Originally branding himself MC New York, 2Pac incorporated influences from the East and West Coasts, not to mention the South, to create a universalist message and sound that explains why murals of him can be found all the way to Sub-Saharan Africa. And as Death Row Records’ strain of gangsta rap defined the middle years of the decade, he became the label’s avatar. But there was also the funkadelic player (“I Get Around”), the insular loner (“Me Against the World”), the savage warlord (“Hit ’Em Up”), and the sensitive poet (“Brenda’s Got a Baby”). For much of his career, he embodied this revolutionary, fight-the-power ethos on songs like “Trapped” and “Keep Ya Head Up,” befitting the Afrocentric, conscious-minded milieu of the early ’90s. He was born Lesane Parish Crooks in 1971, but his mother (a Black Panther leader) swiftly changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur in honor of the last Incan emperor to perish while resisting Spanish rule. Rishi 2pac was not only a rapper, he was a story teller Dzo from Atlanta Let freedom ring Let the children sing I'm seeing changes And what they bring Is a way to harmony A path to peace It will all add up Just do the math at least As we cast the beast Into the abyss We are the reason We live like this I'm seeing changes That must not stop. Even if his legend has become a tall tale, his music remains an indelible testament to the multitudes he contained.
In fact, his closest analog may not be late rival The Notorious B.I.G., but rather dorm-room icons of the mythologized past: Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, and James Dean. Singles: “Toss It Up”, “To Live & Die in L.A.2Pac is arguably the most influential rapper of all-time. Singles: “California Love”, “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”, “How Do U Want It”, “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory – first week album sales Singles: “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto”, “Do for Love” All Eyez on Me – first week album sales Singles: “Happy Home”, “Until the End of Time”, “Letter 2 My Unborn” R U Still Down? (Remember Me) – first week album sales Singles: “Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)” Until the End of Time – first week album sales Singles: “Thugz Mansion”, “Still Ballin” Still I Rise – first week album sales Singles: “Thugs Get Lonely Too”, “Ghetto Gospel” Better Dayz – first week album sales Singles: “Dear Mama”, “So Many Tears”, “Temptations” Loyal to the Game – first week album sales Singles: “Untouchable”, “Pac’s Life”, “Playa Cardz Right” Me Against the World – first week album sales Singles: “Holler If Ya Hear Me”, “I Get Around”, “Keep Ya Head Up”, “Papa’z Song” Pac’s Life – first week album sales Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… – first week album sales Not to mention, he’s our number one pick for best rapper of the ’90s.įrom Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (we couldn’t find the first week numbers for 2Pacalypse Now) to Pac’s Life, we rank 2Pac’s first week album sale numbers. In those few years that he was alive and recording music, he create an unrivalled catalogue that cemented his legacy as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as one of the best-selling hip hop artists ever. It really is quite unbelievable that there was only a five year gap between 2Pac’s debut album and his first posthumous release.
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