Ready to Die

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The New Classics: Music". Entertainment Weekly. No.999–1000. June 27, 2008. pp.71–82. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008 . Retrieved October 19, 2023.B3: Contains sample from " I Get Lifted" by George McCray, written by H.W. Casey, published by Sherilyn Publishing/Windswept. Courtesy of 3 Deep Records/Rhino Records. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021 . Retrieved January 30, 2022. Ready to Die shipped 57,000 units in its first week of release. [32] However, it was then certified Gold by the RIAA only two months after its release on November 15, 1994. on October 16, 1995, only a year and one month after its release the album was certified double Platinum. [22] Ready to Die was then certified triple Platinum on August 26, 1998, and was later certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA on October 19, 1999. In April 2018, Ready to Die was certified 6 × Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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