someone bring me up to date, what the hell is so attractive about the new hip hop beats? ones i hear are wack & similar... & why is it that all new urban vidz just have club scenes, girls lookin fine & the latest clothin fashions on show? dont any these 'kids' get sick of that shit & want something else?
shit give me an I Get Around or Keep Ya Head Up vid anyday or at least something that was filmed in the sunshine...rappers these days have to sell images rather than themselves to sell music, kids dont buy it cause they relate to the person, they buy it to be apart of the image...oh i just gotta gotta put this 50 track in the ride & drive to the club, drink some champagne & wear these g-unit clothes...shit i might as well be 50....
i really havent listened to much post 2000 music...i've heard it & tune out instantaneously... in terms of 2pacs latest music releases, whats the difference in Eminem samplin old tracks Edgar Winter & Elton john & Tupacs original choices of Tracy Chapman (Ghetto Gospel) & Prince (Thugs Get Lonely Too) ... tha fact that recent rapstar Eminem did it of course (but he sux at producin? who cares...) i'll take the originals please, & not just cause i like the originals, i have ears..they sound a shitload better..
& there has to be the ethical side brought into consideration, Tupac; & i'd say the same for any dead artist, would we grab a paint brush & touch up an unseen Van Gogh before Auction? Fuck No! why dont we get sum Jimi Hendrix & replace the music with John Mayor & just lace it with his vocals..no... Tupac never heard this music, its his name & his lagacy...when people look back they gonna say well Tupacs music was good, but it fell away at sum point, that previously unreleased stuff sucked no wonda he didnt release it, they may not even realise he hadent even heard it himself...
i'm harping on, in short thread starter, i agree with u :thumb: