Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Master thread with standings Ratings key: 10 - One of your very favorite artists of all time.9 - Killer fucking band. Or artist.8 - Great sound, great songs, great albums.7 - Very good, but not quite great.6 - Pretty good. More than a few songs you like. You'd entertain the thought of seeing them live if they were in the area. Or still alive.5 - They're okay, but maybe not something you'll go out of your way to listen to.4 - Meh. There may be a song or two, or an album that you dig, but you'd rather listen to other stuff.3 - Not very good. You will more likely than not turn the station if they come on the radio.2 - Not your cup of tea at all. Some people like this, but you are not one of them.1 - Horrible in every way.0 - In the running for worst artist/musician of all time. You would rather take a cheese grater to your face than listen to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,194 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Passionate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,092 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 So it’s a 6/10 for me personally because there are a few songs by him I like. If you asked me to rate him based on his effect on the artists we know now or rap overall then easy 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themisfit138 | 523 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I will give him a five. I like the Digital Underground, and California Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strikezone1 | 154 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Gave him a 9. Probably could've went with a 10. One of the goats in the rap game, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sign Collector Guy | 334 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) I listened to the Me Against The World album and All Eyes On Me alot in the 90's as a young midwestern caucausian male who wore baggy pants............His role in the movie Juice was damn good. Edited December 12, 2019 by Sign Collector Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,051 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 He’s a damn lyrical genius. Such a diverse vocabulary, great beats, voice like silk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobear85 | 141 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 One of the best, but what killed it for me was that he pretended to be gangster, over acted what he was selling. prefer Biggie over him any day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuNKeY | 241 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 5 as I am not a fan of this genre, but I don't find him bothersome either if any were playing beyond my control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,005 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Hard to take him seriously when he studied ballet in school but I had to give him a 10 for his talent. He showed me the power of similes and alliteration......."They say pussy and paper is poetry, power and pistols." That hard P at the beginning of each word is very aggressive and just demands attention when you hear it. He understood the power of writing styles and used it in his lyrics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineCode | 159 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Great writer and highly influential. Definitely embellished the gangsta angle a bit, but whatever. Couldn't freestyle worth shit tho. 7/10 for me. I think it's interesting to look at the difference between the stylistic evolution of him vs BIG. BIG started off more raw and ended in a much more commercial pop friendly style while 2Pac started off commercial and pop friendly with the Digital Underground and tended to go more and more to the opposite end through the rest of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,005 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If anyone can find me a good quality recording of Street Life with 2Pac and Snoop, I will pay you for it. I have been looking for 20 years and haven't been able to find anything except one copy that is a digitally enhanced version of the bad copy that's everywhere. This is an unreleased song that is amazing. Or I'll trade you unreleased songs I have, including a lot of his songs that eventually got released with completely different beats, like Wordz 2 My First Born, Lil' Homiez and Teardrops And Closed Caskets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,786 Events Team · Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 7. His best stuff is dope as fuck but he's def got a few shitty songs. Still listen to him on the regular. I also hear he's not really dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, JamesRobot said: 7. His best stuff is dope as fuck but he's def got a few shitty songs. Still listen to him on the regular. I also hear he's not really dead... I went 8. If he had more time, he may have been the best. He also could have ended up founding the Black Eyed Peas. The world will never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Apparently Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Nirvana or Amy Winehouse haven't come up yet, but maybe "incomplete" would be an option. I'd put all of them at 8+, but it's hard to tell what might have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,926 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 My Cali dudes know “California Love” is one of the sickest songs of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,051 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 hours ago, MrWunderful said: My Cali dudes know “California Love” is one of the sickest songs of all time. Heck yeah dude. From Diego to the bay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 8/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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