R.I.P. Tupac Amaru Shakur

Am I an old fart or old school if I like Tupac's Digital Underground phase best of all? Excepting California Love of course.

Digital Underground was the shit. Sex Packets, rap's first concept album, or least the first one I heard. Their funk samples kicked ass.

And Biggie? Over-rated, clap, clap, clap, clap. The whole Sean Combs wing of rap is way overrated.

 

His digital underground phase? When he was dancing for them?
He did that "Same Song" w/ them, but rapping-wise, that's about it.
If you like "Sex Packets," then you like Digital Undergound. Not 2pac.

 

ya know, I haven't missed ol' Tupac.
Not saying that's good or bad, just saying.

 

This room has been cleared for less than that...

 

As long as this thread is still going, I'll post these two Pac mixtapes.

If you're a rap fan and you haven't heard of this site already, they've got more than 1500 mixtapes all for free download. One of the best sites I've discovered this year.

http://www.datpiff.com/tape_detail.php?mid=1629

http://www.datpiff.com/Makaveli-Only-God-Can-Judge-Me-mid1630.html

 

Did a search for Jim Morrison, a ton of threads came up, chose this one with this post by Zeke. Seems appropriate.

Took the metro to Pére Lachaise today to find Morrison's grave. Found it.

Played the 8-minute version of L.A. Woman on YouTube as 15 or 20 others showed up.

A man from South Carolina took a photo of me. Told him I like USC and he said "That's the wrong USC."

I think this place has discussed it a few times ... The Doors are the best American band of all time.

Loved being able to do this today. As an aside, Morrison died 68 days before I was born.

Spent about an hour taking photos of the cemetery before getting to this grave. If you ever get a chance I highly recommend it.

 

When Customs asks if you have anything to declare, say this.

 

I believe it to be The Talking Heads.

 

Oldest "like" ever.

 

Clubber sighting!

Exhuming these old threads is like the stuff you find when you clean out the top shelf of the pantry.

 

I would have them ahead of The Doors but I would probably have a hundred bands over The Doors.

I think I'm leaning REM.

 

There are at least four Seattle-based grunge bands I'd put above The Doors.