Chi Duly and MICK released the Ready To Boom mixtape today (March 9) to commemorate the 19th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.‘s death.
Ready To Boom, a play off the New York rapper’s Ready To Die album, is a mash-up of Metro Boomin‘s production and classic Biggie Smalls’ cuts. Among the songs on the 30-minute project are “Juicy” is played over the beat for Kanye West’s “Waves” and “Come On” is paired with Future and Drake’s “Where Ya At.”
“We thought it would be cool to remix Biggie with a very contemporary vibe and kind of trap him out a little bit,” MICK says of the project to Highsnobiety. “We wanted to introduce him to a new audience so they can appreciate his genius, too.”
Biggie Smalls died in a shooting on March 9, 1997 in Los Angeles after he left a VIBE party at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
Download Ready To Boom at WeTransfer.
The Notorious B.I.G. and Metro Boomin’s Ready To Boom cover art and stream are below:
This is pretty darn lame.
Hell to the no. Why does everything have to be “trap” now? Just listen to the classic tracks as they are.
doesnt sound right. save these trash beats for young thug or some other fruitcake
2pac rapping over metro shit a be better than biggie doin it but either way the shit still lame af…
i just bust the biggest one today chick ass phatter than 2 footballs
They want to introduce him to a new audience who are now going to have a jaded view of his music. They need to hear it in its pure form.
My thoughts exactly
This scheme has Puffy Juice written all over it lol.
FUCKIN TRASH
The mix is a hit and miss. His heart was in the right place when he created the mix.
Biggie turning in his grave.. DAMN!
Makes me cringe as Ready to Die and Life After Death are 2 of my top 20 favorite hip-hop albums if all time. Trap is dope but don’t fuck with the god Biggie Smalls.
why should he ruin such a classic?
I mean, he’s average at what he does and has produced some hot beats but this is just frustrating.
Im scared to even peep this… LOL.
I don’t even rock with Metro Boomin’ like that…….
But f*ckwhutchalltalmbout. Some of these mashups are SLAMMIN!
im a fan of both, but not everything has to be trap and not everything has to be boom bap, this is garbage. everything’s has it’s own originallity, dont fuck it up stupid motherfuckers. now all these fuckboys will be talkin B.I.G
This is literally one of the worst things i’ve ever heard. please keep your shit to yourself and fucking future or whatever other shit tier rappers you work with “metroboomin”. Do you genuinly think this is an improvment to the original versions or that you’re bringing anything good to the table at all? If so, you’re not, and by the looks of it you never will.
Just shut up he was only trying to celebrate biggie small with his style of music gd why do all people have to have a super judgmental views about things, and on top of that if you dont know how much work is being put in and if your the one who’s not putting then be quiet and listen because that’s the only you guys can do and you guys cant even rap. lol