The intro starts in 1972 with Christopher Wallace being born in the labor room to Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly'. Ready To Die is a concept album and chronicles Biggie's life from birth to death. from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. Snoop was hot back then but so was Biggie Smalls a.k.a. Dre and more specifically Snoop Doggy Dogg's (as he was known then) 'Doggystyle' record. The record was in direct competition with recent releases by Death Row from Dr. Diddy, Diddy or more recently 'Love a.k.a.
'Ready To Die' is one of the best east coast hip-hop records of the 1990s and an all-time hip-hop classic that sounds just as relevant and dope in 2017 as it did when it was released back in '94 on the legendary Bad Boy Records company run by Sean 'Puffy' Combs now known as P.
