[Dillinger8]

Craziest thing I've ever seen live. It didn't matter that 50 was on before or that Eminem was on after. Tupac is and was one of the most gravitating personalities in pop culture, shame he had to die when he was seemingly putting most of the BS behind him. I didn't read the thread but that's my review from week two of Coachella.

[Allen14n]

QUOTE (SmC12 @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 14:59)

@Allen14n: Well I'm glad that's cleared up, sorry if I sounded harsh but I've seen too many people who just don't know what they're talking about when trying to criticise rappers and it pisses me off. There will always be ignorant and naive teenagers who have 'gang affiliation' and grow up in a life of crime, you can't completely prevent it untill there is no such thing as a lower class population. There's still big problems for ethnic minorites and crime can be an easy way out for alot of people. It's not so much they are infulenced by rappers, that's like saying high school killings are influenced by GTA, and we know that's a pile of sh*t. The fact is, gangs are not a problem like they used to be, and crime rates haven't been as high as they were in the past. People will always do stupid things because there's stupid people in the world. Your mention of "Hit 'Em Up" was relevant, however Hip-Hop started through rap battles and 'beefing' is a huge part of the music, it may have been stupid in your eyes but he had his reasons for making that song. Just don't pay attention to the wannabe gangsters and fake rappers, they make money through people falling for their lies and fake image. @glenn tha killer: I mentioned a few posts back that Dr. Dre said there will be no 'Tupac hologram tour'. It was specifically for Coachella, he didn't rule out using it again in the future, but there will be no tours dedicated to 'Pac. It would be great though, but I'm happy with this being a one-time thing, it's more special in my opinion.

I feel like lots of rappers start "beefs" just for their own commercial benefit. What Tupac did with "Hit 'Em Up" was pretty much promote violence. It's actually not that common for a popular rapper to be doing that in a diss song, at least not nowadays.

[Los Santos Pedestrian]

QUOTE (Wreckless Jake @ Monday, Apr 16 2012, 12:13)

But who else thinks this might turn into a trend and other artists decide do it with the likes of Michael Jackson and Amy Whinehouse?

I say we bring back Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix at once.

[Mockage]

QUOTE (Allen14n @ Monday, Apr 30 2012, 12:22)

I feel like lots of rappers start "beefs" just for their own commercial benefit.

Kind of like what Common did with Drake? Not saying he's a bad guy, I actually admire him for what he does, but he was falling behind before he made that diss track. Look at him now..

[Slamman]

QUOTE (SmC12 @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 14:59)

@Allen14n: Well I'm glad that's cleared up, sorry if I sounded harsh but I've seen too many people who just don't know what they're talking about when trying to criticise rappers and it pisses me off. There will always be ignorant and naive teenagers who have 'gang affiliation' and grow up in a life of crime, you can't completely prevent it untill there is no such thing as a lower class population. There's still big problems for ethnic minorites and crime can be an easy way out for alot of people. It's not so much they are infulenced by rappers, that's like saying high school killings are influenced by GTA, and we know that's a pile of sh*t. The fact is, gangs are not a problem like they used to be, and crime rates haven't been as high as they were in the past. People will always do stupid things because there's stupid people in the world. Your mention of "Hit 'Em Up" was relevant, however Hip-Hop started through rap battles and 'beefing' is a huge part of the music, it may have been stupid in your eyes but he had his reasons for making that song. Just don't pay attention to the wannabe gangsters and fake rappers, they make money through people falling for their lies and fake image. @glenn tha killer: I mentioned a few posts back that Dr. Dre said there will be no 'Tupac hologram tour'. It was specifically for Coachella, he didn't rule out using it again in the future, but there will be no tours dedicated to 'Pac. It would be great though, but I'm happy with this being a one-time thing, it's more special in my opinion.

MSN confirms this, Doctor Dre is saying NO tour to follow, and it's likely too much trouble, as was Pink Floyd's THE WALL, costing the band too much to tour the show as much as everyone would have liked.
Take note that Roger Waters of PF did eventually resurrect a way to take that concept on tour, many years later, however

[Warlord.]

While it certainly is a pretty cool work of tech, I find it pretty f*cking retarded.

[Allen14n]

Tupac was found "guilty" for a sexual abuse case. He also shot an off-duty police officer in Atlanta.

Why the hell is it that people keep making fun of people like Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant and instantly assuming they were rapists, but when Tupac does something, they always defend him? Why glorify him like he's some sort of saint? Using a gun because of a verbal dispute? I thought guns were only justification for self-defense. This guy actually promoted violence. People don't have brains anymore.

Of course he had good qualities, but people are acting like this guy's some sort of saint.

This post has been edited by Allen14n on Thursday, May 10 2012, 16:46

[asitsaysinthebook]

That was so wicked. Really great.