2Pac, Outlawz - Still I Rise
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Artist: 2Pac, OutlawzEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1999-12-21
Music Label: Interscope Records
Soundtracks:
- Letter To The President
- Still I Rise
- Secretz Of War
- Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)
- As The World Turns
- Black Jesuz
- Homeboyz
- Hell 4 A Hustler
- High Speed
- The Good Die Young
- Killuminati
- Teardrops And Closed Caskets
- Tattoo Tears
- U Can Be Touched
- Y'all Don't Know Us
Free Music Notes for Still I Rise
Free Music Review: Sheer Brilliance On Teardrops!
Hit: 5 Stars
My first Pac review. "Still I Rise" is one of those posthumous Pac albums that still keeps with the west coast sound of the mid-90s. I'm more into g funk than "pure" gangsta rap so I'll write the review from this perspective. He was larger than life so I'll do my best...
Pac was no g funk artist like Quik, Warren or Tha Dogg Pound, but somehow, he has some of the best and most memorable songs out there. Pac's funk can be divided into two types; The "syrupy" g-funk of "Keep Ya Head Up" and "Dear Mama" or the hard funk of "Skandalouz" and "All About U." I prefer the former. And this is what we find here in "Still I Rise." The conscious stuff. The profound deep kind. And Pac brings it like only he can. Although g-funk is thought of as minimalistic with throwaway lyrics, 2 Pac proves that he can do pretty much anything he wants. The song sports 2 classics 4 near classics and great songs throughout.
The first classic is "The Good Die Young" featuring the female Nate, Val Young. The title already reveals the subject matter. However, from the very first lines, Pac steps out of South Central, out of Harlem and out of Oakland. He's talking about things that transcend his experience. That transcend race and class. And every part of his story is backed by a brilliant beat. Guitars, bass, all organic sounding. Outlawz come big with lyrics as insightful as 2 Pac's. Val Young soothes the subject matter every time the hook comes rolling along. The song is sad, but with the beat, Val Young's beautiful voice and Pac's tribute, hope is still possible: "I told you we'd make it to the sunshine one day/You just got there a little quicker/But like my homeboys Thugs say/I'll catch ya at the crossroads." The song is dedicated to the Columbine victims.
How do I introduce the next one? It's Pac's best song. It's one of the g-funk era's best products. It's one of Nate's best hooks. It's a hip-hop classic by any standards. "Teardrops and Closed Caskets" is in a world of its own from the very first sound--drums; sounds like the beginning of an 80s rock song (a bang on the drum, a pause, another bang). Then some strange synths come in. Then Pac spits the best opening verse I've heard in my life, with Outlawz by his side. So fluid. This is also some of the most professional sounding MUSIC I've heard in my life, doesn't matter if we're talking rap, rock, pop or R&B. QDIII, the producer, should be held in the same regard as Quincy Jones for producing this song. But there's more. There's Nate sounding even better than he did on Regulate, another one of those special songs. Val Young helps out too, from the 2nd replayed hook on. She too, at the top of her game. I don't know how they recorded this thing but everyone just sounds so much more real. And then there's the subject matter. Again bleak. Again sad. Brilliant line in:" s**t, it's like I done ran out of suits homey/I done ran out of tears" But again, the entire production is hopeful--from the mellow beat to the voices of our two crooners. However, there's a difference between a hope--the peaceful and beautiful sounds created--and a reality--expressed in the violent, bleak lyrics. Unlike 99.9% of any music, you really get the feeling that, rather than being a passive listener, you're involved in something EPIC. I will listen to this one until I die, marching along with Pac each and every time.
The near classics include "Letter to The President," "Still I Rise," "As the World Turns" and the follow-up to "Keep Ya Head Up," "Baby Don't Cry." The lyrics are arguably just as good, especially on "Letter to The President," but the production is not as ground-breaking. "Killuminati" is also worth listening to. The least substantive song, it's straight g-funk.
All in all this album is one of Pac's best efforts. More focused and positive than some of his more known work--"All Eyez on Me" comes to mind--like millions of his fans, we only wish he lived longer to teach, confound and astound. However, his work will live on for generations. 5/5
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