Comments on: Have we made too much of Pac? http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2008/09/24/have-we-made-too-much-of-pac/ The takeover. The break's over. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dnunn http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2008/09/24/have-we-made-too-much-of-pac/comment-page-1/#comment-519578 dnunn Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:13:04 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/?p=877#comment-519578 Man...I can tell that a lot of kats weren't really feeling and bumping Pac when he was alive. Most folks started giving Pac a look after his death, which unfortunately were leftovers. Me against the World and Machiavelli were easily two albums that you can bump front to back, in paticular the Me Against the World. Pac's legacy unfortunately is the whole notion of Thug Life. Before Pac, most rapper fell into 2 categories: gangster or back pack/conscius. Pac was able to meld the two with conscious, yet equally as hardcore topics of discussion. Pac was also the first real "artist". Pac was a trained thespian who was actually equally gifted as an actor as he was as a musiciian. Granted, he did a couple of crappy movies for the loot when he was first released, but if you watch Poetic Justice and even Juice, you can see his gifts. I think Pac was the victim of the Imperialist conquerer/American/J. Edgar Hoover doctrine of taking out the Black Messiah or indigenous leaders of the people. Pac was taken out before he ever had a real chance to mature as a man. He was only 25 at the time of his death. If you are honest with yourselves how many of you hold true to the same views that you held at the tender age of 25? He accomplished so much in his short life without the guidance of a father, which cannot be discounted. Pac was easily the most influential rapper of our time. You can hear his influence in Jay -Z, 50 Cent, TI, Jeezy, Weezy and any rapper out. The double album, crossing over as an actor, stage name and an alias and his relentless work ethic. Pac easily set the standard and it has yet to be duplicated. D-Nunn Man…I can tell that a lot of kats weren’t really feeling and bumping Pac when he was alive. Most folks started giving Pac a look after his death, which unfortunately were leftovers. Me against the World and Machiavelli were easily two albums that you can bump front to back, in paticular the Me Against the World. Pac’s legacy unfortunately is the whole notion of Thug Life. Before Pac, most rapper fell into 2 categories: gangster or back pack/conscius. Pac was able to meld the two with conscious, yet equally as hardcore topics of discussion. Pac was also the first real “artist”. Pac was a trained thespian who was actually equally gifted as an actor as he was as a musiciian. Granted, he did a couple of crappy movies for the loot when he was first released, but if you watch Poetic Justice and even Juice, you can see his gifts. I think Pac was the victim of the Imperialist conquerer/American/J. Edgar Hoover doctrine of taking out the Black Messiah or indigenous leaders of the people. Pac was taken out before he ever had a real chance to mature as a man. He was only 25 at the time of his death. If you are honest with yourselves how many of you hold true to the same views that you held at the tender age of 25? He accomplished so much in his short life without the guidance of a father, which cannot be discounted. Pac was easily the most influential rapper of our time. You can hear his influence in Jay -Z, 50 Cent, TI, Jeezy, Weezy and any rapper out. The double album, crossing over as an actor, stage name and an alias and his relentless work ethic. Pac easily set the standard and it has yet to be duplicated.

D-Nunn

]]> By: Tree Frog http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2008/09/24/have-we-made-too-much-of-pac/comment-page-1/#comment-514595 Tree Frog Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:57:09 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/?p=877#comment-514595 To me, Tupac's biggest legacies were the creation of his persona and media savvy. It's hard to argue that the rappers of today didn't look at Tupac plastered all over the TV screens and magazines and go "I want that." In terms of actual emceeing, I dunno. Your point stands. To me, Tupac’s biggest legacies were the creation of his persona and media savvy.

It’s hard to argue that the rappers of today didn’t look at Tupac plastered all over the TV screens and magazines and go “I want that.”

In terms of actual emceeing, I dunno. Your point stands.

]]> By: Brew City Drew http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2008/09/24/have-we-made-too-much-of-pac/comment-page-1/#comment-513564 Brew City Drew Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:50:06 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/?p=877#comment-513564 As much as I love/loved Tupac, I find his music pretty overrated. There's not a single album that I can listen to all the way through. R U Still Down?(Remember Me) is the closest. Disc 1 of that album is his greatest, IMO. Especially <i>Fuck All Y'all</i>. Easily my favorite Pac song. In fact, I'm gonna cue that record up in a few minutes. As much as I love/loved Tupac, I find his music pretty overrated. There’s not a single album that I can listen to all the way through. R U Still Down?(Remember Me) is the closest. Disc 1 of that album is his greatest, IMO. Especially Fuck All Y’all. Easily my favorite Pac song. In fact, I’m gonna cue that record up in a few minutes.

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