The streaming service Apple Music has compiled a list of the 100 Best Albums in history. Several albums by artists with ties to Jamaica are included on the list. The 100 Best Albums ranking is an opinion survey created by the Apple Music team and a group of artists that include Pharrell Williams, J Balvin, Maren Morris, and Charli XCX.
On May 13, 2024, the albums ranked in the bottom ten were announced, with the entire list being revealed at ten albums per day for the following ten days. “Ready to Die” at Number 32 Jamaican American songwriter, actor, and hip-hop artist Biggie Small , also known as The Notorious B.I.
G., was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of parents who were Jamaican immigrants. He released the Number 32-ranked album “Ready to Die” in 1994 on the Bad Boy Records and Arista Records labels.
Recorded from 1993 to 1994 in New York City, the album features Small’s unique East Coast gangsta rap, which includes slang and references rooted in Jamaica’s music and culture, and Jamaican Patois and dancehall were important elements in his lyrics and influenced the popularization of Jamaican phrases in the general public. “Ready to Die” tells of the artist’s criminal past and was the only studio album to be released during Small’s lifetime. He was murdered just 16 days before his second album, “Life After Death,” was released.
“Ready to Die” hit Number 15 on Billboard’s 200 list and became a critical and commercial success. Several.
