I'll also co sign that Distiant Relatives album.....That last Nas album was very important as well.
Dude...Pac is dead. Before Pac left he said that we arent ready for a Black president. His message isnt updated. You cant go foward using out of date information. Pac doesnt have any messages for this current era we are in where we do have a Black president. Saigon and Nas on the other hand are alive and are qualified to make quality albums with substance for the masses.
Alotta nikkas have a message, if you don't know how to move the people with your message you can't be comparable to Pac,there's nikkas who push a "message" with their music more than Pac.....but none of they 15 tracks move u like one Pac song did,or one Chuck D song did....not every nikka is a great speaker who can move people...sum preachers collection plates stay full bcuz they can preach,while others who are more righteous is starvin...sum nikkas lead millions like Hitler and Obama...sum lead a small group in they basement.....not every nikka can be Martin Luther King,and really all MLK had wuz the speaking part down...imagine if he could make California Luv woulda been a rap for these crackas by 1961