to Die came out in '94.

N- ready, uh, why Ready to Die?

Well, the album came out in '94.

The album came out in '94, but Juicy.

Was it Juicy or was it Ready to Die? I made a mistake.

You sure? His first album.

Biggie's first-

Um, [clears throat] but yeah, like, I- we've got these Funkos over here, like a Notorious BIG one.

I copped, like, a Ready to Die one.

It's got the, the cover of the vinyl in the back.

I saw that.