LL Cool J: "2Pac Had To Put On A Gangsta Image For The Dudes To Like Him"
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Knicksman20
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Only reason Jay was wearing a Hawaiian shirt was becuz the song was called Hawaiian Sophie
I know. Jay was heavy in the streets during that time lol
LL never garnered that respect from the fellas, or captured that essence. He could spit when tested, but overall he's known as "Ladies Love Cool J". That shyt burns his soul...
@artbarr
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Ive always said the only peeps who hate pac are cacs and c00ns. U dont have to like his music for whatever retarded reason but the nikka was the last real.one left. And he called out all the bullshyt u see today and was a huge influence in the black community. I would bet he would try to form/partake a black political party of he was alive today.
Only reason Jay was wearing a Hawaiian shirt was becuz the song was called Hawaiian Sophie
That shyt is still corny if we gonna bring up rappers like Pac's past. That's my point.
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Just let that man rest in peace
It's the same binary thinking over and over again when it comes to Pac
Anytime a Black man shows elements of being human and some nuance, people want to question your credibility and put you in a box
Most people aren't one way all the time
Anytime a Black man shows elements of being human and some nuance, people want to question your credibility and put you in a box
Most people aren't one way all the time
Pac taking the thug shyt to another level was personal not industry driven but we can see the mystifying/deifying results in this thread.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with any of these with the exception of Rick Ross. He was a Correctional Officer, but repeatedly raps about the drug game, and even stole a famous drug kingpin's name.
Everything else on your list is perfectly fine. Eminem just had an overall shytty life, Mobb Deep...idk about Ballet. Maybe they wanted to dance better, ball better, or just did it as a hobby?
There's nothing wrong with being in them books for Biggie, and idk why you mentioned Method Man. Lacrosse is a fukking sport regardless of who plays it.
Elim Garak
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Nah I don't agree with that. Tupac had the saying make music for the bytches and what ever the women like the nikkas will like because they want the bytches. As far as the gangsta thing imo it's a big difference between thug life and the gangsta shyt he started doing in 96 on death row. I think he was doing that to please suge.
Im not necessarily hating any one of those dudes. People wanna forget that before rappers hit it big, many of them were regular dudes like Pac. They were just kids too.
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It's fukked up but Pac story isn't rare.
Dude hops in the streets late but is lucky to fall in with real gangsters that have already taken their lumps.
Dude builds a persona of what a street nikka is based around what nikkas do in public and not the shyt and politics that happen in secret.
Dude crashes out because he doesn't realize that nobody is invincible in the streets.
I used to say Pac was a goof for hopping into the streets so late in life, but hell sometimes the dudes that start late end up more solid than the ones raised in it.
But he didn't have any real friends with foresight, Suge was a big reckless crash dummy who also thought he was invincible.
Being the toughest is overrated.
back to OP, I disagree. Pac definitely became a gangsta for the women. When you watch his young interviews you could tell he was just a black boy that wondered why he couldn't get the girls he wanted around the hood. But because he could rap he fell in with street nikkas and they showed him what certain women really find attractive. They redpilled him lol.
Kairi Irving
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Y’all going to act like PAC wasn’t down wit digital underground who was known for party Music and that gangsta look wasn’t even him
Pac was not some tough ass dude....He was a great artist...To me the goat...But nah his whole tough image was a facade but at the same time he really did ride for the cause and care. He really did do his time. He really did have a target on his back...That doesn’t mean he could beat LL in a fight or was more of a hustler than Ice-T or Eazy E.
it’s not disrespectful to Pac to say he wasn’t some super thug...The dude was a conscious artist. Kind of got turned out by having the death row muscle behind him.
I guess the stories you hear about Pac in hindsight do make him seem tougher than he was. Makes sense.
it’s not disrespectful to Pac to say he wasn’t some super thug...The dude was a conscious artist. Kind of got turned out by having the death row muscle behind him.
I guess the stories you hear about Pac in hindsight do make him seem tougher than he was. Makes sense.
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