This is actually a tough question for me to answer. There are several albums that I could’ve selected and given an impactful reasoning behind each. For the sake of this article I selected “Life After Death” by the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie). This album was a double CD and has a major story behind it. The Notorious B.I.G. is an eastcoast rapper who was on Sean “P Diddy” Combs Badboy Records. This was during the height of the eastcoast verses westcoast beef. More specifically the Badboy (New York) & DeathRow (Los Angeles) beef. Bayboy Records had artist such as Notorious B.I.G, Ma$e, the Lox, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Black Rob and others. Deathrow Records had TuPac, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Lady of Rage and others. During the making of Life After Death, the coastal beef had escalated. Tupac had recently been murdered and Biggie was set to release his second Album. 21 songs on this album and they all were bangers. ( Hypnotized, I Got A Story to Tell, You’re Nobody Til Somebody K*lls You, My Downfall, Victory, I Love the Dough, etc). This album solidified biggie as one of the greatest lyricist in hip hop. While promoting the album, Biggie went out to Los Angeles and stay there for two weeks. Most westcoast rappers and street dudes took offense to this. Biggie’s rival TuPac had recently lost his life. In biggies last interview, he mentioned that he wanted to spread love and bring things together with his new album. Unfortunately, while leaving a party hosted by VIBE Magazine in LA, Biggie was shot and k*lled while sitting in his vehicle. This was a sad day as another big hip hop artist was gunned down. Biggie’s first album was titled “Ready to Die” and he followed that with the “Life After Death” album. If you’re  a rap or hiphop fan, I would recommend giving the album a listen. One of the best hip hop albums ever made, a true classic.