All versions of the album released since the lawsuit are without the disputed samples. On appeal, the Sixth Circuit found the damages unconstitutionally high and in violation of due process and remanded the case, at which point Campbell reduced them by $2.8 million however, the verdict was upheld. The jury awarded $4.2 million in punitive and direct damages to the two plaintiffs, and federal judge Todd Campbell enacted an immediate sales ban on the album and tracks in question.
On March 24, 2006, Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records won a federal lawsuit against Bad Boy Records for copyright infringement, with a jury deciding that Combs and Bad Boy had illegally used samples for the production of the songs "Ready to Die", "Machine Gun Funk", and "Gimme the Loot". When Biggies executive producer, Puff Daddy, was fired from Uptown half-way through recording the album he was left in no mans land. Ready to Die is his only studio album released during his lifetime, as he was murdered just days prior to the release of his second album, Life After Death (1997). Biggie was dealing drugs in-between making Ready To Die. The partly autobiographical album tells the story of B.I.G.'s experiences as a young criminal. Recording for the album took place during 1993 to 1994 at The Hit Factory and D&D Studios in New York City. The label's first release, the album features production by Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier and Lord Finesse, among others. it was released on September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy Records (5). Ready to Die is the debut studio album by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G.
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