2pac

[TwoOhSix!]

I remember a thread like this in the Den but I can't find one here in the Music section.
Anyhow this icon deserves his own thread.

A martyr for his cause, he was truly the realest, greatest rapper of all time, combining music with sociopolitical concepts to create gems of truth.

I think one interesting thing this thread could bring to light is all the great unreleased songs out there that many people have never heard. To this day I still find random songs on youtube or imeem that are originals I've never heard before! The unreleased songs are BY FAR some of his best work. Anything released on posthumorous albums is likely complete shit...his lyrics butchered by new beats that don't fit the song.

Case in point, Still I Rise. Horrible album version, great original.
Original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XVHAn6KvTk&feature=related
Another is Thugs get Lonely Too - great original beat.

Feel free to discuss the legend and his best songs. I'll post more unreleased stuff later. For now I'll give you this. OG remasters vol 1-4.

http://peb.pl/albumy-hip-hop-and-rap/371812-rapidshare-2pac-og-remasters-vol-1-a.html

 

[cdd]

2pAc 4 LiFe ...

some of my fav's
keep ya head up
lost souls
pain
as soon as i get home
str8 ballin'
nothing to lose
troublesome
how long will they mourn me
hell razor
cant c me

 

[texas_green]

Dear Mama is one of my all time favs.

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

regarding the song troublesome, there are two versions, one that sucks and one that rocks... troublesome 96 should be the one that rocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdX79pwyBII

a couple of favorites:

no more pain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2mCW_swjaE

heartz of men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb9yvxmg7ik&feature=related

 

[NOKUY]

love to listen ta pac

fav 2 songs are "troublesome"

...and "Changes":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741kJDfSw6s

..."they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me"

 

[Styles P]

never really got to into tupac but here are some of my favs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRpq5bE7pI
dear mama
changes
hit em up

 

[Rotten Egg]

greatest of all time IMO...

 

[sin-seed]

There are probably only a dozen or less rappers that I really like, but Tupac was definitely the greatest. Especially for mainstream hip-hop, very intellectual stuff if you look past the MTV songs.

Life Goes On
Troublesome '96
Breathin'
Tradin' War Stories
Changes
Brenda's Got A Baby
Hellrazor
I Ain't Mad At 'Ya
Heaven for a 'G'
Until the End of Time (You have to get past the production, and just listen to 'pac.)
Looking at the World Through My Rear View (Same as above, and with most posthumous releases.)
When Thug's Cry
Wonder if Heaven's Got a Ghetto

There are really a LOT of excellent Tupac songs, way too many to list here, but these are a few of my personal favorites.

 

[NOKUY]

Tradin' War Stories

sooooo many good ones, but there have been days where i listened to that one over and over and over and over and over....like 50 times in a day easy...and i dont usually do that.

tradin' war stories:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gyeUKyrSzo

 

[sin-seed]

What do you think of Breathin, YUKON? "Woke up with fifty enemies plottin' my death, all fifty seein' visions of me shot in the chest". I love that song.

 

[Rotten Egg]

very great song IMO

 

[NOKUY]

What do you think of Breathin, YUKON? "Woke up with fifty enemies plottin' my death, all fifty seein' visions of me shot in the chest". I love that song.

yep..awesome song!

 

[TwoOhSix!]

If you like the song Breathin check out Confessions with Bizzy. Alternate beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqw5gFU-Qg

 

[TwoOhSix!]

2pAc 4 LiFe ...
lost souls
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Good call on this song, I hadn't heard it.

Some other rare ones:
Never Had a Friend like me
High til I die
Fright Night
Komradz
Fair Xchange (OG)
(http://www.imeem.com/people/ypwl0G9/music/C1xsDG5q/2pac_fair_xchange_unreleased/)

 

[TwoOhSix!]

Had to bump this thread cuz I just found a super sick song thats new to me.
2pac- Lets Get It On ft. Heavy D, Grand Puba and Notorious BIG.

This is one of the very few tracks originally recorded with Pac and BIG on the same track. Both their verses are dope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErbKzMGfM0&NR=1

 

[solarz]

shed so many tears is on of my all time favorite tupac albums off of one of his best, although if slept on albums Me Against The World.

 

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[swishaman]

Love Tupac.

Krazy
Dear Mama

my 2 fav ;s


p.s. pac is alive, in your hearts.

 

[bigherb]

split the dutchey fill it wit the skunk


high till i die

gotta survive feat mac dre

who murdered me feat yukmouth

only fear of death

bury me a g

house of pain feat strech n big


only god can judge me

pain

runnin feat Radio, Dramacydal, Stretch & Buju Banton n big

som of my all time fav tracks of his

another one of the greats of our time taken too early
much lov too pac your spirit will live on

 

[konstantgrdnr]

Their were about 18 bootleg cd's that were floating around Los Angeles after his Death almost all his unreleased tracks, many were a little rough but not his lyrics. My favorites were staring at my life thru the rear-view underground version. And Ghetto Fabulous Remix with Pac , His opening verse is one of the Greatest of all Time .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BH7OR8TC0

He had a bigger vision one that would of changed everything, this is not rumor either, look at Pac's last interviews on you tube. so far no one has stepped in his shoes.

The best Tupac Mix is Rap Phenomenon by Green lantern and DJ Vlad it's been out for a while, but for those who haven't heard it,its worth getting.