2Pac - R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
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Free Music Review: The Last Great Pac Album
Hit: 5 Stars
RU Still Down first posthumus 2pac album is my favorite one created after he died. Pacs vocals are not sped up and the production sounds like a 2pac album. I could list this whole album as the best songs but the standouts to me are RU Still Down, Hellrazor, Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto hip hop version, Open Fire, When I Get Free 1 and 2, Do For Love, F=== All Yall, well just forget it. Every song on here is a standout in my eyes. Pac's albums would go downhill from here. Free Music Review: Hip Hop
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm surprised how this album has been accepted. Lets not get carried away with "his legacy" and his tragic death and all the controversy surrounding 2Pac. Everybody already knows about all that.
R U Still Down is my favorite album by 2Pac. Makaveli and All Eyez are both 5 stars to me, but R U Still Down is more raw. Especially as far as the production is concerned. A lot of people are apparently disappointed by the production on this album. I find it to have a sense of being more genuine, and more fitting than the other posthumous releases. This is probably since Pac actually had some input on creating these tracks. Overall, the sound of the album (and individual tracks) is more whole. Listening to R U Still Down helps to show how much of a project Makaveli and All Eyez On Me were. Those two albums were obviously much more orchestrated and calculated, and designed to provoke in every way. They were much more surgical and precise.
R U Still Down, however, is just straight hip-hop. There's scratching on here! There's no name dropping, or disses aimed at specific people. Just general expression of different emotions. Instead of a song about Tipper Gore or Bad Boy (for example) specificly, you get the more general (and undated) song about the struggles in general with government oppression or social commentary or anger or whatever. This is technically easier for a listener to relate to, since hardly any of us actually know Tipper Gore or Puffy, etc.....but somehow the audience doesn't want that. wtf?
"Thug Style" is probably the single song by Pac to most adhere to the street chronicling and nostalgic waxing scenarios in hip-hop. And at the same time, he's replying directly to everybody giving this album bad reviews: 'you don't know my style.'
Just because All Eyez sounded one way, or Makaveli sounded one way, or Strictly 4 My sounded one way....don't get it twisted. Its art. You gotta be open. Don't expect artists to be how you want them to be. You cannot expect anything from art, all that does is turn it into a product instead of art.
The lyrics on this album are of things more accesible to the common listener. The production is reminiscent of earlier 2Pac and more of a east-coast style of the early 90's (pre-Death Row). There's more lyrical acrobatics than usual (Let Them Thangs Go), and more of the same techincal (Lie to Kick It) and simple formats (F*** All Y'All) we're used to from 2Pac.
If you ignore all the hype and controversy surrounding the artist, and drop your expectations of him...just listen to the music on R U Still Down for the music, then maybe you can re-discover the best MC with this album.
Free Music Review: Well, R U still down?
Hit: 4 Stars
Your purchase should be based entirely on the question asked in the title of the album itself. Are you still down? There have been a lot of albums released after Tupac's death, and beginning with "R U Still Down" it is easy to tell that quality, original 2Pac material is becoming hard to come by. Tupac was immensely paranoid about his own death, and was absolutely convinced he was destined to die an early, tragic death. Because of the paranoia, he recorded as many songs as he could. It is amazing there have been so many cds released after his death, but it is easy to tell that Sug and Death Row are running out of quality material.
With that said, I still think this is a great album. "R U Still Down" is very catchy, "Hellrazr" is an incredibly powerful narrative, and of course there is "I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto," which I think is one of the best songs 2Pac ever created. The first cd is great, and shows Pac at some of his best. But, the second cd is not nearly as good, and really starts to drag at the later half. You know it is bad when they have to double up songs too ("I Wonder if Heave Got a Ghetto" reappears on the second CD and is a so-so remix at best).
Overall, you just have to ask yourself "Am I still down?" If you can't get enough 2Pac, go right ahead and buy this album, you'll likely not be disappointed. However, if you are starting to lose interest, this CD may not be worth the money, especially since the second CD is only mediocre. And finally, if you are new to Tupac, "Me Against the World," "All Eyez on Me," and his "Greatest Hits" CD are better starting points.
Free Music Review: 2pacs Best song?
Hit: 5 Stars
Hellrazor-10/10 one my best songs ever its a real song with great beats unleashed side of 2pac.
Free Music Review: L.A.P. (LIFE AFTER PAC)
Hit: 5 Stars
I read some review where people said it was rushed. Tupac wrote these songs before he died. These songs were never altered, sold, poluted, or reprised by any other producer/artist. Eminem never got a chance to add his voice or 50 cent's to a song or album. I believed it was somewhat of a cry from the grave, or in a sense final words to poets and fans alike, who could benifet from his wisdom. This album is not be appreciated for its abilty to entertain a club or crowd. And not all rap albums arent supposed to. I believe this album to be the true voice of Tupac after his grave. It is familier of his "Me Against the World" album. I urger anyone who is looking for a cd to bump in their car, play at a party or while cleaning their house TO NOT BUY THUS ALBUM, But anyone who wants to know what Tupacs real future for his music to do so! Please lets not poision his legacy lets uphold it.