tupac me against the world poll

imo this album is super depressing

voted temptations

'young niggaz' use of the 'shes strange' sample is so dope ... 'so many tears' is one of shock g's best beats imo ... 'death around the corner' sums up the mood of the album. 'old school' is so much bittersweet melancholy for a back-in-the-days track.

didnt realize 'death around the corner' was prod by johnny j RIP

This is an extraordinary album.

Me Against the World, which includes what's gotta be the best pep talk in rap.

so many tears but I'm a huge shock stan

daaammn... I could vote for like half this album and be happy

So Many Tears is the best 2Pac song ever, at least among the ones I've heard. Love that harmonica break.

Though Old School and Death Around the Corner are pretty close contenders.

one more for so many tears

no dear mama votes?

voted temptations

― i got nothin (deej), Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:56 PM

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another "so many tears" vote over here

went for the title track

ethan wrote this on thread tupac - dear mama on board I Love Music on Jun 1, 2002

its the wrms cats in control radio background music but with lame tupac keyboards and gospel singers!!

I think I could be happy with any song on this album winning. Even "Heavy in the Game" would be like "haha that one won? cool!"

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so few votes

third verse on "death around the corner" so sick

wtf Death around the corner >> So Many tears

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If I Die 2Nite for me.

Although Death Around the Corner right up on it, also really love the breeziness of It Aint Easy.

yeah love "it aint easy". can't remember what famous screw tape it appears on but sounds so great slowed down

the 'i was raised in the city shitty ever since i was an itty bitty kiddy drinking liquor from my mama's titty' verse in "death around the corner" still gives me goosebumps

"old school" didn't get much love in this thread

i mean if anything that verse in "death around the corner" is the ultimate corny pac stan bait, 'tortured, unbounded ghetto poetry' -- but i'm a complete sucker for it every time anyways

pac would've turned 40 last month :(

i mean if anything that verse in "death around the corner" is the ultimate corny pac stan bait, 'tortured, unbounded ghetto poetry' -- but i'm a complete sucker for it every time anyways

― corpse pose (missingNO), Sunday, July 3, 2011 5:27 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

Me as well

Old School is great, but so many good and bad rappers have done something like it since that its kind of taken the shine off it. When rap was having its divide in the late 90s/early 00s, seemed every single underground artist was dropping "hey look at me guyz, im down with the OG rappers, IM MORE AUTHENTIC" type of tracks.

For me though, MATW was one of my first rap purchases so that song was like a major history lesson.

yeah i get what you mean. it just nails a kinda melancholy nostalgia perfectly. 'bittersweet' as deej puts it -- doubly so for me since this album is so tied to my own nostalgia

plus it flips that beautiful soul searchers sample

"this album is so tied to my own nostalgia"

Yah, same here. This was the first rap cd of mine that my parents found. From then on, my rap collection stayed at my friends house.

i had this on c90 w/ onyx - bacdafucup on the other side. pretty much everyone in my school had a copy of that tape i think

Sweet, that's a bad-ass tape. Most people I know went through a *metal phase,* my equivalent was an *Onyx/MOP* phase.

such a glittery glowing nighttime vibe from the samples on this, their era

it ain't easy

both my pick and my commentary on the poll

what a great album. “So many years” vs “if I die tonight” vs “temptation” vs “dear mama” vs “lord knows”...

I SMOKE A BLUNT TO TAKE THE PAIN OUT
IF I WASNT’T HIGH I’D PROBABLY BLOW MY BRAINS OUT

i think ive landed on this being his best album

such a glittery glowing nighttime vibe from the samples on this, their era

― j., Thursday, August 4, 2016 8:11 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

j. otm btw