DISQUS

Conversations With Marva: Artist Spotlight: Tupac Shakur

  • Duane Rootz Poet Francis · 1 year ago
    Great Post as usual, MarvalusOne. The new look is awesome too. Still a fan !
  • Yobachi · 1 year ago
    I thought he had a great flow, his time was excellent; and his voice project and inflection to match the emotion of whatever he was speaking on at the moment was an unmatched gift.

    Anyway, Pac was a rare poet who painted vivid pictures with words by getting to the heart of the matter. He changed the game to reflect him from his day forward. Folks are trying to sit around and rewrite history now and claim he wasn't all that good; when the fact is that it's evident that every took a little from Pac, and what he brought to game became stapples in rhyming.
  • Marcus LANGFORD · 1 year ago
    this is my favorite part from 'juice' too; pac was just so gangsta in this scene. surprisingly, i liked pac more as an actor than a rap artist. i only liked a couple of songs, with 'i wonder if heaven's got a ghetto' as my favorite; there is just something about that rap that i can not get enough of.
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    Duane - Glad to see you...thanks!

    Yobachi - Don't get me wrong...Pac will always be #1 in my book against anyone...he was pure and true and real to the core...

    Marcus - Pac in Juice was just...gangsta like you said...Pac as an actor was Pac as a rapper...he was one of the rare people who was able to fuse both of them together...
  • regina · 1 year ago
    Awesome post!!
    YOU GOT THE JUICE NOW!!
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    :lol: Ms. Regina you are too funny!
  • Danielle · 1 year ago
    He was very talented and very troubled. I listened to Big (being a NYer) and I listened to Pac. What happened btwn them was personal; some of it perception and some of it true.

    They were both good at what they did and both are dead; a waste of 2 lives. I wasn't on anyone's side because at the end of the day it was all stupid, divisive and a couple of brilliant mc's are gone.

    That being said, had Pac lived, I think his career in acting would've been really good. He had tremendous potential.
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    It is so sad, D...those of us who did choose sides wasted our time arguing when we should have been supporting both of these brothas...of course, hindsight is always 20/20 and now I realize what a stupid immature waste of time that shit was...
  • Danielle · 1 year ago
    M - It breaks your heart doesn't it? I was shocked at Big's death and not shocked when Pac was shot. He was getting shot all the time and I just figured he'd bounce back like always.

    I miss them both very much. Had they lived they would've been what 36/37? Imagine what they could've been.
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    It truly does...but when you mess with evil for too long, you bound to go down...

    Just like you said...I can't even begin to dream how it would be like if they were both still flowing, weaving their stories, fighting the fight...
  • Yobachi · 1 year ago
    Let me restate myself, I meant to say:

    I thought he had a great flow, his timing was excellent; and his voice projection and inflection to match the emotion of whatever he was speaking on at the moment was an unmatched gift.
  • MrsGrapevine · 1 year ago
    "I tell your mama you ain't sh*t." This was the movie. I love Tupac, from the moment I saw him in digital underground. It's those eyes, I'm a sucker for men with beautiful eyelashes.
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    Yobachi - I got you...

    Mrs G - Now that's gangsta...and Pac's eyes told a story...I think that's why I thought there was innocence underneath all that thug...his eyes were so beautiful...
  • DP · 1 year ago
    Great post Ms. Marvalus, and I love this site design.

    Tupac is still my favorite rapper of all time. He was able to convey so much knowledge in his lyrics, and I loved his flow. Strictly 4 My Ni**as was a classic rap album, conveying consciousness among the thug life anthems. It's a shame he's still not here.
  • invisiblewoman · 1 year ago
    Spot on about the good vs angry and bitter in Pac.
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    DP - Thanks...

    Tupac will always be at the top of my list...and I agree with you; it is a shame he is not here to share more of his brilliance with us...
  • MarvalusOne · 1 year ago
    IW - That is what made him what he was...all of that mixed in together...
  • Cynthia · 1 year ago
    Keep Your Head Up is one of my all time favorite songs. I remember listening to it when I was younger (I believe I was in elementary or early middle school)...I still remember all the words.

    I think what grated me was that he was so SMART and articulate and to get caught up like he did was such a shame.