Ready to Die
Distributor
Arista Records
Manufacturer
Arista Records
Performing artist
Notorious B.I.G.
Executive producer
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Record company
Bad Boy Records
Executive producer
DJ Mr. Cee
Date1995
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD) (Jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 9/16 in. (31.433 × 31.909 cm)
Overall (Diameter) (Discs): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (Diameter) (Discs): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.168.4.A-.C
Text EntriesReady to Die is the debut studio album by rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released on September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. The album features productions by Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier, and Lord Finesse. Ready to Die was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was significant for revitalizing the East Coast Hip-Hop scene, amid West Coast Hip-Hop's commercial dominance. It has been ranked by many critics as one of the greatest Hip-Hop albums, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time.
Man posing in front of letters BIG. The Notorious is printed along the side of the cover. Ready to Die is printed across the top.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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