yeah i get drunk and think very little of thugs that use drug and gang banger money to get into the business...they werent low level guys though...they made enough money to pay guys to turn their jibberish into good raps and add sick beats...those dudes were out of the street corner business a long time before they wanted anyone to think they were... both got killed because they wanted everyone to think they were something they no longer were and maybe never were in the first place...too stupid to keep their mouths shut and just sit back making mad money through music
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#37im saying you obviously have no idea what the difference in "rap" and "hip hop" is... read my post from before (about neither being a part of hip hop...well, biggie had a little hip hop in his albums) and then get back at me... and to answer your question, yes, we would be listening to the exact same stuff on the radio, with or without tupac or biggie...different genre of music
You obviously didn't listen to any of his music, so you obviously don't know whathafuk your talking about. Even the Music billboard classifies him as a hip hop Artist, who is in the top 100 best selling artist ever, selling well over 75 Million records.Comment -
#38Rip rickComment -
#392Pac is one of the greatest rappers, if not the greatest.Comment -
#40Tupac personalized rap on a level that had yet to be seen in the Hip-hop community. Tupac rapped with an inflection and crossed over into the movies to garner a wider fan-base. He was a PR genius but not at all the best rapper.
My problem with Tupac, as I got older, was the lack of accountability he shows for himself and to those he influences with his music. He seems to dismiss and justify people doing things that are detrimental to the community because "thats just how it is".
The Tupac/Biggie thing was one of the WORST things that happened to the industry because it sensationalized the "beef" component of music which, in my opinion, is just a lame, bush league way to garner attention and to put your name out there.Comment -
#41Didnt Puff and BIG set him up at quadsComment -
#42Cant beleive people are calling Tupac average.
One of the best minds in rap ever.
And he would have an empire like JZ had he not been shot dead.Comment -
#43Pac told stories he was great at it just like BIG. Two of the best of all-time. BTW guy that confessed will be dead soon.Comment -
#44He did not confess to killing Pac, just the 1994 shooting, OP put up misleading title.Comment -
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Tupac was piece of a shit thug and the world got a little better than day that fuk died. It was funny listening to him when I was in 6th grade but you have to grow up eventually, even if it is just a little bit.
ill never forgot this doosey from the lyrical genius Tupac haha
response in some interview-
"I wont change the world but my music will spark the mind that changes the world."
something dumb like that. I remember the day I heard that I realized how ******* dumb this guy was. All your music ever sparked was crime.Last edited by brooks85; 06-16-11, 09:31 AM.Comment -
#462pac could convince god thgat the sky is green and grass is blueComment -
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#48I thought mobb deep had something to do with the studio shooting. they were young crazies then. I heard they were at least at the door as lookouts or something dressed all in their camo gear cuz I remember pac doing an interview saying that when he walked past them into the studio and they didn't acknowledge him, he knew something was up. Then he went upstairs and Big was in the studio and tried to reassure him that everything was cool (obviously in the know) telling pac he just read the situation wrong but pac tried to get out of there so he and his boys went downstairs in the elevator and when the doors opened on the first floor, dude had a gun in their faces and told em to strip all their valuables and leave them there and pac being the G he is just started being like "fuk you pussy niga" and the dude just shot him. Thats the night of the infamous photo of him giving the finger to the camera in a stretcher lol you don't get any harder than that dude.Comment -
#49You guys are all wrong!
"Wham" was responsible for the rap movement.
There is NO DOUBT that JJ was grooving to this gem back in the day!
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#50lame or not, its true. New music sucks. Tupac was piece of a shit thug and the world got a little better than day that fuk died. It was funny listening to him when I was in 6th grade but you have to grow up eventually, even if it is just a little bit. ill never forgot this doosey from the lyrical genius Tupac haha response in some interview- "I wont change the world but my music will spark the mind that changes the world." something dumb like that. I remember the day I heard that I realized how ******* dumb this guy was. All your music ever sparked was crime.Comment -
#51As Biggie was 4 times the size of Pac, He was also 4 times the rapper/lyricist/storyteller/ect... Pac was EXTREMELY overrated. I liked him and can still listen to his songs but he gained his following through his inflection and his ability to get people to identify with him and his "struggle". The irony is that his "struggle" was mostly manufactured and he is a walking contradiction- his principles, or lack thereof, were weak and for that reason I can't really get into his music anymore. That being said, he also paved the way for several other rappers to be able to further identify how their personal ideals/feelings/thoughts are in constant strife with the system they are involved in and the institution's expectations of them.
My issue is that he would talk about the ills of the system he is in but never give a solution to the problem, or demonstrate how to do things differently. He would further perpetuate stereotypes, misnomers, and his "thug-life". He was the one who introduced the idea of glamorizing a "thug-life" and now we got a bunch of rappers "keeping it real" on their way to millions but never offering a solution to the societal problems they made all their money bitching about. Instead, they justify their negative actions, and dismiss their shiitty behaviors because others "forced their hand".Comment -
#52Big had no knowledge of it. Puff kinda worshipped Jimmy at the time, but highly unlikely he was involved either. The 2 kids from Mob Deep had nothing to do with it. They couldn't leave Queens without getting their shit snatched back then.Comment -
#53give two fuks about his "music?" but liked him in Mickey Roarkes Bullet
The guy who played the killer transvestite in silence of the lambs came down a rope and slit his throat..can you dig it?Comment -
#54Put the lotion in the basketComment -
#55i honestly thought he was in witness protectionComment -
#56lame or not, its true. New music sucks.
Tupac was piece of a shit thug and the world got a little better than day that fuk died. It was funny listening to him when I was in 6th grade but you have to grow up eventually, even if it is just a little bit.
ill never forgot this doosey from the lyrical genius Tupac haha
response in some interview-
"I wont change the world but my music will spark the mind that changes the world."
something dumb like that. I remember the day I heard that I realized how ******* dumb this guy was. All your music ever sparked was crime.
Lyrics aren't necessarily a reflection of who you are as a person. Hollywood's perception of him and Biggie is far from the truth.Comment -
#57Tupac would've done alot with his fame and fortune unlike so many of these other rich celebrities.Comment -
#58tupac is living in the witness protection program huh??Comment
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