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Pac's Life

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That Ms Afeni Shakur would allow folks to pretend to know what a PAC album would sound like if he was still living. His vocals alone should be able to sell any posthumous release without watering it down.

Listening to this version of PAC's Life was sickening. I have the orignal bootleg version of it using Prince's "Pop Life" and it was rugged and raw just like it was.

It's almost becoming more detrimental to PAC's legacy to keep letting other artist collaborate on these tracks instead of just using the regular unreleased versions with PAC solely on it on w/him and the Outlawz the way it was intended to be.

I just hope Ms Shakur and the rest of the Amaru staff would just realize that when it's not broke, stop looking for a crack. All this does is just make me pull out the old Makavelli boots and reminisce just how vicious PAC was as an artist and as a young black male.

RIP

Your "Soldier Story" will live on.

It's hard to believe that its been more then ten years now since Tupac Shakur died. I have been a fan of his music since "2Pacalypse Now", whether it be classic Pac material, post-death material, remixes or rare unreleased music - I have always wanted to hear it. Watching movies like "Resurrection" gave me some more insight into what the man was really like and where he came from. Pac's music has touched million's of people worldwide, and will continue you do so for a long time to come.

Tupac Amaru Shakur - (June 16th 1971 - September 13th 1996) R.I.P.

"Pac's Life" (2006) is the sixth post-death studio album and has numerous guest appearances from Krayzie Bone, Ashanti, T.I., Hussein Fatal, Papoose, Carl Thomas, Keyshia Cole, A3, Jay Rock, Young Buck, Chamillionaire, Nipsy Hussle, Young Dre, Lil Scrappy, Nutso, Yaki Kadafi (R.I.P.), Stormy, Ludacris, Keon Bryce, Big Syke, E.D.I., Young Noble, Snoop Dogg, Chris Starr, Gravy. Having heard some of the original unreleased material, which was used for this album, I can agree with the reviewer who would of liked to have seen it be released as is. A good example of that would be the unreleased original cut "Play Your Cards Right" which has Pac and KC & Jojo delivering a very memorable track. Another misstep is having the "Dear Mama" (Bonus Remix) appear on only the UK version of this release. Anthony Hamiliton appears on this exceptional remix, of one of the all time great 2pac cuts. "Soon As I Get Home" is the most authentic, unaltered Pac track on the new album. The addition of singer Keon Bryce and Ludacris on the male version of "Play Your Cards Right" works well, Ashanti and T.I.'s inclusion on "Pac's Life" is not bad either. I find some of the production, beats and guest appearances on other tracks to be lackluster or not fitting. I don't feel like "Pac's Life" measures up to do some of the other post-death album's, all the same I can understand the material being more and more limited.

Tupac watered down. When was the last time any of you heard Elvis release a posthumous duets with Brittany Spears? "They" would never do that. "We" are turning "our" modern-day-soldier into Homey-the-clown. Remember, the battle is NOT flesh and blood. Spiritual genocide at it's finest. God says don't add or take away from His word. I'm sure Pac would feel the same way. Think about it.

The question I pose,"Is this a product or piece of art?", should ring in your minds. This CD was more of a compilation to support the "new" artists featured, as they are the current trend of marketable icons. Moreover, 2Pac was not a "household item" during his times; if he was alive, there would not be a Tupac video game, feel me? That was not his style.

Why not just leave all his tracks unmastered and raw, keep the original artists on the tracks, but not artists from 2006...because it would not sell to the majority of young listeners. I am in my mid 20s, and a Pac listener for over 10 years, if you understand the Marketing concepts of the music industy, the goal is to target the highly marketable demographic of the current period. My cohort (20s-30s) is of the working professional class, whom does not spend a lot of time watching all of this BS media on BET and MTV, so we do not get caught in th hype, which the marketers know. So instead of dropping this album for the listeners of Pac's generation, they drop is for the current demographic.

Anyone of my generation who listeted to Pac will not support any of the last "chop suey" albums, we understand real rap music, not the "product music" played on the airwaves today.

Here is a question for you all to ponder...Why is that when the surviving members of The Beatles released new unheard material about 10 years ago, they did not need to feature any new rock n'roll artists? Its because they were classic, and the music would sell no matter what.

Pac is classic too, forever a timeless artist. No disrespect to Afeni or the label, but if it ain't broke, then don't try to fix it.

Rest Tupac

As a faithful listener to 2pac's music, I am disappointed with the result and the quality of this album. We can understand that any posthumous album released can never be as close to what 2pac had envisioned, we can understand that Afeni Shakur as a mother is doing everything she can to keep her son's legacy alive, and we can definitely understand that most of 2pac's fans are at consensus concerning the illegitimacy of the 2 most recent albums.

The illegitimacy of the album is this: the inconsistent rappers, the "recycled" material of his voice, and the re-work of 2pac's ghetto love songs.

I hate to be the devil's advocate; however, I agree overall with most of the Pac's life comments. As a personal thought, because it is Pac's last album (with a grain of salt), I support it. I will go to the store, buy it for the sake of supporting the TASF of the Arts. I will listen to it just so I can hear this great man's message of truth and ambition...

In the end, I rate this album a "2" for the production of the music, but NOT for the man behind the music, which is 2pac.

"Stay up Pac, your fans are still down for yah."

WHY DOES AFENI KEEP EXPLOITING HER SON'S MUSIC. SHE OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT PAC WAS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT HIS MUSIC. SUBSTITUTING THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL AND PUTTING FAKE ARTISTS ON THE SONGS BRINGS THE QUALITY DOWN BIG TIME. I USED TO HAVE THE ALBUM THE PAC AND BIG YOU NEVER HEARD, WHICH HAD THE ORIGINAL VERSI0N OF PAC'S LIFE AND ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF FRIENDS, ALL OUT, HAPPY HOME. THATS THE ALBUM YOU SHOULD BUY. EVEN THOUGH THE QUALITY ON THAT ALBUM WASN'T THE BEST, AT LEAST IT WAS ORIGINAL AND BETTER THAN THE GARBAGE THAT KEEPS GETTING RELEASED. THE BOOTLEGGERS ALSO WERE SELLING ORIGINAL MUSIC, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GETTING A HOLD OF ANY OF THE MAKAVELI BOOTLEGS IF YOU CAN.

STOP putting artists that 2pac would have probablynever worked with on his songs! I don't understand why people think these dumb beats and radio rap artists are gonna do justice to a pac album. Haha this cd is SO bad! Afeni needs to let a legit producer create tracks like those on Better Dayz. These people producing his stuff now never even met him and don't know his style. Might as well let Biz Markie on the albums. Whatever I'm over it. RIP Pac sorry they're putting this gay stuff out with your name on it it's too bad. I'm surprised Akon isn't on here. Ashanti....WOW....have DRE or QUICK or someone like that produce...no one else.

I 1st heard the single Pac's Life on the radio. Actually, I only heard part of the song.When Ashanti is singing the hook "Pac's Life". Then I discovered the song featured T.I.. I have nothing against these current hip-hop stars, BUT WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT PAC'S LIFE? They have no understanding or comprehension what THUG LIFE is or means. Dont get it twisted, i am a huge pac fan and believe he is the illest MC to bless to mic. But this album just does not do justice for how lyrically skilled 2pac was. If you want to buy a pac CD, make sure its no more recent than Loyal 2 Tha Game. Thank you and i know all the real pac fans feel me out there.

The only original on this album is "Soon as I get home" thats why it sounds so good. It was done when he was still alive. Will they please keep it original and let Jonny J do the production work?? The man that did tons of tracks with pac, who pac personally worked with?? Who when they made music it was like marriage in compliments. That was the best combination in music history I have to say.

this is the worst pac record to date,i thought the last one was.i just wish you would leave his music alone,cause it doesnt look like its going to get better.i thought i would never say this but i hope theres never a pac record to get released again,lets face it rap mucic is dead,once it went commercial.makaveli r.i.p.