I bring this up to show that while I can admire an artist, it doesn’t mean I can’t have an indifferent opinion on a couple of their tracks/albums here and there. Not to say that it is bad or anything but not going into too much detail, there were a couple things said throughout the track that were a bit too raunchy for my taste. Say what you want, but “One More Chance” is probably my least favorite Biggie track. Save for a handful of tracks, “Ready to Die” sums up the entire album in a very interesting way: It is as dark, honest, and straight forward as Biggie himself. While the Intro told Biggie’s story leading up to the album itself, “Ready to Die” serves as the gritty, self-autobiographical title track of the album. With that said, “Warning” could be seen as a flex to those who would ever imagine coming at The Notorious sideways. The storytelling, the flow, the bravado – Everything about this track says that Biggie is not for play. I mean, it does different things very well in a way that overshadows all of the previous tracks on the album. “Warning” is the kind of track that I couldn’t do enough justice no matter how hard I tried. If anything else, the hook on this track was only put together to give us, the listeners, as a chance to catch up with Biggie tearing this track up. A track like “Machine Gun Funk” couldn’t be more fitting given Frank White’s relentless flow that is especially apparent here. Simply put, to say Biggie was eating his Wheaties with this one would be a terrible understatement. Dre beat that he ran through with ease, “Gimme The Loot” lays the figurative blueprint for many rappers to come. Whether it’s how he switched up his voices, the clever lines throughout his bars, or that G-Funk/Dr. “Gimme The Loot” gives us the first real taste of Biggie’s lyrical domination when it comes to story-telling. It reminds me a bit of Nas’ Memory Lane with the main difference here being that “Things Done Changed” really hits the core. The most interesting thing about what is being said is that it can’t be disputed. “Things Done Changed” is a hard-hitting track filled with more quotes than I can count. There’s not too much to say about this intro seeing how it isn’t a track per say, but it does a very great job in leading into album. Here, we get a background on Biggie’s past going as far back as his birth. Not to discredit 2009’s “Notorious,” but this album’s intro could easily pass for something out of a movie.
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