Six tracks in and I'm not wowed so far, most of the songs I forget as soon as they're finished, 1 and 2 are good but after that I'm not feeling it. I'm a little disappointed because it's supposed to be one of the best rap albums of all time? I like Illmatic 100x more so far.
>>130339528if u gay js say dat brodine we dc we rep 2pac over here
>>130339978I have never heard a 2pac song
>>130340904You've never heard Dear Mama? It's a great songKanye's Hey Mama is just as good
>>130341225I listened to dear mama. Not impressed.I like the message though. My mom kicked me out when I was 17 and I hated her for a long time but we made up/blog
>>130339528I also don't really get 2pac. He has this double image of simultaneously being a hardcore violent gangbanger but also being a sensitive soul rapping about social issues. IMO he's trying to sit on 2 chairs at once and neither persona totally works
>>1303395282pac is babbys first 90s gangster rapper, you started with a way better rapper in nas so of course it feels like a downgrade. Listen to wu tang or mobb deep or a tribe called quest or something if you want something more interesting.
If you american, you will never understand 2Pac. You have to be thirdworlder to appreciate him to the fullest.
>>130339528Makaveli the don killuminati and thug life mog AEOM
>>130340904He has like 30-40 good songs. The thing that makes him good is the tracks. I mean just Skandoulouz is incredible. Great bassline, great rhythm guitar, super fun unconventional percussion with flexatone all over the track, claves, bongos, chimes, etc. I fucking love the percussion on this album. I also like how they pitch shift him lower so his voice isn't high pitch and annoying. It's such incredibly dirty, smooth, funky production. The studio bassist who did the seven day theory is amazing too. Life of An Outlaw also has a great aggressive bassline.
>>130342441I get why people who like words would like nas but I just don't like the music. And biggies first album is eardrum shattering on their hi hat sample. It sounds like absolute clipped shit and hurts at high volumes.
>>130344350I've only listened to the 'remaster' of Ready to Die on apple music and didn't find it grating or anything
>>130344519You're deaf. The hi hat is horrific and still fucked on the remaster. The whole thing is shrill and needs compression at a minimum. Put on juicy and turn it up. Even those delayed synth arpeggios are shrill.
>>130339528tupac did not age well. it doesnt compare to the actual classic rap albums of the 90s. Tupac was a celebrity. A movie star who wanted to pretend to be gangster
>>130345150Saying "we da real mob we gonna bomb all you mothafuckers" to the real mob was hilarious though.>>130339528It's just music for angry 14 year olds who just got their first grand of coke and their watch stolen by an actual gangster. Nothing to see here.>>130342420He sat at a desk in his bedroom and wrote "poetry". Musicians aren't badass, they're nerds. They practice, rehearse and fiddle with buttons. Nothing wrong with that - it's just that the job deserves some perspective.
>>130342420As always, I feel you had to be there. I don’t believe music is some closed off thing. It’s always relative to the culture of the time period and the act in relation to those that came before. Obviously you can still like old music but it’s different when you take the time to understand the culture at that point.
Most of the best tracks are later in the album. Lot of fake Gs in here. Tupac is at his best when he's contemplative and melancholic. The opening of the album is more like boisterous gangsta stuff.
>>130342441Mobb Depp is pure killer music literally almost made me a nigger gangster until I realized crime is bad.
>>130339528>Six tracks in and I'm not wowed so far, most of the songs I forget as soon as they're finishedThis is all rap its just meaningless congo noises ooo ahh money bitch nigga gang then they get shot by another retard and die repeat endlessly.Not music
90's Drake
>>130344588NTA but I pulled up my first pressing of ready to die and listened to juicy and you're right, the highs are piercing but it isn't "clipped" because in order for it to be considered "clipped" the overall decibel has to be turned up during post-production. In the album only the highs are turned up.
>>130339528One of the most overrated albums of all time.
if you are interested in tupac start with his greatest hits double album
>>130346367Clipping in general can be done immediately with too much gain on the input anon. It can literally clip while recording anything. In this case probably when they recorded the record they stole it from.
>>130339528yeah Biggie was better
Not music
>>1303395282pac was shot many times. They turned his ass into swiss cheese.
>>130339528>double album>double album Rap album, in an already stressed-for-time genre>literally every single song is killer and the whole album flows effortlessly track-into-track, like molasses>completely mogs all other rap double-albums ever made without effort, and all regular rap-albums at thatHow the fuck did he do it??
Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ is a 1993 classic and his best album, it's very much early 90s sound though (and much if it recorded in 91 and 92) so you have to put yourself back in that time to see why it's so great.
