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Still
I Rise
2 Pac and The Outlawz |
Perhaps you have heard
that one of the things that the 10rc staff really hates is the inclusion
of little homies on tracks. Well, the Outlawz are the first little
homies. (besides MC Ren, I guess) They are those guys you know well
from Pac songs but couldn't pick them out of a lineup. They ruin
songs that could have been great they make a good song reg and a
reg song bad. Left to their own devices they produce nothing but
the most shabby rap. This is the essence of the Outlawz.
After reading that one
might suspect that I would completely rip Still I Rise. I
can't do it because it's a pretty good CD. There are quite a few
good songs on here. "Still I Rise", "Letter to the President",
"Secretz of War", and "Killuminati" are all good songs.
They all have a good amount of Pac with of course some Outlawz to
spoil it. Nonetheless, there are numerous good songs on here.
There is also an extraordinary
effort called "Baby Don't Cry"; this is the follow up to
the original "Keep Ya Head Up". It's as close to great as
Still I Rise comes. It's a really solid and good song with
a positive message. It's Pac at his best and is worth a listen.
It's also Pac in sappy-mode. Some people don't buy him like this,
but I am buying on this particular song. It's got a good message,
good lyrics, Pac doing the rapping. It's not a "Changes" but
it's a good song.
The real negative to
Still I Rise is that there were really not sufficient songs
to release it. There is some true trash that Pac would probably
be embarrassed made it to wax on Still I Rise. In general,
the second half of the CD is complete junk. The second half is a
lot of little homies, a little Pac and a load of shit songs.
Of course, we can't fault
2Pac for what people did with all of his leftover tapes. Most of
the stuff that comes out today, he probably didn't want us to hear.
This is why I won't rip this apart. It's a privilege to be able
to hear this stuff at all. Its' problems have nothing to do with
2Pac and everything to do with the Outlawz. Even with the dreaded
Outlawz, I still like Still I Rise. There a good songs, one
great song, and unfortunately a lot of junk.
Favorite line[s]
"Dear Lord, look
how sick this ghetto made us!"
- The good part about
this line is the desperate angry voice that Pac says it in. To
hear him say it you could really believe that he was face to face
with his creator.
Favorite track
"Baby Don't
Cry" This is one of the songs in which 2Pac addresses
the women who he is mostly courting for a quick fuck. In this
song, however, he comes up with a genuinely emotional song that
tells a story and makes a point at the same time.
Total Tracks: 15
Skipped Tracks: 7
Recommend: But It
This is probably the
last of the good 2Pac. It has everything you would expect a 2Pac
album.
- The
Great Hart 
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