Disco de 2Pac: “Pac's Life [PA]”

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 "

", whether it be classic Pac material, post-death material, remixes or rare unreleased music - I have always wanted to hear it. Watching movies like "

" 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.

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

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.

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.

Terrible shame that they think 2pac's lyrics won't sell themselves.So they have to add the pop culture beats to sell records.The only song on the album that i actually like is "soon as i get home" just because it's the only one that feels like a 2pac song.all the rest are sad attepts to sell records, and how could you even try to perfect the previously unreleased "Untouchble" I'm sure every 2pac fan thought it was perfect the way it was and twice on the album ruined the song.Pac I love you but if you were alive today I know you would've gave us a better album but what can we do now. R.I.P