For even the most casual hip hop fan, a safe triumvirate of essential east coast albums invariably consists of “Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers),” “Illmatic,” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s seminal debut. Now, on its twentieth anniversary, could an unsettling fate await the world’s first introduction to the black Frank White?
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I wondered whether the destiny of hardcore rap albums was to be treated as solely nostalgic, or even academic, fodder. How, in 2014, do we approach a breakthrough artist like The Notorious B.I.G, someone who –for so many – served as a gateway into the world of rap? Does “Ready to Die” belong in a museum? It’s a real risk. As one of gangsta rap’s pioneers, Ice Cube, put it on “I Wanna Kill Sam,” critics were determined to “bury rap/ like you buried jazz.” Today, it is global success and age that have most undercut the energy and vulgar intensity of great rap. Albums like “Ready to Die,” and the artistry that went into making them, are given an immense disservice when seen as merely relics of their era.