Still I Rise Vs. Pac's Life; the end of an era
- Thread starter Rukas
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Jus woke up, started to play Pac's Life on my ipod lying there in bed. track 1 & 2 skip, i heard them loads already, track 2 ok not enuf Pac, track 3 skip, track 4 wtf!? etc etc. Album is shite. I WILL NOT BE BUYING THIS NOW. I was gooing to regardless but no ive heard it... No chance! Changed Man from Better Dayz shits on every track on this LP an Changed Man is a poor track.
I'll support Ruk on that last statement and say it's almost certainly Papaz Song that got Ruk listening to Pac.
& would I put Pac's Life on? Nah. If I wanted to spite you I'd put Me Against The World on. Pac's best album. :thumb:
But if I had a choice between L2TG or Pac's Life, I would choose the later everytime. I'm not saying it's a great release, but it's an improvement on L2TG. Let's see what they do next time around before giving up altogether.
& would I put Pac's Life on? Nah. If I wanted to spite you I'd put Me Against The World on. Pac's best album. :thumb:
But if I had a choice between L2TG or Pac's Life, I would choose the later everytime. I'm not saying it's a great release, but it's an improvement on L2TG. Let's see what they do next time around before giving up altogether.
why do u think that people werent fans of 2pac until after his death just because u werent. I started listening to 2pac in 1992 as well once i heard I get around for the first time and saw him in the movie Juice which i snuck into see at the movie theater. All of my cds and tapes were bought THE SAME year that they were originally released...not in the years leading up to his deathrow days and death.
I have pictures of me wearing the backwards bandana like 2pac when i was 12 years old. Believe it or not, some people were just as intrigued with 2pac when he first came out as they were when he died.
I have pictures of me wearing the backwards bandana like 2pac when i was 12 years old. Believe it or not, some people were just as intrigued with 2pac when he first came out as they were when he died.
Not really.
You have to look at it from the perspective of - Short of a duets album Pac & Puffy - L2TG was the worst possible effort they could make. Pac's Life IS an improvement on that.
The fact that they seem to refuse to let anyone from Death Row past (His time there) or present be involved in the production means we will never see a Still I Rise album. Remember, short of the DR logo - That WAS a DR release - You know what I mean here, At one stage up until it's release, Suge and Atheni were co-operating.
This translates to "they screwed up less", which means they still screwed up. We're not talking about an invention, this isn't supposed to be a trial and error process.
Pac was a great artist and deserves nothing less than a great release. Subpar is not the standard so Amaru doesn't deserve any kind of props. If they can't live up to those standards then they should just let him rest in peace and stop butchering his work.
These half-assed releases are an insult, not a tribute.
Pac was a great artist and deserves nothing less than a great release. Subpar is not the standard so Amaru doesn't deserve any kind of props. If they can't live up to those standards then they should just let him rest in peace and stop butchering his work.
These half-assed releases are an insult, not a tribute.
People are over-reacting. As always.
RUSD - Dated beats, doesn't sound anything like Makaveli
SIR - Outlawz fucked it up
UTEOT - The Hooks sucked
BD - This Life I Lead sucked
L2TG - A Piece of trash
Pac's Life - Not enough Pac
This is a summation of 10 years of bitching from people who are *lucky* they have an internet connection and have been able to download bootlegs. Every single time an album comes out, there is something wrong with it.
The fact remains, we are not going to get original versions released, except in the rare cases where they don't have the Master DATs. Why, for 10 years do people still complain when they *know* Amaru will never release the songs in their original (& in many cases - shitty (World Wide Dime Piece was a piece of shit, and 30 seconds of listening can show someone why that was never released previously)) form?
RUSD - Dated beats, doesn't sound anything like Makaveli
SIR - Outlawz fucked it up
UTEOT - The Hooks sucked
BD - This Life I Lead sucked
L2TG - A Piece of trash
Pac's Life - Not enough Pac
This is a summation of 10 years of bitching from people who are *lucky* they have an internet connection and have been able to download bootlegs. Every single time an album comes out, there is something wrong with it.
The fact remains, we are not going to get original versions released, except in the rare cases where they don't have the Master DATs. Why, for 10 years do people still complain when they *know* Amaru will never release the songs in their original (& in many cases - shitty (World Wide Dime Piece was a piece of shit, and 30 seconds of listening can show someone why that was never released previously)) form?
It goes back to before that. If people hadn't whinged so badly about RUSD which was dope as fuck imho - Maybe we wouldn't see Pac's music bastardised like it is now.
I'm prepared to wait and see what they do with the next release though, personally I thought Better Dayz was a good album, some of the remixes are actually very good. If the next album can equal that, then I would certainly be happy.
I'm prepared to wait and see what they do with the next release though, personally I thought Better Dayz was a good album, some of the remixes are actually very good. If the next album can equal that, then I would certainly be happy.