In The Source magazine’s October 1994 issue, Ready to Die was given a rating of 4½ mics out of five. The record was certified gold by the RIAA two months after its release, and went double platinum in 1995. Dre: In the Studio, Suge Knight: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Death Row Records, 50 Cent: No Holds Barred, Biggie Smalls: Ready to Die, Tupac: In the Studio (Authorized by the Estate), as well as titles on Kanye West, R. The album also made Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, landing at #133. Nashville-based music biographer Jake Brown has twelve published books to his credit, including the titles: Dr. “Big Poppa” was nominated for “Best Rap Solo Performance” at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, losing out to LL Cool J’s “Hey Lover”-but it earned a Billboard Music Award later that year. According to several sources, he recorded the latter half by freestyling from memory. Biggie resumed production the following year under the auspices of the newly-founded Bad Boy Records. After Puffy was fired from Uptown Records in 1993, the project was only half finished. Production of the album took place in two waves. The project is Biggie’s only album to be released during his lifetime his sophomore project, Life After Death, dropped just days after his murder in March 1997. It was also Bad Boy Records' first release, produced by founder Sean “Puffy” Combs. Ready to Die, The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut studio album, was released on September 13, 1994.

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