I stumbled upon 2pac's Resurection on vh1 this evening. It really exposes the artists for the amazing, talented, and missed star that he is. There is a lot that can be said about why he was killed, who killed him, and what may have happened to America, and maybe to a greater extent the world, if he and biggie had not been killed. However, of all of the emerging and shining stars in rap's history, 2pac must stand alone. While I personally find biggie's rapping style more appreciable, 2pac came from the dirty gutter that rap prides itself on and learned from his mistakes, the mistakes of his culture, the effects his genre of music was having on his people, and the greater power rap culture was having on American society. He recognized how powerful this tool of rap was and ultimately learned how dangerous that tool was to others. He was brilliant, charismatic, extremely eloquent, and incredibly insightful. Were it not for him I think it would be hard to say that many of the modern hip hop shakers and bakers--the true hip hop artists (okayplayer affiliates bascially)--would have been inspired to become and proliferate the tasteful, cultural-conscious, respected, forward moving, and proactive fleet of artists they are. I just really respect this man and think his legacy is not what it should be. Needless to say, 2pacs greatest hits was my first album purchase EVER and i still think it is, although being a compilation, one of the best albums ever. In light of the momentous state our country is in I thought the original CHANGES should get a shout:
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