The ladies love him, he’s not scared to speak his mind and although he doesn’t live in a courtroom and rep that Thug Life he does go HAM from time to time. Is there anyone else in hip hop you would compare to the great Tupac Shakur, who would have turned 40-years old yesterday?? Who?
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this is one of the many things thats wrong with this blog
Yet you keep coming back. fuck yo couch nigga.
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JIM JONES
That’s a BOLD statement… I don’t agree but I credit the sentiment! T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E/G.O.O.D Music?
I think he would like to be ‘CLOSE’ to Tupac but I don’t know about the closest to Tupac in theory.
hmm don’t think Kanye’s ever made it clear that he desires to be “close to Tupac”….i think your confusing him with Maybach Music Group
when i said “close” i meant in bed
ahh i see.
bad joke dude
corny ass nigga, I anti-believe ur funny
Lol ya’ll tried it
Both are my favorites.
A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y. N.O.T.
The closest thing to tupac is Lupe fiasco.
^^^^^^^lmao
before I get mad at you…how old are you? hopefully you’re just a lil kid…that your only saving grace
I don’t agree that he’s the closest thing to Pac, but Kanye is the best rebel we have in music. He’s so politically incorrect the first black POTUS shook his hand then called him a jackass. He mic raped Taylor Swift and told the world George W. didn’t care about black people and Bush actually said it was the worst moment of his life. Some of that shit is Pacish, but not Pac. Universities teach classes on Pac as apart of their Philosophical studies programs. Kanye does have a similar duality to his music, but I don’t see them teaching classes on Kanyisms.
They already teach classes on Kanyisms. Psychology classes in general all cover the super ego….
yes, pac-ish, but not pac.
A little too self involved in the conceited way – not in the paranoid way that Tupac was.
Kanye is so self involved – besides he can’t rap?
Two words…Kendrick Lamar
now, you’re talkin.
yep, if Kendrick Lamar had the rebel persona he would fit perfectly.
too soon
i just looked him up the guy just came on what d hell yall starting to disrespect tupac now
:Immediate Reaction:.. Biiiiiiig statement… If you had to compare… then yeah. I wouldn’t compare them though.. probably because I haven’t heard a large portion of Tupacs’ music. Kanye is similar though.. it’s their honesty.
OH LIFEFILES! WHY? DID KANYE AND DEFJAM ARMY PAY FOR THIS BLOG?
Kanye did shout out lifefiles on his blog…
What a dumbass comparison. Lifefiles, usually a fan, but this post is a joke. There is no comparing Pac to any rapper in the game today.
Tupac was prolific, a lyricist and truly a poet. The passion in Pac’s words and delivery will never be duplicated. Yes, Kanye is a dope entertainer and innovative but they’re two very different rappers. And, though Pac was an artist and a student of Juilliard – he was hard as a motherfucker at the same time. I think that West Coast gang banging really influenced him. Kanye comes off as the type that would get those thangs put on him.
And finally, in Pac’s own words…
I’m movin you stupid bitches, vicious telekenesis
Am I reachin your brain? Nigga how can I explain?
How vicious this Thug motherfucker came
When I die, I wanna be a livin legend, say my name
Affiliated with this motherfuckin game, with no more pain
I can see why you’re anonymous, your incoherent babbling is irking my last nerve. First, while Pac was truly great no one who knows anything about rapping, flow and delivery would say he was great at those attributes, in fact the reason people loved Pac so much was because of his “raw,” deliver and flow. Raw meaning not refined. Kanye is an artist in a few different ways. He’s a poet, a painter and a sketch artist and all around fine artist. Do a little research before you discredit him based on artistry because that’s where he directly compares the the great Tupac. He falls short mainly because of his era, we don’t need the type of militancy we needed in the 90′s, L.A. was the wild west in that decade. Also, Kanye is also not really an actor. But, he’s a better visual artist than any other rapper I can think of. I agree with the statement that there should be no comparison, but to discredit him because he wasn’t “hood,” enough is ignorant. “Put thangs on him,” Pac was shot 10 times or more and he’s not here today because of it. I don’t think that is the part of his legacy we should be praising. He didn’t even do that. When he said “five shots couldn’t kill me,” that was defiance not glorifying thuggery. In closing fuck yo dumb ass couch. Your Pac quote didn’t even relate to what you said.
thank you. Very well put.
church.
i dont like u but u made sense there …
Lupe Fiasco is the closest thing to Pac
you again
………dumb
Two very different rappers.
all i gotta say is..thats messed up how amber rose did that to kanye..
whats worse is that useless wastefull woman shared his photo where they saying he is the greatest alive lmao thats fuked up as shit
T.I. is the modern day Pac
^^^LMAO!!!!!
actually T.I. is the closest thing we have to PAC. 200% cosign
oh friggin please dont be stupid as hell here thats just stupid …closest in terms of seeing jail yea and thats about it
very very very stupid n i think u jus said that as a joke …
There is only one Pac. Let’s stop trying to compare the artists of today to the greats of the past. The end.
I like a lot Kanye West.Actually his music.But you must be fair.
KW is a good producer he has a great flow and some of his songs are well written.
But you can’t say he is a rebel or anything who will credit him as a fighter for causes..
He makes G.O.O.D music a truly great artist but that’s all.
Tupac beyond the talent was actually a leader someone with so much culture and respect for people.He had this political awareness that made him apart.
No one can be compared.PEACE.
(I don’t forget KW fondation and what he does for childs I’m talking about music)
PAC is still alive..
I don’t agree, but I get ya’ll.
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SOME OF YA’LL NEEDA GET OFF OF PAC’S DICK. THE DUDE IS DEAD. HE WAS TALENTED BUT HE’S OLD SCHOOL NOW. KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AINT ROCKING TUPAC AND BIGGIE NO MORE.
P.S. MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A FUCKING CRAZY FREAK WHO WAS HOTTEST IN THE 80′S. FUCK ALL THAT LEGEND/GREATEST/KING OF POP BULLSHIT….DO YOU REALIZE THE KIND OF SICK FUCKER YOU ARE PRAISING???
you need to get the stepping boy boy and recognize music is timeless, i know some high school peeps still rocking big and pac
@Agent K..Your a fucking idiot..first off michael jackson never touched a kid. If you get your facts straight, you would know the kid back in the 90s that said Michael Jackson touched him, come out after MJ died and said HE NEVER TOUCHED HIM..HIS DAD WANTED MONEY CUZ HE WAS A BROKE BITCH LIKE YOU… your a waste of a life
that’s actually not true – it was an internet rumor. look it up. that kid never rescinded his claims.
so the irony is that you need to get your facts straight.
ahahahaha ya’ll smokin that sticky icky aint you…
real talk tho that kurt yung berg is today’s modern day pac
haha
kanye’s a bitch! scream thug life and empty the clip!
I do see similarities. 2 educated black men that are viewed as controversial in their time – they both provoke a response. In 2Pacs day so many disapproved of him and filed law suits etc etc. and then so many loved him. With Kanye also, you love him or you hate him, there’s no inbetween.
J.Cole
i really do like this blog but that statement is so denegrating to tupac its unmentionable and down right dotish. tupac was a genious (i believe) and kanye is talented in an industry that has no talent right now so he stands out thats about it
gett fucking real kayne doesnt even come close to tupac
LOL WUT? -____-
Freddie Gibbs
damn look at Amber’s tits!
J. Cole is lyrically the closest thing we have to PAC
their flow are very similar in different ways
I’m a big Kanye fan but he’s not like Pac. Pac and Kanye are/were both outspoken but Kanye is more likely to bad about a fashion designer’s collection then call out a whole coast of rappers. 50 is the closet thing to Pac mostly because they both share the same I dont give a fuck attitude.
Was about to co-sign until I read the 50c part.
lil b tha basedgod
Why can’t Kanye be the first Kanye?
+1
We cannot fully compare both artist but I can say that they both brought different kind of art in music. They are both very passionate and very voice-full of their opinions both very good in music (kanye specializing in beats but also a great rapper and Tupac amazing lyrics). They are both very ambitious and both found a way to get into music (Tupac as a backup dancer & Kanye as a starting producer).
They both have great albums!!!!
Kanye West’s cause is KANYE WEST.
His artistry is mimicry, he has no flow (his beats are dope) and he loves fame for fames sake, wants to bask in it, and resents it all at once.
His songs are about personal, internal, self centered angst about this very fame that he has sought, and nothing about his statements actions or even foundations are about the greater good of humanity! They are just another stage, platform for the brand.
Not saying Tupac’s music had more profundity but Kanye’s music doesn’t even try.
I’ll go back to my first statement – he’s not a rapper – he’s a performer – not a rapper.
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I agree that Kanye’s lyrics can be quite self-indulgent but I also think he does refer to goings on in communities also, I don;t think he’s as closed off from the world as he’s made out to be. ‘All Falls Down’ for example, Gorgeous, “Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion the soul music for the slaves that the youth is missing”, “in this white mans world, we the one’s chosen.” etc. I just think Kanye has seen the legacies that people like 2Pac has left and is much more aware of the mark he can leave.
Well they’re both gemini’s…
what a serious discussion. am I the only one that thinks that without the beats and sound you’d never know who kanye was. I love some of kanye’s songs but I feel like I’m listening to a robot. I’ve never thought anything of the sort with pac.
And kanye being compared to pac. I honestly don’t see the connection.
They are similar but PAC was so much greater. They are similar in the ways that they both went art school and love performing and liked to speak their minds but about different things. But I love both their music. Let’s end it at that…