Thread by @ItalianFiesta, Ok here go my Tupac thread. This shit took forever. It’s gonna [...]

Ok here go my Tupac thread. This shit took forever. It’s gonna be 3 parts.

“Same Song” - 1991

99% of ppl introduced to Tupac via Digital Underground EP. nobody know what is gonn come of this slight 8 bars at da end of a song but his intro is symbolic. Eazy E & Dr Dre is in this video too. Crazy

“Trapped” - 1991

Now Pac is on his own and his disdain for police show from day 1. Dis his first solo single

“Brenda’s Got A Baby” - 1991

Da fact he could even get this off as a single is legendary in itself but it’s even wilder when you find out he wrote in 1989 when he was 18 years old. Only he could get away wit dis as a single

“If My Homie Calls” - 1992

Pac still findin himself but never losin where he from which Imma touch on way down da line

“Holla If Ya Hear Me” - 1993

As you can see Tupac hate da police. Clearly

“I Get Around” - 1993

After 2 years Pac hit his stride and after 1993 he would never miss again and he brought back Digital Underground after findin himself in rap. Real nigga

“Keep Ya Head Up” - 1993

Pac duality is what separated him from everybody. He was one of da rappers accused of misogyny and then he showed he loved women too and all da women fell in love wit for dis

“Where Brooklyn At Freestyle” w/ Biggie - 1993

For everybody who thought this was an Anti Biggie thread here is both of them freestylin together onstage. I wish da video to this existed but ppl forgot they was friends at one point

“Gotta Get Mine” - 1993

This so random but MC Breed and Tupac was one of the dopest unofficial duos in the 90s. Idk what Tupac connection to Michigan was but these niggas don’t have 1 bad song together.

“Pain” - 1994

One of the best soundtracks to a movie ever. The Above The Rim soundtrack had dis on it

Okay last one because this shit is 3 parts. We gonna get into Pac prime later. He already hit his stride but nobody knew he didn’t even hit his peak yet and 95-96 proved it but we gonn leave off at 1994 before he joined Death Row.

“Pour Out A Little Liquor” - 1994

That first thread covered 2Pacalypse Now,Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ & the soundtracks but the next part is about his best album ever which is Me Against The World & how he became king of substance and a wild ass 3 album run

“Out On Bail” - 1994 Source Awards

During A Tribe Called Quest award acceptance speech the sound man accidentally play Pac music and Pac run out performing and Tribe think it was intentional.

“Cradle To The Grave” - 1994

“How Long Will They Mourn Me” w/ Nate Dogg - 1994

Pac sent to prison & its the reason Pac not in none of the videos for the singles from Me Against The World. And he manage to write one more song right before his sentence it become da lead single. And his Mama save da day for the lead single & video

“Dear Mama” - 1995

His album #1 now and he still in prison. Classic songs all da way through. Dis da next single

“So Many Tears” - 1995

Pac still locked up at this time so his friends and company all got together to do da video for his 3rd single. Ice T,Jasmine Guy,Treach from Naughty By Nature,Adina Howard,Jada Pinkett (who is da highlight of da video)Shock G,Warren G,etc all in dis video.

“Temptations” - 1995

The same year his album title track is also on the Bad Boys soundtrack. He was havin a hell of a 1995.

Except he was in prison

“Me Against The World” - 1995

“Young Niggaz” - 1995

Dis just one of my favorite Pac songs .

This nigga really didn’t miss on this album. Dats why it’s his best album.

“Lord Knows” - 1995

This nigga was on fire on dis album bruh. Richie Rich is another raw rapper Tupac had dope chemistry wit. They don’t have a bad song together either

“Heavy In The Game” ft. Richie Rich. - 1995

Legendary song wit a legendary line in it

“Death Around The Corner” - 1995

Now i want all da ppl who said Pac started the East Coast/West Coast beef to pay attention. This is him payin homage to NYC. After he was shot. This song wasn’t pulled from the album or scrapped.

“Old School” - 1995

Meanwhile.

It’s been half a year and Tupac still in jail. Suge accept the Award for Best Soundtrack because the Above The Rim soundtrack was produced by Death Row & because Tupac star in the movie this happen.

Tupac is not Death Row.

August 3rd, 1995

1995 Source Awards

October 1995.

After bein locked up on the East Coast almost a year. Snoop tells Suge they should go get Tupac. Suge pays Tupac $1.4M bail and agree to a 3 album deal and he goes back to California.

Now Tupac is Death Row.

That’s it for today.

Tomorrow we get into

THE most horrible timing of a single realese in music history.

A double disc classic.

Vibe magazine bein bitch made.

And a beef dat split da country in half

December 1995.

Imagine yo comeback single havin Dr Dre & Roger Troutman on it

“California Love” - 1995

Now we gotta flashback to somethin that happened 2 weeks after Pac was sentenced to jail Feb 1995 to understand what’s bout to happen in 1996. A reissue of Ready To Die came out wit a new song on it. Even tho it was supposedly recorded prior to Pac shootin.

Worst. Timing. Ever

Tupac not only suspicious because of the timin. Fans questioned if it was recorded in 1994 why is Puff yellin “9-5 muthafuckas. Get live muthafuckas” in the song. Even tho you can easily go back & put vocals on songs Pac don’t see it the same way fans did

The 2nd single from All Eyez On Me start off wit Pac doin a skit about Biggie.

“2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” ft. Snoop Dogg - 1996

Before we get into June 4,1996 and the 3rd single let’s just go through All Eyez On Me because dis shit is 27 songs of fuckin fire. I guess dats what happen when you locked up almost a year but goddamn

Startin an album off like this not fair. Pac intros always legendary

“My Ambitionz Az A Ridah” - 1996

“No More Pain” - 1996

“Heartz Of Men” - 1996

“Only God Can Judge Me” feat Rappin 4-Tay

“Life Goes On” - 1996

“All About You” feat. Nate Dogg,Snoop Dogg,Fatal - 1996

Now dat I think about Nate Dogg & Pac don’t have a bad song together either

“Skandalouz” feat Nate Dogg - 1996

I used to hate this song when i was a kid but when I got older and realized he was floatin it grew on me. Dis sample still lowkey hilarious tho

“Whatz Ya Phone #” feat Danny Boy - 1996

Next time somebody tell you Pac can’t rap this one of the songs you can show em. Most niggas couldn’t get on a song wit Redman,Method Man & Kurupt and have one of da best verses. Kurupt washed everybody tho

“Got My Mind Made Up” ft. Method Man,Redman,Kurupt & Daz - 1996

Alright. Now to the 2nd disc. The fact he got 2 of the hardest intros ever on a double disc album is some wild shit. So here we go to disc 2. Nigga lost his mind for 2 hours straight

“Can’t C Me” - 1996

“Holla At Me” - 1996

One of my favorite Pac songs.

“Wonder Why They Call U Bitch” - 1996

Faith is actually on the original version to this song. Pac a funny nigga. Another classic

Real nigga anthem. Dis nigga really was on fire on da 2nd disc

“Ratha Be Yo N.I.G.G.A” - 1996

Then him & Mi’chelle made the real bitch anthem on da same album

she sang her ass off on dis song

“Run Tha Streetz” ft. Mi’chelle & Storm

“Picture Me Rollin” - 1996

This shit ain’t fair for all dis to be on one album bruh

And of course the title track fire

“All Eyez On Me” - 1996

Now that we got that out the way.

Summer 1996 hits.

We get the 3rd single from All Eyez On Me

He a superstar by now. Nigga album is loaded

“How Do U Want It” feat K Ci & JoJo. - 1996

But the B Side of this single got a song on it dat split the country in half since Pac clearly aligned himself wit the West. From the “California Love” single to the “W” he throwin up on the AEOM cover to everything. Iont even have to say it

Tupac maintains dat he is from New York and actually give good reasons for what he did to Vibe.

Vibe actually instigates the whole thing

Movies portray Bad Boys as the angels of the beef and Puff tellin Big to not feed into it. But Puff talked shit to Pac for a whole song. Just talkin on da intro to Bad Boy Volume 4

“Stop Yappin” - 96

96 Soul Train Awards. Biggie feeds into it after winning an award and goes full Brooklyn in LA. The crowd not feelin it. They boo him. Later on Pac & Suge Knight confront him. This is supposedly the first time they saw each other since everything started

96 MTV Awards. To return the pettiness. Tupac & Suge announce Death Row East in New York & now Pac turns his attention to Nas because he feel he beat Biggie and Bad Boy. And announce he got another album called Makaveli.

9 days later.

The eeriest shit about this is the last single from All Eyez On Me is about him dyin and going to Heaven and it dropped 2 days later. And the video came 3 days later

“I Ain’t Mad Atcha” - 1996

Pac gone but he still had one more album he made before his death and it don’t even seem like he dead. The first single from Makaveli drop and conspiracies start lol I guess ppl didn’t understand plannin ahead back then. Lisa Raye in da video

“Toss It Up” - 1996

Pac got another #1 album even from the grave. Then his 2nd single drop. And the shit fire.

“To Live & Die In LA” - 1996

The last single from Makaveli is the best single off the album. Dis nigga literally got better while dead

this video confirmed his death for me. He don’t make an appearance,it’s a Makaveli tombstone & a dude lookin at a picture of him in jail

“Hail Mary” - 1997

Highlights from Makaveli

Nas,Biggie,Mobb Deep & a new target (Jay Z) all catch one more diss even tho Pac dead. Another case of a fire album intro.

“Bomb First” - 1996

“Me & My Girlfriend” - 1996

Hov was bein funny when he remade this in da 2000s. Can’t tell me no different lol

If Pac didn’t get killed in Vegas dis song definitely woulda did it. He challenged Puff to a fight cuz of what he said about him in Vibe ,he got at Mobb Deep & Nas again. Then Haitian Jack,Tutt & Jimmy Henchman

“Against All Odds” - 1996

Im includin R U Still Down even tho it’s the 1st album Pac had no say so in only cuz Afeni realesed this album. It was a collection of unreleased songs from 92-94 she put out. Dis da first single & sparked the rumors again cuz of da video

“Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto” - 1997

One of the last singles from Tupac. And one of his dopest songs. The fact this from 92-94 and never made an album is weird to me

“Do For Love” - 1998

The last relevant single and last verse Pac ever recorded is a feature with Jon B. Tupac mama named his 1st album since his death after this song that was Jon B second single off his 1997 album.

“Are You Still Down” - Jon B/Tupac - 1998

Then at the end of 1998 Tupac had his greatest hits album realesed with 4 unreleased songs. And we had one more gem left that never made an album. Even this nigga scrapped records is fuckin legendary

“Troublesome 96” - 1998 (but technically 1996)

BONUS FOOTAGE

Tupac freestylin in NYC walkin down da street

Anything released after Greatest Hits don’t count.

RIP the GOAT

The end.

I just had to come back to say don’t ever disrespect this man again.

Now I’m done

Happy B Day GOAT

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