Saaphir said:
2pac's last album will have to be as perfect as Still I Rise but I think it will be more a release which sounds like Biggie's Born Again...but it could be a good album if it's remixed that way...
"Perfect" is definitely not a word that comes to mind when thinking of Still I Rise. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but they should've left Fatal's verses as well as their own original verses (recorded with Pac in the studio) rather than replacing them with shittier verses that they re-recorded without Pac's guidance.
I really doubt that this next album will be anything like Born Again. First of all, Biggie didn't leave behind many completed songs, whereas Pac left 150+. That's why Born Again was littered with guest appearances (off the top of my head, I remember Cash Money, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Busta Rhymes, K-Ci & JoJo, Nas, Eminem, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Puffy, Mobb Deep, Method Man, Black Rob, Ice Cube, Redman, Sadat X, etc.) to fill in the blanks. In addition, one verse from the original version of "Dead Wrong" was cut off and placed in "Hope You Niggas Sleep" (with Cash Money), "I Really Want to Show You" is basically a remix of "Everyday Struggle" (from Ready to Die), the first two verses from "Niggas" ended up being in "Realest Niggas" with 50 Cent and the third verse was his freestyle with Pac that was just re-recorded in a studio, "Come On" has the verse that he freestyled onstage with Pac at MSG, "Tonight" contains a Biggie verse from "Long Kiss Goodnight", etc.
Basically, there would be no need to either splice Pac songs and split them into two songs or add an all-star list of guest appearances. I won't lie, it would be nice to see a dope rapper here and there on a Pac song (like Redman and Method Man or something), but when you add too many people it saturates it and it becomes less of a Pac album and more of a "Pac featuring _____" album, and Born Again was often looked at by critics as a "Biggie featuring _____" album.