Tupac

Yes he was very good at rapping about things that were legitimately affecting the African American community and he produced some real classic rap songs.

 

I like him well enough, he was a true poet and wrote some great songs.

Yet at the same time he was a very unlikeable and confrontational person and his death while sad, he brought it on himself.

 

If talking about *****es and hoes and shooting the five-O is being a genius then I guess so.

 

I appreciate him as an artist and a poet, but I don't like all that much of his stuff. This is proabably because he could be very petty and childish at times, but then again, who isn't?

 

He was very talented and one of the best at what he did but I wouldn't call him a musical genius.

 

Actually what set him apart was that WASN'T what he rapped about. Most of his songs were about the violence being brought upon his community and the affects it had (he did mainstream stuff as well of course).

 

If you ever listened to any of his music at all, you'd know he talked about more than **tches and hoes.

Guy had a lot to say not all of it guns and death.

 

Based soley on his music, he was near genius.

I just wasn't a fan of his persona.

 

By and large it was the latter....people who think he rapped about b*tches and hoes probably only saw the stuff that made it to MTV.

 

Tupac is kinda like the 'Elvis' of hip-hop.

 

Attention morons and bigots!

Here's the definition of "MUSIC":

1 a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony


Rap is MUSIC. Doesn't matter if you disagree. If you do, you are wrong.
Doesn't matter if you despise Rap. I despise Green Day, but they're still doing music...bad music, that I hate. But still music.

Rapping is not talking. It's rhythmic, percussive, "sing-songy" speech. If it requires no talent, then by all means, let's see George Bush or your Grandma rap Bombs Over Baghdad by Outkast perfectly on the first try.

 

That's very true, he was very intellectual sadly you can't be an intellect around a bunch of thugs like Suge Knight.

 

who are you replying to

 

nice post


speaking of trying to rap...next time listen to PAC...he sounds just as if he's talking(telling a story) it just so happens to match the beat.... thats genius.... true some of the content may not be mentally stimulating..but has anyone really listened to NIRVANA?....ELVIS?..JIM MORRISON?...some of their lyrics are questionable too..... content does not exclude genius...its the ability to tell a story through music..or touch someone so they feel what you say in a lyrical tone...... cause you dont understand it...doesnt mean you should turn a deaf ear

 

I hate when people rag on hip-hop, especially when in 50 years most black people will be done with rap and create something else and white people will have taken it over and praising the virtues of Eminem and Beastie Boys while totally forgetting and giving credit where it's due to the people who created it.

It's the same old song.

 

Morons, Bigots and D.Rex's friend who said that Rap is nothing but talking.

 

Yeah...I mean I agree, but no one said it wasn't music.

 

I was wondering that too, it didn't look like anyone was saying rap was not music.

 

AH ALL AROUND THE WORLD THE SAME SONG...

tell em why tup...

 

I dont know much about Tupac.
This is what happens when you're raised amongst whitey