He moved to the “Jungles” housing projects in Marin City (North Bay Area)when he was 16. Mother was a Panther and he spent most of his time in Oakland.
My pops and uncle did bodyguard work for Pac. They said he would abandon all safety procedure and run into groups of women or to go check somebody. My pops has some stories 😂
Pac went to a performing arts school in Bmore wit Jada. He was brilliant!!! Once he came out Rikers and got wit Suge Knight, his whole attitude changed. He wanted to fulfill his contract under him and bounce. That's why he was cranking out the music so fast. He lived in NYC, Bmore and then Cali. Hard life... but he was the fkn greatest!!❤
I don't know what interviews you was watching and/or who was talking but that's not what I heard about Pac's life. He was all about that life and a lot of other things. You didn't know what 2pac you was gonna get from one day to the next. This is my favorite pac song.
2Pac is originally from Harlem, New York. A lot of the younger generation doesn’t even know that. Moved to Baltimore from like 15-17 and then to the Bay Area in California where he made his name
See you when I grew up in the 80s I listen to heavy-metal I listen to hip-hop all that shit and nowadays I listen to everything my playlist will go from country to hip-hop R&B, classic rock heavy metal, thrash, metal I mean I listen to it all I’m a music connoisseur
@@maxviclomax9327I disagree. Kendrick doesn't have the swagger Tupac had. Tupac had not only rap skills but acting skills and was an activist. Tupac was a poet and gifted actor. Not many rappers can achieve that, especially in such a short time as Tupac with all his achievements done and became a household name by the age of 25. And most notably without any social media or internet because it didn't even exist at the time. And on top of that, damn near 30 years later, even the younger generation as you can see here is listening to his work from the 90's. Now that says a lot!
He is nowhere near 2pac. Never will ever be. Kendrick was never shot like pac kendrick never been to jail like pac kendrick never shot nobody like pac kendrick is a respected rapper, he has leadership though and i applaud for that. but not as visionary as Tupac Shakur @maxviclomax9327
I remember Tupac being interviewed and asked why he rapped slow. He said something along the lines of if he rapped fast then people might not get the message he was trying to get across. Mad respect for Pac man he wasn't just a rapper, man was a philosopher a poet, and above all else kept it real.
Not quite accurate ma boy, Pac was SUPER influential...but he didn't have that kind of reach. Rakim and in turn Nas have more claim to that, in terms of a sea-change in cadences and lyricism.
@@michaelwilson939 why you beatin round the bush? Ur basically sayin he was fake but u don’t really kno the man personally so how would u kno? He was bout that life b4 he blew up but never got caught up until he was famous
Y'all need to educate yourselves before speaking on things you don't know about. Pac was born IN JAIL. His mom was a black panther and a crack head and moved them around from city to city chasing the high anyway possible. He went to a school for arts to try and make a legitimate life for himself and the law wouldn't let him. The media and the law attacked him every step of the way. When he moved to Marin county he got in tight with the California crew and was adopted into the street life. He SHOT TWO COPS IN ATLANTA who were in illegal possession of firearms from evidence using them to stick ppl up and were in the middle of shaking down an innocent woman and pac shot them both down. He fought court case after court case. His tours were planned around his court appearances. And in the night he was killed suge whispered in his ear that's the guy that stole one of our chains and without hesitation in front of thousands of ppl stomped out Orlando Anderson. Then later died for it. And his last words rather than saying who did it were " fuck you" to the police. To say pac wasn't thugging is just beyond disrespectful to his legacy. It is beyond cringe this is a rap reaction channel and y'all are so out of tune with real rap and it's history
Yea I just hope they watch some of his interviews and read about his real life. Tupac was so much more than these half true stories people say about him. He was in my opinion one of the realest humans to ever live. To say he was pretending to sell records is such a wrong take in so many ways. Just do some research on Tupac, A great place to start is his biography movie titled - Tupac: Resurrection -
When 2pac was alive. They were scared of that man. Now he dead they be trying too rewrite that man history. Yall need too listen too his interviews in his own words. He was bout that life. He shot 2 undercover cops. He confronted the GD'S at his concert in Chicago. They was over 100 deep. Curse them out for having a 9 year old boy killed. Then shot inside the concert. When bloods had a hit out on treach his friend. He went too the hood in LA and talked too them and squashed the beef. Biggie came too la he had them leave all their stuff at the hotel they was scared they went straight too the airport and jump on the plane.
Bruh this video is proof of why Pac's haters keep bashing him.. because his image and legacy will be diminished by the younger generations who never seen the man alive and walking this earth.. haters do that to make themselves appear near his greatness by bashing him
Pac wasn't about bars. His lyrics were mainly straight forward not giving a damn. Raw emotions, unlike most rappers who speak subliminally. That's what I loved about him.
I highly recommend you guys check out 2Pac Thug Angel (documentary) and 2Pac Resurrection (also documentary). Probably the quickest way to get a summary of his short life.
@@jermaineanthony7794 I did not say he was better lyrically (I know Em is better lyrically), but I prefer Tupac over Eminem. Maybe because I listened to him already before anyone knew Eminem. The work he did in a short amount of time is pretty impressive. I can't say I like any Eminem album better than Me Against The World by Pac tbh. Em has a few sick albums don't get me wrong, but I can't say I like The Marshall Matters EP for instance more or something.
You gotta understand this whole 'he wasn't a real gangster' mentality shouldn't take away from the message he was preaching. He was an arts kid who became a victim of his reality. This was the truth for many kids back then. I always felt like he leaned into that 'Thug Life' level to pull people out of that struggle, and help shift their mentality. Don't get it twisted though, this is the same man who shot two police officers and got away with it.
You're absolutely right. Gangster mentality is a way of thinking, carry yourself, or the moves you make. Has little to do with being a tough guy, but a lot to do with your actions.
But people shouldn’t use that gangster ish against him .. He stood his ground , if he had a problem he addressed it … That man was as real as they come..
Yes he would be the best 😌. I'm 45 and still feel the void. He had a message that spoke to everyone. He is from New York and came out to Oakland and Marin in his late teen's. I grew up in Hayward and Pittsburg in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I am straight Bay Area hood rat. I am telling you guys that being the only white boy in the hood was not easy. Listening to 2pac brings me back to a time that I miss. RIP 2pac
Pac was real and seen a lot of shit but he was a thug he changed as he got older especially after getting shot but if you here people talking negative about him remember they wasn't say anything when he was alive 💯 a lot people hated pac because they wasn't on his level yall need to really dig into his interviews 💯
RIP to Shock G aka Humpty Hump for producing the track. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't even know 2Pac. He flipped the hell outta that Stevie Wonder song "That Girl" to create this banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Stevie Wonder actually did his sound live at the studio with 2pac. Pac from Harlem and grew up in the Bronx then moved to Baltimore later. Side note: Before he was 2pac, check out his original MC name: MC New York when he was on his Rakim type of flow. Very conscious.
There is a book of all of his poetry. He was highly intelligent. His mom and step father were Black Panthers. Yes, he is the best rapper of all time. Legend!
Listening to So Many Tears is just like reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" for the very first time. Deeper each time you listen to this work of poetry
PAC was born in NY but moved to Baltimore and then the Bay (Cali). He grew up a lot of his life in Cali which is why he claimed westcoast. However PAC said he felt like he was the bridge between the east n west because he was from the east and resides in the west
Tupac has so many amazing songs, I’m not sure all the ones you’ve heard. I suggest “Ambitionz Az A Ridah”, “2 of Americaz Most Wanted (feat.Snoop Dogg)”, and “I Get Around”. I’ll always remember where I was when I heard he was in the hospital it was all over the radio. 🙏 he is a lyrical genius. Many blessings to you and yours from me and mine✨
One of the greatest Tupac songs. So Many Tears. I got this album when it came out. Still have the CD to this day. You need to listen to the entire album... There's no skips
Me against the World is my favorite PAC album! One of the most underrated hip hop albums of all time. Temptations, Lord knows, it ain’t easy straight fire
So Many Tears is the only rap song I ever cried because of the emotions conveyed. These kids don't understand the pain black people have faced in this country and the things we have to do to survive. One of the realest songs I have ever heard in my life. Nas "Street Dreams" is up there.
@@dylanmurphy9389 Stop it, Pac was and still the best to ever do it. Pac could slaughter anyone on the seen today! Even M wouldn't of wanted smoke from Pac! #100
If 2 pac would have lived not only will he still be the goat but he will be a great producer film writer and activist 2 pac will always be the goat to me he would have not only changed the game he would have took over
Bruh it's no way y'all got Pac info wrong in 2022 😂 you won't find nobody who actually knew Pac who would say he wasn't like that... look up Scarface, E-40, Mutah(Napoleon of Pac's Outlawz group) Spice 1, Money B, Shock G, Willie D or Master P even... that's just to start.. look up his Milwaukee incident told by Scarface or Spice 1.. don't believe the haters who didn't know the man
7:50 he was the hardest gangsta ever... those interviews are about his real friends... who are not intimidated by him... but if you look at his REAL news interviews... he's going HARD for black hood culture. And standing up for us... putting his own life on the line, all so you can do youtube equally with the whites...... 😳😳😳😳
Tupac is hands-down the most influential artist of all time …Tupac got plenty wild stories he wasn’t fake or not a real thug he just showed two sides of the coin you don’t have to be hard and murderous to be a thug to be a real thug someone who is a survivor through anything
Hey Tupac was born in new York moved to Marin city Cali then to LA and created thug life. Any ninja you know claiming thug got it from Tupac. Y'all ninjas couldn't get close to Tupac.
No disrespect, you guys are to young to understand and feel what he raps about. The times are changing from when he began to where you're learning about Panther Pac , Actor ,Acotvist (Man in the shadows 🤫) it gets deep , just listen to (To Live & Die in L.A. Real talk😎
Y'all gotta react to "If I die tonight" by Pac. He go crazy lyrically. And just for the hell of it, Cam'ron go in on "Fantastic Four part 2". Check tham both out.
Will Smith? No, I wouldn't say that Will Smith is a better actor than Morgan Freeman, Louis Gossett Jr, Laurence Fishburne or James Earl Jones... He just happens to be a global star in a time where he can do a lot of cool projects and be famous to an extent that those black men in the past just didn't have the opportunity to. By the way, you have to watch Gang Related with James Earl Jones, Tupac and James Belushi... Very entertaining movie.
He grew up hard in Baltimore in the ghetto. His mom was a black panther. That’s where he gets his hardcore attitude from. His mom moved him to Marin which is a horrible ghetto in the Oakland area. His mom was hooked on crack also. So he grew up around it. Than he started touring with digital underground and the rest was history. Smart, educated at an arts school but mostly on the streets. A straight THUG. The greatest ever.
Tell these youngins.. I mean, I'm in my early 30's & I know this info lol ..also, I should add, the only ppl who say he wasn't street is his hater, not those who actually knew him
I followed you guys until i saw this one, no respect for the goat. If 2pac aint about that life, nobody is. Sure aint this rappers from now. And sure aint you guys, you act and talk all gangsta and tuff but you aint bout that life. Most songs you are listining to from pac are songs from when he was like 22/23/ 24 years old! You are reacting on youtube video's, yet here you are talking that sh$t
Being gay was never one of them.I guess you guys wasnt even born when he was alive. I bet a year later now what you think about drakie now.lol People are talki g & listening to pac almost 30 yrs later. Drake wont even be talked about 30yrs from now.
Please do something research on 2pac before slamming his character. You don’t even know where he from 🤦🏿♂️, he is naturally smart and brave. I have some Pac tracks for yo: 1, if I die to night 2, can’t C me 3, Trouble 96 4,Against all odds 5,street Fame 6, Ambition az a rider✌🏿
Pac never said he was a gangsta, but he did say that he was a thug. Two totally different personas. Being a "real" thug doesn't mean that you're out banging (that's being a gangsta).
These young guys don't have a clue what Pac been through in his life. Like before Pac ever saw daylight he was in his mother womb when she was locked up. BORN THUG HE NEVER HAD TO ACT LIKE ONE.
You should learn about 2pac he was born in NY but raised in Oakland, California, he was about that life his mother was a black panther. You should listen to dear Mama.
He was raised in Baltimore, and he was very very intelligent, his mom and step dad were black panthers, he was very smart politically that’s what makes him one of the greatest poets/artists of all time, watch his old interviews, he was a leader!
2pac wrote situational music for people who were going through what they were going through. A lot of his records and albums are reflected some sort of situation with somebody was on the street living destitute or living with the backup against the wall. I think "Brenda's Got a Baby" was one of his most iconic songs early in his career and possibly his entire one.
Tupac the 🐐. He was the realest rapper of all time. He never rapped about anything he didn’t experience or go through. 💯 % raw and real. Can’t say that about a lot of others.
Yes this beat is hard ..this a sample from Stevie Wonder's song That Girl ..This is a great song ..Tupac is one of the greatest artist to ever do it .Rip 🙏🏼
Pac was born in East Harlem, New York. He moved like 10 times when he was growing up. He never really fit in anywhere. You can here that in his music. That feeling of being hopeless.
This reminds me of talking to my little cousins or seeing people on social media taking stabs at Eminem, Snoop, Ice Cube, Biggie and Tupac. I never understood the amount of people who actually think those guys aren’t top 5 or even 10 all time. These young kids nowadays put The newer rappers on top only because of how recent they are. SMH… and some comments I see on twitter or Facebook just hate on Biggie and Tupac because they have such a short amount of “Hit Songs” like what? That’s what y’all look for when choosing your top rappers of all time? So sad…. Like, If we got an Album with Tupac, Biggie, Eminem, Jay Z, Nas, Rakim, Cube, Eazy, Kurupt, Snoop and throw in Dr. Dre and Andre 3000 producing it together with 30+ songs, I swear it would probably be hated by a bunch of people still. Shit is confusing fr.
Damn i love this song. I'm not even reading the lyrics and I still remember the words. Just rapping it back, you can feel the song. It's so genuine and he's flow and voice is perfect with his style.
Pac was connected to the streets though. He lived in different places. He was hood. He was conscience though, so he wasn't the hustler gangsta type, more like he was about respect, the revolution, but he loved the streets; thug life.
This kill me but I understand they younger and don't know about Pac but I promise you Pac harder and more gangsta then your favorite rapper.. You need to do alot more research
Sure nuff, even after 26 years after Tupac's death, hes still being talked about to this day! And we still never foumd out who shot Tupac!! I suspect (whats his name) puff daddy had to be involved. That mug looked suspicious!
2Pac was born in New York and was there till he was about two years old then his mom moved him out to the bay area in San Francisco. That’s why he screaming west side he grew up out there out to the Bay Area. 2Pac struggled as a kid with a crackhead mom no father and living on the streets, If you listen to his music he grew up around pimps and hustlers because that’s what he was doing out in the streets at age 13, 14 years old he wasn’t a gangbanger per se Crip or blood but he was out there livin That light and continue to live that life into his casket dropped. You can’t talk about the things 2Pac talked about in the way that he does with that much passion and not lived it to some point.. he had no ghost writers and shit thats all him .
PAC was 14 when he left NYC. He actually went to school in NYC. He lived in Baltimore after he left NYC, you’re skipping his time in school with Jada….which was in BMore.
If TUPAC WAS STILL ALIVE whould he be the greatest rapper of all time OR NOT? I THINK WITHOUT TUPAC!.. There wouldn't be no Drake or Half the rapper's that came up and used TUPAC As an inspiration to Start Rapping! So YES TUPAC IS ONE OF THE (G.O.A.T.'S) OF THE RAP GAME! TO EVER DO IT! Plus I grew up listening to TUPAC in the '90s!
Glad you guys did this one. This album was the first hip hop album I ever purchased, I was 11 years old. My mom only let me purchase it because she liked the song “Dear Mama.”
He was born in NY but he was raised in Baltimore and Oakland. Also Pac was really about that action. He shot two off duty cops.
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He moved to the “Jungles” housing projects in Marin City (North Bay Area)when he was 16. Mother was a Panther and he spent most of his time in Oakland.
FACTZ
Nobody that grew up with dude has ever said he wasn't about that action. They have all said that homie was wild as hell.
Facts his action speak for themselves
These guys are older than me and I’m 19 and I was raised listening to Tupac and I love music the stuff he rapped about you can’t just make up
My pops and uncle did bodyguard work for Pac. They said he would abandon all safety procedure and run into groups of women or to go check somebody. My pops has some stories 😂
@@spidavenom4please share
He would have elevated to the next level. He was a poet that spoke his truths.
Pac went to a performing arts school in Bmore wit Jada. He was brilliant!!! Once he came out Rikers and got wit Suge Knight, his whole attitude changed. He wanted to fulfill his contract under him and bounce. That's why he was cranking out the music so fast. He lived in NYC, Bmore and then Cali. Hard life... but he was the fkn greatest!!❤
MC New York. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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pac is my dude since childhood
I don't know what interviews you was watching and/or who was talking but that's not what I heard about Pac's life. He was all about that life and a lot of other things. You didn't know what 2pac you was gonna get from one day to the next. This is my favorite pac song.
Yeah they sound wild ignorant
Maybe y’all should try watching his documentaries he was a real one
2pac was born in New York but raised the the bay
2Pac is originally from Harlem, New York. A lot of the younger generation doesn’t even know that. Moved to Baltimore from like 15-17 and then to the Bay Area in California where he made his name
Had he lived, he probably would've been 1 of the top 3 rappers of all time without doubt. Even now he's considered top 5-7
Pac was born in NYC, but was raised in Baltimore (where he went to hs with Jada) and later moved to Oakland then LA as an adult.
See you when I grew up in the 80s I listen to heavy-metal I listen to hip-hop all that shit and nowadays I listen to everything my playlist will go from country to hip-hop R&B, classic rock heavy metal, thrash, metal I mean I listen to it all I’m a music connoisseur
RIP SHOCK G for this dope beat.. alot ppl didn't know he produces this
Never knew until now
Rip
My Dawg! Gawd...
There’s no rapper today, zero, that can come close to PAC. GOAT.
Facts. Gen Z just don’t know lol and they need to.
@@maxviclomax9327I disagree. Kendrick doesn't have the swagger Tupac had. Tupac had not only rap skills but acting skills and was an activist. Tupac was a poet and gifted actor. Not many rappers can achieve that, especially in such a short time as Tupac with all his achievements done and became a household name by the age of 25. And most notably without any social media or internet because it didn't even exist at the time. And on top of that, damn near 30 years later, even the younger generation as you can see here is listening to his work from the 90's. Now that says a lot!
He is nowhere near 2pac. Never will ever be.
Kendrick was never shot like pac
kendrick never been to jail like pac
kendrick never shot nobody like pac
kendrick is a respected rapper, he has leadership though and i applaud for that.
but not as visionary as Tupac Shakur
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Eminem?
Right!!!
I remember Tupac being interviewed and asked why he rapped slow. He said something along the lines of if he rapped fast then people might not get the message he was trying to get across. Mad respect for Pac man he wasn't just a rapper, man was a philosopher a poet, and above all else kept it real.
Pac was the blueprint for EVERY modern rapper today. He is the most influential rapper ever.
NWA WAS SORRY
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Both of ya'll buggin' in terms of hip hop history.
It's all good though.
It was Rakim
Not quite accurate ma boy, Pac was SUPER influential...but he didn't have that kind of reach.
Rakim and in turn Nas have more claim to that, in terms of a sea-change in cadences and lyricism.
@@epicsseven7686 lol
Pac was about that LIFE! I am 59 years old, Pac lived everything he wrote about.
He was a Poet!
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Uh, agreed but he wrote then lived it alot too. Hell of a actor living a character in real life often.
@@michaelwilson939 why you beatin round the bush? Ur basically sayin he was fake but u don’t really kno the man personally so how would u kno? He was bout that life b4 he blew up but never got caught up until he was famous
@@nicsundberg8505 ok
@@nicsundberg8505 im with ya
Y'all need to educate yourselves before speaking on things you don't know about. Pac was born IN JAIL. His mom was a black panther and a crack head and moved them around from city to city chasing the high anyway possible. He went to a school for arts to try and make a legitimate life for himself and the law wouldn't let him. The media and the law attacked him every step of the way. When he moved to Marin county he got in tight with the California crew and was adopted into the street life. He SHOT TWO COPS IN ATLANTA who were in illegal possession of firearms from evidence using them to stick ppl up and were in the middle of shaking down an innocent woman and pac shot them both down. He fought court case after court case. His tours were planned around his court appearances. And in the night he was killed suge whispered in his ear that's the guy that stole one of our chains and without hesitation in front of thousands of ppl stomped out Orlando Anderson. Then later died for it. And his last words rather than saying who did it were " fuck you" to the police. To say pac wasn't thugging is just beyond disrespectful to his legacy. It is beyond cringe this is a rap reaction channel and y'all are so out of tune with real rap and it's history
Shit had me heated watchin this shit
Yea I just hope they watch some of his interviews and read about his real life. Tupac was so much more than these half true stories people say about him. He was in my opinion one of the realest humans to ever live. To say he was pretending to sell records is such a wrong take in so many ways. Just do some research on Tupac, A great place to start is his biography movie titled - Tupac: Resurrection -
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White girl here from Philly. This song came out when I was in my teenage years. We banged this tape! Till it broke! I know every word. Love Tupac
I'm from Australia, and this is definitely one of pacs best songs aye...
He’s the greatest rapper of all time, no one does it like pac because of the way he connects with peoples emotions as it supposed to do
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When 2pac was alive. They were scared of that man. Now he dead they be trying too rewrite that man history. Yall need too listen too his interviews in his own words. He was bout that life. He shot 2 undercover cops. He confronted the GD'S at his concert in Chicago. They was over 100 deep. Curse them out for having a 9 year old boy killed. Then shot inside the concert. When bloods had a hit out on treach his friend. He went too the hood in LA and talked too them and squashed the beef. Biggie came too la he had them leave all their stuff at the hotel they was scared they went straight too the airport and jump on the plane.
Bruh this video is proof of why Pac's haters keep bashing him.. because his image and legacy will be diminished by the younger generations who never seen the man alive and walking this earth.. haters do that to make themselves appear near his greatness by bashing him
@@mr.getitdone6543 it's very annoying
@@mr.getitdone6543 these young niggas dont have a clue bout 2pac, or what he was about. Smh
@@ZYaKnoe249 extremely annoying bruh 😒 🙄
@@leonhall856 🎯 not at all
Pac wasn't about bars. His lyrics were mainly straight forward not giving a damn. Raw emotions, unlike most rappers who speak subliminally. That's what I loved about him.
I highly recommend you guys check out 2Pac Thug Angel (documentary) and 2Pac Resurrection (also documentary). Probably the quickest way to get a summary of his short life.
Lots of bars in Pac songs such as Only god can judge me, Still i rise, My block, Me against the World, Keep your head up and many many more
@@jermaineanthony7794 As lyrical as Em might be he stands in the shadow of Makaveli the Don.
@@jermaineanthony7794 I did not say he was better lyrically (I know Em is better lyrically), but I prefer Tupac over Eminem. Maybe because I listened to him already before anyone knew Eminem. The work he did in a short amount of time is pretty impressive. I can't say I like any Eminem album better than Me Against The World by Pac tbh. Em has a few sick albums don't get me wrong, but I can't say I like The Marshall Matters EP for instance more or something.
@@janrintjema787em is not better lyrically. Stop the nonsense
You gotta understand this whole 'he wasn't a real gangster' mentality shouldn't take away from the message he was preaching. He was an arts kid who became a victim of his reality. This was the truth for many kids back then. I always felt like he leaned into that 'Thug Life' level to pull people out of that struggle, and help shift their mentality. Don't get it twisted though, this is the same man who shot two police officers and got away with it.
You're absolutely right. Gangster mentality is a way of thinking, carry yourself, or the moves you make. Has little to do with being a tough guy, but a lot to do with your actions.
But people shouldn’t use that gangster ish against him .. He stood his ground , if he had a problem he addressed it … That man was as real as they come..
Thug Life as he said it The Hate You Gave Little Infants F@$k Everybody
Thug Life was his group before he signed with death row. Tupac was a thug thats different than gangsta in the 90s people could differentiate the two.
@@abel1694 Plus it was the media that corralled artists into that category.
It hurts my heart that this generation knows so little about Pac but I respect them learning
You can feel his pain on this track. This is one of my favorite songs of many that he made.
Yes he would be the best 😌. I'm 45 and still feel the void. He had a message that spoke to everyone. He is from New York and came out to Oakland and Marin in his late teen's. I grew up in Hayward and Pittsburg in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I am straight Bay Area hood rat. I am telling you guys that being the only white boy in the hood was not easy. Listening to 2pac brings me back to a time that I miss. RIP 2pac
He’s from Baltimore and lived in New York and the Bay at different times. I believe 😂
@@kaliikev I think you are right. He lived a lot of places.
He was the best and my fave but over time eminem took the crown, if Pac was still alive and made more music he'd probably still be number 1
Pac was real and seen a lot of shit but he was a thug he changed as he got older especially after getting shot but if you here people talking negative about him remember they wasn't say anything when he was alive 💯 a lot people hated pac because they wasn't on his level yall need to really dig into his interviews 💯
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RIP to Shock G aka Humpty Hump for producing the track. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't even know 2Pac. He flipped the hell outta that Stevie Wonder song "That Girl" to create this banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shock g never gets his flowers either
Rip shock g
@@Jose-gh1mf he does from me and my buddy. The Humpy alter ego was genius as well.
Stevie Wonder actually did his sound live at the studio with 2pac. Pac from Harlem and grew up in the Bronx then moved to Baltimore later.
Side note: Before he was 2pac, check out his original MC name: MC New York when he was on his Rakim type of flow. Very conscious.
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There is a book of all of his poetry. He was highly intelligent. His mom and step father were Black Panthers. Yes, he is the best rapper of all time. Legend!
it's an amazing book, I have it myself.. I feel like it'll only resonate with those who have the same heart / sensitive mindset as him though
@@ScottThePisces I feel the same way. ❤️
@@ScottThePisces what is it called?
@@tolo75 the rose that grew from concrete
A Rose that Grew from the Concrete
Listening to So Many Tears is just like reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" for the very first time. Deeper each time you listen to this work of poetry
PAC was born in NY but moved to Baltimore and then the Bay (Cali). He grew up a lot of his life in Cali which is why he claimed westcoast. However PAC said he felt like he was the bridge between the east n west because he was from the east and resides in the west
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Tupac has so many amazing songs, I’m not sure all the ones you’ve heard. I suggest “Ambitionz Az A Ridah”, “2 of Americaz Most Wanted (feat.Snoop Dogg)”, and “I Get Around”. I’ll always remember where I was when I heard he was in the hospital it was all over the radio. 🙏 he is a lyrical genius. Many blessings to you and yours from me and mine✨
The whole All Eyez On Me album is a masterpiece
@@rossrobertson674 yes I absolutely agree with you ✨😇
Ambitions? Oh Angi you such a real one for that 💯
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Did he say pac went to college? Pac never went, he didn’t even get to finish high school he was just a wise individual.
One of the greatest Tupac songs. So Many Tears. I got this album when it came out. Still have the CD to this day. You need to listen to the entire album... There's no skips
Me against the World is my favorite PAC album! One of the most underrated hip hop albums of all time. Temptations, Lord knows, it ain’t easy straight fire
So Many Tears is the only rap song I ever cried because of the emotions conveyed. These kids don't understand the pain black people have faced in this country and the things we have to do to survive. One of the realest songs I have ever heard in my life. Nas "Street Dreams" is up there.
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Y’all gotta watch 2Pac Most gangster moments video or do some research because the disrespect is crazy son
Y’all not in tune with Pac , y’all don’t have that thing to understand his lyrics ,y’all are reacting like kids who don’t have understanding .
Man, it’s been a long time since I heard this song and I can still go Word for Word on it
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🔥 🔥 🔥 CLAAAAASIC! I was 20 when this dropped. In my opinion one of Pacs best songs! Entire album 🔥!
No one better than Pac, period !
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@@dylanmurphy9389 Stop it, Pac was and still the best to ever do it. Pac could slaughter anyone on the seen today! Even M wouldn't of wanted smoke from Pac! #100
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If 2 pac would have lived not only will he still be the goat but he will be a great producer film writer and activist 2 pac will always be the goat to me he would have not only changed the game he would have took over
I feel like this is the most honest song Tupac made. He was a sensitive soul who suffered from depression and suicidal ideation.
He is the greatest rapper of all time. Remember he died at 25 imaging if he lived.
Bruh it's no way y'all got Pac info wrong in 2022 😂 you won't find nobody who actually knew Pac who would say he wasn't like that... look up Scarface, E-40, Mutah(Napoleon of Pac's Outlawz group) Spice 1, Money B, Shock G, Willie D or Master P even... that's just to start.. look up his Milwaukee incident told by Scarface or Spice 1.. don't believe the haters who didn't know the man
Foreal the they fucked up
@@jacobgould5278 they never took back or corrected themselves of this nonsense either
I’m with grandma! ❤ I’m 42 and still have Pac playlist on regularly.
7:50 he was the hardest gangsta ever... those interviews are about his real friends... who are not intimidated by him... but if you look at his REAL news interviews... he's going HARD for black hood culture. And standing up for us... putting his own life on the line, all so you can do youtube equally with the whites...... 😳😳😳😳
Tupac is hands-down the most influential artist of all time …Tupac got plenty wild stories he wasn’t fake or not a real thug he just showed two sides of the coin you don’t have to be hard and murderous to be a thug to be a real thug someone who is a survivor through anything
one of THE MOST UNDERRATED songs PAC ever did.
Every 2pac song that you hear you can hear his emotions on a song you can hear his anger on the song 2pac is the Greatest of all time
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Hey Tupac was born in new York moved to Marin city Cali then to LA and created thug life. Any ninja you know claiming thug got it from Tupac. Y'all ninjas couldn't get close to Tupac.
No disrespect, you guys are to young to understand and feel what he raps about. The times are changing from when he began to where you're learning about Panther Pac , Actor ,Acotvist (Man in the shadows 🤫) it gets deep , just listen to (To Live & Die in L.A. Real talk😎
Y'all gotta react to "If I die tonight" by Pac. He go crazy lyrically. And just for the hell of it, Cam'ron go in on "Fantastic Four part 2". Check tham both out.
Will Smith?
No, I wouldn't say that Will Smith is a better actor than Morgan Freeman, Louis Gossett Jr, Laurence Fishburne or James Earl Jones... He just happens to be a global star in a time where he can do a lot of cool projects and be famous to an extent that those black men in the past just didn't have the opportunity to.
By the way, you have to watch Gang Related with James Earl Jones, Tupac and James Belushi... Very entertaining movie.
He grew up hard in Baltimore in the ghetto. His mom was a black panther. That’s where he gets his hardcore attitude from. His mom moved him to Marin which is a horrible ghetto in the Oakland area. His mom was hooked on crack also. So he grew up around it. Than he started touring with digital underground and the rest was history. Smart, educated at an arts school but mostly on the streets. A straight THUG. The greatest ever.
Tell these youngins.. I mean, I'm in my early 30's & I know this info lol
..also, I should add, the only ppl who say he wasn't street is his hater, not those who actually knew him
its sad they don't know anything then stand on they opinion like its facts
Idk why y’all are surprised by idiots saying idiotic things
@@telldetruth9259 I'm surprised because the information is readily available to this generation and yet they still go by he say, she say smh
@@ManicOnTheBeat 🎯 right
I followed you guys until i saw this one, no respect for the goat.
If 2pac aint about that life, nobody is.
Sure aint this rappers from now.
And sure aint you guys, you act and talk all gangsta and tuff but you aint bout that life.
Most songs you are listining to from pac are songs from when he was like 22/23/ 24 years old!
You are reacting on youtube video's, yet here you are talking that sh$t
Being gay was never one of them.I guess you guys wasnt even born when he was alive. I bet a year later now what you think about drakie now.lol People are talki g & listening to pac almost 30 yrs later. Drake wont even be talked about 30yrs from now.
Please do something research on 2pac before slamming his character. You don’t even know where he from 🤦🏿♂️, he is naturally smart and brave. I have some Pac tracks for yo:
1, if I die to night
2, can’t C me
3, Trouble 96
4,Against all odds
5,street Fame
6, Ambition az a rider✌🏿
Pac never said he was a gangsta, but he did say that he was a thug. Two totally different personas. Being a "real" thug doesn't mean that you're out banging (that's being a gangsta).
It's sad even all these years later people still have a hard time grasping that concept
These young guys don't have a clue what Pac been through in his life. Like before Pac ever saw daylight he was in his mother womb when she was locked up. BORN THUG HE NEVER HAD TO ACT LIKE ONE.
To me he is a poet and he turned them into raps. He was telling people what's up. A goat in my opinion.
Tupac being gay was NEVER the word on the streets. Niqqas be lying for attention
You should learn about 2pac he was born in NY but raised in Oakland, California, he was about that life his mother was a black panther. You should listen to dear Mama.
2 Pac - Unconditional Love 🔥🔥🔥
RIP Pac, RIP Shock G (produced this and brought Pac through)
He was raised in Baltimore, and he was very very intelligent, his mom and step dad were black panthers, he was very smart politically that’s what makes him one of the greatest poets/artists of all time, watch his old interviews, he was a leader!
2pac wrote situational music for people who were going through what they were going through. A lot of his records and albums are reflected some sort of situation with somebody was on the street living destitute or living with the backup against the wall. I think "Brenda's Got a Baby" was one of his most iconic songs early in his career and possibly his entire one.
New challenge:
Listen to Dear Mama from Pac and NOT cry
I was going to suggest this song too😇Dear Mamma tugs on the heart strings every time 🙏✨
He is the greatest rapper that have ever done it
Tupac the 🐐. He was the realest rapper of all time. He never rapped about anything he didn’t experience or go through. 💯 % raw and real. Can’t say that about a lot of others.
This generation was so f-ing lost 🙄😒😫🤦🏾♂️
Yall need to be doing 2pac like yall be doing all these eminem reactions. Pac got heat.... if not for death its a toss up for GOAT between Jay and Pac
Brenda’s got a baby is heartbreaking
I wonder how y’all will digest that
I grew up with the girl from Brenda got a baby video
@@Ninersfootball don’t know how to feel
Love this song, you can hear the emotional turmoil he was going through when he wrote this song. He knew his death was near, RIP to the 🐐
Whoa whoa whoa did you really say Drake was better than 2Pac…sir that is not even close they aren’t even in the same game
I appreciate what you're trying to do here fellas... you have a lot to learn though. All love.
One of the greatest basslines ever. RIP shock G aka humpty hump
One of my favourite 2pac songs, if not my favourite #GOAT
Yes this beat is hard ..this a sample from Stevie Wonder's song That Girl ..This is a great song ..Tupac is one of the greatest artist to ever do it .Rip 🙏🏼
Indeed!
2pac the greatest hands down better than Biggie in ya background
So many good songs do Keep ya Head Up, if you wanna see Pac on a turnt vibe check out I Get Around
He is the greatest! He would still be on top!
Pac was born in East Harlem, New York. He moved like 10 times when he was growing up. He never really fit in anywhere. You can here that in his music. That feeling of being hopeless.
Tupac was never a member but he was bout that action check his resume fr
He was like that. You had to grow up listening and seeing him. He was a talented soul
This reminds me of talking to my little cousins or seeing people on social media taking stabs at Eminem, Snoop, Ice Cube, Biggie and Tupac. I never understood the amount of people who actually think those guys aren’t top 5 or even 10 all time. These young kids nowadays put The newer rappers on top only because of how recent they are. SMH… and some comments I see on twitter or Facebook just hate on Biggie and Tupac because they have such a short amount of “Hit Songs” like what? That’s what y’all look for when choosing your top rappers of all time?
So sad…. Like, If we got an Album with Tupac, Biggie, Eminem, Jay Z, Nas, Rakim, Cube, Eazy, Kurupt, Snoop and throw in Dr. Dre and Andre 3000 producing it together with 30+ songs, I swear it would probably be hated by a bunch of people still. Shit is confusing fr.
He was born in brooklyn, raised in B-more and spent his adulthood in Oakland.
Wrong. Born in Harlem NY
Harlem to Baltimore and then cali
My bad. I confused him with MJ!!!
@@Hooderaw it's ok. We all make mistakes buddy
Tupac- Until the End of Time.
Tupac-letter 2 my unborn
My 2 fav songs from him.
Pac is the greatest rapper hands down!!
Young punk talk too much respect the 🐐
Hold ya head by Tupac is a helluva track
Damn i love this song. I'm not even reading the lyrics and I still remember the words. Just rapping it back, you can feel the song. It's so genuine and he's flow and voice is perfect with his style.
Pac was connected to the streets though. He lived in different places. He was hood. He was conscience though, so he wasn't the hustler gangsta type, more like he was about respect, the revolution, but he loved the streets; thug life.
This kill me but I understand they younger and don't know about Pac but I promise you Pac harder and more gangsta then your favorite rapper.. You need to do alot more research
Sure nuff, even after 26 years after Tupac's death, hes still being talked about to this day! And we still never foumd out who shot Tupac!!
I suspect (whats his name) puff daddy had to be involved. That mug looked suspicious!
🔥 React to 2pac - Temptations.
Tupac was a fantastic actor as well. Juice, Above the Rim, Poetic Justice, Gang Related.
To me Tupac was a true definition of a modern day Poet!!
2Pac was born in New York and was there till he was about two years old then his mom moved him out to the bay area in San Francisco. That’s why he screaming west side he grew up out there out to the Bay Area. 2Pac struggled as a kid with a crackhead mom no father and living on the streets, If you listen to his music he grew up around pimps and hustlers because that’s what he was doing out in the streets at age 13, 14 years old he wasn’t a gangbanger per se Crip or blood but he was out there livin That light and continue to live that life into his casket dropped. You can’t talk about the things 2Pac talked about in the way that he does with that much passion and not lived it to some point.. he had no ghost writers and shit thats all him .
PAC was 14 when he left NYC. He actually went to school in NYC. He lived in Baltimore after he left NYC, you’re skipping his time in school with Jada….which was in BMore.
I got the Tupac cross on my chest
The people that saying Tupac wasn’t about it just hated Tupac, watch interviews with people that actually knew pac and u learn that he was a real one
THAT BACKGROUND BEAT IS ACTUALLY FROM A BOB MARLEY SONG 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If TUPAC WAS STILL ALIVE whould he be the greatest rapper of all time OR NOT? I THINK WITHOUT TUPAC!.. There wouldn't be no Drake or Half the rapper's that came up and used TUPAC As an inspiration to Start Rapping! So YES TUPAC IS ONE OF THE (G.O.A.T.'S) OF THE RAP GAME! TO EVER DO IT! Plus I grew up listening to TUPAC in the '90s!
Glad you guys did this one. This album was the first hip hop album I ever purchased, I was 11 years old. My mom only let me purchase it because she liked the song “Dear Mama.”
I requested this song, glad you guys did this one. By far my favorite hip hop song of all time
Great Song... But you have to have BASS to play that song... Coming from an old Head