You could turn that around and say it’s disrespectful to the dozens of artists in Hip Hop history to ignore the fact they had better albums than 2Pac had. Fugees This skit comes after The Beast on track 5 of The Score. Lots of people get butthurt when 2Pac isn’t religiously praised, acting as if not blindly celebrating everything he has ever done is disrespectful. Keep “Ambitionz As A Ridah”, “Got My Mind Made Up”, “How Do You Want It”, “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted”, “No More Pain”, “Heartz Of Men”, “Life Goes On”, “Only God Can Judge Me”, “I Ain’t Mad At Cha”, “Can’t C Me”, “Picture Me Rollin’”, “All Eyez On Me”, and maybe one or two more tracks – and that’s a tight album. The group who broke up shortly after the success of 1996’s diamond-certified sophomore effort will be performing together for the first time since 2006. AEOM could have been excellent if 2Pac had released the best half as a single album. Hip hop supergroup, The Fugees, will be making a return to arenas and stadiums across the world in celebration of their magnum opus, The Score. That half should have been left on the cutting room floor. 2Pac’s subject matter on this album is limited (too much thuggery, not enough of the soul and intelligence still in evidence on his first three albums), and the endless list of guest vocalists don’t help things either (especially 2Pac’s Outlawz buddies are mediocre rappers at best), it makes the whole album feel more like a compilation album than a 2Pac solo album.Įxcept for “Whatz Ya Phone #” there are no really terrible songs on All Eyez On Me (although the remix of the classic “California Love” is far inferior to the original), but half of the tracklist is kind of generic and forgettable. Random fact: another rap group i listened to a lot around that era was Camp Lo (although that might have been '97).
Rappers Wyclef Jean (who also plays guitar and bass), his cousin Prakazrel. Usually skits just annoy me, but this one's hilarious. Fugees (Tranzlator Crew) The three members of the New York-area Fugees (as in Refugees, reflecting the Haitian-rooted band’s pointed outsider stance) import poetic seriousness and political awareness to the snappy hip-hop of their strong, deep and diverse debut. Especially the second part of the album just goes on and on with what seems to be the same track over and over again, a ridiculous amount of filler really. Another thing worth mentioning about The Score, is that it contains something extremely rare: a skit that is actually funny. Me Against The World (1995) comes closest, but All Eyez On Me – his most successful and most celebrated album – is far from perfect.īecause of its impact and success, AEOM is seen as one of the biggest classics in Hip Hop ever, but at 27 tracks and 2 hours & 12 minutes, the album simply is way too long. Of the five albums completed during his life, not one is flawless. The reason 2Pac is widely considered one of the GOATs has everything to do with his personality, his charisma, his star power, his poetic flair, his unique voice, the strength of his singles, and the manner and time of his death and less with his lyrical skill or the quality of his albums. He is one of the highest-selling artists too, with more monumental songs than anyone in the game. 2Pac is one of the most iconic artists in the history of Hip Hop.