Hip Hop Author Toure Claims 2Pac is Overrated
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Some of you guys dont even know it but it's very true! Pac is the most overrated musician of all time, next to Elvis, Bob Marley, & Michael Jackson!!!
I like his music, but to tell you the truth, I was never inspired by his legacy...
I still do have a lot of his cds, well mostly his old stuff but I cant no longer bump his music out loud anymore!
Why???
Because everyone else bumps all his music...
So thats why I gotta move on & keep exploring for more music to listen to...
I was actually more inspired by other artists like Brotha Lynch, Esham & NATAS, E-40, Tech N9ne, Three 6 Mafia, Geto Boys, K-Rino & whole array of other underground rappers that most people can hardly ever get access to......
I like his music, but to tell you the truth, I was never inspired by his legacy...
I still do have a lot of his cds, well mostly his old stuff but I cant no longer bump his music out loud anymore!
Why???
Because everyone else bumps all his music...
So thats why I gotta move on & keep exploring for more music to listen to...
I was actually more inspired by other artists like Brotha Lynch, Esham & NATAS, E-40, Tech N9ne, Three 6 Mafia, Geto Boys, K-Rino & whole array of other underground rappers that most people can hardly ever get access to......
I find it funny that most people don't seem realise that Pac was more or less the West Coast mid 90's version of 50 Cent (minus the snitching.)
I like some of Pac's music (Me Against the World is a classic album) but he is highly overrated.
Pac is a legend yes...but the best ever? Not even close.
Nuttkace
I like some of Pac's music (Me Against the World is a classic album) but he is highly overrated.
Pac is a legend yes...but the best ever? Not even close.
Nuttkace
Pac was a martyr for the idea that you don't have to conform, that's why he's loved so much. He did what everyone else thinks about but is too scared to do. He fought against 'the system' and didn't give a fuck. He didn't want people, no matter what color, to be oppressed and he acted out against it.
If you've ever paid attention to what he's said in his interviews, he wasn't a gangsta, wasn't a drug dealer, wasn't a real thug, or a killer, or any of that but he knew what all those things were. He wasn't anything other then a person who loved people in general and knew how to connect with them on their level. He didn't have to live their lives to feel their pain because he had compassion. He made people feel comfortable and he was someone everybody can relate to in one way or another.
That's why he's loved. People gravitate towards him because of his persona, not because he was some lyrical monster or super-rapper, because he wasn't. Musicially, he isn't in my top 10 either, not by a long shot so in that sense I agree that he is overrated, but he was/is undeniably a person of importance to a whole lotta people.
If you've ever paid attention to what he's said in his interviews, he wasn't a gangsta, wasn't a drug dealer, wasn't a real thug, or a killer, or any of that but he knew what all those things were. He wasn't anything other then a person who loved people in general and knew how to connect with them on their level. He didn't have to live their lives to feel their pain because he had compassion. He made people feel comfortable and he was someone everybody can relate to in one way or another.
That's why he's loved. People gravitate towards him because of his persona, not because he was some lyrical monster or super-rapper, because he wasn't. Musicially, he isn't in my top 10 either, not by a long shot so in that sense I agree that he is overrated, but he was/is undeniably a person of importance to a whole lotta people.
^^^If I was worried about other people on here I would get a bulletproof vest.
See on Eihts CMW cds there was real lyrics. Check them out if you havent heard before. Its a Compton Thang was real lyrical. It had the whole 9 punhlines, flows, Mcing, Gangsta Shit, and good Word play. After Death Threats I didnt really bump all that much. But at least Eiht is real. I mean hes not a sell out fag.
Oh well thats me.
See on Eihts CMW cds there was real lyrics. Check them out if you havent heard before. Its a Compton Thang was real lyrical. It had the whole 9 punhlines, flows, Mcing, Gangsta Shit, and good Word play. After Death Threats I didnt really bump all that much. But at least Eiht is real. I mean hes not a sell out fag.
Oh well thats me.
I BOUGHT Its A Compton Thang! when it CAME out....i hade the TAPE....i had the first 3 albums on tape...Music To Driveby being my favorite....but i bought em cus it was just gritty gangsta shit....not cus he was givin Rakim a run for his money...
Yes...IACT! was his best "lyrical" output of his young career....but to say his one of the best MC's ever????WHOA dude...thats some outlandish shit....to say hes AS good as people like Rakim or Ras Kass....now youre just being silly...even DJ QUIK lyrically slaughtered him....and he aint even that tight himself!!!!!Hes a fuckin DJ and PRODUCER for gods sake...
In a battle...MC Eiht would cry....
THats like sayin Weird Al Yankovic is as good as Nirvana...
Yes...IACT! was his best "lyrical" output of his young career....but to say his one of the best MC's ever????WHOA dude...thats some outlandish shit....to say hes AS good as people like Rakim or Ras Kass....now youre just being silly...even DJ QUIK lyrically slaughtered him....and he aint even that tight himself!!!!!Hes a fuckin DJ and PRODUCER for gods sake...
In a battle...MC Eiht would cry....
THats like sayin Weird Al Yankovic is as good as Nirvana...
anyone who uses punchlines and metaphors are overated.
jay-z highly overated.
pac is tha greatest ever, like i KEEP saying, thats y his lyrics are studied at colleges. younger cats seem to like metaphors and that shit, so therefore they think pac is overated. depends on ur cup of tea i guess. theres a gang uv folx that think pac is STILL tha greatest, and he died 10 years ago!!!!!! jus think if he was still alive, he can only have gotten better. fold.
jay-z highly overated.
pac is tha greatest ever, like i KEEP saying, thats y his lyrics are studied at colleges. younger cats seem to like metaphors and that shit, so therefore they think pac is overated. depends on ur cup of tea i guess. theres a gang uv folx that think pac is STILL tha greatest, and he died 10 years ago!!!!!! jus think if he was still alive, he can only have gotten better. fold.
Those courses study his poetry writings, not the lyrics to California Love homie.
I don't waste my time pretending to know or wonder what it would be like if Pac were still alive. I'm not a day-dreamer like that. Anyways, it's no suprise people think Pac was/is the greatest. Read my previous post in here and you'll know why.
I don't waste my time pretending to know or wonder what it would be like if Pac were still alive. I'm not a day-dreamer like that. Anyways, it's no suprise people think Pac was/is the greatest. Read my previous post in here and you'll know why.
fa sho, sicc wid it, i kno that it aint to california love, but wutever IT is, his WRITINGS are still taught.
and i don't waste my time either thinkin about wut it would be like, but tha fact is, there's PLENTY folx that think 2pac is tha greatest, and he died 10 years ago. i kno alot of people that don't or didn't even own one single rap cd but went out and bought pacs shit. my pops was one of em. i'm not here to persuade u to think pac is tha greatest, thats ur opinion, i'm jus here to state mine on y he ISN'T overated. fold.
and i don't waste my time either thinkin about wut it would be like, but tha fact is, there's PLENTY folx that think 2pac is tha greatest, and he died 10 years ago. i kno alot of people that don't or didn't even own one single rap cd but went out and bought pacs shit. my pops was one of em. i'm not here to persuade u to think pac is tha greatest, thats ur opinion, i'm jus here to state mine on y he ISN'T overated. fold.