2PAC ALL EYEZ ON ME POLL

tie btw. i ain't mad at cha and how do you want it

always loved how do u want it

always loved k-ci & jojo

is it like totally obvious and lame of me to say that i never really "got" 2pac and never listened to him until i moved to LA? i cant listen to this shit in the winter in NJ but whenever how do u want it or ambition az a ridah or whatever come on the radio while i'm driving it seems totally perfect & correct.

The beat on "What'z Ya Phone #" is sick. Almost voted for "Ambition Az A Ridah" though.

top 5

Can't C Me
When We Ride
Got My Mind Made Up
Shorty Wanna Be A Thug
Picture Me Rollin'

heartz of men

that snare sound on Ambitionz is XD

Geir to thread

yeah man, greatest drum sound ever. PSHHHHHHH.

heres the tracklist to my best of pac cd i did for shipley a couple years ago

1) intro
2) so many tears
3) cant c me ft george clinton
4) if i die 2nite
5) mc breed ft 2pac - gotta get mine
6) when we ride ft outlaw immortalz
7) if my homie calls
8) fuck the world
9) changed man ft t.i.
10) got my mind made up ft dat nigga daz, kurupt, redman & method man
11) open fire
12) catchin feelins ft outlawz
13) against all odds
14) mc breed ft 2pac - comin real again
15) ghetto fabulous ft ras kass & dr dre
16) shorty wanna be a thug
17) white manz world
18) deadly combination ft big l
19) bury me a g ft natasha walker
20) outlawz ft 2pac & big syke - letter to the president
21) only god can judge me ft rappin 4-tay

only god can judge me is underrated as fuck

rappin 4tay, too

i only listen to cd 1 of all eyez in lil bits, usually skipping around, but cd 2 is one of those classics you can just let ride out all the way thru

what tracks dont you like on cd1?

i like all the tracks really its just kinda different moods and shit, like when you wanna hear all about u is not the same as when you wanna hear life goes on or the weak california love remix

o yeah the sequencing does kinda suck.

and that california love remix is really ugh

Can't C Me has one of the ten best Dre productions evah, and that line, "My own mama say I'm thugged out/My shit be poppin' out the record stores as if it was a drug house." 2Pac sounding so intense.

Cali love remix is classic if only for the Troutman vocoder a capella at the end. Anyway, "How Do U Want It", (best summer song ever?) followed by "Ambitionz az a Ridah" & "Heartz of Men"

got my mind made up = underrated

forgot about no more pain!!

disc 1 > disc 2

CONFESSION OF A GAY RAPPER

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Picture Me Rollin' all day every day

i'm surprised so few votes for heartz of men

ambition az a ridah cuz i ain't mad at cha makes me want to kill myself l;

How do you want it, perfect back of the van song.

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xpost YAHHH BITCH

I've never heard the whole album because I bought the "California Love" cassingle with "How Do U Want It" on side B.

My favourite hip-hop album ever!

Voted "Can't C Me" but there are lots of really great G-funk tracks here. Shame about the rapping, but the rest of the music is great.

bahahahahaha

Geir to thread

-- am0n, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:24 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

loool

This is God's will. And everybody that said I wasn't nothing...my whole goal is to just make them ashamed that they wrote me off like that. Because I'm 23 years old. And I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. You know what I'm saying? Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. But I'm not going to use that as an excuse no more. I'm going to pull myself up by my bootstraps, and I'm going to make a change. And my change is going to make a change through the community. And through that, they gonna see what type of person I truly was. Where my heart was. This Thug Life stuff, it was just ignorance. My intentions was always in the right place. I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable-that weren't to defend myself. So that's what I'm going to show them. I'm going to show people my true intentions, and my true heart. I'm going to show them the man that my mother raised. I'm going to make them all proud.

--Tupac, winter 1993

Am I the only person on earth that thinks Tupac is a boring, overrated hack?

Best thing about 2pac: he set the stage for Ja Rule!

...

-- Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 22:11 (4 years ago) Link

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is it cool to fuck?
did you think i come to talk?
am i a fool or what?

6. 2 Of Americaz Most Wanted 0

-_-

i forgot 2 vote x_X

shes so skannnndalouz

as i was walking into the library today there was this dude asleep outside in his wheelchair with a boombox next to him just blasting 2pac

ambition az a ridah cuz i ain't mad at cha makes me want to kill myself l;

-- luriqua, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:52 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

I can never understand a word dude is saying on 7 Day Theory despite the fact that he seems to be yelling the whole time. Shit is all in the red.

BIG HOOS aka the audiophile

Am I the only person w/that problem? It took me a long time to get into Pac at all cause I got 7 Day first and was like "Lyricist? I can't hear the dude!"

xpost YAHHH BITCH

-- luriqua, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:48 PM (Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:48 PM) Bookmark Link

clairvoyance!

how did 'Got My Mind Made Up' get zero votes?

3. Skandalouz 0

this shit is rong!!!!

so goooooooooooooooood 5 stars on a scale of 4

**bumpin thug passion**

the participation level on this poll is pretty pathetic really given that Tupac is all-time on any list worth reading

movin smoooth as a muthafucker me and my nine / im cool as a muthafucka ima get mine

the crit response to him ranks up w/ critics hating on led zeppelin in the history of 'wow u guys just dont GET IT' imo

'check out time' (((((((((((d-_-b))))))))))) it dont matter just dont bite it

you think we all dogs / thats why you cross us when i approach you / been talkin since you arrived / but not a word is spoken / through my eye contact, i wink and you respond back / look at me, whats all that? / its like the closer you get / baby the quicker im speakin / i gotta flight out to cabo / lets kick it this weekend / im sippin hennessy and coke / addicted to weed smoke / im fiendin for your body even more

bail on these hos in floss mode/the life of a boss player/fuck what you thought tho/my enemies deceased/die like a bitch/when my album hit the streets

THE SCREWED FLAV SAMPLE AT THE END OF THE LYRIC IN CAN'T C ME

not everyone I know has to love 2pac but anybody who can't somewhat feel him is suspect

big syke's verse on "all eyez on me" is one of my fav guest verses ever. great beat as well, a shame it got no votes. maybe people prefer the nas version?

btw hoos was right, 7 day sounds like shit esp. next to all eyez

MY LYRICS MOTIVATE THE plANET!!!

ya body is bangin baby i love it when u flaunt it

ive been drinking daisy cutters all day fyi

got the scoop on how to get a bulletproof

i was in EVERY GANG
there was about 5, i was in all of them
whichever one was winning

death row baby dont be alarmed!!!

ive been drinking daisy cutters all day fyi

I feel sorry for anybody who's never done the "drink all day, listen to 2pac" thing on a summer's day

people who listen to rap and can't appreciate 2pac can't be trusted with anything. just go ahead and fall yourself into the ocean.

yeah, if you like rap and you don't like tupac, you should probably die

i've personally murdered rap fans that didn't dig tupac

this album is so close to perfect

xp I hear you. I once stuck a fork into a guy's ribs because he didn't like Tupac. I broke up with my girlfriend because she had this CD and only ever put it on to hear "California Love." I told her she was getting off easy.

I'm drunk btw.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, T.I. compared the album to 2Pac's return-from-prison release, All Eyez On Me, and that he would refrain from gun talk on the release.

Planned collaborations for the album include Kid Rock, The-Dream, Trey Songz, and chart-toppers Lady Gaga and Eminem.

What, no Drake?

I broke up with my girlfriend because she had this CD and only ever put it on to hear "California Love." I told her she was getting off easy.

that was me :( and the guy he stabbed was my brother. Ever since that happened we've learned to love 2pac and feel that it has really helped our family heal.

i lol'd. to nerd out a bit - Can't C Me is a really good gaming track.

no votes for holla at me. love the ones with kinda rolling beats, like with machine gun funk by biggie or something. i can't really take so much of the wailing on thug passion

i still laugh out loud at snoop's bit about seeing the video girl on screen in the million march

from all bout you obv..another track without any votes

if you like rap and you don't like tupac, you should probably die

― bamcquern, Sunday, July 4, 2010 11:13 PM Bookmark

"2 of amerikaz most wanted" >>>>>>> anything else ever

PICTURE PERFECT
I PAINT A PERFECT PICTURE
BOMBIN HOOCHIES WITH PRECISION
MY INTENTION'S TO GET RICHER
WITH THE S-N-DOUBLE-O-P
DOGG MY FUCKIN HOMIE
YOU'S A COLD ASS NIGGA ON THEM HOES

no doubt

^^^pinnacle of recorded sound

i've always appreciated how "if my homie calls" and "i ain't mad at cha" are two takes on the same scenario from opposite perspectives

I love 2 of Amerika's Most Wanted -- Snoop's verse is hot, the interplay between the two is golden.

I still think "I Got My Mind Made Up" is my favorite, granted Pac barely appears but the beat is more droney than R&B, and I love Method Man's verse (excluding the inappropriate nazi metaphor that gets edited). Plus Redman's quip about nonbelievers getting his dick and genital backwards.

first disc is better than the second but even the second has "Hollah at Me", "Shorty Wanna be a thug", "check out time". one of the rare rap double albums I played nonstop when it came out.

people who complain about "r&b beats" on west coast rap thoroughly don't get it

I love the beats on the album for the most part, really aren't many duds

God do I love that Rappin' 4-Tay verse on Only God Can Judge Me.
that and the Method Man verse on I Got My Mind Made Up are my favorite guest spots on the album.

"check out time" somewhere in top 5 all time posse cuts ever

every big syke verse on this album is a classic imo

Check Out Time is great, love the beat on that.

that snare sound on Ambitionz is XD

― am0n, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:20 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah man, greatest drum sound ever. PSHHHHHHH.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:24 AM Bookmark

^^^realest shit

That snare is more of a splash than a snare, cool sound tho. I love the snare on Got My Mind Made Up, which for about 3 years was my favorite song off AEOM.

RANDOM FACT:

did you know that Inspectah Deck did the last verse on that song but it was cut cos they thought the song was too long, hence the "I N S the rebel" at the end before it fades out.

This is supposedly it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklhI4LhTUA

ALl these song are undeniable, cant be mad at any pick really.

Currently I'd pick Heartz Of Men, Picture Me Rollin or No More Pain. How Do You Want it is still one of my favorite songs to grind to.

i hope i voted for "can't c me"

skandalous would be my current one

& no love for "shorty wanna be a thug"??? i demand a recount!

Probably deserves it. Pretty much every song named in this thread has been my favorite at some point tho.

& no love for "shorty wanna be a thug"??? i demand a recount!

ditto all eyez on me, wonda why they call u bitch. there's that kanye beat on graduation that's shooting for a shorty wanna be a thug thing.

i always wish someone would write one of those books about the making of this record. about all of it, i don't understand what the process was, what the productions are made up of, etc.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

I SEE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER

god man "Only God Can Judge Me" STILL gives me chills. I love 4-Tay's verse on it too.

gotta say "What's Ya Phone #" is really the only flat out 'dud' to me on Disc 1

love that song

i feel like I only whip these discs out during moments of extreme stress. it always does the trick tho

sad that 4tay's career didn't launch more...just got "Don't Fight the Feelin" of his....underrated

"thug passion" is the most underrated joint

always return to this one and "I Got My Mind Made Up" always slays me the most. it has multiple verses that still repeat in my head all the time, particularly Pac's, Method Man's, and Kurupt's. just quality lyricism front to back, kinda a "fuck you, East Coast, we can do this too" type of feel to it....sandwiched in the middle of some trad West Coast jamz.

dr dre ALL DAY

only god, mang

fuck everybody else

20 years old now....

june 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsrOCzUwcjE

Not enough love for "no more pain"

heartz of men for sure

i guess maino plays the guy that shoots him outside the studio in nyc

the movie felt way too much like a lifetime biopic rather than something complex, thoughtful or gritty. At best it was fun at times though (the soundtrack certainly helps things)

7. No More Pain 0

Srsly

Should be re-polled imo.

alleviate your clothes

heartz of men or holla at me or i ain't mad atcha or no more pain or picture me rollin' or only god can judge me or whatz ya phone #????

every beat on this is perfect and sounds like a million bucks

yeah, sonically it's stunning. thematically, lyrically, it's probably his masterwork.

just the first notes of "Ambitionz as a Ridah" are enough to get me amped.

I still love the abstract west coast vs east coast lyricism of "I Got My Mind Made Up", with a relative who's who of guests on it, the lyrics of each verse I can still recite from memory.

"Holla at Me" has a great chorus too.

i love this album so much

you're otm about "i got my mind made up" neanderthal. just stacked with one amazing verse on top of the next

the verses literally run through my head once a week, still.

especially Meth's

even Kurupt is a bit, uhh, less gangster and more lyrical than usual

play Russian roulette and have a blast

*a game of*

also like Redman's "non-believers get my dick and genital backwards"

guessin' "wonder Why they Call Ya Bitch" didn't age too well

tfw the synth turns into a heart monitor beep on “only god can judge me”

best album ever

i still laugh out loud at snoop's bit about seeing the video girl on screen in the million march

― /\/K/\/\, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7:43 AM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

we should re-poll this, zero votes for the title track or "2 of amerikkkaz" or "life goes on" is insane to me

2 of Amerikkaz and Life Goes ON shoulda gotten votes, yeah.

my local soccer team won last night, dramatically, so I put on my hip hop playlist and was looking for the right celebratory anthem, and I kept skipping and "Ambitions as a Ridah" came on and my choice was made.

How do u want it all day

fascinating to me that ambitionz is his most streamed song on spotify. it wasnt even a single.

daz killed every song he produced on that album. skandalouz sounds like quik had a hand in it.

i love the mix of guests on this album

ambitionz is constantly referenced and interpolated, it’s embedded itself in the rap firmament

it’s still def surprising that it has so many more streams than california love

"Ambitions" forever

if im being honest with myself i dont think i have it in my top 5 on the album. prob in that 7-10 range

for me it’s “heartz of men”

same

"Only God Can Judge Me" for Rapping 4-tays verse

Or "Holla At Me"

ambitionz is constantly referenced and interpolated, it’s embedded itself in the rap firmament

it’s still def surprising that it has so many more streams than california love

― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, September 1, 2022 8:58 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

first song on a sprawling double album and people have no attention span these days - idk seems reasonable to me

That doesn’t seem to be enough of a reason. Was it used in a show or as a TikTok trend or something?

I heard it on the radio yesterday.

... on a throwback jamz station but it was still a pleasant surprise.

I think a lotta people also retro learned about it after the Fabolous single with same hook came out

it’s an all time opener, that’s for sure. Although I can’t decide if it’s better than “if I die tonight”

It's a fucking incredible track, 2Pac at his best.

Ambitionz was on Grand Theft Auto 5

NOW I'M UP EARLY IN THE MORNIN
BREATH STINKIN AS I'M YAWNIN
JUST ANOTHER SUNNY DAY IN CALIFORNIA