Chaeya wrote:I know a lot of people on here don't like rap and I'm included, but I give props where props are due. In my opinion, there has never been and will never be another rapper like Tupac. Rap, despite what many people believe, is the ability to mouth words to a rhythm. Just because you're mouthing words on the beat doesn't mean that person has rhythm. Tupac reminded me of an native drummer. People who participate and understand native drumming will see what I'm talking about. Tupac rapped in the same rhythm these drummers would eek out a beat. And he did it with such confidence and force, like a James Butler Hickok stalking into town. I don't have his music and honestly, I haven't listened to all his songs because I don't like gangsta rap and I stayed away from it. I respect it for what it is, but I think by Pac and Biggie's deaths it should have been a flag for people that this stuff needs to end. But I still appreciated what Pac brung to the table.
I like any and all music - I'll listen to anything if it moves me. I don't limit myself to just one style of music and make that my god and everything else is sh*t. That's not true. Music is expression and you either like the message or you don't. It's as simple as that.
Chaeya
Ditto That... I will Say That Dr. Dre was /is a driving force as well. I believe him to be a bonafide musical artist (as opposed to a beat skeeter DJ) . Guys like Tupac, Eminem..seemed to know how to harness the angst into something palatable for many others. (I believe Dre was behind a lot of that) while maintaining the true slam in the prose.
Like you, I'm not a hip hop 'fan' per se...But good is good and Tupac had some good.
