Pac's Life Release Party & Celebration

[Ras Masta]

A week-long celebration to mark the release of Tupac Shakur's newest posthumous release Pac's Life kicked off today (Nov. 11) at the Vaknin Gallery in Atlanta.

The event, titled All Eyez on Me: Hip-Hop's Legendary Performers and Photographers, photographers, was the first in a series of occasions organized by the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation (TASF).

Photographers like Jerome Albertini; Paul Aresu; Janette Beckman; Teri Bloom; Raymond Boyd; Danny Clinch; David Corio; George Dubose; Roger Erickson; Jim Fiscus; Jesse Frohman, Estevan Oriol and others displayed their works during the photography showcase.

The week allows fans to hear the album before it hits stores as well as pay homage to the legacy of Shakur, who was slain in September 1996.

The rapper's murder remains unsolved as fans prepare for the release of Pac's Life.

The Amaru/Interscope Records album features appearances from Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Keyshia Cole, T.I., Ashanti, Young Buck, Lil Scrappy, Carl Thomas, Outlawz, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Big Syke and Papoose as well as production from LT Hutton, Sha Money XL and Swizz Beatz.

A video for the T.I. and Ashanti-featured title song "Pac's Life" was shot last week at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts.

Other events to be held include a coat drive, teen art competition and album release party.

Those who bring a coat to the coat drive will receive two tickets to the album release party.

The art competition is open to youth ages 13 to 17.

Participants will compete in an art exhibit contest and all art will be posted in the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts during December.

Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners.

Founded by Afeni Shakur, TASF provides training and support to artists who aspire to enhance their creative talents.

To date, more than 600 students have benefitted from the program.

Pac's Life is scheduled to arrive in stores Nov. 21.

The following is a list of the remaining events celebrating the album's release:

Nov. 14: VIP PAC's Life CD preview party Vaknin Gallery, 905 Juniper St., Suite 109 Atlanta, GA 30309 7-10 p.m.

Nov. 15: Bring A Coat Drive Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, 5616 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA Everyone who brings a warm winter coat will receive two admission tickets to "PAC's Life" album release party 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 17: Bring A Coat Drive continues at TASCA 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 20: PAC'S Life teen art competition at TASCA Children ages 13-17 will compete in an art exhibit contest and all art will be posted in the Center for the month of December. Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. 6-8:30 p.m.

Nov. 21: PAC'S Life album release party: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts 5616 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6386

 

[SiGh]

Anyone know when the video is releasing?
Props on the news post.

 

[Jeremy]

Nice to see a week long celebration is going on. Just wish it was a different situation on the album. Thanks for the news.

 

[Funkaveli]

Tries to envision what the Loyal to The Game release party was like.


Afeni unveils the awaited, Loyal to the Game, Eminem quietly excuses himself from the room. After the last track the crowd is in silence. Eminem has remained gone for the whole album. A spectator asks "Is This a Joke?" Afeni states, Eminem was so gracious and really captured Pac's essence.

Afeni calls Eminem to talk about his 3 day labor of love. After calling for the third time, and no response, Afeni walks down the hall to the men's restroom, and tells Em, that everyone's anxious to hear about his thought process & production. She knocks on the door, then after no reply, opens it to reveal the window open with its curtain blowing.

 

[Thug T]

LOL! Funny shit Funkaveli.

 

[Local Star]

Tries to envision what the Loyal to The Game release party was like.


Afeni unveils the awaited, Loyal to the Game, Eminem quietly excuses himself from the room. After the last track the crowd is in silence. Eminem has remained gone for the whole album. A spectator asks "Is This a Joke?" Afeni states, Eminem was so gracious and really captured Pac's essence.

Afeni calls Eminem to talk about his 3 day labor of love. After calling for the third time, and no response, Afeni walks down the hall to the men's restroom, and tells Em, that everyone's anxious to hear about his thought process & production. She knocks on the door, then after no reply, opens it to reveal the window open with its curtain blowing.

Shit, people are more mad at Eminem than the cunts who killed Pac...

 

[DontGo2Sleep]

We should all go to Atlanta and blast the OGs outside in protest on the day they play the album.

 

[Funkaveli]

Shit, people are more mad at Eminem than the cunts who killed Pac...

Should we be happy that he found it easier to make Pac rap faster than a chipmunk, and slower than a retard while shouting out all of Eminem's homies, all in only 3days.

On the fact that Pac was murdered, Pac was kinda asking for it, he rubbed alot of people the wrong way. He got caught up in the streets w/people that were never going to amount to anything, and they retaliated and killed him.

2 completely different issues. Pac was a musical,lyrical genius and his gift for putting down rhymes and rapping was a talent that he was serious about, and that means, good production, flowing to the beat, raising the level of average artists whom he personally chose to rap with him, and getting his message out-- instead of becoming a sideshow, caricature image that he's been since 2003.

If you need a reference, pop in the album Me Against The World, i promise you won't hear one off beat Pac song, and you'll get Pac's true message without the bullshit.

 

[NazihHawi]

On the fact that Pac was murdered, Pac was kinda asking for it, he rubbed alot of people the wrong way. He got caught up in the streets w/people that were never going to amount to anything, and they retaliated and killed him.

Hmm.. u solved the murder .... So whom might those people be?!!

 

[Funkaveli]

Hmm.. u solved the murder .... So whom might those people be?!!

Hmmmm. Possibly the Southside Crips. Considering Pac beats up their member earlier that night, then gets killed hours later.

And also, Hammer(M.c. Hammer), was talking bout how when Pac was in the hospital, they kept getting calls from niggas sayin' "He ain't dead yet, we gonna finish him."

Now that doesn't sound like no White house executive or Delores Tucker type of phone call. Do you think?

 

[2PacThug4Life]

We should all go to Atlanta and blast the OGs outside in protest on the day they play the album.

Yes :thumb:.

 

[Rahim]

Props. Thanks for letting us know.

 

[*Riaz*]

yea...thanx for the news G!

Pz

 

[Brett]

Tries to envision what the Loyal to The Game release party was like.


Afeni unveils the awaited, Loyal to the Game, Eminem quietly excuses himself from the room. After the last track the crowd is in silence. Eminem has remained gone for the whole album. A spectator asks "Is This a Joke?" Afeni states, Eminem was so gracious and really captured Pac's essence.

Afeni calls Eminem to talk about his 3 day labor of love. After calling for the third time, and no response, Afeni walks down the hall to the men's restroom, and tells Em, that everyone's anxious to hear about his thought process & production. She knocks on the door, then after no reply, opens it to reveal the window open with its curtain blowing.

Lol hahaha, that was fucken funny :laugh:

 

[NazihHawi]

Hmmmm. Possibly the Southside Crips. Considering Pac beats up their member earlier that night, then gets killed hours later.

You know what's my problem with that?? It's just a little too obvious.

And also, Hammer(M.c. Hammer), was talking bout how when Pac was in the hospital, they kept getting calls from niggas sayin' "He ain't dead yet, we gonna finish him."

Now that doesn't sound like no White house executive or Delores Tucker type of phone call. Do you think?

Oh no, surely not!!!! I mean if it were the White house people who did it, they would have surely called and said: "Excuse me, this is the president's office speaking, we would like to know if mr. Shakur is still alive so we can send over a death squad to finish the job. Thank you for your cooperation. Good day." !!!

Now seriously speaking, yes, i do believe it was some official agency. Misterious murders and assasinations that are made to look in a certain way are most probably the work of these agencies. That's the price that people who speak up have to pay in a proclaimed democratic system (there are no real democracies on this planet). Martin Luther King was killed, Malcolm X was killed, and u know what, Pac was not ur average entertainer rappin' about the "bling bling", so he was also killed. And of course, these agencies have ground level connections, which explains the gang calls. Of course it wasnt "Agent Smith" from the Matrix who carried on the actual shooting. It was surely some gang members, some black guys in a car, sure... But who pushed the button, who gave the order, i highly doubt that it was those Southside crips.

 

[lii]

^^ seems a lil far fetched wat about rage against the machine, public enemy, afrika bambaataa, nwa? they werent assassinated

 

[lii]

^^ seems a lil far fetched wat about rage against the machine, public enemy, afrika bambaataa, nwa? they werent assassinated

 

[NazihHawi]

^^ seems a lil far fetched wat about rage against the machine, public enemy, afrika bambaataa, nwa? they werent assassinated

Actually, it's not that far fetched.. It's a possibility. As for the groups u mentioned, well they're not in the same category with Pac.. Actually, it's a long discussion, but very few (probably only a handful) of rappers have a similar profile like Pac, but none with his Charisma, and none really became a "threat" to the established social norms like Pac did. My argument is that no one really had the influence Pac had. Other similar artists back then werent as blunt and "real" as Pac was, and their later turning into "sell-outs", and "pop" icons proves me right..

Again, some of the names u mentioned were and are still "real", but werent really a factor.. They were not as BIG as Pac was. One name that jumps to my mind that was as big, iconic, influencial and loved as Pac was, and who also challenged existing social norms and stir up controversies in his songs was John Lenon. White artist, Pop/Rock music (as opposed to Black and Rap) but still he was wasted. And the list is long, politicians, activists, artists, musicians, actors... It's not a common point of view, i know, but it's something to think about..

Pz.

 

[Morris]

It's a possibility. As for the groups u mentioned, well they're not in the same category with Pac.. none really became a "threat" to the established social norms like Pac did.

If you think Pac was having a bigger effect on society and the government's status quo in 1996 than NWA did in the late 80s/early 90s, you either haven't read anything about the time period or you're younger than 18.

Besides, given Pac's inevitable journey back to jail, why would a government agency even bother pulling a hit on the most public street in Las Vegas after a Tyson fight while Pac's riding in a caravan?

Don't you think the government could do a better hit than that?

The amount of evidence indicting the Crips that you have to disregard is staggering: Pac punks a well connected Crip suspected of previous Compton murders hours earlier, the same Crip bragged throughout Compton about killing Pac, a gang war ensued in response to Pac's shooting, police informants account for the demolition of a white cadillac etc.

Saying "it's too obvious" isn't much of a defense, and it's even worse evidence. Anderson had the motive and means, and the fact that it was such a spur of the moment drive by job with atrocious aim only lends support to the lack of meticulous planning and the small time frame that everything was happening in.

My argument is that no one really had the influence Pac had. Other similar artists back then werent as blunt and "real" as Pac was

Nobody had a bigger effect on rap and hip hop than Pac. But rap's impact on society and the government peaked in the late 80s and early 90s. Pac was riding that wave in 91, and it's clear that 2Pacalypse was modeled after the work of NWA, Public Enemy etc.

The Vice President attacked 2Pacalypse Now. You didn't hear anyone saying anything about Me Against The World or All Eyez On Me (besides Delores Tucker) or any subsequent Pac albums.

 

[NazihHawi]

If you think Pac was having a bigger effect on society and the government's status quo in 1996 than NWA did in the late 80s/early 90s, you either haven't read anything about the time period or you're younger than 18.
[....]
Nobody had a bigger effect on rap and hip hop than Pac. But rap's impact on society and the government peaked in the late 80s and early 90s. Pac was riding that wave in 91, and it's clear that 2Pacalypse was modeled after the work of NWA, Public Enemy etc.

The Vice President attacked 2Pacalypse Now. You didn't hear anyone saying anything about Me Against The World or All Eyez On Me (besides Delores Tucker) or any subsequent Pac albums.

1. I'm 22 years, 10 months, 5 days old!!!

2. You didnt quite get my point there. It's not about rapping more or less against the government (91 x 96). It's about how Pac was turning into a someone so heard by so many that if he was to focus on some social issues in 96, or in 2000 was he kept alive, he would've had a huge impact. He was in a phase where he was rapping less directly against "the government" but had more recognition, and basically more power than in 91.

Plus about no one saying anything about MATW, well, basically they said it before the album debuted, and what they said was "guilty". Pac said this a lot. His trial was not about the "rape case" as much as it was about a "thug with tattoes" who's feared by "them".

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Besides, given Pac's inevitable journey back to jail, why would a government agency even bother pulling a hit on the most public street in Las Vegas after a Tyson fight while Pac's riding in a caravan?

Don't you think the government could do a better hit than that?

Again, i dont want to go deep into this cause it's all speculations. What i'm saying and what ur saying, it's all speculations and personal opinions. It's not like there was a verdict in this case, and i'm refusing to admit it. But in my assumption, the most probable scenario of how things went down is:

1. Pac's "inevitable journey back to jail" was the result of the fight he had the night he was shot. The whole operation was probably already set in place by then.

2. As i said before, the actual shooting probably was planned and carried on by a gang, and not the agency itself. This gang probably had ties with some Police Department. That Police Department probably had ties with some bigger agnecy. That's how these things probably work (and that's all hypothetical).
And add to that, that i dont see what's the problem with where the shooting took place?!! It's not like it failed miserably and there was tons of eye witnesses, huh?!!
Actually, come to think about how isolated was that spot at the time of the shooting, maybe it was the planning of "the agency" to have it there. Maybe.. maybe not. But what's a fact is that it wasnt "the agency" that shot at Pac while he was in a car in the caravan. It was some ground level gang who did it. Very probably the Crips themselves, which also links well with the fact that Orlando Anderson just happened to be in the MGM that night with no apparent reason at all..

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The amount of evidence indicting the Crips that you have to disregard is staggering: Pac punks a well connected Crip suspected of previous Compton murders hours earlier, the same Crip bragged throughout Compton about killing Pac, a gang war ensued in response to Pac's shooting

Nothing that contradicts what i said before. I've been saying all along that some nigga from some gang did the actual shooting. But i'm saying that someone bigger might have been pulling the strings. Shit like this happens all the time, when 2 parties' interests cross paths.

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... drive by job with atrocious aim only lends support to the lack of meticulous planning...

Dont get all Shakesperian on me :horny: !!!