The original New York Times review of 'Ready To Die' read: 'Though drug dealing carries tremendous heroic value with some young urban dwellers, he sacrifices the figure's romantic potential. His raps acknowledge both the excitement of drug dealing and the stress caused by the threat from other dealers, robbers, the police and parents, sometimes one's own. In presenting the downside of that life, Ready to Die offers perhaps the most balanced and honest portrait of the dealer's life of any in hip-hop'. The meaning behind the 'Juicy' Lyric; 'To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothing' Biggie's teacher told him that he would likely be a garbage collector when he was older, his mum recalls Biggie telling the story of how he did some research and got back to the teacher the next day, saying; 'A teacher makes a starting salary of $22,500. A garbage collector starts at $29,000You said some of us inside here are gonna be garbage collectors. But we're gonna be making more money than you, so that's cool.' Picture: Rex •.