According to an article over at Gunitworld.com, 50 is in the process of trying to convince Afeni to let him produce the next Tupac album and release it as a joint venture between Amaru and G-Unit Records. He says that he's not happy with the way previous posthumous Tupac records have been handled and that he knows exactly what they've been missing: better marketing. Yeah that must be it, because an agressive marketing plan is what really makes for good music, just look at how well it worked for Mobb Deep this month. (That was sarcasm in case you didn't catch it.)
Billion Dollar Budget says:
"I feel the people running his material are not necessarily heading his work in the proper direction". 2Pac had an album come out some years ago and they only put out one single out of about an album filled with 30 songs and that single had Nas on it. To me that was the worst thing they could've done. Like why would they put Nas on a pac single and then worse make a video for it also as the lead single."
Well, I can't really argue with him there, everybody knows diehard Pac fans like to get on Nas about his newfound love for a man who had more than a few harsh words for him when he was still alive. The big question here though is, what do all of those same hardcore Pac fans think about 50 putting his hands on a whole album? I know not too many people were exactly thrilled with the role Eminem played in Loyal To The Game, and Tupac loyalists can get pretty testy when anybody dares to put their savior over a beat they're not feeling.
In related news, your boy 50 picked up a nomination for a BET Award in the Best Male Hip Hop Artist category alongside, T.I., Common, Busta and Kanye West. Not that the BET Awards matter or anything but congratulations to everybody nonetheless.
Sidenote: Why is Busta nominated for this award? I know the Big Bang is dropping any minute now, but shouldn't you have actually had an album in stores in the past year to be considered for Best Male Hip Hop Artist? Somebody tell BET that mixtape appearances and remixes are cool and all but they need to tighten up their nomination requirements if anybody is ever going to take those awards seriously.
Billion Dollar Budget says:
"I feel the people running his material are not necessarily heading his work in the proper direction". 2Pac had an album come out some years ago and they only put out one single out of about an album filled with 30 songs and that single had Nas on it. To me that was the worst thing they could've done. Like why would they put Nas on a pac single and then worse make a video for it also as the lead single."
Well, I can't really argue with him there, everybody knows diehard Pac fans like to get on Nas about his newfound love for a man who had more than a few harsh words for him when he was still alive. The big question here though is, what do all of those same hardcore Pac fans think about 50 putting his hands on a whole album? I know not too many people were exactly thrilled with the role Eminem played in Loyal To The Game, and Tupac loyalists can get pretty testy when anybody dares to put their savior over a beat they're not feeling.
In related news, your boy 50 picked up a nomination for a BET Award in the Best Male Hip Hop Artist category alongside, T.I., Common, Busta and Kanye West. Not that the BET Awards matter or anything but congratulations to everybody nonetheless.
Sidenote: Why is Busta nominated for this award? I know the Big Bang is dropping any minute now, but shouldn't you have actually had an album in stores in the past year to be considered for Best Male Hip Hop Artist? Somebody tell BET that mixtape appearances and remixes are cool and all but they need to tighten up their nomination requirements if anybody is ever going to take those awards seriously.
