Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Tupac Shakur die in 1996??

[LynneSin]

I was flipping through the channels and MTV had a commericial for yet another album from Tupac Shakur.

I mean, it's understandable that there could be songs left over, hell even Led Zeppelin found about 10 songs previously unrecorded and put them out on their CODA album (some of which probably should have been left unrecorded). And I can even see a couple of the "Greatest Hits", "Live Concerts" and even a "Tribute" album

But this guy has ANOTHER album of previously unrecorded music coming out now 9 years after his death.

I swear, I think this guy is alive somewhere cranking out music left and right

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=music-artist&field-artist=2Pac/103-5359612-9140616

[sui generis]

1. didn't he just make another movie last year too?

:popcorn:

[LynneSin]

4. Documentaries

although there were at least 2 movies released after his death that he actually was acting in

[Goldmund]

2. unrecorded?

Don't you mean unreleased? :)

[LynneSin]

3. well, unrecorded would be a bit of a challenge - I stand corrected

:eyes:

[DS1]

19. It would give a whole new meaning to 'scratching'

:D

[Texasgal]

5. Didn't you know?

He's still ALIVE! And so is Elvis! JEEZ! :P

[mark414]

6. he was amazingly prolific

and even prophetic, if you listen to some of his lyrics...

ahh shit i wish he was around today, he'd have so much to say and he'd say it damn well too

i remember when he died, i had a soccer game the next morning and i told my team that we had to go out and win one for pac...haha and we actually did...i was 11

R.I.P.

[warrens]

7. Nah, that was his brother Threepac

[LynneSin]

8. and his cousin....

[ghostsofgiants]

11. You mean this guy?

[DS1]

9. Sucked then, sucked now, sucks on the next release

Him and Big somethingorother were both crap. Dual shootings did the music community a favor, imo

[mark414]

10. something tells me you just don't like hip hop in general

but you don't have to be an asshole about it, especially when you make it clear that you don't know too much about it either with statements like that

[DS1]

12. I like some

but these two guys truly and fully sucked.

Asshole

on edit: On second thought, if "musicians" want to have a feud, then they can both reap the benefits of hollowpoints, spare me the bullshit.

[mark414]

15. okay then

:thumbsup:

difference of opinion is okay, but to go out of your way to say you're glad that someone is dead, someone that millions of people love and look up to, is crass and tasteless and i'd like to ask you to please refrain from it in the future.

and the reason i'm being so sensitive about this is because i'm tired of everyone attacking hip hop on here every time any thread with the slightest mention of it pops up. it's stupid and pointless and really brings out the nastiness in people.

hip hop is my livelihood and i take it real personally when anyone attacks it in such a vicious way. you should be ashamed.

and if you knew anything about hip hop, you wouldn't be calling either of those guys crap. lyrically they are among the greatest of all time, and it's hard to find a more passionate voice than pac's...but i guess it's ok to bash stuff if it makes you feel better about yourself

[DS1]

17. Ashamed of what?

Not batting an eye when self-proclaimed 'ganstas', 'thugs' and 'bangers' and former crack dealers are shot to pieces while gloryfying such lifestyles and making the problem worse after moving to the ritzy suburbs of their respective cities? Talk about hypocritical. F that.

And no, this isn't about making me feel better about myself, that's a really worn out cliche on DU, you should try something original. Like these two idiots didn't.

[LynneSin]

18. Ok, please!! No flame wars

Pretty please

:D

:loveya:

[RandomKoolzip]

16. I like HipHop, but never cared for Tupac OR Big.

To my ears, they're responsible for the "dumbing-down" of mainstream hiphop that's taken place in the last eight years or so.

[mark414]

22. ehhh

if you're gonna blame anyone, blame dre

pac, and to a lesser extent biggie, were surprisingly progressive, in the context of their status as "mainstream" rappers

[tjdee]

13. His mom and record company are making money off him.

This happened with Jeff Buckley too. As a way to not completely lose their investment, record companies keep churning out half ass crap from their dead artists. In the case of Jeff Buckley :loveya: his half ass crap is still pretty good. I'm not a fan of Tupac, so...

The person in charge of their estates ( I believe in both Jeff's and Tupac's cases, it's their moms) get the royalties. I am unsure if they could go "You know what, there's a reason my son didn't put that song on their album when they were alive" or "Uh, could you stop it?".

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. Actually they NEED to release the music in order to pay debts

His estate was sued for a woman (my friend was the litigator) who was paralyzed at a Tupac concert when Tupac decided to wave a gun at another gangster while onstage. Shots were fired in the venue and the woman was left paralyzed.

[DS1]

21. Oh, how nice!

:sarcasm:

[arwalden]

14. Yeah... Here's His Autopsy Photo (WARNING!)

WARNING! It's just what you would expect.

http://www.tupacgraphics.com/autopsy.htm