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Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!
Every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list
Last Time: B.G. - Chopper City
This Week: 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
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Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic.com)
Maybe it was his time in prison, or maybe it was simply his signing with Suge Knight's Death Row label. Whatever the case, 2Pac re-emerged hardened and hungry with All Eyez on Me, the first double-disc album of original material in hip-hop history. With all the controversy surrounding him, 2Pac seemingly wanted to throw down a monumental epic whose sheer scope would make it an achievement of itself. But more than that, it's also an unabashed embrace of the gangsta lifestyle, backing off the sober self-recognition of Me Against the World. Sure, there are a few reflective numbers and dead-homiez tributes, but they're much more romanticized this time around. All Eyez on Me is 2Pac the thug icon in all his brazen excess, throwing off all self-control and letting it all hang out -- even if some of it would have been better kept to himself. In that sense, it's an accurate depiction of what made him such a volatile and compelling personality, despite some undeniable filler. On the plus side, this is easily the best production he's ever had on record, handled mostly by Johnny J (notably on the smash "How Do U Want It") and Dat Nigga Daz; Dr. Dre also contributes another surefire single in "California Love" (which, unfortunately, is present only as a remix, not the original hit version). Both hits are on the front-loaded first disc, which would be a gangsta classic in itself; other highlights include the anthemic Snoop Dogg duet "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted," "All About U" (with the required Nate Dogg-sung hook),
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For instance Kodak Black, Young Thug. The one thing they all have in common? They are all talentless and have no idea how to properly construct good, tasteful rap lyrics. They all have blown up egos that makes them think they are the greatest thing since 2Pac or Biggie. They all rely on thier wealth to keep them afloat in the music industry. They are truly the bottomfeeders of the music industry and thrive of off bad music and fans that think that they will become like them someday by listening to them.
this may sound like an off-topic question, but one reason why I think it's on topic, is because a posthumously released 2Pac song called Changes used the backbeat of a song made by a guy who used to tour with The Dead, Bruce Hornsby would be that guy, and Hornsby had a solo career of songs too.
Here's his post about it.
