This ain’t Biggie!!! Who said Big is the greatest? How the fuck we ain’t gettin no unreleased from The Notorius? Pac is the fuckin greatest!!!! Point final!
for real. Biggie was a rich boy who idolized ‘Pac’s type. His mother went on to tell us that he grew up in a 5 bedroom house with a full fridge. lol… Studio gangsta!
“We untouchable now that we shook? doc. dre, he ain’t made a beat in 6 years, swear he the shit, won’t get no record sells suckin’ nas dick” right?..haha..
nas cant see 2pac u stupid 4 not putting jay-z on the list and big L is top 10 not 5 2pac is number 1 him and biggie share that title but errbody else is just what yall think
hmm here’s my list which I’m sure is gonna get hate for not having biggie (R.I.P.) or pac (R.I.P.) (they’re great rappers though).
1. Eminem – mastered all aspects of rap (at different points in his career) (don’t believe me since he gets radio play or whatever reason listen to his infinite album, the Slim Shady EP/LP, MMLP, and Eminem Show) (also funny)
2. NaS – great rhymes, great concepts “Rewind, I gave you Power, etc”, great storytelling, and of course the Ilmatic album. Also mastered every aspect of rap.
3. Big Pun (R.I.P.)- nonstop rhymes, great delivery, great flow. Had so much potential…
4. Crooked I – Unlike Em and NaS this dude has never delivered a wack verse in his life. Crazy freestyler/battle rapper (he beat Chino XL) great lyrics, great delivery, great flow. Most underrated rapper ever. Just needs to drop a few albums.
5. Pharoahe Monch – Great delivery, flow, lyrics, some nice punchlines, and some great albums. Could use a bit less waiting time in between each album though.
I’m sure my comment gonna have so much hate for Em being on here and not Biggie/Pac.
Oh and Jay shouldn’t be on a top 5 list. Reasonable Doubt was a classic and the first Blueprint was good but listen to the stuff he’s releasing now… its awful.
Pac passion and fury was unmatched and unseen… Still to this day!
It will never happen again because they don’t make em like that no more… plus with artist telling everyone to care about money more than anything else…will destroy the game further! Pac call this shit way back in 88 or 92 at the gun range… Go back and watch Thug Angel.
Overrated. If this fucker was still alive everyone would be off his nuts. nigga did nothing for the rap game. he was AIGHT at best. Pac must be happy in hell (thats where all the fake niggas go) because if anyone he went at woulda came back ( NaS, Jay, Big, even Chino) they would have destroyed him and his fake ass gangsta image. Dude was aight.
here’s my list of the top 6
1.you
2.are
3.all
4.stupid
5.faggots
6.tuwack aka got blasted like the bitch that he was.
2Pac was great but people saying hes the GOAT are wrong. People need to stop overrating rappers just because they grew up listening to them and they died. And this dude is right NaS, Jay, Big, and Chino XL are all better rappers.
2Pac has storytelling, meaningful music, and a great delivery, but has he mastered battling, freestyling, creativity/concepts, multisyllablic rhymes, compound syllablic rhymes, multis, wordplay… etc…?
Not hating just giving my opinion.
Pac is not rap or else it would have ceased to exist when he died. And it didnt. Pac was just a small gear in a vast array of machinery that makes Rap/hip hop work. Its funny how people hate on 50 for beefin with everyone yet you applaud and cheer a person that was actually killed for talking shit. And I beleive the first guy is a punk for not posting his name. Just because I dont like riding Pacs nuts like you do that means I like Waka flocka and gucci? I dont understand that logic, but I do understand that insulting me has pretty much validating my point. You have no argument to back up what you say. Pac is and was AIGHT. He was a MASTER at making himself look stupid with unwarranted disses
love 2pac but whats the essence of this track in this day and age? absolute irrelevance. i dont rate all this beef nonsense cos thats what get you killed for nothing…2pac is great when he address social norms and maladies eg brenda’s got a baby, dear mama, changes, etc…this thugged out image was just what the media/illuminati/execs wanted him to portray, and he happily fell for the trap. too sad that a lot of artists/fans now think this is the norm. if u ain’t beefing, if u ain’t bussing your face-arse guns on record, u ain’t hiphop/gangsta/street…the perfect image they wanted the black man to portray, and we happily walk around in that downtrodden image thinking we are on top of the world…and the other extreme is the money popping, materialistic image the other side of hiphop portrays, giving the youth the false image of success..the cycle is vicious! RIP 2pac! wish people will just release his conscious tracks instead of this garbage..
It’s funny that after all these years 2Pac is still relevant. Love him or hate him, he’s contributions to hip hop will always shine and never be ignored; even by the haters because that’s why the haters hate 2Pac. Because they feel that it should’ve been Biggie that was the bigger star. Face the fact, Biggie died right when he was about to become a superstar and it’s unfortunate but that’s the way the cookie crumbles. At the end of the day though, both rappers dying young before they reached their peaks forever changed hip-hop forever and ever since then hip-hop’s quality has went down the shitter in the mainstream arena.
Overall, Watch Ya Mouth is a 4/5 in my book. 2Pac went at people he had beef with saying what he wanted to say regardless of the consequences right or wrong.
Face it people, 2pac was by far the most OVERRATED rapper of all time. This guy did nothing but talk shit about everybody and gave props to a wack ass Outlawz group no one gave a fuck about. Bricksquad would murk those niggaz to pieces. Justin Bieber would murk 2pac in a freestyle. Biggie already shooked that nigga, Eazy-E was the best on the West Coast and Gucci Mane is more influential than 2pac.
Everyone who is saying he wasn’t that great, just remember what age Pac died at alright? 25, if he was still alive he would have had time to develop and get better than he already was.
Comparing Pac to rappers that are still alive is straight pathetic as they’ve had time to get better, compare eminems old stuff to his new releases, okay, different! they are different!
And back then, the 90’s.. that’s that rap right there what Pacs doing, there was war, there was retaliation in music.
Oh and, shut the fuck up.
Hell naw pac had chances the nigga had like 12 albums and like 2 medicore and 2 cold albums the others was ass. The only one that never really had a chance is biggie he died before his carrer had a chance to blow up.
Eeeey Yoo!!! Somebody smack that dumbass juvenile fool “truth”!!!!!!!!!You claim Pac was a retard???oooh yeee???fo’real???sounds like you just came outta the womb, u youngass idiot!!DX pleaseeeee PLEASEEEE PLEASEEE PLEASEEEE put some resitrictions on members who can post shit on this site! Maybe make them do an IQ test, or a cultural hiphop test, so that we dont have to be blinded by these fools. Diss record….i.e that dirty dozens….is cultural heritage in Hiphop you FUCK NUTTS!!!shiiiiit….imcompetant dumbass!!!Pac= tha truest nigga to ever have spit on tha mic!!!
OOOH ye n to that other dumbass fool “derrick” – go it a dick and in tha meantime do your research…pac had 12 albums?? well 1) you cant count and 2) do your reaserch!!Alot of PAc’s albums came out after he passed….almost more material came out after he passed….which rapper doing that?!?!?!You try and record 200 tracks in just under a year, and then let us all rate it (NO STARS), get shot 5 times n survive, n go through a bhullshit court case….then….MAYBE IF you’ve sold enough you can comment!!!
And too that other uneducated loser “SuperGucciRap”…….
LOL….i mean look at your name….it says enough where you coming from, i aint even gonna get at u….
I love 2Pac but what the fuck man. He disses everybody for no reason. I get dissing Jay-Z and Biggie but Nas, ATCQ and De La Soul? Why would Pac diss 2 of the best hip hop groups ever and creative forces? I still love Pac but I’m not so happy about him dissing these awesome groups for pretty much no reason.
Same…it seems like there’s 2 different Pacs. One whose dumb as hell, thug life, dissing everyone for no reason and one who is a smart, poetic, activist. I’ll take the revolutionary Pac every time. That’s where he shines, not in his lyricism, but his poetry.
i never thought the day would come when all of pac songs start to sound the same, such a shame if he was still here we’d hear the real pac he woulda grown outa this thug shit dissin everybody nonsense, woulda loved to hear the real one nation album the way he wanted it
Pac is the goat but dude OD’d on the dissing shit.
I bet There’s a pac song in the vault where he’s dissing ghandi and mother Theresa called “mother fuck peace”.
All my adversaries burred
Death knocking I’m never worried.
Leave mutha theresa petrified, my war cry made her scurry
No more peace, leave ghandi with no shadow like high noon
Hennessy clowding my vision so I’ll prolly die soon.
LORD IS THAT YOU!? leave a seat in heaven for dora the explorer
Fuck Regis I left in peaces tell Reese Witherspoon I tried to warn her
Too many black babies born out of wedlock
Fuck whoopi goldberg suge told me to cut off her dreadlocks. WESSSIDE!
pac was alrite but definetly not the GOAT sorry fan boys but this shit is so tired how many times can u rhyme “thug nigga” with “drug deala” dude said that shit atleast 8 times and dissin tribe and de la wtf like there actually gona get gangster
the most overrated rapper all time..his beat selection is wack as fuck…trust me when he was alive nobody was saying he was the grestest of all time…dead rappers get better promotion!!!!!!!!!!!…he a good rapper hes for sure!!! hes not better than
Man the way u talkin bout Pac I find out that u really don’t know his music expect of the shit everybody know. You can’t compare fake ass Gay-Z beside or higher than Pac man. Pac inspired the most of his listeners. he was more than a rapper. Ok his lyrics are not the best but Pac had somethin that other dudes don’t. His words touched you.
When pac was alive ,nobody really talked about anyone being the best of all time,well maybe Rakim but it wasn’t such a fascination then as it today with this generation.
But i must admit Pac got a lot more fans after he died then when he was alive.
fuck outta here fool, people loved him when he was alive the nigga was goin 9x platinum n 5x platinum when he was alive, he was very much considered great I was there you clearly wasnt
nobody gave even the slightest fuck about Jay Z when Pac was alive, Reasonable Doubt struggled to hit gold when Pac was pushin Diamond
and Jay Z is a biter with limited versatility, Kool G Rap again limited versatility
Pac PROVED he could make club tracks, chick tracks, battle tracks, freestyle, political tracks, story tracks, meta tracks, introspective tracks, loungin tracks, car tracks, radio friendly tracks, street tracks and more and he did all that in just a few years,
Jay Z, Common, Kool G Rap, Em havent achieved that in 15 years a piece so comparin them to someone of Pacs skill level is retarded
If that’s true, then why did All Eyez on Me, an album that came out before his death, go bout 8 or 9x Platinum? And his beat selection sucks, you say? Seriously? Tradin War Stories, Hail Mary, ME and My Girlfriend, Can’t C Me, Papa’z Song, and those are just a few the great beats he spit over.
all u can talk bout is record sales homie? controversy sell we all know that, look at 50 cent, was he ever considered the greatest of all time no not by any means but he sold a lot cause he disses everyone for attention
how did i “only speak on sales” idiot, I spoke on his versatility also, but the FACT is when discussing someone not being “relevent” when they where alive sales is the only thing you can look at to determine whether or not that statement was true and CONSISTANT IMPROVEMENT IN SALES, from 5 MILLION to 9 MILLION, PROVES that he was considered to be great and as popular when he was alive
u obvisously have a 1 dimension mind, no one said pac wasnt popular he was huge, i was a kid in the 80s grew up in the 90s i was there so i know for a fact he was a star theres no deny that, but no one was sayin pacs the greatest rapper of all time when he was alive, fact, that title came after he died
for all you people saying pac wasn’t the best of all time, or the “goat” of rap. you dont know what your saying. 2pac still is beating alot of the mainstream “rappers” in record sales to this day and hes been dead for over 10 years, theres so much more proof, but if thats not enough than your a mental case
I think y’all putting a little too much into it.
He’s dead its not like this nigg@ is physically making records.
Let the Pac fans be Pac fans..Any other way it sounds like you just hatin.
Jay-Z and Kanye West need to pay 2Pac some royalties for misusing H.A.M. straight up. 2Pac was going H.A.M. 15 years before these two were. Lovin’ this joint…
Tupac Shakur is the most overrated rapper of all time. A nigga dies and suddenly he’s the greatest artist of all time. what the fuck? there’s a lot of mc’s that are alive and made better music in the 90’s. Maybe they fell off, but Pac would’we too if he had lived that long. He was good, don’t get me wrong, but the GOAT???? GET FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THAT SHIT SON!!!!! Common, Method Man, Del, Black Thought, Guru, Q-Tip, Rakim, KRS-One(!!!), Jay-Z, Redman, real artist that have classic albums under their belt and still get busy. that’s what it is. Longetivity, you gotta stay relevant.
fuck outta here with that bullshit list half them rappers aint got shit on Pac,
Guru lol monotone as fuck with only 1 delivery
Jay Z a biter who has stole both lyrics and styles and lacks versatility
Pac PROVED himself as one of Hip Hops most versatile MCs, he PROVED he could make political songs, chick songs, radio, club, introspective, street songs, battle songs, freestyles
AND HE DID IT IN JUST 3 YEARS OF RECORDING WHILST ALSO MAKIN MULTIPLE MOVIES
Jay Z, Guru lol theyhad 15 years plus n havent come close to PROVING they could be as versatile as Pac PROVED he was
and it wasnt “ALL OF A SUDDEN” HE went 9x platinum n 5x platinum when he was alive HATER
you must not remember (or been too young) how BIG this guy was when he was alive. They used to have ‘tupac news’ on the major network channels for this guy. he was HUGE. And this was BEFORE everyone was on the internet. Those other rappers u named are big names, but none of them had the star power or media attention or character and heart that this guy had. not even close. This guy had just reached the tip of the iceberg, believe that.
More proof that he did not have love for Jay z or Nas or Mob Deep, biggie or puff. And they all do not want to respect him while he is dead. Pac always came with hart.
thats y shit like this never made any of his actual albums, and all the shit that came out after he died was leftovers like this, doesnt really do him proper justice
That just shows a true MC… a nigga that can hop on any track and rip… Some of the niggaz today getting props just because they beats tight but its takes a true lyricist to make his pressence known on a garbage @ss beat…
“So much JEALOUSY it SCARES me so be PREPARED… Cause only the STRONG SURVIVE life isn’t FAIR!” -2Pac You fucks better do ya home work before u speak on PAC!!!!
I AGREEE WITH YOU HOMIE!!!
Donovan:
Nobody can comment about Pac if they were wearing diapers in the 90’s
are u kidding me? Pac was groundbreaking when he was alive…shootout with cops, police brutality, being shot, born in prison, etc…he spoke the truth about his life and things he was going through. sure he wasnt about spittin punchlines and metaphors all day but that does not make him any less of a great rapper than big, jay, and nas. Pac painted pictures and was the voice of so many in urban america…hell around the world. you cant tell me you didnt feel every single word Pac said on the mic…dude had a gift. beyond talent. ppl always sayin he didnt live long enough to be the greatest of all time or we didnt see him grow. how can you say that when the man had plenty albums before he passed. 2pacalypse now, strictly 4 my niggaz, thug life, me against the world, all eyez on me, and makaveli…damn near all of em were classics. Pac was the shit then and he still is today. he paved the way for cats like j.cole, eminem…he gave you emotion and showed he wasnt perfect.
i disagree with beat selection when it came to Pac, he is the only nigga to date that could ride on any beat and still make you listen coz it was always about what he had to say that mattered…he spoke from heart, abt issues that affect our daily lives and was not about metaphors, similies, multis & punchlines…he spoke about daily life…so on any beat i think Pac always killed it, and you always listened…back then it was not about beats coz there was no 1st week sales marathon but nowadays its always abt that…even on callobo that are about serious issues, you niggaz compare verses of who went in the illest
For all ya’ll that saying “Pac was a retard with all this beef shit”. There’s still a shit load of unreleased “One Nation” tracks, and there is also one track he did with DJ PREMIER.
Its funny to see Tupac headlines on a hip hop website in 2011, this nigga left a big mark on hip hop.
uhh which one is it bruh, r u defending the beef songs or the one nation songs, cause the one nation songs was suppose to be everyone comin together east and west coast squashing all the beefs, so id rather hear those, this isnt one of them this is prolly a studio freestyle that didnt make any of his albums
The only reason would I give this a 1 star is because it’s fight/hate music. There’s no doubt about whether Pac was talented or not. It doesn’t matter if he’s top 5 or 10 or whatever, he’s not here to enjoy the fruits of his labor. I can feel the passion and the pain but its lyrics like this that drive/drove people to do ignorant things. There’s one part where he says look where I am now and look where you are. Those are the truest words he ever spoke. I don’t want to take away from his ability and I can’t, the proof is in the fact that we’re still listening to music he made over 10 years ago. It’s just sad that he couldn’t past the anger. It would have been nice to see him make it to 26.
26? ya….says it right there. he would be 40 right now. 14 years short dumb shit. get the F outta here middle schooler. obviously know nothing about the 90’s
Your papa must have lived 50 years without hitting his first 100k. how come you hating on a nicca with attitude rap ? You need get some ink on your balls if that will make you hard sucker
Tupac had a mother who was a revolutionary. Tupac started with this revolutionary delivery, which I give respect to, but after Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z., he completely sold out to the “thug” image. You can hear the change in his voice, lyrics, music, etc. So all the conscious hip-hop heads were down with Tupac until he made this transition. Then all the “wanna-be thugs” jumped on his dick, and have been there ever since! My point is Tupac was dope when he was down with Digital Underground and Raw Fusion, but when he switched to Dr. Dre & Death Row, he fell off real quick! The fact that his records sales have gone diamond, shows that mass society hasn’t changed since the Greeks were running things!
i think i wouldve liked you more if you would’ve posted as anonymous…but now i clearly see ur general opinion is worth very little on this subject matter. good day, sir.
@zxy.d23 statements like that are what kept hip hop from garnering the respect and attention it’s deserved for the last 20 years. ignorant ass fuck. nothing to do with the statement made anyways.
Dudes on point with it. And all you internet thugs that were peepin pac after he died need to step off. You the reason all that negativity gets play and you wonder why your life sucks. Get fucked. Kid knows what he’s talking about. Idk why you hate on white kids, they moer hip hop heads than some of you suckas on big Lil whatevas dick singing auto tune and what not. don’t believe me? Go to Rock the Bells. Real heads support their artists,
I’d have to disagree with you on your statement regarding Pac. Pac kep his revolutionary mind even with his move towards the thug image. I’m surprised that you didn’t include Me Aginst the World as one of his revolutionary albums. And even on All Eyez on Me he dropped Jewels. Tupac has the only rapper who could appeal to everyone with his music. He had a life where he could address thug shit and he had his revolutionary side as well, they went hand in hand. I dind’t love all of his thug shit, but I also think the media a job in magnifying that precense as opposed the focusing on all the positivity he brought to the table.
And this is supposed to music! Images don’t make music…instruments make music! Cancel out everything except his musical performance, and his skills are up to par with the dudes from Fu-Schnickens. (not Chip-Fu!!)
While I respect this fellow’s flow, there’s no need to slag the dead (Christopher Wallace) or STEAL a dead gentleman’s (Tupac shakur) hip hop moniker (“Tupac”). Plus, he sounds an awful lot like that guy from the movie Juice. Just sayin’!
Why did pac hate nas so much? This has to be the 5th or 6th song I heard him diss nas on. I guess thats where 50 cent got his mentality from. Just because someone is cool with someone you don’t like doesn’t mean they are against you.
google it kid. before if ppl didnt know shit its cause they werent involved in the street shit. if u asked u looked at crooked cause wasnt anyone gonna tell u unless u were involved. now u can google things, im sure u will find it kid.
Me Against the World came out in 1995. He had a song called Old School and he shouted out De La Soul. Pac died in 96′. What exactly happened within that year that he was from looking at De La as old school cats he looked up to, to putting them in a diss song?
it could be because at 1996, De La Soul released “Stakes Is High” and that album basically addressed hip-hop at its dying and wack state because there was so much negativity in hip-hop such as violence, sex and drugs. 2Pac could have seen this as an attack at him because he raps about stuff like that in All Eyez on Me. so yea, this could be the reason
this is some real shit – didn’t think i’d hear anything as raw as this in 20011.
for everyone bitching bout how he sold out to the thug shit. if you watch the interview he’s was doing it for more money to put back in to the community to help his people.
& as far as dissing – im sure by now they’d have worked everything out – look at nas & jigga now.
I always knew Tupac was a philanthropist — Always donating his money to charity and helping old ladies cross the street. I never knew he participated in in this thing you kids now days call “hip hop”.
Thank you Sir Tupac for feeding hungry families and keeping the peace among the people.
Pac was definitely killed by illuminatti…Probably they made him an offer …..pac replied fuck you!!!!! and left… ya’ll mutha fukas should already know that hiphop is controlled by a black man and white man that control the gangs and most of the major lables…..pac and biggie weren’t really revered lyricists until after their deaths,the only videos they played in mtv we’re “Brenda’s got a baby” “I get around” and changes in 98″ for biggie it was “Juicy” and hypnotize video…..I mean the fuckin media fed off of the fact that pac was paranoid of everyone not to mention pac was gonna become emancipated from his death row label…..Pac was gonna become what he was ment to become an independent artists
that sells trillions of fuckin records…..jimmy iVine can’t have that shitttttttttttt.In other words pac woulda proved that an underground artists could sell millions……And biggie was killed just for kicks………this initially inspired other rappers to sell-out….The eminem doesn’t get killed because,lets just say eminem isn’t preachin a message,eminem is the best rapper of the unstructured hiphop without a message…Pac is considered the best because,he lived every fuckin thing he rapped…Am I sure bout that decision I don’t know,but I definitely respect that decision…However there are so many underground artists that are absolutely just dope as hell!!!!!To not mention them is just absurd…..thats why the fuck I just don’t have a favorite!!!!!!!!!!!…..What I do know is that pac was a very humble dude and even like to hang out in house parties and shit initially thats what fucked him up in the end,when he got accused of sodomizing a gurl and all this other shitttt biggie even told his ass “watch the company you keep nigga” pac was raisin awareness bout illuminatti so much towards the end of his last albums when he was alive…Illuminatti needed a fued to distract the media from actually solving the murders that we’re gonna take place…Let me just tell ya’ll when these two legends died who the fuck raked most of the cash off these legends deaths behind closed curtains? or better yet why has their murders been unsolved till this day?
jam master jay was murdered probably by the same guy that excuted the pac and biggie murders thing is if he talks,he dies in prison,because to snitch is to snitch on an organization that is powerful that has ulterior motives against these two or hiphop artists that is popluar in the charts……They prob didn’t kill lupe cus illuminatti picks their battles…..iight I’m ghost im gone
“2pac felt De La Soul dissed him in 1993’s video “Ego Tripping†, in which Pac felt they were dissin his image from ‘I Get Around’…”
“Being the real nigga Pac was, he got in contact with De La Soul and confronted them about the video and told them he had love for them and asked them why they were dissing him. They told him it wasnt directed at him and he said ight and everything was cool”
“Pac later shouted them out on his 1995 album MATW (Me Against The World) on ‘Nothin Like The Ol Skool'”
Where the hell is the OTHER TRACK THAT HAS LEAKED?
NY 87 – Tupac and Dogg Pound.
Kurupt MURDERS Biggie on the track with a great last verse from Pac in the end.
Kurupt was a bet back in the day and if he had released a solo album back in the day produced by Dre, it would have been Death Row’s best after The Chronic. Yes, even better than Doggystyle. That’s how good he used to be.
2Pac is the greatest of all times! been a fan ever since he was with Digital Underground…but tryna figure out why he went at Wendy Williams, was she even known by then??
I’m glad 2pac called out weak ass niggas like nas and gay la soul.. them was softer than a dolphin covered in baby oil, tupac keep it real all day even in his past life.. thug life!!
you calling Nas or DeLaSoul gay is like an ant calling Obama the worst president of all time. you have no voice and prolly jam to faggot ass Drake & wayne. #novoice
DLS is dope but Obama is the worst president this country has seen since Carter. When was the last time we had a senator as commander and chief? He is literally selling us to China as we speak.
Jerome, Pac shoulda called out your weak ass.. NAS and De La Soul are real niggas.. Pac really respected Nas and you could tell because the disses towards Nas werent even that serious.. he took a few shots at him and that was it
Stop parroting that Obama is a weak president bullshit that the devil is peddling to YOU!!! You have to be a complete idiot to believe that shit! You probably listen to that shit they say to portray Martin Luther King as a drunken womanizer and fraud too. Every positive black figure to emulate they will tear down.
Facts:
ETHICS
•Ordered the White House and all federal agencies to respect the Freedom of Information Act and overturned Bush-era limits on accessibility of federal documents (2009)
•Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible (2009)
•Placed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House (2009)
•Placed limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration (2009)
•Signed a measure strengthening registration and reporting requirements for lobbyists (2009)
•Ordered that lobbyists must be removed from and are no longer permitted to serve on federal and White House advisory panels and boards (2009) * Note: After saying he would not hire lobbyists, a few have been hired in the Administration
•Companies and individuals who are delinquent on their taxes or owe back taxes are no longer allowed to bid for federal contracts (2009)
•Initiated the “e-Rulemaking Initiative” (in cooperation with Cornell University) to allow for online public “notice and comment” of federal laws and initiatives (2010)
•Issued the “Open Gov Directive” ordering all Cabinet departments to promote transparency and citizen participation in their policies (2010)
•Signed extensions on banning lobbyists from serving on agency boards (2010)
•Developed the “Don Not Pay List” with data on contractors and recipients of federal funds who are deemed to be ineligible because of fraud and abuse (2010)
GOVERNANCE
•The White House website now provides information on all economic stimulus projects and spending, along with an unprecedented amount of information on our government (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era practice of circumventing established FDA rules for political reasons (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era practice of having White House staff rewrite the findings of scientific and environmental regulations and reports when they disagreed with the results (2009)
•Limited the salaries of senior White House aides (salaries cut to $100,000) (2009)
•Has urged Congress to adopt “Pay-Go” (whereby each dollar of spending is offset by a dollar in cuts or revenues, which was used in the `90s but abandoned in the `00s) (2010)
•Has been holding open meetings with Republican leaders, although they complain of a lack of access and information (2010)
•Signed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (2010) * Note: To curb wasteful spending
•Tasked federal agencies to develop plans for disposing of unneeded real estate and then to eliminate unnecessary or non-economical lands, properties, etc. (2010)
NATIONAL SECURITY
•Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane (which wasn’t even used in Iraq/Afghanistan) and other outdated weapons systems (2009)
•Announced his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay (2009) * Note: The closure has been delayed due to massive opposition but it remains on the agenda.
•Stated his interest in housing terrorists at a new federal “super max” facility in the US (2009) * Note: this has been delayed in the face of massive opposition but it remains on the agenda
•Cut the expensive Reagan era missile defense program, saving $1.4 billion in 2010 (2009)
•Canceled plans to station anti-ballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic (2009)
•Replacing long-range, expensive missile systems with more efficient smaller systems (2009)
•Increased US Navy patrols off the Somali coast in response to pirating (2009)
•Established a new cyber-security office and appointed a cyber-security czar (2009)
•Ordered the first nation-wide comprehensive cyber-threat assessment (2009)
•Instituted a new Nuclear Posture Review, revising US nuclear deterrence policy to encourage more nations to join the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (2010) * Note: Components of the policy include: a pledge to stop nuclear testing; a pledge to not build a new generation of nucs; identifying nuclear terrorism, rather than a launch from another nuclear state, as the major threat; a pledge to not use nucs on a non-nuclear state in a conventional conflict; etc.
•Executive orders to block payment, transfers, exports, etc… of individuals and organizations support the regimes of North Korea, Iran, Somali pirates, and other foreign threats (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to extend certain provisions of The Trading with Enemies Act which was to expire in September 2010 (2010) * Note: This includes freezing assets and banning trade that benefits the Cuban regime; however further efforts at normalizing travel to Cuba are supported
•Signed bill for southwest border security and increased funds and agents on the Mexican border (2010)
•Signed the Comprehensive Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act to deal with foreign regimes like Iran and North Korea (2010)
•Ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden (2011)
IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN
•Began the phased withdrawal of US troops from Iraq (2009); continuing the withdrawal (2010)
•Changed the US military command in the Afghan conflict (2009)
•Tasked the Pentagon to reorganize US policy in Afghanistan; the new policy includes 30,000 additional troops deployed, priority training of Afghan forces, developing agriculture and infrastructure, limiting aerial bombing, etc. (2009)
•Ordered the Pentagon to send additional helicopters to assist US Marine units and Special Forces in Afghanistan (2009)
•Increased unmanned drone strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date (2009)
MILITARY & VETERANS
•Ordered the Pentagon to cover expenses of families of fallen soldiers if they wish to be on site when the body arrives back in the US (2009)
••nded the Bush-era “blackout” imposed on media coverage of the return of fallen US soldiers (2009) * Note: The media is now permitted to cover the story pending adherence to respectful rules and with the approval of the fallen soldier’s family
•Ended the Bush-era “black out” policy on media coverage of war casualties (2009) * Note: Full information is now released for the first time in the War on Terror
•Ordered better body armor to be procured for US troops (2009)
•Funding new Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles (2009) * Note: The old Hummers were very vulnerable to roadside explosives and an alarming percentage of our soldiers lost in Iraq were on account of IEDs
•Working to increase pay and benefits for military personnel (2009)
•Improving housing for military personnel (2009)
•Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses (2009)
•Ordered that conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other neglected military hospitals be improved (2009)
•Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military to a post-Cold War, modern fighting force (2009) * Note: Bush announced in 2001 his intention to do this but backed off the reforms after 9/11, which include: new procurement policies; increasing the size of Special Ops units; deploying new technologies; creating new cyber security units; etc.
•Ended the Bush-era practice of awarding “no-bid” defense contracts (2009)
•Improving benefits for veterans as well as VA staffing, information systems, etc. (2009)
•Authorized construction of additional health centers to care for veterans (2009)
•Suspended the Bush-era decision to purchase a fleet of Marine One helicopters from suppliers in favor of American made helicopters (2009)
•Ordered a review of the existing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military (2010)
•New GI Bill for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan (2009)
•Signed bill providing assistance for caregivers of veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan (2010) * Note: The omnibus bill does the following: Training, funding, and counseling for caregivers; promoting pilot childcare programs for women vets under treatment at the VA; independent oversight to prevent abuse; readjustment counseling for National Guard and reservist units; etc.
•Eliminated co-payments for veterans who are catastrophically disabled (2010)
•Fulfilled campaign promise to have combat troops (90,000) out of Iraq by August 31, 2010 (2010)
•Established a new interagency task force to assist veterans owning small businesses (2010) * Note: The efforts include promoting federal contract opportunities, improve access to loans and capital, mentor assistance programs, etc.
•Signed The Families of Fallen Heroes Act, which covers the moving costs of immediate family members of those lost in service (military, intelligence, and security personnel) (2010)
FOREIGN POLICY
•Closed the Bush-era “secret detention” facilities in Eastern Europe (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy allowing “enhanced interrogation” (torture); the US is again in compliance with Geneva Convention standards (2009) * Note: Obama has permitted some controversial interrogation techniques to continue
•Restarted international nuclear non-proliferation talks and reestablished international nuclear inspection protocols (2009) * Note: Bush withdrew from non-proliferation talks and dismantled the inspection infrastructure
•Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009) * Note: These were suspended under Bush
•Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions (2009) * Note: These were suspended under Bush
•Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office (2009)
•Banned the export of cluster bombs (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era plans to increase the US nuclear arsenal (2009)
•Authorized the Navy SEALS operation that freed by force the US shipping captain held by Somali pirates (2009)
•Restored the US commitment to the UN population fund for family planning; overturned the ban on providing funds internationally for family planning (2009) * Note: The family planning efforts were suspended under Bush
•Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return “home” to visit families (2009)
•Extended an offer of engagement (free from sanctions and penalties) to Iran through December 31, 2009 (Iran did not accept the offer) (2009)
•Sent envoys to the Middle East and other parts of the world, reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy (2009)
•Authorized discussions with North Korea and the private mission by former president, Bill Clinton, to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons (2009)
•Authorized discussions with Myanmar and the mission by Senator Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive (2009)
•Renewed loan guarantees for Israel (2009)
•Signed the USIFTA trade agreement with/for Israel (2009)
•Authorized a $550m advance for Israel (six months prior to the scheduled date) in order to accommodate Israeli’s economic and financial needs (2009)
•Continued agreements with Israel for cultural exchanges, immigration, etc. (2009)
•Spoke on Arab television, spoke at an Egyptian university, and met with Arab leaders in an effort to change the tone of US-Arab relations (2009)
•Ordered the US to finally pay its dues to the United Nations (2009)
•Attended the Summit of America’s meeting in Trinidad and Tobago (2010)
•Dispatched several envoys and initiated talks with numerous nations (2010)
•Signed a nuclear limitation treaty with Russia (2010) * Note: The agreement calls for both countries to reduce their nucs by one-third (1,500) and launch systems by half (800)
•Hosted nuclear non-proliferation summit for several nations (2010)
•Executive Order to establish support offices in the State Department to assist the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to continue drug interdiction support with Columbia (2010)
ECONOMY
•Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants…) (2009) * Note: Bush was the first president since Herbert Hoover to not make infrastructure a priority
•Authorized the US auto industry rescue plan and two GMAC rescue packages (2009)
•Authorized the housing rescue plan and new FHA residential housing guarantees (2009)
•Authorized a $789 billion economic stimulus plan (2009) * Note: 1/3 in tax cuts for working-class families; 1/3 to states for infrastructure projects; 1/3 to states to prevent the layoff of police officers, teachers, etc. at risk of losing their jobs because of state budget shortfalls
•Instituted a new rule allowing the public to meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (in as quickly as one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying (2009)
•Authorized a continuation of the US financial and banking rescue plans initiated at the end of the Bush administration and authorized TARP funds to buy “toxic assets” from failing financial institutions (2009)
•Authorized the “Cash for Clunkers” program that stimulated auto sales and removed old, inefficient, polluting cars from the road (2009)
•Convened a “jobs summit” to bring experts together to develop ideas for creating jobs (2009)
•Ordered the FDIC to beef up deposit insurance (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of protecting credit card companies (2009) * Note: In place of the old policy, new consumer protections were instituted and the industry’s predatory practices were banned
•Authorized the federal government to make more loans available to small businesses and ordered lower rates for federal loans to small businesses (2009)
•Placed a 35% tariff on Chinese tires and a few other products such as pipes after China was found to be illegally “dumping” exports below cost (2009) * Note: Clinton, Bush I, and Reagan all refused to “get tough” on China’s predatory trade practices; Bush II refused four times during his presidency
•In November 2009, Obama extended unemployment benefits for one million workers and expanded coverage for some existing homeowners who are buying again (2009)
•Called on Congress to deliver a “Jobs bill” (2010)
•Credit card companies are prohibited from raising rates without advance notification or arbitrarily if customers are paying bills on time (2010)
•Signed a bill to extend unemployment benefits set to expire (2010)
•Signed historic Wall Street reform bill (2010) * Note: Designed to reregulate and end abusive practices and promote consumer protections
•Signed the HIRE Act to stimulate the economic recovery (2010) * Note: The bill includes: tax cuts for small businesses who hire someone unemployed for at least two months; small businesses can write off their investments in equipment this year; etc.
•National Export Initiative established to enhance federal support (technical assistance, training, trade missions, etc.) and coordination efforts to help US businesses export products and services (2010)
•Initiatives to promote a “Wireless Broadband Revolution” (2010) * Note: Among other things, broadband is finally being considered as necessary infrastructure, with efforts to expand use, access, and spectrum…
•Expanded agricultural credit to farmers during current economic crisis (2010)
•Signed bill – US Manufacturing Enhancement Act (2010)
•Signed bill – Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance (2010)
TAXES
•Negotiated a deal with Swiss banks to permit the US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs (2009) * Note: The new policy promotes in-sourcing investments to brings jobs back to the US
•Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which provides small tax cuts for 95% of “working families” (2009) * Note: The tax cuts were not as big as was suggested during the 2008 campaign
•Convened an advisory board that is looking into simplifying the tax code (2009)
•Ordered the closing of offshore tax safe havens (for individual and business tax evaders) (2009)
•Reduced taxes for some small businesses to stimulate the economic recovery (2009)
•Extended the Home Buyers Credit for first-time home buyers (2009)
•Proposed doubling the child tax credit (2010)
•Called for the repeal of the capital gains tax for small businesses (2010)
•Proposed rolling back the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans (2010) * Note: This would be for families earning over $250,000/year and would return their tax rates to the 1990’s level
BUDGETING
•Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut federal spending (2009)
•Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify wasteful spending and practices (2009)
•Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient (2009)
•Overturned the Bush-era practice of not listing certain federal programs in the federal budget (2009) (2010) * Note: Bush did this (so did Reagan) in an effort to hide programs and make the budget look smaller; such “off budget” items are now included in the annual budget
•Full appropriations for war are now included in the budget (2009) (2010) * Note: Bush did not list many of the appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and War on Terror
•Funds for emergency appropriations are now included in the budget (2009) (2010)
•Proposed a three-year freeze on federal discretionary spending beginning in 2011 (2010)
•Is in the process of cutting 120 federal programs identified as either wasteful or unnecessary (2010)
•Established a bipartisan commission on fiscal responsibility, staffed by House and Senate members and private citizens, tasked with submitting proposals to balance the budget (2010) * Note: In the face of Republican opposition, the powers of the commission were watered down
•Established a bipartisan commission on the future of Social Security, tasked with submitting proposals to preserve and strengthen Social Security (2010) * Note: In the face of Republican opposition, the powers of the commission were watered down
•Cut $20 billion from federal budget and has pledged to cut at least this much every year (2010)
•Ultimately decided to cancel planned new presidential helicopter fleet and stick with marine One (2010)
•Freezing all discretionary spending for next three years, except on national security (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to freeze discretionary awards, bonuses, etc. for federal political appointees (2010)
•Beginning to use “Pay-As-You-Go” (Pay-Go) to offset budget expenditures with budget cuts or revenue enhancements (2010)
HEALTHCARE
•Removed Bush era restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research (2009)
•Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research (2009)
•Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children (2009)
•Established an independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare (2009)
•Reversed some of the Bush-era restrictions that prevented Medicare from negotiating with pharmaceutical firms for cheaper drugs, allowing government to again competitively bid (2009) * Note: Obama had promised to lift all restrictions but, while he did negotiate with drug companies for them to lower their costs the deal only lifted some restrictions
•Expanding government vaccination programs (2009)
•Issued new disease prevention guidelines and priorities for the CDC (2009)
•Authorized the FDA to finally begin regulating tobacco (2009)
•Tasked federal labs to prioritize research on and deployment of H1N1 vaccines (2009)
•Asked multiple congressional committees to bring forward a healthcare reform bill; held dozens of public hearings and town halls on the issue (2009) (2010)
•Established a new council on National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health to be chaired by Surgeon General and charged with promoting healthy lifestyles and integrative healthcare (2010)
•When accusations to the contrary arose, an Executive Order was signed to reaffirm that federal funds are not to be used for abortion services (2010)
•Historic healthcare reform bill signed – $940 billion over 10 years (2010) * Note: 32 million additional Americans will receive healthcare coverage and costs will be lowered for most Americans, but many of the goals are phased in over four years
Components of the bill
•Prevents insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals/family members with pre-existing health conditions; a temporary plan is being developed to cover high-risk individuals with pre-existing conditions until the full reforms go into effect in 2014
•Prevents insurance companies from placing lifetime limits on benefits
•Bans “rescission” so insurance companies can’t cancel coverage if individuals keep their policies current or if they become ill
•An individual’s out-of-pocket healthcare expenses are capped
•Closes the “donut hole” (Part D) for Medicare prescription drug coverage (under Bush, Medicare helped pay for drugs up to $2,600 and above $4,550, but individuals had to pay 100% of the costs in between these amounts); now Medicare helps cover costs irrespective of the amount – seniors will now pay only 25% of drug costs up to $4,550 and only 5% of drug costs above that amount
•In 2010, an emergency provision will offer seniors a $250 rebate on the costs incurred within the “donut hole”
•Individuals living at or below the poverty line were eligible for healthcare under Medicaid, but by 2014 individuals/families living slightly above (making up to $14,404/$29,327) the poverty line will also be eligible for benefits
•Individuals/families making less than $43,320/$88,200 per year will qualify for government subsidies to help purchase health insurance
•All individuals must have health insurance or face a government fine; all large (over 50 employees) employers must offer health insurance to employees or pay a fine
•Small businesses can get a tax credit if they offer health care
•There are hardship exemptions if individuals can’t afford health insurance
•Families can keep their children in college on their plans through age 26
•Promotes health insurance “exchanges” so consumers can buy “wholesale”
•Creates consumer assistance offices to help consumers file complaints or appeal decisions from insurance companies; beginning in 2011, insurance companies can no longer make excessive rate hikes without justification and approval, and those doing so may be barred from participating in new health insurance exchanges
Funding sources:
•Large employers (over 50 workers) that don’t offer health benefits will be charged a $2,000/worker fee; if the employer offers coverage but employees instead purchase federally subsidized insurance the fee is $3,000/worker receiving federal subsidies or $750/worker (whichever is lower)
•Annual fees on pharmaceutical companies ($27 billion), health insurance companies ($60 billion), and medical device-makers ($20 billion)
•Annual penalties on individuals who do not have health insurance (up to a maximum of $695/person)
•Increase in the Medicare payroll tax from 1.45% to 2.35% for individuals making $200,000+ and families making $250,000+
•3.8% tax on unearned income for millionaires
•Insurance companies will be subject to a tax on each high-end insurance plan (so-called “Cadillac” plans) they offer
Miscellaneous:
•Illegal immigrants are not eligible for insurance or subsidies
•By Executive Order, such federal funding can’t be used for abortion
•The federal government will assist states by covering all of the increased expenses of expanding Medicaid coverage (90% of costs after 2020)
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
•Removed a ruling that now allows individual states to enact automotive fuel efficiency standards above federal standards (2009)
•Offered attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era rule that weakened the Endangered Species Act (2009)
•Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions (2009)
•Signed a measure requiring energy producing plants to begin producing 15% of their energy from renewable sources (2009)
•Announced that the federal government would reengage in the long-delayed effort to clean up “Superfund” toxic waste sites (2009)
•Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production (2009) * Note: Much of Obama’s energy reform was killed by Senate Republicans
•Proposed a new refuge for wild mustangs (2009)
•Canceled several Bush-era mountain-top removal and mining permits (2009)
•Reengaged in international treaties and agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009) * Note: Bush had withdrawn from such efforts
•Asked Congress for an energy reform and “cap and trade” bill (2009) * Note: The Congress failed to pass such a bill
•Developing plan to lease US coastal waters for wind and water-current energy production (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era policies that allowed uranium mining near national parks such as the Grand Canyon (2009)
•Expanded the Petrified Forest National Park (2009)
•Signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act that protects millions of acres of scenic, historic, and recreational lands and trails (2009)
•Requiring that government buildings and facilities be retrofitted to save energy costs (2009)* Note: These green retrofits are moving very slowly
•Authorized studies in several western states to determine how to support large-scale solar installations (2009)
•Attended the Copenhagen talks and, after the talks were stalled, negotiated an international (voluntary) agreement on reducing carbon emissions and raising funds to assist developing nations in offsetting carbon emissions (2009)
•Banned importation of pythons in response to a growing population of pythons damaging the Florida Everglades (2009)
•Committing the federal government to increasing research and use of renewable, clean energy sources such as wind, biomass, etc. (2009)
•Executive orders establishing a federal initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all federal operations (2009) (2010)
•Called for exploring the possibility of additional off-shore oil drilling in the Gulf, Atlantic, and off Alaska (but not in ANWR) (2010)
•Agreed to consider increases in nuclear energy production and requested a study on the feasibility of nuclear power plant construction (2010) * Note: Nearly all energy initiatives were defeated by Republican opposition in Congress
•Increased investment in clean energy projects (2010)
•Executive Order to develop a new strategy for and commitment to ocean and lake resources, and for scientific research on water quality (2010)
RIGHTS
•Instituted enforcements for equal pay for women (Lilly Ledbetter Bill) (2009)
•Appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina, to the Supreme Court (2009)
•Held the first Seder in White House (2009)
•Appointed a diverse Cabinet and diverse White House staff (2009)
•Spoke at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization (2009)
•Signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation that includes acts of violence against gays under the list of federal hate crimes (2009)
•Reversed the Bush-era practice of politicizing Justice Department investigations and prosecutions against political opponents (2009)
•Pushing for some of the 9/11 perpetrators to be tried in federal court (2009) * Note: The process has moved at a snail’s pace and, in the face of opposition, Obama has remained quiet
•Signed an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Bill to provide federal research and support for treating the disease (2009)
•Allowed the State Department of offer same-sex benefits for employees (2009)
•Proposed that the Pentagon repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy; placed a “freeze” on current efforts to remove alleged homosexuals from the military (2009)
•After eight years of neglect, the Justice Department and EEOC are again enforcing employment discrimination laws (2009)
•Convened the White House Tribal Nations Conference, inviting representatives from 564 federally-recognized Indian tribes (2009)
•Provided increased school projects for Indian lands and increased funds for the Indian Health Service (2009)
•Signed an Executive Order mandating that his Cabinet develop plans to work with and consult Indian tribes on issues impacting Indian lands (2009)
•Commissioned a study to develop alternatives to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (2010)
•Called for federal agencies to look into recognizing gay partnerships in terms of benefits (2010)
•Signed an Executive Order for the President’s Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
•Increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
•Signed Executive Order to promote the federal government as a “model employer” when it comes to hiring the disabled (2010) * Note: This includes new efforts to increase the recruitment, hiring, and training for the disabled
•Programs to assist Spanish speakers with the US Census (2010)
•Elena Kagen appointed to Supreme Court (2010)
•Tasked all federal agencies to develop new strategies to address HIV/AIDS (2010)
•After organizing studies on the topic in 2009, tasked the Pentagon to eliminate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (2010)
•Signed Fair Sentencing Act (2010) * Note: The Administration continues to deescalate marijuana interdiction and raids; increased dramatically the amount of cocaine one must possess to be sentenced to jail; eliminated mandatory sentencing for first-time drug abusers and simple possession
EDUCATION
•Authorized construction funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access in K-12 public schools (2009)
•Increased funding for school construction (2009)
•Increased funding available for student loans (2009)
•Expanded the national youth service program (2009)
•Streamlined the federal student loan process to save $87 billion over the next 10 years (2009)
•Changed the rule to allow students struggling to make college loan payments to refinance their loans (2009)
•Beginning discussions with Congress for education reform (2009) * Note: Much of Obama’s education reform has been sidelined by opposition in Congress
•Initiated a “Race to the Top” competitive federal grant program for states who develop innovative policies (2009)
•Instituted a “judgment review” allowing families with student loans to petition to have their current financial status determine the loan rather than the previous year’s finances (2009)
•Launched “Educate to Innovate,” a public/private partnership making $236 million available for science, mathematics, and technology education programs (2009)
•Proposed capping the maximum amount students must pay on student loans (as percentage of their income) (2010)
•Proposed reducing student loan obligations for individuals going to work in community and public service jobs (2010)
•The federal government will offer direct student loans, cutting out the cost of private banks (“middle man”) who increase the costs in order to make a profit (2010)
•Increased investment in technologies for schools/education (2010)
DISASTER RESPONSE
•Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness (2009)
•FEMA once again reports directly to the president (2009) * Note: Bush removed FEMA (prior to the Hurricane Katrina disaster) from this status
•Demonstrated an immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters (2009)
•Ordered that funds be released and red tape be streamlined for the ongoing Hurricane Katrina recovery effort in the Gulf Coast (2009)
•Timely and massive relief effort in response to the January 2010 earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis (2010)
Components of the response:
•The FBI’s National Center for Disaster Fraud was tasked to look into possible fraud with organizations soliciting funds for relief
•Announced the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund
•Established an emergency Haiti Task Force in the State Department
•Established a website with information, resources, and a posting of a “person finder” online to help families and friends to locate loved ones
•Joint aid and relief planning with the U.K.
•Sponsored a resolution in the UN Security Council for additional security and police forces in Haiti
•Dispatched the US Navy floating hospital (USNS Comfort) and, within 5 days, 9 naval and relief ships, 5 Coast Guard cutters, 8 Coast Guard aircraft, and 12,000 US military personnel
•Initial dispatch of several ships and cargo planes full of humanitarian aid and supplies, 6 search/rescue teams (500 personnel), and 265 Department of Health & Human Services personnel for emergency medical and aid support
•Established a mobile US air traffic control center at the destroyed airport in Port-au-Prince
•After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a freeze was placed on new deep water projects (2010)
•Executive Order to establish new security measures to minimize accidental release of bio and chemical agents; new strategies for public health and bioterrorism response (2010)
•Established a national commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon spill to examine facts and report a plan of action; new efforts to prevent offshore spills (2010)
•After a slow start in responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the White House is promoting a long-term plan to reconstruct the damaged Gulf and negotiated with BP the establishment of a multi-billion dollar trust fund for victims of the spill (2010)
•Extended national flood insurance program for those in need during current economic crisis (2010)
OTHER INITIATIVES
•New federal funding for science and research labs (2009)
•Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program (2009)
•Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program (2009)
•Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud (2009)
•Ordered the DEA to stop raids on medical marijuana usage (2009)
•Ordered a review of existing “mandatory minimum” prison sentencing (2009)
•Signed an order to limit airport tarmac delays and the time passengers had to sit in the plane/on the tarmac during delays (2009)
•Restored the EPA to “Cabinet level” status (2009) * Note: Bush removed the EPA from this status
•Beginning discussions with Congress for comprehensive immigration reform (2010) * Note: Much of Obama’s immigration reform had been stalled by opposition in Congress
•Commissioned expert panels and reports from NASA; announced a new direction for human space flight that involves funding a new heavy lift-launcher and jettisoning the Ares 1 program; boosting NASA’s budget by $1 billion in 2011 (2010)
•Ordered a ban on text-messaging for all commercial truck and bus drivers (2010)
•Signed bill – FAA Air Transportaiton Modernizatin and Safety Improvement Act (2010)
P.S. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING…
•The Obamas paid for the renovations of the private living quarters in the White House with their own money rather than using the funds provided to all new first families (2009)
•The Obamas reused many Christmas ornaments from previous White House trees rather than buy new ones (2009)
•The Obamas used LED energy-saving lights on White House Christmas tree (2009)
•Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; donated the award money for the prize to several charities (2009)
•Planted a garden for the White House’s vegetables and flowers (2009)
•Installed a swing set/playground for the Obama daughters and children of White House employees (2009)
•Held over 150 public town halls, press conferences, interviews, etc. in first year in office (2009) * Note: Official numbers are not available on such things, but this seems to be a new record high
•Less than 30 days of vacation in first year in office (2009) * Note: Official numbers are not readily available on such things, but this seems to be a new record low
Nice cut and paste job asshole. After reading that pile of garbage you posted, it really makes one wonder why this country contunes to amass an astronomical amount of debt and questions about the debt celling are constantly raised. Thanks you Obama. Let go spend some more money in Lybia while we’re at it. Fucking libtard…
There IS NO “Tupac of this generation”.
NOBODY will ever be ‘Pac, no one will reach that level he was on. Period.
But Lupe Fiasco is on Tupac status. By that I mean he’s on ‘Pac status because he puts the media, the government, everyone on blast. He speaks so candidly. “Words I Never Said” he puts out Obama, bank owners, the government, he just speaks his mind without hesitation. But again, there IS NO “Tupac of this generation”.
Rest Well ‘Pac! Hail Mary!
Lupe Fiasco is weak man. The subjects he touches have been said by many other rappers who actually go deeper in the subject matter. Lupe brings things up that he wouldnt be able to back up. I could see through his “conscious” rapper facade.
4 real. Biggie was a rich boy who idolized ‘Pac’s type. His mother went on to tell us that he grew up in a 5 bedroom house with a full fridge. lol… Studio gangsta!
Biggie told stories he learnt from his bodyguard and other friends on records. He was not a gangsta but he sold crack somedays. He worked for someone but the guy tricked him and he was broke again. Then he met Puff. Puff tricked him too and Big got almost no money for his album. He sold copies of his album to have money. Source: Mark Curry’s book about Puffy, Dance with the Devil
damn 2pac and Wayne dissed Wendy Williams lol nobody like her..2pac used to diss everybody tho he may have even dissed Hov if he was alive lil longer too..I would’ve loved to hear Pac and Em go at it tho (dat would’ve been classic since he dissed Dre)
Don’t get me wrong… I was a huge 2pac fan before he joined death row. After that I lost interest, mainly due to bullshit songs like this one. He didn’t like biggie, figure that out on “hit em up”.
Real talk…. I prefer to remember “the revolutionary” 2pac saying some real shit rather than the Suge Knight puppet acting like the madd rapper
I agree. I mean, I like some of the stuff he did on Death Row, but you’re right, too much of it was Suge and his goons forcing Pac’s hand. Pac was making a million songs because he was trying to fulfill his contract and get the fuck outta there. There’s nothing worse than being indebted to a bunch of killers.
lol you obviously didnt follow pac’s career.pac was in northern cali way before getting into deathrow.always in the hood.digital underground.the california gang lifestyle appealed to pac.when pac let Orlando Anderson have it, what did pac ask him?..”you from the southside (southside compton crips)”.nobody forces anyone into gangbanging.the lifestyle attracts the thugs.and some of the thugs are smart as fuck.but choose to fuck up.
I MISS TUPAC!!!!
THESE pussies in this pussy ass industry are still scared to death of the realest EVER!!!
There is hundreds of tracks unreleased, please just release them as HE INTENDED THEM TO BE RELEASED.
R.I.P TUPAC THE GREATEST EVER
Ok, we got it. Pac asked to get killed. Stop posting this garbage, couldn’t even get through listening to it. “Until the End of Time” and others are better representations of his talent.
nas aint real nigga is a secret mason same club as those he speaks about in his song, he fake a coon same goes for jay,dre,ice cube,puffy. pac exposed all these niggaz you stupid niggaz today call real.real niggaz is dead cuz they spoke the truth and were lynched,RIP PAC RIP BIGGIE /FAKE NIGGAZ IS STILL IN THE GAME LYING TO YOU
Your mother is whack dude. This is a post humous track from a late great who clearly helped pave the way for your sorry ass and the least you can do is show a little respect so unless you learn to do that, go and stick your penis in your mums mouth until she bites your cock off you pussi.
How can you even say that with a straight face. I hate aruging online but name anybody who’s done the same thing for Hip Hop, coming from where they came from with their message especially Pac. That man, I could say died for his message, he was the truest, realest emcee that ever lived and Big neither over are over rated, matter of fact they’re under rated. So when they put some one like Em on the same level I get offended, because Em was not man enough to wager his life on his skills. One of my mates said Em got big because he was white, this maybe true and it may not be, but all I know is lyrically I resonate more with Pac than I do with any other emcee out now accept for a select few. The most under rated emcee after Pac I’ve gotta say is DOOM or even Talib Kweli and the most underated producer was no doubt Dilla.
King on Kings WTF you mean the nigga put out plenty of album befor he died….what did you think the BACKGROUND DANCER was doing on digital underground no body really listen too it BECAUSE IT WAS ASS!! his shit started to blow up when he started talking about the harsh realities and guess that somewhat ended his carrer DUMBASS!
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Man I wish Pac would have lived long enough to murder that bitch nigga Nas. We know Pac would have destroyed Nas!!! But then again anyone that knows hip hop knows Pac > Nas, it’s not even a issue!
Nas is highly overrated when comes being a lyricst. Pac as a wordsmith (or metaphorcally) never had the chopps to fuck with a NY Mc… but he did step-up to the bat, ex: Big, Mobb, Nas, and Jay-z… and rock the shit out them niggaz…LOL!
In my opinion Pac is the best emcee to ever bless the mic. I’m not saying he was the best freestyler or had the best flow, but he had the most energy and was the most well rounded emcee I’ve ever heard on the beat not even Big had the same energy as this due because every emcee has a different imprint so when says Nas’ Illmatic I say Pac’s All Eyez on me, any day that is one of the best and most succeful records of the nineties.
(Good thing I’m asking this question behind this computer screen so you hostile fag’s can’t attack me)
How has the west coast contributed to hip hop music? The only reason why rappers shout out west coast hiphop is because if they don’t, west coast rappers get all butt-hurt and wanna start beef and say “What about us?”. In regards to Tupac…Tupac caused a lot of destruction with this east coast, west coast rivalry and got himself killed because for one: talking about death so much that it came and snatched him up and two: Messing around with Suge Knight…the man who got him killed. He released that track “changes”…yeahright…he would’ve continued with what he was doing. I don’t hate tupac at all, he was a great man. I’m just voicing my opinion.
Drama Queen. Surely there are discussion boards somewhere online for this kinda topic? Discuss the song. It is always great to hear any unreleased 2Pac music. He never caused an East/West rivalry.
>BLACK EYES PEAS
>PHARCYDE
>MC EIGHT
>wc madd circle
>coolio
>d.o.c
>dru down
>luniz
>spice 1
>hobojunction
>Hieroglyphics
>blackalicious
>jurrasic 5
>Planet Asia
>Ras Kass
>Dialated Peoples
> Alkoholiks
>Psycho Realm
>Cypress Hill
>Living Ledgends
LET ME STOP B4 H.LEE THINKS THIS IS A DISS SMH .. KIDS THAT DONT KNO HIP HOP GO EDUCATE URSELF..THIS BET AWARDS WAS FREAKIN HORRIBLE THIS YEAR .. SHAME I HOPE THE HIPHOP AWARDS ARE BETTER BUT WITH WHO OUT I DOUBT IT SERIOUSLY
Ok let me rephrase that…Since “3 Headed Monstah” named off dope emcee’s that I actually listen to. Qhat has “GANGSTER” rap done for hiphop? absolutely nothing…
LLLike I asked before you anonymous gaylord “WHAT HAS GANGSTER RAP DONE FOR HIPHOP?”. Listing off a list of rappers doesn’t explain much you idiot…gangster rap is brainwashing and it only causes drama. Good thing it’s died down. Honestly…i’d rather put up with this brainless rap nowadays than to listen to BRAINWASHING gangster rap music that motivates me to do evil. buster…
dr dre- lil ghetto boy. ice t- 6 in the mornin’. nwa- dopeman. above the law- black superman. ice cube- who’s the mack? songs like the ones i named also showed there is consequences to the lifestyle as opposed to glorifying it, which most people focus on.
but since you’re so hell-bent on shitting on west-coast music (your original question is what you intended to say), they say that the gangsta rap genre started in the east coast. #sowhatyousayin’?
Like I asked before you anonymous gaylord “WHAT HAS GANGSTER RAP DONE FOR HIPHOP?”. Listing off a list of rappers doesn’t explain much you idiot…gangster rap is brainwashing and it only causes drama. Good thing it’s died down. Honestly…i’d rather put up with this brainless rap nowadays than to listen to BRAINWASHING gangster rap music that motivates me to do evil. buster…
Funny you say ‘why can’t black folks’ get along, Pac said it best when he said ‘They say it’s the white men I should fear, when it’s my own kind doing all the killing hear’. You’re both on point here ,but you must remember that this is the nature of Hip Hop, it’s all about competition as much as it is about spreading the message am I right or wrong ?
Yup, he dissed dre. Tupac said he was going to get in shape, put on some nike running shoes, chase dre down on foot and buttfuck him at 30mph with his chunky ass dick.
Actually Pac had no gang affiliation you idiot… he respected all, blood or cuz, but since he was down with Death Row he rode with Suge who was a blood. Therefore sometimes he sported red like with the Red Wings jersey but he never declared himself either way cuz he was from NY then Baltimore, then the Bay before he got with Death Row. Get the facts st8 homie.
what the fuck does karma have to do with murder u ignorant stupid dumb bitch!!! so ur telling me that because he died even though he had never killed anyone meant it was just karma, that means that ur dead love ones also got visited by karma right??? you are officially a disgrace to all living things!!!
he means karma caught up to him cause all he rapped about was death, u keep talkin bout death and r infatuwaited with death watch what happens, 2pac, biggie, jim morrison, …
2pac is a disgrace to humanity a fucking thug who professed robbing and shooting decent white folk in america who built this country from nothing into a fucking empire, then come these fucking immigrants and try to take away everything my southern grandparents worked for, wtf is up with that? you were brought here by slavery? fine, go back to your fucking africa, be one with your culture (which is witch craft, eating your relatives and dancing naked near camp fires), but leave this glorious country alone! LEAVE COUNTRY ALONE!
take ur butt fuckin goatface back to the caucus mountains….smh, u wouldnt say that shit in real life cause ur bitch ass knows u wud catch a beat down….
wtf empire???? because of the stupid white people running this country is that we have this fucked up economy crisis!!!! now u stupid white people had no choice but to elect a black man to clean up after a retarded white man that had no idea on how to properly run a country!!
One thing u can never question was Pac’s passion niggaz dnt rhyme with that passion anymore they just record songs they like robots nowadays Pac made you believe wat he was saying…
The cover pic honestly doesn’t look like Pac… it really looks like someone trying to be a lookalike. There are so many out there that I feel like I can’t trust any pic anymore.
But… nobody could fool me with the voice, lyrical, or delivery… this is classic Pac shit to the core and you gotta respect the don Makaveli for his passion. The man was just so real…. it’s hard for me to describe to anyone that wasn’t alive to feel his shit as he dropped each track/album and did every interview. It was like witnessing the newest form of Malcolm or Huey P. Newton who not only spoke out for his people but was a successful entertainer who was great at music and acting. He knew the best way to reach people and get them to think was through entertainment. I only wish we had more like him now who see the affect that the entertainment industry has on the lost souls.
All ya’ll dont know shit what ya’ll talking bout. If you aint older than 33, you should not be posting shit here. Dont know what the fuck yall talking bout. Some dude had the nerve to ask if Pac dissed Dre on this song. That right there proves these are a bunch of young mofos who dont know shit.
rick ur pussy.how the fuck u gonne write some dumbshit bout Pac and expect ur ugly moma not to get dissed 4 that huh?rick, u ain’t from L.A, u may be trying to fight poverty by trying to scavenge in L.A but u ain’t an L.A son.Fuck U!
hahaha You fuckin faggot wanna be thugs.. Whats with these “thugs” that listen to pac? For some reason they think that listening to pac makes them harder. hahahah. BITCHES!!! And I’m born and raised in LOS ANGELES…not a fuckin transplant like you fuckin faggots! Never Liked Pac never will. Average at best….and for thoses that say that Pac was the best…EAT A DICK…you must not know too much about Hip Hop …so shut the fuck up……..Im here to offend all you sliding up & down pacs cock. Oh, And what kinda “thugs” use anonymous as their name…fake as bitches….fake thugs dont get no love, you get got by hot seeking slugs!
Its pac everyday til’ the end of time.Eye people don’t realize pac was profound and lyrical without trying.Love biggie,todays rappers suck and unexcusably terrible.
@Steve beck dude right you bitch made cave bastard.Read in the bible numbers chapter twelve verse nine ,ten and eleven.All you pale demons gonna get it for what you did too my ancestors.Talk that trash to my face and bring a couple of fella’s with you punk bitch.
That Steve Beck dude was definitely on some ignorant irrelevent shit, but I read that entire chapter of numbers 5 times and it doesn’t say anything like what you apparently think it does… take a class in theology before you try to preach son.
De La!!!! Pac dissed De La!!!! Man towards the end of his life Pac just got on some pranoid shit. De La is one of the most peaceful crews in Hip Hop. C’mon son.
People can’t handle the truth. Most rappers use subliminal disses and have sneaky ways. Pac told it straight up and people couldn’t handle it (and as these comments prove, a lot of you still can’t).
nas was lyrically better so was big, it was a different flow and delivery retard. so they all in their own sense were the greatest. big did not have delivery like or the passion neither does nas. but nas n big r better story tellers. so shut the fuck up faggot
Go listen to ur Thug Life bullshit stans.I understand u have feelings for Pacs tracks cuz he was all like ”Boo hoo me,Boo hoo u” but don’t hate on the truth and the truth is that he was an angry man with paranoidical tendencies and a fuckin rapist…And on the top of that he is probably the reason why the GREATEST OF ALL TIME is dead as well…RIP Big,and RIP Pac
Thank you. Pac is overrated. I usually dont say anything, but Im tired of all this greatest talk. He was a dancer for one of the softest group of all time, Digital Underground. He had passion, but his energy was used in the wrong place. Dissing De La is crime, like someone has said before, they represent peace.
Pac started controversy HIP HOP. It kills me with all these people talking Pac is the greatest, because if you know your history the east coast was not really messing with Pac until he started to act crazy and he started acting crazy because he was getting no respect. East Coast rap at the time was Biggie, Wu, Tribe, Gangstarr, Bootcamp. Pac was no where to be found.
At our Homecoming in ’94 at A&T this dude was actually booed, cause he could not perform and nobody was really messing with him. When the movie Juice came out he started to take on the THUG Life Mentality as a character. Its funny cause Common said it before, nobody a thug before Tupac came they had parts in they eyebrows trying to be like Kane. HIP HOP fans since the late 90’s have been nothing but followers, riding on anybody “so called hot” as soon as they come out or as soon as the radio say they hot. Prime example, where are all the dogs at that were following DMX? Where all the NO Limit Soldiers? Where all the jiggy players at? Now everybody want to be from the South.
The real deal is that Pac and Biggie died while they were in there primes. Imagine what HIP HOP would have been like if KRS died after By any means neccessary or if Rakim died after Follwer the Leader or what if Kane died after Long Live the Kane.
People act as if they were alive today that HIP HOP would be different. BULLISH, with HIP HOP being commercialized PAC and Biggie would be cooning themselves too. Believe dat !!!!!
To answer your question about “where are all the dogs at that were following DMX? Where all the NO Limit Soldiers? Where all the jiggy players at?……..They are all grown now and prob 30+ years old. I hope the same people that grew up on DMX and Master P are not still going around saying “Where my dogs at” and barking like dogs and still not saying “Im bout it bout it” and “Hoody Whoo”.
Different generations have different people to follow. All the people who followed the people you mentioned are grown ass men or women. My point is, they are no where to be found because times change. 10 years from now we will be saying where are all the punks wearing skinny jeans with rags hanging out there back pocket trying to be like Weezy. I hope they have professional jobs and doing something positive with their life.
I am a Tupac fan and i aint gonna tell you to shut the fuck up or go crazy on you.. I respect what you just said and I kinda agree with you.. a lot of rappers are overrated and they get the “Great” status when they get shot and drop dead.. I am also a Proof fan and everybody was sleepin on the homie until he got shot.. all of a sudden he gets 5/5 in the DX and some shit like that.. We only appreciate rappers when they are dead and thats the sad thing about HipHop
R.I.P Pac, Proof, Pun, Biggie and everybody who represented this pure art called HipHop
you dumb ass naughty by nature n trech were boys with him way before so do your research. also he was heavily involved with bootcamp they had an album coming out. you just hate on him, realist nigga out. he said wat he felt n u mad cuz of that. he was always thug n kept it 100, drink bleach n die.
None Ya
Respect the response, but the same gangsters/soldiers from No Limit and RRuff Ryders are the same ages as the THUGS Pac came out in the 90’s and dudes still be claiming THUGS, so Im not understanding that point.
Retard
You are what you name says. Just cause you know east coast rappers dont mean the east coast listens to your music, which was the point. Also, answer me this, what is more realer that F**k the police or Burn Hollywood Burn? That’s real.
If Pac was so real then why did Suge Knight basically pimp him? If he was real he would have been up on game or been up on how not to be pimped, right? Like I said Pac would be cooning like everyone else.
Sad thing about all of this is that Pac is one of the best rappers, but people act like he is Martin or Malcolm or Obama. I wonder if the same people that love and ride or die with Pac so much feel the same way toward them three?
Pac was being bullied by The Jewish Mob who was pushing Suge. You need some time in the business of things before you understand them. Pac was also heavy in the east and west before 94 to HipHop. You should better inform yourself.
Actually, it is the original beat. There was a 1 verse clip of a unheard Death Row Remix that leaked a year or 2 ago. I agree though, it doesn’t sound like a 2Pac beat.
y do everybody think drake is so fuckin great. all this nigga do is sing about ex girlfriends and money hes lame as fuck u should be smacked in ur mouth son
People that say 2pac wasnt a Lyrcist are fucking dumb man! More People know EVERY WORDS too More PAC songs then any Rapper in the history of the GAME! And sure Pac had his Dumb Side But thats why Even more People love him cuz he was Human Had our type of Problems in the Hood! PAC WAS the REALEST RAPPER EVER! The G.O.A.T!
so that makes him fake right…he was born in New York nut repped Cali???? FAKE ASS NIGGA….even if he moved to the West, you always rep where your from. 2 PAC you fake nigga, if your dead, you deserved it, if your alive, come back and go to jail you bitch!!!
Dear mama, Changes, How long will they mourn me, Whatz ya phone number etc etc etc…Pac had way more than just dissing, weed, bitches and hennesy dog, check yo self!
the greatest of all time, i dont see how people can put pac and big in the same league, they both died at the same age but the diference is pac left a whole body of work and art, big had one album dont get me wrong its a classic but it cant compare with what pac done. big was a great rapper but couldnt connect with the listener the same pac could, i used to listen to tunes like dear mama and think shit thas my story. pac was also a great storyteller tracks like wonder why they call u bitch, life goes on are stories but also relevent they had a meaning behind them. anyway iv gone off on one RIP the greatest there ever will be
That’s what no one understands,
PAC WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT
that thug shit, tattoos,going out dissing people
he didn’t give a fuck about the next best thing and he wouldn’t give a fuck about a hater sitting behind their screen talking smack about topics they have no relevance in.
Pac did his thing, left his mark,sold more then your favourite MC (before eminem passed him this year,though Em been rappin 3x longer)
He’s a legend, everyone has their flaws, you should hate the Pac fans who overrate him, not the person himself.
Bitches should be disgraced dissing a dead man.
This happened 15 YEARS AGO, before some of you bitches even learned how to walk..
2pac was not the first to do that thug shit..there was kool g rap, just-ice,ice t, nwa etc…dissing people was done way before Pac too..look at all the rap battles from before krs one vs shan ll cool j vs kool moe dee..and its the new age how you know pac wont be on the comp givin a fuck about the haters…I like pac but get your facts straight before you speak like you know
Pac was cool but you cats ride dude like her was perfect and did no wrong…When he first started rappin he was talking about black power and revolutionary stuff….Digital Underground was not a thug based group….Pac didn’t start all that bullshit till Shug bailed him out…
@Not really… that’s where you’re wrong. He was still hard as fuck on his first album 2Pacalypse Now – see Violent, Trapped, and Young Black Male – and his second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z – see Last Words with Cube and Ice T, Strugglin’, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and the title track. He created Thug Life and released Volume 1 with them as well as spoke his mind about his depression on Me Against the World. Pac was speaking out and calling out the fakes way before he signed with Suge. People forget that before he was on Death Row he had the #1 album in the country while behind bars in Me Against The World. He was on top of the rap game before he signed with Death Row… Suge was just the first to post bail and say I got you… just come do your thang on the Row.
I just said he wasnt perfect, your weak ass comes back talking smack all over again.
Im not a dickrider but ‘Pac was one in a million..
Look at how soft hip-hop went after he died..Who’s having beef now?Who is speaking against all this bullshit while selling millions?none..
Pac isnt a god, but he had the power and the balls to get at anyone, died cause of Suge but he said himself he don’t care if he dies..
Fact is that he is still in the top 10 greatest but y’all mad over a dead man being respected so much, watch how many Lil Wayne,Rick Ross and Gucci riders there are..SMH at you fools discrediting a legend.
Where the music at now?Poppin pills,drinkin that sizzurp…What’s next, heroin and cocaine?Industry is fucked up, y’all arguing over 2Pac being wack n shit, he did more then any other rapper has done to this date, he died with hundreds of tracks just from ’95 – ’96, he got hundreds of unreleased tracks from ’91 – ’96 and 90% of that is classic shit deserved to be put out.
My ni@@a Pac was on another level for real,you dont even hear disses from from these Chumps Mobb Deep ,Chino Xl and Wendy but they all started Him.I love Nas but at that time he was trying to defend Mobb Deep.
Love this right here…but home boy do your research…MOBB DEEP Was THE only East Coast group to fire back at Pac when he was alive…Listen to “Drop A Gem On’em” from their ’96 album Hell On Earth. Thats why I have respect for them cause JAY Z, Nas, Puffy,etc., etc, were all scared to reply back to Pac but big up him after death..that alway seem supa phony to me…just stating facts..nothing personal.
In ’95 Pac gave a shout out to De La. Apparently they said the wrong thing to the G.O.A.T. Anyone who rates this below 5 and goes to a modern day track and gives it higher is just crazy. You can’t beat this dude.
Tupac is real….but the end HE DIED!
they alive. So…..*kanye shrug*
Life is Politics, you praise Pac cuz none of ya’ll have the balls enough to die for what you believe in. So in the end,how you live is personal choice. Can’t praise one and be a hyporcrite to it
This is the mixtape that’s single handedly ruining hip hop, from this punk Asshole named Roamin. Pac would be turning in his grave, even peep the illuminati symbolism on the album cover.. http://www.datpiff.com/ROAMIN-I-Am-A-Hoax-mixtape.245891.html
Are you serious? You do realize that 90%+ of the dope 80’s and 90’s rappers who are better than Pac are still around and these corny rappers are still here, so I’ll have to disagree with your post.
all of you saying that pac wasn’t gangster and this and that..I guess you all forgot the fact that Tupac shot up two police officers…and yes this was before Suge Knight and Deathrow came along…now how many of your so called gangsta rappers have been known to do shit like that??.
Funny, cuz pac was on mtv and bet everyday in 1995 and no one even heard of nas…illmatic didn’t go platinum till a couple years ago…and I know sales don’t mean shit, but in the 90’s EVERYONE went platinum…nas and jay had a tough roadblock with pac fucking up their careers (reasonable doubt flopped as well)…i love them all though, just tellin how it really went down…
You idiots.. if this was released back when it was made, shit woulda hit the fan. pac is the greatest. biggie aint got no unreleased shit still comin out. stupid bitches acting like they know hiphop. shutttthefuckkupp faggotsss
Pac is the greatest passionate wise. He put in the most passion and heart into his shit. But nobody can say that Pac was the most lyrical, he had some lyrical ass shit but I would say either Cassidy or Lloyd Banks are the best lyrically
Go to you tube and look up “The Magnificent” by Special Ed. Take a good look at the background dancers, there’s a nice close up around 2:14 of Pac. The Magnificent is a dope track by the way.
Ayyrab: I think maybe your the stupid bitch acting like he knows hip hop. Stay in school homie.
get of dead dicks. pac is far for being the greatest! How many songs did he made with sounds the same: thug in heavev, thug in jail, weed, hennesy, bla bla bla and he is the greatest???? lame ass fans
practice what u preach watch yo mouth or if pac was still here nowadays he’d have to call this song watch yo fingers, watch yo texts homie, watch yo tweets, u think pac would have a twitter account, and didnt he used to always say “real niggas dont die” so by that logic was he callin himself fake?
Real niggas don’t die cause when they do. They live on forever!!! In retard language: pac is still living thru your dumb ass cause your talking about him aren’t you?????? So he don’t die!!
ook at all these wiggas on a black website trying to be black…white people still feel they can comment on hip hop… how can u comment on something if its not a part of your culture… white people try so hard to be black.. you know how stupid u look when u try and act and dress black… they made a movie making fun of white people trying to be black (malibu most wanted)… how does it feel to listen to something u can’t relate to… for an example.. when you listen to nas (second childhood)or (destroy & rebuild) or too short (the ghetto)or watch (boyz n the hood)… how can a white person relate to any of those… you cant really get into the song white people because u dont go through what they rapping about… u got some white people on here commenting saying they live in the hood… first off lets define (hood)… just cause you or yor boyz slang a lil crakk and hang on the corner (thats not the hood)…. just cause u and yor boyz own a gun (thats not tha hood)…. just cause one of yor boyz got murked (thats not tha hood)… jus cause u shot someone (thatz not the tha hood)… know in the real hood . the housing authority… when a white person walks through the projects.. everybody starts looking at him for to rob him or sell him drugs.. when a white person shows up in my hood or housing authority .. everbody jus stop and look with they mouth open… cause they gonna either rob that muthafuker or serve him… i seen a thousand times a white wigga come in the hood trying to black and get hiz goofy azz robbed… whu got that (hood 2 hood)dvd… they go through every hood in the united states jus about.. not one white person on the whole dvd… lol lol lol…. to all the white people trying to be black … hip hop is for black race created by the black race… go look at a paul wall video and look at the way he moves his body trying to look black .. that shit never comes out right.. cause white people have no Rhythm…. thats like the funnyiest thing when whites act or dance black lol lol lol lol lol i
The Most ingnorant shit Iv heard in a while. Music is Music, U like it or u dont. People listen to music for the simple joy of listening to music, some can relate and some think about what the ARTIST is raping about, and most of them like u say are rapping about their lives and shit theyve seen. U talking about white dudes wanting to be black, it happens, a white dude grows up in a black neighboor hood. Or a black guy grows up in a white neighboor wood. What u call him? a black guy wanting to be white? Ur a product of ur en,environment. and u say ur Hood is this and the white man and houseing authority that. Dude ur makign ir sound like black people live in the hood and etc. Not saying they dont , Im saying ur making it look bad about now. And the word Ghetto doesnt mean neccessarily mean poor, it means away from. The nazi came up with the word for the jewish ghettos at the time. LOl Im gonna stop cuz i could just continue and w.e but il end up making fun of u.
I AGREE 100% THESE WHITE BOYS FUCKED THE GAME UP..DILUTED THE PURENESS OF HIP HOP..ON SOME WARRIOR SHIT 2PAC WOULDVE SMACKED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YALL AND FUCKED YOUR WIFE IN YOUR FACE AND YOU WOULDVE EITHER LOVED IT OR SHUT YOUR BITCH ASS UP..YALL NOT BUILT LIKE THAT,THAT DEVILISH SHIT IS YOUR HALLMARK BUT REAL WARRIOR TYPE SHIT IS FOREIGN,YALL TRY YOUR BEST TO VULTURE OFF REAL SHIT..TIME IS TICKING AND WE GETTING READY TO RIDE…BOMB 1ST
Sure Pac said some shit about nas n shit, but the fact is that even Nas knows that Pac is one of the greatest, and he respects Pac to the fullest, and if Pac were listening to Nas’s shit, the feeling would be mutual, and face it, both niggas are arguably the best that have come to outta hip/hop. Both guys are legends in their own ways, any argument about who is better is bullshit, cos each rapper has an area of expertise, I love em both, their both dope, this track is dope, but I think Pac would say this song means nothin, and Nas probably takes it as water under the bridge, cool it down brothers 🙂
its funny how people are taking about someone who died more than 10 years ago and saying that pac is wack when they where 6 years old and thay where dancing to soulja boy 3 years ago hahaha
fuck lil wayne, fuck drake and fuck all these wanna be good rappers! this is real hip hop. not that love shit. no body compares to tupac and fuck all who disagree. if you disagree you obviously have no idea of what real hip hop is!
@Scottie Minor
The Most ingnorant shit Iv heard in a while. Music is Music, U like it or u dont. People listen to music for the simple joy of listening to music, some can relate and some think about what the ARTIST is raping about, and most of them like u say are rapping about their lives and shit theyve seen. U talking about white dudes wanting to be black, it happens, a white dude grows up in a black neighboor hood. Or a black guy grows up in a white neighboor wood. What u call him? a black guy wanting to be white? Ur a product of ur en,environment. and u say ur Hood is this and the white man and houseing authority that. Dude ur makign ir sound like black people live in the hood and etc. Not saying they dont , Im saying ur making it look bad about now. And the word Ghetto doesnt mean neccessarily mean poor, it means away from. The nazi came up with the word for the jewish ghettos at the time. LOl Im gonna stop cuz i could just continue and w.e but il end up making fun of u.
tupac is one of the illest no question, but mic against mic nas would murder tupac, let alone plug one or two, then you put busta in the mix, R.I.P madd respect tupac, but a watch you mouth, because anyone of these mcess you named could have crushed your career, had you still been alive to release this.
crushed his career? how old are you? 16? Hell even 18? Pac was on top of the game when he wrote this…it would’ve been the reverse of what you’ve claimed…
ONLY A CHILD COULD DISPUTE PAC RIPED A NEW HOLE IN THEY ASS AND HOW OLD IS THIS? LOL CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SPIT LEVEL NOW…. PEACEFUL TRANSITION PAC YOU ARE THE GOAT!…THOSE MC’S WE,RE QUIET AT THAT TIME FOR A REASON.
so let me get this straight, matter a fact, im a call it as i see it why not go song for song, me and my girlfriend vs. i gave you power, both realest around the same time,(by the way, both bit off organized confusion’s stray bullet )you mean to tell me that i gave you power was not better, fuck outta here, better beat, better word play, better flow. And i’m not knocking pac, but nah famm not in life or any other, in that just nas he named busta bus nigga is you crazy. NATIVE TONGUE = A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, DE LA SOUL, LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL, THE J.BEES , BLACKSHEEP, THE BEATNUTS( WHO BROUGHT YOU BIG PUN’S FIRST HIT, OFF THE BOOKS)NOT TO MENTION NEW NATIVES COMMON, THE ROOTS, AND BLACKSTAR. THESE DUDES ARE THE REASON WHY YOU HEAR MCESS SOUNDING DIFFERENT , WATCH YA MOUTH SON , I’VE SEEN AND HEARD THIS SHIT SINCE IT STARTED. SEEN TUPAC AS A BACK UP DANCER FOR DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, AND THEY GAVE HIS FIRST FEATURE SAME SONG
and so were on the same page that dis song came out(leaked) long after his death, if he were still alive he never would have realest it. And again i’m not knocking pac, but there’s a old saying don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Check 2:14 of “The Magnificent” by Special Ed. Pac being all Thug Life West Side throw your W’s up, my 44 make sure all your kids don’t grow and shit. But yeah man, check it out on youtube, 2:14. Believe it or not, I actually like Pac, but he’s furthest from the GOAT. I’d much rather listen to Pete Rock, the Roots or Black Star or Wu-Tang Forever. If I want some gangta shit, gimme some Boot Camp or M.O.P. Some West Coast, gimme some Dilated Peoples or Self Scientific. Down South gimme some Outcast or Little Brother or J. Cole, the come up and the warm up were dope! But that’s just my humble opinion. Check it out 2:14 “The Magnificent.” West Side!
@ wishworks:
son what are you smoking? First off, in I Gave You Power Nas is rapping from the perspective of a gun and Pac in Girfriend is rapping metaphorically about his gun being like a girlfriend. So you can’t compare the two in fact. My opinion? Me and My Girlfriend is the better song. it bumps better. has more feeling. more passion. and better flow.
you wanna compare songs? All Eyez on Me and Street Dreams. Or fuckin If I Ruled the World and Troublesome…in both cases pac rocked the beat harder with a better flow. to be honest…and i like nas and respect his ability…nas sometimes got a clumsy flow.
as for name dropping some prominent rap artists to prove you’re not a youngin….I partied with Kool Herc when he was throwing them parties in the hood…doesn’t mean it’s true….
Phat Dawg, had to go back in check if i’m totally smoked out or not buy spinning these joints on repeat while getting smoked out, ill give you me and my girl friend (him and his gun) vs. i gave you power (nas as the gun) the hook was better, he even road the beat better, however , both were topical songs, but how nas depicted the story of the gun from start to finish in then beyond was ill, better than me and my girl friend, which to me was just ok i’ve heard way better from pac. Nas shit was as vivid as hd, over premier and his prime. Oh and i feel you on the fact nas’s sometimes drops have ass albums, what about tupac, his only live joints to me the first album, strickly for my niggas, the one he dropped when he got locked, and all eyes on which was ok,it wasn,t the cronic , snoop’s doggie style, it seemed like dre gave him throw aways lol
I’d agree lyrically Pac wasn’t close to Nas, Biggie or the Soul. Give his due, he was the messiah and mad cats followed. I loved his first album to death.
yo anonymous stop wearing pac panties in dig in the grates ok the man was a good mcee i’ll give ’em that, but against the likes of who he named, fuck outta here, put the cane down you got something on ya lip homes.
Nas and Biggie might be better overall MCs in terms of depth or songwriting, but I don’t think they could hang with him in a beef on wax. Tupac was a master of diss songs.
Also, why the outrage about De La being called out?
They criticised a certain genre of rap, should the rappers of that genre have to remain silent simply because De La have been around for ages?
I don’t remember people being so up in arms when WC dissed Q-Tip on Westside Connection’s Cross ‘Em Out and put a K.
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I see alot of people sayin nas over pac nah i don’t think so. Illmatic was a classic and i’ll give stillmatic a classic. Lyrically he is a beast but don’t put him over pac he was never on his level.
classic Pac but its hard not to chuckle at his statements at the end of the song aimed at Dre “you see where your’re at and you see where the fuck i’m at”……….for a smart nigga, he was such a pawn
tupac got into the game by sucking niggas dicks.. backup dancer/roadie for digital underground.. went to fucking art school and took ballet classes.. yeah tupac is a real nigga.. a real GAY nigga.. dont bite off more than you can chew
This is classic Tupac (War ready) music. The beat is sick and the flow is untouchable!Althought the track is sick, this particular style is not/was not completely Tuoac. What made/makes Tupac the GOAT to me is that he mastered all the styles and could flow with anyone. Te bickering about who is the greatest is uncalled for because there is no absolute answer. Just enjoy the music and look to uplift our people in your own way. As for his start as a dancer and roadie,that is humbling and teaches humility. This is not “sucking someone off”! That is the problem with alot of young people, you all think that if you work for something or someone to get to where you are going that you aren’t real; but truthfully you aren’t real when you don’t!
umm…. good sirs… let me know when wayne get a collage course about him…? ill wait…or even better when he starts to inspire “artist” …ill wait for that to…wayne been in the industry for…15 years or so… pac was around for like 5 6 maybe and he had a larger impact! just saying! wayne is nothing!!!!
I’ve never laughed at a comment before in my life until I read this. If you don’t have the wherewithal to analyze lyrics on your own and need the help of some clowns on a website to do so, you should probably steer away from Pac’s music. Too complex for your peasant ass.
man i agree this the REALIST NIGGA TO EVER DO THE GAME fuck everybody else and for the dudes that say lil wayne and all them “rappers” are the real deal…its all fake shit man NOBODY NOBODY NOBODY touches PAC. and if you ask anybody n the game today where they got there inspiration they will say 2 pac….point proven RIP PAC!!!
How did people go from listening to stuff like this to settling for bullshit like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake, Soulja Boy, and all that other bullshit out there??? People should be ashamed of themselves!
tupac fakest rapper ever!
1. went to performing arts school(never was a gangster)
2.was a dancer for digital underground
3.did not have a police record until he became a rapper
in todays era of who’s real and who’s not he would have had his background called into ?
dont get me wrong when he turned G he was hard but facts are facts
Him going too an arts school doesn’t negate any urban background he had or would experience afterwards. Becoming a dancer for the digital underground was necessary for him to get in the game, your saying that if you knew becoming a backup dancer for the digital underground would lead too your success and making millions you wouldn’t do it cus what street guys aren’t supposed to dance? Him not having a police record till he was a rapper makes him unreal somehow? please elaborate. Tupac never claimed to be some hardcore gangsta before he made it in the game thats what you fail to realize. He even said he only sold drugs once and the hustler was like “you dont know how to do this”. Hes a legend that is immortalized through his music and you are a nobody, facts are facts.
nigga ur dum as fuck, get the fuck off this post, pac was the realest. u kno nothin about hip hop if u think thats the truth. Fuck u ignorant ass kid behind a screen, respect the DON! He’s the realest rapper to ever bless the game, nowadays we got fakes runnin it. so realize what ur talkin about before u say
lol yall are so retarded… you wouldnt even be all on Pac’s dick right now if he was still alive. I hate how everybody sees him as Rap Jesus. He was dope, but he wasn’t the GREATEST EVER. Big said it best, “you’re nobody till somebody kills you”. He was a good actor, his poetry was deep, but as a rapper he really didn’t do a whole lot for me. but thats just my opinion.
pac..dopest flows and could talk about the same shit every one does but his always fresh…like sean P said…niggas be rhymin bout nothin, i rhyme bout nothin n it sound like somethin…but not a top notch pac track still dope thow…im gonna give it a 3 but thats compared to other pac song, all u motherfuckers need to start rating songs properly u should barely ever here a track that rates 5…when ur comparing single tracks not album that shit a different ball park u r rating compared to other single songs not from this week from foreva cunt
The more I Listen to this song the more I realize that this is pure classic, though it’s a beef song. And of course it’s good to hear some unreleased and “Unheard before” song from the legend!
I swear that I’d had smacked you if I knew who you are. Shame on you, faggot!
My idol is a real human being with some great lyrics of all time. Your idol is a faggot who looks like a donkey. He might have sold a millie but he said nothing on the album.
Why the fuck does weezy get brought up on every Tupac post? Weezy becomes what he needs to in order to sell records and make money. If being socially couscous and poetic in music was whats popular in mainstream weezy would do that. Notice when he came into the game he dressed like a hood now he wears skinny jeans. I could say hes not a real nigga or whatever, but who am I to judge him?..at the end of the day he works his ass off. Tupac was just at a different place in a different era, he saw the bigger picture.
2Pac was raised by his crackhead mom bruh. Lets just remember that. He had no proper male role models in his life. He even says it himself in his interviews. No homo btw.
NAW PAC WAS NOT GAY…IF YOU NIGGAS STOP FRONTIN LIKE UR HARD ALL THE TIME…YOU CAN SHOW DIFFERENT EMOTIONS…YOU CLOWNS AT CHRISTMAS TIME ACTED TOUCH UNWRAPPING YOUR GIFTS OR MUGGIN THE CAMERA SITTIN ON THE EASTER BUNNYS LAP….YA’LL SENSATIVE ASS NIGGAS!
Hot song! I respect Tupac for his courage. he wasn’t like these other rappers who have beef with someone…but you never know who the hell it is cause they don’t mention any one’s name in their song….FOH…Be a man…Mean what you say & say what you mean…
Hey Im a also a Fan of Wayne and esp Drake… but im not an idiot! Putting their names in the same conversation as 2Pacs is like comparing this years NBA Rookie Of The Year to Micheal Jordan!
omg the beat is a little outdated but pac goes harder than any fuckin rapper out right now. half of these bitches wouldn’t even be able to be put on if pac was steal here. AND THEY KNOW IT!!!
This the real outlaw. Fukk that new 50 cent shit. Nigga went in. So sad he was used as a pawn and how this murder case still goes unsolved till this day. Somebody now. Trust me.
RIP to the one the greatest rappers to ever touch a mic.
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Damn you heard the passion in his voice when he said “aint nothing sweet about my technique” , he could just say that over and over with conviction and it would shit on %80 of rap music nowadays.
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crazy..damn man this is hard.
nice
dope
GOD
This guy recorded a lot of songs…
They better b lucky that he isnt here no more
rip
his released shit was better
not soft enough for ya?
lovin it. shit go hard.
what!
Tupac is the Truth! Still flows better than ANYBODY on the radio(fuck the radio). Still can flow with anybody in the game today with THESE lyrics!
pac was goin at necks hardbody
I swear he told Nas he can get DICK or am i reaching.
CHECK OUT THE MUSIC
http://soundcloud.com/inevitable-success/sets/taste-of-success
I would love to hear a high quality/mastered version of this.
PAC WAS MASHING THOSE NIGGAZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD’s words.
This ain’t Biggie!!! Who said Big is the greatest? How the fuck we ain’t gettin no unreleased from The Notorius? Pac is the fuckin greatest!!!! Point final!
Quality over quantity…
for real. Biggie was a rich boy who idolized ‘Pac’s type. His mother went on to tell us that he grew up in a 5 bedroom house with a full fridge. lol… Studio gangsta!
“We untouchable now that we shook? doc. dre, he ain’t made a beat in 6 years, swear he the shit, won’t get no record sells suckin’ nas dick” right?..haha..
Wuss funny is De La’s worst track is prob ten times more imaginative, smart and cutting edge than anything Pac ever did.
suuuuure
haha word!
Weak:Nas would smash 2pac but they are two of the all times greats:
1)Nas
2)Tupac
3)Biggie
4)Rakim
5)Jay-Z
1/5
I love tupac but you can’t consider him the greatest. He couldn’t freestyle without using profanity for 1 full minute.
1. Biggie
2. Big L
3. Nas
4. Tupac
5. Ice Cube
Big L only released 1 LP and Ice Cube?No way but that’s your opinion:
you dont like cursing but big wouldnt stop talking about his dick in his songs and his freestyles, same shit with big l.
nas cant see 2pac u stupid 4 not putting jay-z on the list and big L is top 10 not 5 2pac is number 1 him and biggie share that title but errbody else is just what yall think
I love lists…
PRINCEJIMMY11, Cube was the illest. Amerikkas and Death Certificate are two of the dopest, most complete albums of all time. Storytelling at its best.
hmm here’s my list which I’m sure is gonna get hate for not having biggie (R.I.P.) or pac (R.I.P.) (they’re great rappers though).
1. Eminem – mastered all aspects of rap (at different points in his career) (don’t believe me since he gets radio play or whatever reason listen to his infinite album, the Slim Shady EP/LP, MMLP, and Eminem Show) (also funny)
2. NaS – great rhymes, great concepts “Rewind, I gave you Power, etc”, great storytelling, and of course the Ilmatic album. Also mastered every aspect of rap.
3. Big Pun (R.I.P.)- nonstop rhymes, great delivery, great flow. Had so much potential…
4. Crooked I – Unlike Em and NaS this dude has never delivered a wack verse in his life. Crazy freestyler/battle rapper (he beat Chino XL) great lyrics, great delivery, great flow. Most underrated rapper ever. Just needs to drop a few albums.
5. Pharoahe Monch – Great delivery, flow, lyrics, some nice punchlines, and some great albums. Could use a bit less waiting time in between each album though.
I’m sure my comment gonna have so much hate for Em being on here and not Biggie/Pac.
Oh and Jay shouldn’t be on a top 5 list. Reasonable Doubt was a classic and the first Blueprint was good but listen to the stuff he’s releasing now… its awful.
Nobody epitomized a MC the way Pac did!!! G.O.A.T Nuff said!
Pac passion and fury was unmatched and unseen… Still to this day!
It will never happen again because they don’t make em like that no more… plus with artist telling everyone to care about money more than anything else…will destroy the game further! Pac call this shit way back in 88 or 92 at the gun range… Go back and watch Thug Angel.
Overrated. If this fucker was still alive everyone would be off his nuts. nigga did nothing for the rap game. he was AIGHT at best. Pac must be happy in hell (thats where all the fake niggas go) because if anyone he went at woulda came back ( NaS, Jay, Big, even Chino) they would have destroyed him and his fake ass gangsta image. Dude was aight.
here’s my list of the top 6
1.you
2.are
3.all
4.stupid
5.faggots
6.tuwack aka got blasted like the bitch that he was.
fuck you nigga he is rap and you probly listen to soulja boy and faggots like that take the dick out your ass and listen to real music motherfucka
2Pac was great but people saying hes the GOAT are wrong. People need to stop overrating rappers just because they grew up listening to them and they died. And this dude is right NaS, Jay, Big, and Chino XL are all better rappers.
2Pac has storytelling, meaningful music, and a great delivery, but has he mastered battling, freestyling, creativity/concepts, multisyllablic rhymes, compound syllablic rhymes, multis, wordplay… etc…?
Not hating just giving my opinion.
Pac is not rap or else it would have ceased to exist when he died. And it didnt. Pac was just a small gear in a vast array of machinery that makes Rap/hip hop work. Its funny how people hate on 50 for beefin with everyone yet you applaud and cheer a person that was actually killed for talking shit. And I beleive the first guy is a punk for not posting his name. Just because I dont like riding Pacs nuts like you do that means I like Waka flocka and gucci? I dont understand that logic, but I do understand that insulting me has pretty much validating my point. You have no argument to back up what you say. Pac is and was AIGHT. He was a MASTER at making himself look stupid with unwarranted disses
RiP 2Pac “Watch Yo Mouth” Officer ricky
And no one is listening….(crickets)…..Now go stick a fork in the outlet
2pac the mufuckin GOAT untouchable
Until the end of time.
That real shit.. Pac’s a beast!
love 2pac but whats the essence of this track in this day and age? absolute irrelevance. i dont rate all this beef nonsense cos thats what get you killed for nothing…2pac is great when he address social norms and maladies eg brenda’s got a baby, dear mama, changes, etc…this thugged out image was just what the media/illuminati/execs wanted him to portray, and he happily fell for the trap. too sad that a lot of artists/fans now think this is the norm. if u ain’t beefing, if u ain’t bussing your face-arse guns on record, u ain’t hiphop/gangsta/street…the perfect image they wanted the black man to portray, and we happily walk around in that downtrodden image thinking we are on top of the world…and the other extreme is the money popping, materialistic image the other side of hiphop portrays, giving the youth the false image of success..the cycle is vicious! RIP 2pac! wish people will just release his conscious tracks instead of this garbage..
stfu
Shut yo ol gay ass up.
umm karmas a bitch,some shots to the chest ended all that gay ass stuntin huh?
The same goes for Biggie Smalls. I can remember Biggie rapping about shooting people with guns too in his music.
RIP 2Pac
It’s funny that after all these years 2Pac is still relevant. Love him or hate him, he’s contributions to hip hop will always shine and never be ignored; even by the haters because that’s why the haters hate 2Pac. Because they feel that it should’ve been Biggie that was the bigger star. Face the fact, Biggie died right when he was about to become a superstar and it’s unfortunate but that’s the way the cookie crumbles. At the end of the day though, both rappers dying young before they reached their peaks forever changed hip-hop forever and ever since then hip-hop’s quality has went down the shitter in the mainstream arena.
Overall, Watch Ya Mouth is a 4/5 in my book. 2Pac went at people he had beef with saying what he wanted to say regardless of the consequences right or wrong.
Sick Track!
makaveli
fiiiire finally this song see’s the light of day 5/5
Banger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn never heard this verse
anything my dawg pac touches turns gold…feeling this and i thought i heard every new pac track haha
Got the same feeling too, RESPECT BRAAAH
rip 2pac and marcus garvey black star line…. black jesus all respect due.
Face it people, 2pac was by far the most OVERRATED rapper of all time. This guy did nothing but talk shit about everybody and gave props to a wack ass Outlawz group no one gave a fuck about. Bricksquad would murk those niggaz to pieces. Justin Bieber would murk 2pac in a freestyle. Biggie already shooked that nigga, Eazy-E was the best on the West Coast and Gucci Mane is more influential than 2pac.
It’s Gucci Time!
ok…
okay buddy thanks for sharing.
gucci man with that sweet ice cream cone on is face and his mumbled abc rhymes yea, take some sociology classes maybe youll find out what tupac was.
ARE U RETARDED? GUCCI SUCKS DICK AND HE NEVER HAD A PLATINUM RECORD..HE HAS NO LYRICAL ASSAULT AT ALL..BUBBLE GUM RAP DUDE. FCK OUTTA HEREEEE
i smell a hater go suck a dick
suck a dick and two balls
Nigga shut the fuck up, ur so annoying!
Is youre post ment to be a joke?? Watch yo mouth lil nigga
2Pac is the greatest of all time!!!!
Everyone who is saying he wasn’t that great, just remember what age Pac died at alright? 25, if he was still alive he would have had time to develop and get better than he already was.
Comparing Pac to rappers that are still alive is straight pathetic as they’ve had time to get better, compare eminems old stuff to his new releases, okay, different! they are different!
And back then, the 90’s.. that’s that rap right there what Pacs doing, there was war, there was retaliation in music.
Oh and, shut the fuck up.
normally they tend to get worst!!
Hell naw pac had chances the nigga had like 12 albums and like 2 medicore and 2 cold albums the others was ass. The only one that never really had a chance is biggie he died before his carrer had a chance to blow up.
the very essence of my poetry is dyslexic so you backwards ass n**** notice me – Pac …. that’s wordplay
tupacs the greatest that ever done it dont care what anyone says the best that ever done it fuck all use haters use can suck a dick
tupac was a retard. and people wonder why he got killed. the guy dissed everyone.
yo mother fool
Your father fool
yo granny fool
Thank you Black Jesus. Amen.
Eeeey Yoo!!! Somebody smack that dumbass juvenile fool “truth”!!!!!!!!!You claim Pac was a retard???oooh yeee???fo’real???sounds like you just came outta the womb, u youngass idiot!!DX pleaseeeee PLEASEEEE PLEASEEE PLEASEEEE put some resitrictions on members who can post shit on this site! Maybe make them do an IQ test, or a cultural hiphop test, so that we dont have to be blinded by these fools. Diss record….i.e that dirty dozens….is cultural heritage in Hiphop you FUCK NUTTS!!!shiiiiit….imcompetant dumbass!!!Pac= tha truest nigga to ever have spit on tha mic!!!
OOOH ye n to that other dumbass fool “derrick” – go it a dick and in tha meantime do your research…pac had 12 albums?? well 1) you cant count and 2) do your reaserch!!Alot of PAc’s albums came out after he passed….almost more material came out after he passed….which rapper doing that?!?!?!You try and record 200 tracks in just under a year, and then let us all rate it (NO STARS), get shot 5 times n survive, n go through a bhullshit court case….then….MAYBE IF you’ve sold enough you can comment!!!
Real talk fuck all them nigga’s
And too that other uneducated loser “SuperGucciRap”…….
LOL….i mean look at your name….it says enough where you coming from, i aint even gonna get at u….
Wowzers.
I love 2Pac but what the fuck man. He disses everybody for no reason. I get dissing Jay-Z and Biggie but Nas, ATCQ and De La Soul? Why would Pac diss 2 of the best hip hop groups ever and creative forces? I still love Pac but I’m not so happy about him dissing these awesome groups for pretty much no reason.
Same…it seems like there’s 2 different Pacs. One whose dumb as hell, thug life, dissing everyone for no reason and one who is a smart, poetic, activist. I’ll take the revolutionary Pac every time. That’s where he shines, not in his lyricism, but his poetry.
He didn’t diss them for no reason. Q-Tip talked shit about the West while Pac was in jail and De La Soul made fun of Pac in the Ego Trip video.
Pac dissed De La Soul on “Against All Odds”, ain’t nothin’ new.
2Pac that nigga, he didn’t give a fuck about dissing whoever because thats just who he was. He was too real for this world, point black period.
The Real Tupac Back!!!
killuminati style
Tupac the TRUTH!!
i never thought the day would come when all of pac songs start to sound the same, such a shame if he was still here we’d hear the real pac he woulda grown outa this thug shit dissin everybody nonsense, woulda loved to hear the real one nation album the way he wanted it
2Flop is back!
So pac a little mad after the “stakes is high” video,that sure brings me back..
PAC lives!!!
today is a great day 😀 finally leaked full cdq!!!! pac lives on!
Pac is the goat but dude OD’d on the dissing shit.
I bet There’s a pac song in the vault where he’s dissing ghandi and mother Theresa called “mother fuck peace”.
All my adversaries burred
Death knocking I’m never worried.
Leave mutha theresa petrified, my war cry made her scurry
No more peace, leave ghandi with no shadow like high noon
Hennessy clowding my vision so I’ll prolly die soon.
LORD IS THAT YOU!? leave a seat in heaven for dora the explorer
Fuck Regis I left in peaces tell Reese Witherspoon I tried to warn her
Too many black babies born out of wedlock
Fuck whoopi goldberg suge told me to cut off her dreadlocks. WESSSIDE!
Ur lame dude. Go drink some Clorox bleach and STFU
pac was alrite but definetly not the GOAT sorry fan boys but this shit is so tired how many times can u rhyme “thug nigga” with “drug deala” dude said that shit atleast 8 times and dissin tribe and de la wtf like there actually gona get gangster
the most overrated rapper all time..his beat selection is wack as fuck…trust me when he was alive nobody was saying he was the grestest of all time…dead rappers get better promotion!!!!!!!!!!!…he a good rapper hes for sure!!! hes not better than
NAS,EM,JAY, KOOL G RAP,COMMON,RAKIM,
OK DICK RIDERS!!!!!
Man the way u talkin bout Pac I find out that u really don’t know his music expect of the shit everybody know. You can’t compare fake ass Gay-Z beside or higher than Pac man. Pac inspired the most of his listeners. he was more than a rapper. Ok his lyrics are not the best but Pac had somethin that other dudes don’t. His words touched you.
When pac was alive ,nobody really talked about anyone being the best of all time,well maybe Rakim but it wasn’t such a fascination then as it today with this generation.
But i must admit Pac got a lot more fans after he died then when he was alive.
fuck outta here fool, people loved him when he was alive the nigga was goin 9x platinum n 5x platinum when he was alive, he was very much considered great I was there you clearly wasnt
nobody gave even the slightest fuck about Jay Z when Pac was alive, Reasonable Doubt struggled to hit gold when Pac was pushin Diamond
and Jay Z is a biter with limited versatility, Kool G Rap again limited versatility
Pac PROVED he could make club tracks, chick tracks, battle tracks, freestyle, political tracks, story tracks, meta tracks, introspective tracks, loungin tracks, car tracks, radio friendly tracks, street tracks and more and he did all that in just a few years,
Jay Z, Common, Kool G Rap, Em havent achieved that in 15 years a piece so comparin them to someone of Pacs skill level is retarded
If that’s true, then why did All Eyez on Me, an album that came out before his death, go bout 8 or 9x Platinum? And his beat selection sucks, you say? Seriously? Tradin War Stories, Hail Mary, ME and My Girlfriend, Can’t C Me, Papa’z Song, and those are just a few the great beats he spit over.
all u can talk bout is record sales homie? controversy sell we all know that, look at 50 cent, was he ever considered the greatest of all time no not by any means but he sold a lot cause he disses everyone for attention
how did i “only speak on sales” idiot, I spoke on his versatility also, but the FACT is when discussing someone not being “relevent” when they where alive sales is the only thing you can look at to determine whether or not that statement was true and CONSISTANT IMPROVEMENT IN SALES, from 5 MILLION to 9 MILLION, PROVES that he was considered to be great and as popular when he was alive
that shits fuckin common sense
u obvisously have a 1 dimension mind, no one said pac wasnt popular he was huge, i was a kid in the 80s grew up in the 90s i was there so i know for a fact he was a star theres no deny that, but no one was sayin pacs the greatest rapper of all time when he was alive, fact, that title came after he died
for all you people saying pac wasn’t the best of all time, or the “goat” of rap. you dont know what your saying. 2pac still is beating alot of the mainstream “rappers” in record sales to this day and hes been dead for over 10 years, theres so much more proof, but if thats not enough than your a mental case
NEVER BRING RECORD SALES IN A REAL HIP HOP CONVO..IF YOU WANT TO BASE it on SALES COCK SUCKA ..that what make EM THE GOAT..its not just about sales
Who didn’t this nigga diss?LOL!!!
Man the Dre line killed me.
RIP 2Pac. Not the best rapper by any means but damn…LOL!!! Unadulterated unfiltered angst. Gotta love that. (nh)
Pac GOD
2pac my favorite rapper of all time!!!
Nobody can comment about Pac if they were wearing diapers in the 90’s
anybody that knows 90s HIPHOP KNOWs FROM 91-96
PAC WAS ON NOBODY LIST TIL HIS AFTER LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
word
@bigmike you dont know wtf your talkin about
but yet youll proly comment on bob marley or some classic rock band and u werent even born yet in the 70s
I think y’all putting a little too much into it.
He’s dead its not like this nigg@ is physically making records.
Let the Pac fans be Pac fans..Any other way it sounds like you just hatin.
he the greatest ant no one fuckin with pac includeing weezy fuck that tight jean fagets ass nigga
Jay-Z and Kanye West need to pay 2Pac some royalties for misusing H.A.M. straight up. 2Pac was going H.A.M. 15 years before these two were. Lovin’ this joint…
what r u talkin bout, proly bein eat too much ham and it polluted ur brain u devil
lmao
Pac was the best. The hardest. That mouth of his got him killed, though.
Tupac Shakur is the most overrated rapper of all time. A nigga dies and suddenly he’s the greatest artist of all time. what the fuck? there’s a lot of mc’s that are alive and made better music in the 90’s. Maybe they fell off, but Pac would’we too if he had lived that long. He was good, don’t get me wrong, but the GOAT???? GET FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THAT SHIT SON!!!!! Common, Method Man, Del, Black Thought, Guru, Q-Tip, Rakim, KRS-One(!!!), Jay-Z, Redman, real artist that have classic albums under their belt and still get busy. that’s what it is. Longetivity, you gotta stay relevant.
Rest In Peace Tupac.
Church!
fuck outta here with that bullshit list half them rappers aint got shit on Pac,
Guru lol monotone as fuck with only 1 delivery
Jay Z a biter who has stole both lyrics and styles and lacks versatility
Pac PROVED himself as one of Hip Hops most versatile MCs, he PROVED he could make political songs, chick songs, radio, club, introspective, street songs, battle songs, freestyles
AND HE DID IT IN JUST 3 YEARS OF RECORDING WHILST ALSO MAKIN MULTIPLE MOVIES
Jay Z, Guru lol theyhad 15 years plus n havent come close to PROVING they could be as versatile as Pac PROVED he was
and it wasnt “ALL OF A SUDDEN” HE went 9x platinum n 5x platinum when he was alive HATER
you must not remember (or been too young) how BIG this guy was when he was alive. They used to have ‘tupac news’ on the major network channels for this guy. he was HUGE. And this was BEFORE everyone was on the internet. Those other rappers u named are big names, but none of them had the star power or media attention or character and heart that this guy had. not even close. This guy had just reached the tip of the iceberg, believe that.
More proof that he did not have love for Jay z or Nas or Mob Deep, biggie or puff. And they all do not want to respect him while he is dead. Pac always came with hart.
brett hart?
slaughtered it…
people rag on Nas beat selection, but Pac’s was way worse. For a mid 90’s beat this is beyond mediocre. Even by today’s standards.
Pac is the best, but some of his beats were mediocre I agree. Beats can really fuck up your delivery, and vice-versa.
Ras Kass is one of the best, but in the past few years his beat selection absolutely blows.
But once he rapped over them they sounded sick…and it made u listen to what he had to say. That’s what a great rapper does.
thats y shit like this never made any of his actual albums, and all the shit that came out after he died was leftovers like this, doesnt really do him proper justice
That just shows a true MC… a nigga that can hop on any track and rip… Some of the niggaz today getting props just because they beats tight but its takes a true lyricist to make his pressence known on a garbage @ss beat…
ahahahaha, some of these comments crack me up. Nobody was saying that Pac was the best before he died?
Is that why All Eyez sold 5 Mil in 6 months BEFORE his death?
It’s a well known fact… That on these comment boards. Sales don’t matter. Unless it is to prove YOUR point. Then it’s totally acceptable.
So with this logic.. Jay-Z, Eminem, and Kanye West are the best to do it… Right? They sell a lot of records..
“So much JEALOUSY it SCARES me so be PREPARED… Cause only the STRONG SURVIVE life isn’t FAIR!” -2Pac You fucks better do ya home work before u speak on PAC!!!!
I AGREEE WITH YOU HOMIE!!!
Donovan:
Nobody can comment about Pac if they were wearing diapers in the 90’s
but youll proly comment on bob marley or some classic rock band and u werent even born yet in the 70s
y not…kid u need to check yourself. do u see what kind of site you’re on? talking about classic rock, lol. sucker.
The Last Nigga U Wann F#!(k with!!! That Nigga Is Mean!!! Alot of U industry thugs is glad he dead… But he ain’t gone U Heard Me!!!
are u kidding me? Pac was groundbreaking when he was alive…shootout with cops, police brutality, being shot, born in prison, etc…he spoke the truth about his life and things he was going through. sure he wasnt about spittin punchlines and metaphors all day but that does not make him any less of a great rapper than big, jay, and nas. Pac painted pictures and was the voice of so many in urban america…hell around the world. you cant tell me you didnt feel every single word Pac said on the mic…dude had a gift. beyond talent. ppl always sayin he didnt live long enough to be the greatest of all time or we didnt see him grow. how can you say that when the man had plenty albums before he passed. 2pacalypse now, strictly 4 my niggaz, thug life, me against the world, all eyez on me, and makaveli…damn near all of em were classics. Pac was the shit then and he still is today. he paved the way for cats like j.cole, eminem…he gave you emotion and showed he wasnt perfect.
Wooow. Imagine really coming on hiphopdx to new Pac songs?? He is just a superior artist .
Hate him or love him from the side of ur c’puter screen, but that doesnt change the fact that he’s a worldwide icon. So drop one or shut up!
Dope! He went in. But why release this shit now, like 10+ years later? Thats lame..
Pac is def top 10, off passion alone.
I would have loved to see him and Em go at each other.
LL Cool J
i disagree with beat selection when it came to Pac, he is the only nigga to date that could ride on any beat and still make you listen coz it was always about what he had to say that mattered…he spoke from heart, abt issues that affect our daily lives and was not about metaphors, similies, multis & punchlines…he spoke about daily life…so on any beat i think Pac always killed it, and you always listened…back then it was not about beats coz there was no 1st week sales marathon but nowadays its always abt that…even on callobo that are about serious issues, you niggaz compare verses of who went in the illest
Joe Budden is the 2Pac of this generation.
Let legends rest and support current talent.
Haha….Joe Budden is the Warren G of this generation
Joe Budden fucking sucks
you however, scotty, do not suck…u swallow, much worse.
the first time scotty seen a pair of tits lmao
Joe’s a fuckin’ canibus of our generation
scotty deleted his page or some shit.. scotty u a pussy nigga
Your mom is the 2pac of this generation. shut up
joe buddens is the joe buddens of this generation
and thats why PAC is 1 of the illest.. he could take a beat like this and kill it while most couldnt compare
For all ya’ll that saying “Pac was a retard with all this beef shit”. There’s still a shit load of unreleased “One Nation” tracks, and there is also one track he did with DJ PREMIER.
Its funny to see Tupac headlines on a hip hop website in 2011, this nigga left a big mark on hip hop.
lmao dj premier never done a track with him while he was alive you dumb ass fudge-packing faggit
You’ll be the faggot listening to the new leak of DJ Premier and 2Pac song on HipHopDx 15 year old lil wayne lovin prick
uhh which one is it bruh, r u defending the beef songs or the one nation songs, cause the one nation songs was suppose to be everyone comin together east and west coast squashing all the beefs, so id rather hear those, this isnt one of them this is prolly a studio freestyle that didnt make any of his albums
The only reason would I give this a 1 star is because it’s fight/hate music. There’s no doubt about whether Pac was talented or not. It doesn’t matter if he’s top 5 or 10 or whatever, he’s not here to enjoy the fruits of his labor. I can feel the passion and the pain but its lyrics like this that drive/drove people to do ignorant things. There’s one part where he says look where I am now and look where you are. Those are the truest words he ever spoke. I don’t want to take away from his ability and I can’t, the proof is in the fact that we’re still listening to music he made over 10 years ago. It’s just sad that he couldn’t past the anger. It would have been nice to see him make it to 26.
your effn retarded.
26? ya….says it right there. he would be 40 right now. 14 years short dumb shit. get the F outta here middle schooler. obviously know nothing about the 90’s
Your papa must have lived 50 years without hitting his first 100k. how come you hating on a nicca with attitude rap ? You need get some ink on your balls if that will make you hard sucker
judging from your comment your probably a whiteboy..
Tupac had a mother who was a revolutionary. Tupac started with this revolutionary delivery, which I give respect to, but after Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z., he completely sold out to the “thug” image. You can hear the change in his voice, lyrics, music, etc. So all the conscious hip-hop heads were down with Tupac until he made this transition. Then all the “wanna-be thugs” jumped on his dick, and have been there ever since! My point is Tupac was dope when he was down with Digital Underground and Raw Fusion, but when he switched to Dr. Dre & Death Row, he fell off real quick! The fact that his records sales have gone diamond, shows that mass society hasn’t changed since the Greeks were running things!
Pac was always a thug dont get it twisted facebook hoe
Yup, you’re gay
i think i wouldve liked you more if you would’ve posted as anonymous…but now i clearly see ur general opinion is worth very little on this subject matter. good day, sir.
fuckin’ jewish queer
lmao shut your whiteboy ass up. what do you white people know of the hardships of growing up as a black kid in new york???
@zxy.d23 statements like that are what kept hip hop from garnering the respect and attention it’s deserved for the last 20 years. ignorant ass fuck. nothing to do with the statement made anyways.
Dudes on point with it. And all you internet thugs that were peepin pac after he died need to step off. You the reason all that negativity gets play and you wonder why your life sucks. Get fucked. Kid knows what he’s talking about. Idk why you hate on white kids, they moer hip hop heads than some of you suckas on big Lil whatevas dick singing auto tune and what not. don’t believe me? Go to Rock the Bells. Real heads support their artists,
I’d have to disagree with you on your statement regarding Pac. Pac kep his revolutionary mind even with his move towards the thug image. I’m surprised that you didn’t include Me Aginst the World as one of his revolutionary albums. And even on All Eyez on Me he dropped Jewels. Tupac has the only rapper who could appeal to everyone with his music. He had a life where he could address thug shit and he had his revolutionary side as well, they went hand in hand. I dind’t love all of his thug shit, but I also think the media a job in magnifying that precense as opposed the focusing on all the positivity he brought to the table.
And this is supposed to music! Images don’t make music…instruments make music! Cancel out everything except his musical performance, and his skills are up to par with the dudes from Fu-Schnickens. (not Chip-Fu!!)
shut your mouth white boy
While I respect this fellow’s flow, there’s no need to slag the dead (Christopher Wallace) or STEAL a dead gentleman’s (Tupac shakur) hip hop moniker (“Tupac”). Plus, he sounds an awful lot like that guy from the movie Juice. Just sayin’!
Hot shit no doubt, BUT maybe he should’ve watched his mouth!
Why did pac hate nas so much? This has to be the 5th or 6th song I heard him diss nas on. I guess thats where 50 cent got his mentality from. Just because someone is cool with someone you don’t like doesn’t mean they are against you.
google it kid. before if ppl didnt know shit its cause they werent involved in the street shit. if u asked u looked at crooked cause wasnt anyone gonna tell u unless u were involved. now u can google things, im sure u will find it kid.
I’m wondering what made him go at De La Soul?
Me Against the World came out in 1995. He had a song called Old School and he shouted out De La Soul. Pac died in 96′. What exactly happened within that year that he was from looking at De La as old school cats he looked up to, to putting them in a diss song?
it could be because at 1996, De La Soul released “Stakes Is High” and that album basically addressed hip-hop at its dying and wack state because there was so much negativity in hip-hop such as violence, sex and drugs. 2Pac could have seen this as an attack at him because he raps about stuff like that in All Eyez on Me. so yea, this could be the reason
this is some real shit – didn’t think i’d hear anything as raw as this in 20011.
for everyone bitching bout how he sold out to the thug shit. if you watch the interview he’s was doing it for more money to put back in to the community to help his people.
& as far as dissing – im sure by now they’d have worked everything out – look at nas & jigga now.
I always knew Tupac was a philanthropist — Always donating his money to charity and helping old ladies cross the street. I never knew he participated in in this thing you kids now days call “hip hop”.
Thank you Sir Tupac for feeding hungry families and keeping the peace among the people.
@ Hmmmm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Pac was definitely killed by illuminatti…Probably they made him an offer …..pac replied fuck you!!!!! and left… ya’ll mutha fukas should already know that hiphop is controlled by a black man and white man that control the gangs and most of the major lables…..pac and biggie weren’t really revered lyricists until after their deaths,the only videos they played in mtv we’re “Brenda’s got a baby” “I get around” and changes in 98″ for biggie it was “Juicy” and hypnotize video…..I mean the fuckin media fed off of the fact that pac was paranoid of everyone not to mention pac was gonna become emancipated from his death row label…..Pac was gonna become what he was ment to become an independent artists
that sells trillions of fuckin records…..jimmy iVine can’t have that shitttttttttttt.In other words pac woulda proved that an underground artists could sell millions……And biggie was killed just for kicks………this initially inspired other rappers to sell-out….The eminem doesn’t get killed because,lets just say eminem isn’t preachin a message,eminem is the best rapper of the unstructured hiphop without a message…Pac is considered the best because,he lived every fuckin thing he rapped…Am I sure bout that decision I don’t know,but I definitely respect that decision…However there are so many underground artists that are absolutely just dope as hell!!!!!To not mention them is just absurd…..thats why the fuck I just don’t have a favorite!!!!!!!!!!!…..What I do know is that pac was a very humble dude and even like to hang out in house parties and shit initially thats what fucked him up in the end,when he got accused of sodomizing a gurl and all this other shitttt biggie even told his ass “watch the company you keep nigga” pac was raisin awareness bout illuminatti so much towards the end of his last albums when he was alive…Illuminatti needed a fued to distract the media from actually solving the murders that we’re gonna take place…Let me just tell ya’ll when these two legends died who the fuck raked most of the cash off these legends deaths behind closed curtains? or better yet why has their murders been unsolved till this day?
jam master jay was murdered probably by the same guy that excuted the pac and biggie murders thing is if he talks,he dies in prison,because to snitch is to snitch on an organization that is powerful that has ulterior motives against these two or hiphop artists that is popluar in the charts……They prob didn’t kill lupe cus illuminatti picks their battles…..iight I’m ghost im gone
“2pac felt De La Soul dissed him in 1993’s video “Ego Tripping†, in which Pac felt they were dissin his image from ‘I Get Around’…”
“Being the real nigga Pac was, he got in contact with De La Soul and confronted them about the video and told them he had love for them and asked them why they were dissing him. They told him it wasnt directed at him and he said ight and everything was cool”
“Pac later shouted them out on his 1995 album MATW (Me Against The World) on ‘Nothin Like The Ol Skool'”
well… that clears things up
“on 2011, Pac had sexual relationships with your mother on multiple occasions”
.. cite your references u dumb ass nigga
that’s what I don’t get. He shouted them out on Old School, but within a year later he sent shots at them.
This song was obviously after Old School because he mentioned Death Row and in the MATW days he didn’t have the issues with Nas, Busta, etc.
What a dickhead for holding this heat for so long. did he keep it to him self and get off on it. Mr. Xclusives about 20 years to late!!!
pow
Tell’em why you mad, son! Tell’em why you mad!
Where the hell is the OTHER TRACK THAT HAS LEAKED?
NY 87 – Tupac and Dogg Pound.
Kurupt MURDERS Biggie on the track with a great last verse from Pac in the end.
Kurupt was a bet back in the day and if he had released a solo album back in the day produced by Dre, it would have been Death Row’s best after The Chronic. Yes, even better than Doggystyle. That’s how good he used to be.
2Pac is the greatest of all times! been a fan ever since he was with Digital Underground…but tryna figure out why he went at Wendy Williams, was she even known by then??
she was known to fuck around back then
young azz nigga was wendy known haha dat bitch had more haters den rappers 2day
Oh and he also dissed someone called J-Rule. So much for Ja trying to be like pac.
he was talking about jeru, not j-rule
This old
Duh, really?
OLD? Damn I thought Pac was just releasing this as a single for his next album (sarcasm). Your a dumbass brah.
For my niggas down south
I’m glad 2pac called out weak ass niggas like nas and gay la soul.. them was softer than a dolphin covered in baby oil, tupac keep it real all day even in his past life.. thug life!!
you calling Nas or DeLaSoul gay is like an ant calling Obama the worst president of all time. you have no voice and prolly jam to faggot ass Drake & wayne. #novoice
DLS is dope but Obama is the worst president this country has seen since Carter. When was the last time we had a senator as commander and chief? He is literally selling us to China as we speak.
Jerome, Pac shoulda called out your weak ass.. NAS and De La Soul are real niggas.. Pac really respected Nas and you could tell because the disses towards Nas werent even that serious.. he took a few shots at him and that was it
Stop parroting that Obama is a weak president bullshit that the devil is peddling to YOU!!! You have to be a complete idiot to believe that shit! You probably listen to that shit they say to portray Martin Luther King as a drunken womanizer and fraud too. Every positive black figure to emulate they will tear down.
Facts:
ETHICS
•Ordered the White House and all federal agencies to respect the Freedom of Information Act and overturned Bush-era limits on accessibility of federal documents (2009)
•Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible (2009)
•Placed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House (2009)
•Placed limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration (2009)
•Signed a measure strengthening registration and reporting requirements for lobbyists (2009)
•Ordered that lobbyists must be removed from and are no longer permitted to serve on federal and White House advisory panels and boards (2009) * Note: After saying he would not hire lobbyists, a few have been hired in the Administration
•Companies and individuals who are delinquent on their taxes or owe back taxes are no longer allowed to bid for federal contracts (2009)
•Initiated the “e-Rulemaking Initiative” (in cooperation with Cornell University) to allow for online public “notice and comment” of federal laws and initiatives (2010)
•Issued the “Open Gov Directive” ordering all Cabinet departments to promote transparency and citizen participation in their policies (2010)
•Signed extensions on banning lobbyists from serving on agency boards (2010)
•Developed the “Don Not Pay List” with data on contractors and recipients of federal funds who are deemed to be ineligible because of fraud and abuse (2010)
GOVERNANCE
•The White House website now provides information on all economic stimulus projects and spending, along with an unprecedented amount of information on our government (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era practice of circumventing established FDA rules for political reasons (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era practice of having White House staff rewrite the findings of scientific and environmental regulations and reports when they disagreed with the results (2009)
•Limited the salaries of senior White House aides (salaries cut to $100,000) (2009)
•Has urged Congress to adopt “Pay-Go” (whereby each dollar of spending is offset by a dollar in cuts or revenues, which was used in the `90s but abandoned in the `00s) (2010)
•Has been holding open meetings with Republican leaders, although they complain of a lack of access and information (2010)
•Signed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (2010) * Note: To curb wasteful spending
•Tasked federal agencies to develop plans for disposing of unneeded real estate and then to eliminate unnecessary or non-economical lands, properties, etc. (2010)
NATIONAL SECURITY
•Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane (which wasn’t even used in Iraq/Afghanistan) and other outdated weapons systems (2009)
•Announced his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay (2009) * Note: The closure has been delayed due to massive opposition but it remains on the agenda.
•Stated his interest in housing terrorists at a new federal “super max” facility in the US (2009) * Note: this has been delayed in the face of massive opposition but it remains on the agenda
•Cut the expensive Reagan era missile defense program, saving $1.4 billion in 2010 (2009)
•Canceled plans to station anti-ballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic (2009)
•Replacing long-range, expensive missile systems with more efficient smaller systems (2009)
•Increased US Navy patrols off the Somali coast in response to pirating (2009)
•Established a new cyber-security office and appointed a cyber-security czar (2009)
•Ordered the first nation-wide comprehensive cyber-threat assessment (2009)
•Instituted a new Nuclear Posture Review, revising US nuclear deterrence policy to encourage more nations to join the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (2010) * Note: Components of the policy include: a pledge to stop nuclear testing; a pledge to not build a new generation of nucs; identifying nuclear terrorism, rather than a launch from another nuclear state, as the major threat; a pledge to not use nucs on a non-nuclear state in a conventional conflict; etc.
•Executive orders to block payment, transfers, exports, etc… of individuals and organizations support the regimes of North Korea, Iran, Somali pirates, and other foreign threats (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to extend certain provisions of The Trading with Enemies Act which was to expire in September 2010 (2010) * Note: This includes freezing assets and banning trade that benefits the Cuban regime; however further efforts at normalizing travel to Cuba are supported
•Signed bill for southwest border security and increased funds and agents on the Mexican border (2010)
•Signed the Comprehensive Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act to deal with foreign regimes like Iran and North Korea (2010)
•Ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden (2011)
IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN
•Began the phased withdrawal of US troops from Iraq (2009); continuing the withdrawal (2010)
•Changed the US military command in the Afghan conflict (2009)
•Tasked the Pentagon to reorganize US policy in Afghanistan; the new policy includes 30,000 additional troops deployed, priority training of Afghan forces, developing agriculture and infrastructure, limiting aerial bombing, etc. (2009)
•Ordered the Pentagon to send additional helicopters to assist US Marine units and Special Forces in Afghanistan (2009)
•Increased unmanned drone strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date (2009)
MILITARY & VETERANS
•Ordered the Pentagon to cover expenses of families of fallen soldiers if they wish to be on site when the body arrives back in the US (2009)
••nded the Bush-era “blackout” imposed on media coverage of the return of fallen US soldiers (2009) * Note: The media is now permitted to cover the story pending adherence to respectful rules and with the approval of the fallen soldier’s family
•Ended the Bush-era “black out” policy on media coverage of war casualties (2009) * Note: Full information is now released for the first time in the War on Terror
•Ordered better body armor to be procured for US troops (2009)
•Funding new Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles (2009) * Note: The old Hummers were very vulnerable to roadside explosives and an alarming percentage of our soldiers lost in Iraq were on account of IEDs
•Working to increase pay and benefits for military personnel (2009)
•Improving housing for military personnel (2009)
•Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses (2009)
•Ordered that conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other neglected military hospitals be improved (2009)
•Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military to a post-Cold War, modern fighting force (2009) * Note: Bush announced in 2001 his intention to do this but backed off the reforms after 9/11, which include: new procurement policies; increasing the size of Special Ops units; deploying new technologies; creating new cyber security units; etc.
•Ended the Bush-era practice of awarding “no-bid” defense contracts (2009)
•Improving benefits for veterans as well as VA staffing, information systems, etc. (2009)
•Authorized construction of additional health centers to care for veterans (2009)
•Suspended the Bush-era decision to purchase a fleet of Marine One helicopters from suppliers in favor of American made helicopters (2009)
•Ordered a review of the existing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military (2010)
•New GI Bill for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan (2009)
•Signed bill providing assistance for caregivers of veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan (2010) * Note: The omnibus bill does the following: Training, funding, and counseling for caregivers; promoting pilot childcare programs for women vets under treatment at the VA; independent oversight to prevent abuse; readjustment counseling for National Guard and reservist units; etc.
•Eliminated co-payments for veterans who are catastrophically disabled (2010)
•Fulfilled campaign promise to have combat troops (90,000) out of Iraq by August 31, 2010 (2010)
•Established a new interagency task force to assist veterans owning small businesses (2010) * Note: The efforts include promoting federal contract opportunities, improve access to loans and capital, mentor assistance programs, etc.
•Signed The Families of Fallen Heroes Act, which covers the moving costs of immediate family members of those lost in service (military, intelligence, and security personnel) (2010)
FOREIGN POLICY
•Closed the Bush-era “secret detention” facilities in Eastern Europe (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy allowing “enhanced interrogation” (torture); the US is again in compliance with Geneva Convention standards (2009) * Note: Obama has permitted some controversial interrogation techniques to continue
•Restarted international nuclear non-proliferation talks and reestablished international nuclear inspection protocols (2009) * Note: Bush withdrew from non-proliferation talks and dismantled the inspection infrastructure
•Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009) * Note: These were suspended under Bush
•Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions (2009) * Note: These were suspended under Bush
•Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office (2009)
•Banned the export of cluster bombs (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era plans to increase the US nuclear arsenal (2009)
•Authorized the Navy SEALS operation that freed by force the US shipping captain held by Somali pirates (2009)
•Restored the US commitment to the UN population fund for family planning; overturned the ban on providing funds internationally for family planning (2009) * Note: The family planning efforts were suspended under Bush
•Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return “home” to visit families (2009)
•Extended an offer of engagement (free from sanctions and penalties) to Iran through December 31, 2009 (Iran did not accept the offer) (2009)
•Sent envoys to the Middle East and other parts of the world, reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy (2009)
•Authorized discussions with North Korea and the private mission by former president, Bill Clinton, to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons (2009)
•Authorized discussions with Myanmar and the mission by Senator Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive (2009)
•Renewed loan guarantees for Israel (2009)
•Signed the USIFTA trade agreement with/for Israel (2009)
•Authorized a $550m advance for Israel (six months prior to the scheduled date) in order to accommodate Israeli’s economic and financial needs (2009)
•Continued agreements with Israel for cultural exchanges, immigration, etc. (2009)
•Spoke on Arab television, spoke at an Egyptian university, and met with Arab leaders in an effort to change the tone of US-Arab relations (2009)
•Ordered the US to finally pay its dues to the United Nations (2009)
•Attended the Summit of America’s meeting in Trinidad and Tobago (2010)
•Dispatched several envoys and initiated talks with numerous nations (2010)
•Signed a nuclear limitation treaty with Russia (2010) * Note: The agreement calls for both countries to reduce their nucs by one-third (1,500) and launch systems by half (800)
•Hosted nuclear non-proliferation summit for several nations (2010)
•Executive Order to establish support offices in the State Department to assist the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to continue drug interdiction support with Columbia (2010)
ECONOMY
•Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants…) (2009) * Note: Bush was the first president since Herbert Hoover to not make infrastructure a priority
•Authorized the US auto industry rescue plan and two GMAC rescue packages (2009)
•Authorized the housing rescue plan and new FHA residential housing guarantees (2009)
•Authorized a $789 billion economic stimulus plan (2009) * Note: 1/3 in tax cuts for working-class families; 1/3 to states for infrastructure projects; 1/3 to states to prevent the layoff of police officers, teachers, etc. at risk of losing their jobs because of state budget shortfalls
•Instituted a new rule allowing the public to meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (in as quickly as one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying (2009)
•Authorized a continuation of the US financial and banking rescue plans initiated at the end of the Bush administration and authorized TARP funds to buy “toxic assets” from failing financial institutions (2009)
•Authorized the “Cash for Clunkers” program that stimulated auto sales and removed old, inefficient, polluting cars from the road (2009)
•Convened a “jobs summit” to bring experts together to develop ideas for creating jobs (2009)
•Ordered the FDIC to beef up deposit insurance (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of protecting credit card companies (2009) * Note: In place of the old policy, new consumer protections were instituted and the industry’s predatory practices were banned
•Authorized the federal government to make more loans available to small businesses and ordered lower rates for federal loans to small businesses (2009)
•Placed a 35% tariff on Chinese tires and a few other products such as pipes after China was found to be illegally “dumping” exports below cost (2009) * Note: Clinton, Bush I, and Reagan all refused to “get tough” on China’s predatory trade practices; Bush II refused four times during his presidency
•In November 2009, Obama extended unemployment benefits for one million workers and expanded coverage for some existing homeowners who are buying again (2009)
•Called on Congress to deliver a “Jobs bill” (2010)
•Credit card companies are prohibited from raising rates without advance notification or arbitrarily if customers are paying bills on time (2010)
•Signed a bill to extend unemployment benefits set to expire (2010)
•Signed historic Wall Street reform bill (2010) * Note: Designed to reregulate and end abusive practices and promote consumer protections
•Signed the HIRE Act to stimulate the economic recovery (2010) * Note: The bill includes: tax cuts for small businesses who hire someone unemployed for at least two months; small businesses can write off their investments in equipment this year; etc.
•National Export Initiative established to enhance federal support (technical assistance, training, trade missions, etc.) and coordination efforts to help US businesses export products and services (2010)
•Initiatives to promote a “Wireless Broadband Revolution” (2010) * Note: Among other things, broadband is finally being considered as necessary infrastructure, with efforts to expand use, access, and spectrum…
•Expanded agricultural credit to farmers during current economic crisis (2010)
•Signed bill – US Manufacturing Enhancement Act (2010)
•Signed bill – Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance (2010)
TAXES
•Negotiated a deal with Swiss banks to permit the US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs (2009) * Note: The new policy promotes in-sourcing investments to brings jobs back to the US
•Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which provides small tax cuts for 95% of “working families” (2009) * Note: The tax cuts were not as big as was suggested during the 2008 campaign
•Convened an advisory board that is looking into simplifying the tax code (2009)
•Ordered the closing of offshore tax safe havens (for individual and business tax evaders) (2009)
•Reduced taxes for some small businesses to stimulate the economic recovery (2009)
•Extended the Home Buyers Credit for first-time home buyers (2009)
•Proposed doubling the child tax credit (2010)
•Called for the repeal of the capital gains tax for small businesses (2010)
•Proposed rolling back the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans (2010) * Note: This would be for families earning over $250,000/year and would return their tax rates to the 1990’s level
BUDGETING
•Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut federal spending (2009)
•Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify wasteful spending and practices (2009)
•Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient (2009)
•Overturned the Bush-era practice of not listing certain federal programs in the federal budget (2009) (2010) * Note: Bush did this (so did Reagan) in an effort to hide programs and make the budget look smaller; such “off budget” items are now included in the annual budget
•Full appropriations for war are now included in the budget (2009) (2010) * Note: Bush did not list many of the appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and War on Terror
•Funds for emergency appropriations are now included in the budget (2009) (2010)
•Proposed a three-year freeze on federal discretionary spending beginning in 2011 (2010)
•Is in the process of cutting 120 federal programs identified as either wasteful or unnecessary (2010)
•Established a bipartisan commission on fiscal responsibility, staffed by House and Senate members and private citizens, tasked with submitting proposals to balance the budget (2010) * Note: In the face of Republican opposition, the powers of the commission were watered down
•Established a bipartisan commission on the future of Social Security, tasked with submitting proposals to preserve and strengthen Social Security (2010) * Note: In the face of Republican opposition, the powers of the commission were watered down
•Cut $20 billion from federal budget and has pledged to cut at least this much every year (2010)
•Ultimately decided to cancel planned new presidential helicopter fleet and stick with marine One (2010)
•Freezing all discretionary spending for next three years, except on national security (2010)
•Presidential Memoranda to freeze discretionary awards, bonuses, etc. for federal political appointees (2010)
•Beginning to use “Pay-As-You-Go” (Pay-Go) to offset budget expenditures with budget cuts or revenue enhancements (2010)
HEALTHCARE
•Removed Bush era restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research (2009)
•Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research (2009)
•Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children (2009)
•Established an independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare (2009)
•Reversed some of the Bush-era restrictions that prevented Medicare from negotiating with pharmaceutical firms for cheaper drugs, allowing government to again competitively bid (2009) * Note: Obama had promised to lift all restrictions but, while he did negotiate with drug companies for them to lower their costs the deal only lifted some restrictions
•Expanding government vaccination programs (2009)
•Issued new disease prevention guidelines and priorities for the CDC (2009)
•Authorized the FDA to finally begin regulating tobacco (2009)
•Tasked federal labs to prioritize research on and deployment of H1N1 vaccines (2009)
•Asked multiple congressional committees to bring forward a healthcare reform bill; held dozens of public hearings and town halls on the issue (2009) (2010)
•Established a new council on National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health to be chaired by Surgeon General and charged with promoting healthy lifestyles and integrative healthcare (2010)
•When accusations to the contrary arose, an Executive Order was signed to reaffirm that federal funds are not to be used for abortion services (2010)
•Historic healthcare reform bill signed – $940 billion over 10 years (2010) * Note: 32 million additional Americans will receive healthcare coverage and costs will be lowered for most Americans, but many of the goals are phased in over four years
Components of the bill
•Prevents insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals/family members with pre-existing health conditions; a temporary plan is being developed to cover high-risk individuals with pre-existing conditions until the full reforms go into effect in 2014
•Prevents insurance companies from placing lifetime limits on benefits
•Bans “rescission” so insurance companies can’t cancel coverage if individuals keep their policies current or if they become ill
•An individual’s out-of-pocket healthcare expenses are capped
•Closes the “donut hole” (Part D) for Medicare prescription drug coverage (under Bush, Medicare helped pay for drugs up to $2,600 and above $4,550, but individuals had to pay 100% of the costs in between these amounts); now Medicare helps cover costs irrespective of the amount – seniors will now pay only 25% of drug costs up to $4,550 and only 5% of drug costs above that amount
•In 2010, an emergency provision will offer seniors a $250 rebate on the costs incurred within the “donut hole”
•Individuals living at or below the poverty line were eligible for healthcare under Medicaid, but by 2014 individuals/families living slightly above (making up to $14,404/$29,327) the poverty line will also be eligible for benefits
•Individuals/families making less than $43,320/$88,200 per year will qualify for government subsidies to help purchase health insurance
•All individuals must have health insurance or face a government fine; all large (over 50 employees) employers must offer health insurance to employees or pay a fine
•Small businesses can get a tax credit if they offer health care
•There are hardship exemptions if individuals can’t afford health insurance
•Families can keep their children in college on their plans through age 26
•Promotes health insurance “exchanges” so consumers can buy “wholesale”
•Creates consumer assistance offices to help consumers file complaints or appeal decisions from insurance companies; beginning in 2011, insurance companies can no longer make excessive rate hikes without justification and approval, and those doing so may be barred from participating in new health insurance exchanges
Funding sources:
•Large employers (over 50 workers) that don’t offer health benefits will be charged a $2,000/worker fee; if the employer offers coverage but employees instead purchase federally subsidized insurance the fee is $3,000/worker receiving federal subsidies or $750/worker (whichever is lower)
•Annual fees on pharmaceutical companies ($27 billion), health insurance companies ($60 billion), and medical device-makers ($20 billion)
•Annual penalties on individuals who do not have health insurance (up to a maximum of $695/person)
•Increase in the Medicare payroll tax from 1.45% to 2.35% for individuals making $200,000+ and families making $250,000+
•3.8% tax on unearned income for millionaires
•Insurance companies will be subject to a tax on each high-end insurance plan (so-called “Cadillac” plans) they offer
Miscellaneous:
•Illegal immigrants are not eligible for insurance or subsidies
•By Executive Order, such federal funding can’t be used for abortion
•The federal government will assist states by covering all of the increased expenses of expanding Medicaid coverage (90% of costs after 2020)
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
•Removed a ruling that now allows individual states to enact automotive fuel efficiency standards above federal standards (2009)
•Offered attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era rule that weakened the Endangered Species Act (2009)
•Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government (2009)
•Ended the Bush-era policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions (2009)
•Signed a measure requiring energy producing plants to begin producing 15% of their energy from renewable sources (2009)
•Announced that the federal government would reengage in the long-delayed effort to clean up “Superfund” toxic waste sites (2009)
•Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production (2009) * Note: Much of Obama’s energy reform was killed by Senate Republicans
•Proposed a new refuge for wild mustangs (2009)
•Canceled several Bush-era mountain-top removal and mining permits (2009)
•Reengaged in international treaties and agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009) * Note: Bush had withdrawn from such efforts
•Asked Congress for an energy reform and “cap and trade” bill (2009) * Note: The Congress failed to pass such a bill
•Developing plan to lease US coastal waters for wind and water-current energy production (2009)
•Overturned Bush-era policies that allowed uranium mining near national parks such as the Grand Canyon (2009)
•Expanded the Petrified Forest National Park (2009)
•Signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act that protects millions of acres of scenic, historic, and recreational lands and trails (2009)
•Requiring that government buildings and facilities be retrofitted to save energy costs (2009)* Note: These green retrofits are moving very slowly
•Authorized studies in several western states to determine how to support large-scale solar installations (2009)
•Attended the Copenhagen talks and, after the talks were stalled, negotiated an international (voluntary) agreement on reducing carbon emissions and raising funds to assist developing nations in offsetting carbon emissions (2009)
•Banned importation of pythons in response to a growing population of pythons damaging the Florida Everglades (2009)
•Committing the federal government to increasing research and use of renewable, clean energy sources such as wind, biomass, etc. (2009)
•Executive orders establishing a federal initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all federal operations (2009) (2010)
•Called for exploring the possibility of additional off-shore oil drilling in the Gulf, Atlantic, and off Alaska (but not in ANWR) (2010)
•Agreed to consider increases in nuclear energy production and requested a study on the feasibility of nuclear power plant construction (2010) * Note: Nearly all energy initiatives were defeated by Republican opposition in Congress
•Increased investment in clean energy projects (2010)
•Executive Order to develop a new strategy for and commitment to ocean and lake resources, and for scientific research on water quality (2010)
RIGHTS
•Instituted enforcements for equal pay for women (Lilly Ledbetter Bill) (2009)
•Appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina, to the Supreme Court (2009)
•Held the first Seder in White House (2009)
•Appointed a diverse Cabinet and diverse White House staff (2009)
•Spoke at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization (2009)
•Signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation that includes acts of violence against gays under the list of federal hate crimes (2009)
•Reversed the Bush-era practice of politicizing Justice Department investigations and prosecutions against political opponents (2009)
•Pushing for some of the 9/11 perpetrators to be tried in federal court (2009) * Note: The process has moved at a snail’s pace and, in the face of opposition, Obama has remained quiet
•Signed an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Bill to provide federal research and support for treating the disease (2009)
•Allowed the State Department of offer same-sex benefits for employees (2009)
•Proposed that the Pentagon repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy; placed a “freeze” on current efforts to remove alleged homosexuals from the military (2009)
•After eight years of neglect, the Justice Department and EEOC are again enforcing employment discrimination laws (2009)
•Convened the White House Tribal Nations Conference, inviting representatives from 564 federally-recognized Indian tribes (2009)
•Provided increased school projects for Indian lands and increased funds for the Indian Health Service (2009)
•Signed an Executive Order mandating that his Cabinet develop plans to work with and consult Indian tribes on issues impacting Indian lands (2009)
•Commissioned a study to develop alternatives to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (2010)
•Called for federal agencies to look into recognizing gay partnerships in terms of benefits (2010)
•Signed an Executive Order for the President’s Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
•Increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
•Signed Executive Order to promote the federal government as a “model employer” when it comes to hiring the disabled (2010) * Note: This includes new efforts to increase the recruitment, hiring, and training for the disabled
•Programs to assist Spanish speakers with the US Census (2010)
•Elena Kagen appointed to Supreme Court (2010)
•Tasked all federal agencies to develop new strategies to address HIV/AIDS (2010)
•After organizing studies on the topic in 2009, tasked the Pentagon to eliminate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (2010)
•Signed Fair Sentencing Act (2010) * Note: The Administration continues to deescalate marijuana interdiction and raids; increased dramatically the amount of cocaine one must possess to be sentenced to jail; eliminated mandatory sentencing for first-time drug abusers and simple possession
EDUCATION
•Authorized construction funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access in K-12 public schools (2009)
•Increased funding for school construction (2009)
•Increased funding available for student loans (2009)
•Expanded the national youth service program (2009)
•Streamlined the federal student loan process to save $87 billion over the next 10 years (2009)
•Changed the rule to allow students struggling to make college loan payments to refinance their loans (2009)
•Beginning discussions with Congress for education reform (2009) * Note: Much of Obama’s education reform has been sidelined by opposition in Congress
•Initiated a “Race to the Top” competitive federal grant program for states who develop innovative policies (2009)
•Instituted a “judgment review” allowing families with student loans to petition to have their current financial status determine the loan rather than the previous year’s finances (2009)
•Launched “Educate to Innovate,” a public/private partnership making $236 million available for science, mathematics, and technology education programs (2009)
•Proposed capping the maximum amount students must pay on student loans (as percentage of their income) (2010)
•Proposed reducing student loan obligations for individuals going to work in community and public service jobs (2010)
•The federal government will offer direct student loans, cutting out the cost of private banks (“middle man”) who increase the costs in order to make a profit (2010)
•Increased investment in technologies for schools/education (2010)
DISASTER RESPONSE
•Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness (2009)
•FEMA once again reports directly to the president (2009) * Note: Bush removed FEMA (prior to the Hurricane Katrina disaster) from this status
•Demonstrated an immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters (2009)
•Ordered that funds be released and red tape be streamlined for the ongoing Hurricane Katrina recovery effort in the Gulf Coast (2009)
•Timely and massive relief effort in response to the January 2010 earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis (2010)
Components of the response:
•The FBI’s National Center for Disaster Fraud was tasked to look into possible fraud with organizations soliciting funds for relief
•Announced the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund
•Established an emergency Haiti Task Force in the State Department
•Established a website with information, resources, and a posting of a “person finder” online to help families and friends to locate loved ones
•Joint aid and relief planning with the U.K.
•Sponsored a resolution in the UN Security Council for additional security and police forces in Haiti
•Dispatched the US Navy floating hospital (USNS Comfort) and, within 5 days, 9 naval and relief ships, 5 Coast Guard cutters, 8 Coast Guard aircraft, and 12,000 US military personnel
•Initial dispatch of several ships and cargo planes full of humanitarian aid and supplies, 6 search/rescue teams (500 personnel), and 265 Department of Health & Human Services personnel for emergency medical and aid support
•Established a mobile US air traffic control center at the destroyed airport in Port-au-Prince
•After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a freeze was placed on new deep water projects (2010)
•Executive Order to establish new security measures to minimize accidental release of bio and chemical agents; new strategies for public health and bioterrorism response (2010)
•Established a national commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon spill to examine facts and report a plan of action; new efforts to prevent offshore spills (2010)
•After a slow start in responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the White House is promoting a long-term plan to reconstruct the damaged Gulf and negotiated with BP the establishment of a multi-billion dollar trust fund for victims of the spill (2010)
•Extended national flood insurance program for those in need during current economic crisis (2010)
OTHER INITIATIVES
•New federal funding for science and research labs (2009)
•Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program (2009)
•Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program (2009)
•Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud (2009)
•Ordered the DEA to stop raids on medical marijuana usage (2009)
•Ordered a review of existing “mandatory minimum” prison sentencing (2009)
•Signed an order to limit airport tarmac delays and the time passengers had to sit in the plane/on the tarmac during delays (2009)
•Restored the EPA to “Cabinet level” status (2009) * Note: Bush removed the EPA from this status
•Beginning discussions with Congress for comprehensive immigration reform (2010) * Note: Much of Obama’s immigration reform had been stalled by opposition in Congress
•Commissioned expert panels and reports from NASA; announced a new direction for human space flight that involves funding a new heavy lift-launcher and jettisoning the Ares 1 program; boosting NASA’s budget by $1 billion in 2011 (2010)
•Ordered a ban on text-messaging for all commercial truck and bus drivers (2010)
•Signed bill – FAA Air Transportaiton Modernizatin and Safety Improvement Act (2010)
P.S. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING…
•The Obamas paid for the renovations of the private living quarters in the White House with their own money rather than using the funds provided to all new first families (2009)
•The Obamas reused many Christmas ornaments from previous White House trees rather than buy new ones (2009)
•The Obamas used LED energy-saving lights on White House Christmas tree (2009)
•Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; donated the award money for the prize to several charities (2009)
•Planted a garden for the White House’s vegetables and flowers (2009)
•Installed a swing set/playground for the Obama daughters and children of White House employees (2009)
•Held over 150 public town halls, press conferences, interviews, etc. in first year in office (2009) * Note: Official numbers are not available on such things, but this seems to be a new record high
•Less than 30 days of vacation in first year in office (2009) * Note: Official numbers are not readily available on such things, but this seems to be a new record low
Nice cut and paste job asshole. After reading that pile of garbage you posted, it really makes one wonder why this country contunes to amass an astronomical amount of debt and questions about the debt celling are constantly raised. Thanks you Obama. Let go spend some more money in Lybia while we’re at it. Fucking libtard…
There IS NO “Tupac of this generation”.
NOBODY will ever be ‘Pac, no one will reach that level he was on. Period.
But Lupe Fiasco is on Tupac status. By that I mean he’s on ‘Pac status because he puts the media, the government, everyone on blast. He speaks so candidly. “Words I Never Said” he puts out Obama, bank owners, the government, he just speaks his mind without hesitation. But again, there IS NO “Tupac of this generation”.
Rest Well ‘Pac! Hail Mary!
Lupe Fiasco is weak man. The subjects he touches have been said by many other rappers who actually go deeper in the subject matter. Lupe brings things up that he wouldnt be able to back up. I could see through his “conscious” rapper facade.
TUPAC BACK!!!!
Duh
RIP PAC i read your book of poems everyday. another good man with a soul that was screaming and feenin to be heard.
i’m from the East & Pac is my favorite MC. . .he went in on what he would call them “playa-hata’z” . . one love one thug
This track is crazy. Tupac at his best as usual.
I miss this guy like a lost relative. Rappers aren’t passionately honest anymore. RIP PAC
What can one say…this dude was, and is, truly amazing. I love the way he names names – Pac went straight at dudes.
Nice. Tha strenght of hip hop back
yo pac is the illest dead or alive
4 real. Biggie was a rich boy who idolized ‘Pac’s type. His mother went on to tell us that he grew up in a 5 bedroom house with a full fridge. lol… Studio gangsta!
ahahahaha, no shit. Biggie had sucha hard life, he was fat since he was born?
Biggie told stories he learnt from his bodyguard and other friends on records. He was not a gangsta but he sold crack somedays. He worked for someone but the guy tricked him and he was broke again. Then he met Puff. Puff tricked him too and Big got almost no money for his album. He sold copies of his album to have money. Source: Mark Curry’s book about Puffy, Dance with the Devil
some hot shit…….
umm was i wrong to turn dis off to watch a justin tmberlake video on mtv
Yeah u a fag like ur dad
another pac song …..unreleasesd…..how many are that wwe dint heard….pac is the best ever
after so many time iu still sing his songs
damn 2pac and Wayne dissed Wendy Williams lol nobody like her..2pac used to diss everybody tho he may have even dissed Hov if he was alive lil longer too..I would’ve loved to hear Pac and Em go at it tho (dat would’ve been classic since he dissed Dre)
He did diss Jay-Z, on several accounts. Where do you think Nas got the “Fuck Jay-Z!” sample on “Ether”.
Don’t get me wrong… I was a huge 2pac fan before he joined death row. After that I lost interest, mainly due to bullshit songs like this one. He didn’t like biggie, figure that out on “hit em up”.
Real talk…. I prefer to remember “the revolutionary” 2pac saying some real shit rather than the Suge Knight puppet acting like the madd rapper
If you think he was a puppet u must not know a damn thing about why he died or even why he linked up with sk in the first place.
well speak brother….
I agree. I mean, I like some of the stuff he did on Death Row, but you’re right, too much of it was Suge and his goons forcing Pac’s hand. Pac was making a million songs because he was trying to fulfill his contract and get the fuck outta there. There’s nothing worse than being indebted to a bunch of killers.
lol you obviously didnt follow pac’s career.pac was in northern cali way before getting into deathrow.always in the hood.digital underground.the california gang lifestyle appealed to pac.when pac let Orlando Anderson have it, what did pac ask him?..”you from the southside (southside compton crips)”.nobody forces anyone into gangbanging.the lifestyle attracts the thugs.and some of the thugs are smart as fuck.but choose to fuck up.
RAW SHIT
pac shitting on 3/4 of the game with a 13+ year old song, lol. pathetic.
I MISS TUPAC!!!!
THESE pussies in this pussy ass industry are still scared to death of the realest EVER!!!
There is hundreds of tracks unreleased, please just release them as HE INTENDED THEM TO BE RELEASED.
R.I.P TUPAC THE GREATEST EVER
Always good to hear some new (old) 2Pac shit
Not a classic Pac song, but keep them songs coming
Nice
Ok, we got it. Pac asked to get killed. Stop posting this garbage, couldn’t even get through listening to it. “Until the End of Time” and others are better representations of his talent.
Fucku
Fuck YOU wit’ ya mam’s crooked cheese-dripping little dick!!!
nas aint real nigga is a secret mason same club as those he speaks about in his song, he fake a coon same goes for jay,dre,ice cube,puffy. pac exposed all these niggaz you stupid niggaz today call real.real niggaz is dead cuz they spoke the truth and were lynched,RIP PAC RIP BIGGIE /FAKE NIGGAZ IS STILL IN THE GAME LYING TO YOU
Even as a “dead” man, Pac KILLS it!
Pac was the most talented ni@@a hands down,no wonder Eminem said that he was the best writer of our time period.
This shit is whack. Why would they post this shit..shit is just kicking up dust.
Dissing Biggie & Nas to Big up Pac is stupid.
Stop with all that BIG and Nas aint real niggas.
Their music speaks for themselves.
This doesnt reflect Pac in a good light nor is he here to explain his reasons nor can he tell you how he feels now.
This is some fox new shit!
Respect the Legends tastefully!
soundclick.com/showtimeny
+1
Your mother is whack dude. This is a post humous track from a late great who clearly helped pave the way for your sorry ass and the least you can do is show a little respect so unless you learn to do that, go and stick your penis in your mums mouth until she bites your cock off you pussi.
Pac was straight…but not the best..I think him and Big get too much credit..IMO
How can you even say that with a straight face. I hate aruging online but name anybody who’s done the same thing for Hip Hop, coming from where they came from with their message especially Pac. That man, I could say died for his message, he was the truest, realest emcee that ever lived and Big neither over are over rated, matter of fact they’re under rated. So when they put some one like Em on the same level I get offended, because Em was not man enough to wager his life on his skills. One of my mates said Em got big because he was white, this maybe true and it may not be, but all I know is lyrically I resonate more with Pac than I do with any other emcee out now accept for a select few. The most under rated emcee after Pac I’ve gotta say is DOOM or even Talib Kweli and the most underated producer was no doubt Dilla.
LMAO Pac still mad…..call it a career hommie
King on Kings WTF you mean the nigga put out plenty of album befor he died….what did you think the BACKGROUND DANCER was doing on digital underground no body really listen too it BECAUSE IT WAS ASS!! his shit started to blow up when he started talking about the harsh realities and guess that somewhat ended his carrer DUMBASS!
Oh, lord, yes!!
2PAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Man I wish Pac would have lived long enough to murder that bitch nigga Nas. We know Pac would have destroyed Nas!!! But then again anyone that knows hip hop knows Pac > Nas, it’s not even a issue!
I fuck wit Pac and Nas but Pac cant fuck with Nas lyrically so watch ya mouth nigga!!
Nas is highly overrated when comes being a lyricst. Pac as a wordsmith (or metaphorcally) never had the chopps to fuck with a NY Mc… but he did step-up to the bat, ex: Big, Mobb, Nas, and Jay-z… and rock the shit out them niggaz…LOL!
I love Pac. But Illmatic alone tops all his music.
Nah, you dumb son…You cant say one is greater than the other firstly. And tupac is def not someone u can brush under the rug like that.
Coming from a nigga who knows whats good.
NaS_is_goat
In my opinion Pac is the best emcee to ever bless the mic. I’m not saying he was the best freestyler or had the best flow, but he had the most energy and was the most well rounded emcee I’ve ever heard on the beat not even Big had the same energy as this due because every emcee has a different imprint so when says Nas’ Illmatic I say Pac’s All Eyez on me, any day that is one of the best and most succeful records of the nineties.
(Good thing I’m asking this question behind this computer screen so you hostile fag’s can’t attack me)
How has the west coast contributed to hip hop music? The only reason why rappers shout out west coast hiphop is because if they don’t, west coast rappers get all butt-hurt and wanna start beef and say “What about us?”. In regards to Tupac…Tupac caused a lot of destruction with this east coast, west coast rivalry and got himself killed because for one: talking about death so much that it came and snatched him up and two: Messing around with Suge Knight…the man who got him killed. He released that track “changes”…yeahright…he would’ve continued with what he was doing. I don’t hate tupac at all, he was a great man. I’m just voicing my opinion.
–Now let the hate begin… comment below
N.W.A,Easy E,Dre,Cube,E 40,Too Short,G Funk,DJ Quik,Snoop just off top of my head.
Drama Queen. Surely there are discussion boards somewhere online for this kinda topic? Discuss the song. It is always great to hear any unreleased 2Pac music. He never caused an East/West rivalry.
>BLACK EYES PEAS
>PHARCYDE
>MC EIGHT
>wc madd circle
>coolio
>d.o.c
>dru down
>luniz
>spice 1
>hobojunction
>Hieroglyphics
>blackalicious
>jurrasic 5
>Planet Asia
>Ras Kass
>Dialated Peoples
> Alkoholiks
>Psycho Realm
>Cypress Hill
>Living Ledgends
LET ME STOP B4 H.LEE THINKS THIS IS A DISS SMH .. KIDS THAT DONT KNO HIP HOP GO EDUCATE URSELF..THIS BET AWARDS WAS FREAKIN HORRIBLE THIS YEAR .. SHAME I HOPE THE HIPHOP AWARDS ARE BETTER BUT WITH WHO OUT I DOUBT IT SERIOUSLY
Ok let me rephrase that…Since “3 Headed Monstah” named off dope emcee’s that I actually listen to. Qhat has “GANGSTER” rap done for hiphop? absolutely nothing…
Dre, Cube, Snoop, Ice-T, N.W.A, Spice1, Tupac motherfuckin Amaru Shakur. Honestly Honest-Lee you have smoked yourself retarded.
LLLike I asked before you anonymous gaylord “WHAT HAS GANGSTER RAP DONE FOR HIPHOP?”. Listing off a list of rappers doesn’t explain much you idiot…gangster rap is brainwashing and it only causes drama. Good thing it’s died down. Honestly…i’d rather put up with this brainless rap nowadays than to listen to BRAINWASHING gangster rap music that motivates me to do evil. buster…
dr dre- lil ghetto boy. ice t- 6 in the mornin’. nwa- dopeman. above the law- black superman. ice cube- who’s the mack? songs like the ones i named also showed there is consequences to the lifestyle as opposed to glorifying it, which most people focus on.
but since you’re so hell-bent on shitting on west-coast music (your original question is what you intended to say), they say that the gangsta rap genre started in the east coast. #sowhatyousayin’?
who puts a real email?
Like I asked before you anonymous gaylord “WHAT HAS GANGSTER RAP DONE FOR HIPHOP?”. Listing off a list of rappers doesn’t explain much you idiot…gangster rap is brainwashing and it only causes drama. Good thing it’s died down. Honestly…i’d rather put up with this brainless rap nowadays than to listen to BRAINWASHING gangster rap music that motivates me to do evil. buster…
2PAC THE G.O.A.T
The realest this i ever wrote….back in 94!
nice
top diss track
Why can’t black folks get along with each other? “It ain’t them thats killin us it’s us thats killin us”.
Funny you say ‘why can’t black folks’ get along, Pac said it best when he said ‘They say it’s the white men I should fear, when it’s my own kind doing all the killing hear’. You’re both on point here ,but you must remember that this is the nature of Hip Hop, it’s all about competition as much as it is about spreading the message am I right or wrong ?
your not right or wrong, your GAY!
It shouldn’t be that way. True artist let their music speak for its self. Promoting violent acts doesn’t make an artist better than his compitition.
he dissin dre or was that just me?
Yup, he dissed dre. Tupac said he was going to get in shape, put on some nike running shoes, chase dre down on foot and buttfuck him at 30mph with his chunky ass dick.
GARBAGE!
unique
why do you have 2 pac with a dead rag on ?
2 Pac wasnt a blood squares .
2 PAC FEAT C-BO , E-40 , THE CLICK – WE AINT HARD TO FIND ALL EYEZ ON ME ALBUM STILL BUMPIN
actually, tupac was a blood you idiot!
Actually Pac had no gang affiliation you idiot… he respected all, blood or cuz, but since he was down with Death Row he rode with Suge who was a blood. Therefore sometimes he sported red like with the Red Wings jersey but he never declared himself either way cuz he was from NY then Baltimore, then the Bay before he got with Death Row. Get the facts st8 homie.
he jus had M.O.B. (member of bloods) tatted on him, no its for money over bitches rite
this nigga pac claimed to have known shit, a supposedly smart person. Well he obviously didnt know about karma!
what the fuck does karma have to do with murder u ignorant stupid dumb bitch!!! so ur telling me that because he died even though he had never killed anyone meant it was just karma, that means that ur dead love ones also got visited by karma right??? you are officially a disgrace to all living things!!!
he means karma caught up to him cause all he rapped about was death, u keep talkin bout death and r infatuwaited with death watch what happens, 2pac, biggie, jim morrison, …
2pac is a disgrace to humanity a fucking thug who professed robbing and shooting decent white folk in america who built this country from nothing into a fucking empire, then come these fucking immigrants and try to take away everything my southern grandparents worked for, wtf is up with that? you were brought here by slavery? fine, go back to your fucking africa, be one with your culture (which is witch craft, eating your relatives and dancing naked near camp fires), but leave this glorious country alone! LEAVE COUNTRY ALONE!
take ur butt fuckin goatface back to the caucus mountains….smh, u wouldnt say that shit in real life cause ur bitch ass knows u wud catch a beat down….
edgy and controversial post bro
@Steve Back. I Ain’t No Black I Ain’t No White I Ain;t No Latin… But FUCK U MUTHAFUCKA.
wtf empire???? because of the stupid white people running this country is that we have this fucked up economy crisis!!!! now u stupid white people had no choice but to elect a black man to clean up after a retarded white man that had no idea on how to properly run a country!!
Suck a dick.
Suck a dick:)
ur mothafuckin ancestors were mothafuckin immigrants too u stupid white piece of shiz
u stupid white piece of shit faggot go suck america’s AIDS dick fag
Official!
One thing u can never question was Pac’s passion niggaz dnt rhyme with that passion anymore they just record songs they like robots nowadays Pac made you believe wat he was saying…
No doubt,Big was the same way.
Well said…:)
dAMN!!!!!!!!!
thAT’S REAL DOPE!!!!
The cover pic honestly doesn’t look like Pac… it really looks like someone trying to be a lookalike. There are so many out there that I feel like I can’t trust any pic anymore.
But… nobody could fool me with the voice, lyrical, or delivery… this is classic Pac shit to the core and you gotta respect the don Makaveli for his passion. The man was just so real…. it’s hard for me to describe to anyone that wasn’t alive to feel his shit as he dropped each track/album and did every interview. It was like witnessing the newest form of Malcolm or Huey P. Newton who not only spoke out for his people but was a successful entertainer who was great at music and acting. He knew the best way to reach people and get them to think was through entertainment. I only wish we had more like him now who see the affect that the entertainment industry has on the lost souls.
Yeah, that picture is suspect.
PAC DA REALEST!!!!
yea ive never seen that pac picture before. dx is always on some suspect shit.
All ya’ll dont know shit what ya’ll talking bout. If you aint older than 33, you should not be posting shit here. Dont know what the fuck yall talking bout. Some dude had the nerve to ask if Pac dissed Dre on this song. That right there proves these are a bunch of young mofos who dont know shit.
he did diss ‘doc dre’…hes dissed him openly many times.
oh yea..why you cuss so FUCKIN much ? ha
dude if ur 33 or older u shouldnt be postin shit on any site, u should move out of your mommas house grow up and get a FUCKIN life
Ya favorite rappers favorite rapper!!! Pac still on his shit 15 years later! SMH
Pac rhymin’str8 from the gut!!!
Pac rhymin’str8 from the gut!!!
this dude was just a loud mouth bastard……never liked him………..oh yeah FUCK YOU whoevr responds with some bullshit….AND i’m from L.A. BITCHES!!!
Its OK officer Rick.We can see the bitch in u.And am from Africa u cock sucker….OUTLAW NAIROBI-KENYA NIGGA
Real recognize real and if u dont respect Pac then u aint real… get caught sayn some shit about Pac out in LA in public and get STOMPED ON bitch
rick ur pussy.how the fuck u gonne write some dumbshit bout Pac and expect ur ugly moma not to get dissed 4 that huh?rick, u ain’t from L.A, u may be trying to fight poverty by trying to scavenge in L.A but u ain’t an L.A son.Fuck U!
hahaha You fuckin faggot wanna be thugs.. Whats with these “thugs” that listen to pac? For some reason they think that listening to pac makes them harder. hahahah. BITCHES!!! And I’m born and raised in LOS ANGELES…not a fuckin transplant like you fuckin faggots! Never Liked Pac never will. Average at best….and for thoses that say that Pac was the best…EAT A DICK…you must not know too much about Hip Hop …so shut the fuck up……..Im here to offend all you sliding up & down pacs cock. Oh, And what kinda “thugs” use anonymous as their name…fake as bitches….fake thugs dont get no love, you get got by hot seeking slugs!
lol rick ur a faggot. just admit ur only mad cuz u want pac’s dick but necrophilia is illegal and ur too scared to break laws faggot
Fuck all y’all bitch made niggas. Classic Pac.
Fuck YOU with ya mama’s crooked cheese dripping dick!!!
Pac being Pac! Bombin’ on dudes!
pac has the dopest voice ever.
Its pac everyday til’ the end of time.Eye people don’t realize pac was profound and lyrical without trying.Love biggie,todays rappers suck and unexcusably terrible.
@Steve beck dude right you bitch made cave bastard.Read in the bible numbers chapter twelve verse nine ,ten and eleven.All you pale demons gonna get it for what you did too my ancestors.Talk that trash to my face and bring a couple of fella’s with you punk bitch.
That Steve Beck dude was definitely on some ignorant irrelevent shit, but I read that entire chapter of numbers 5 times and it doesn’t say anything like what you apparently think it does… take a class in theology before you try to preach son.
Too damn good!
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De La!!!! Pac dissed De La!!!! Man towards the end of his life Pac just got on some pranoid shit. De La is one of the most peaceful crews in Hip Hop. C’mon son.
Pac had a song dissing jupiter and pluto’s moons.
that main pic is definitely not 2pac hiphopdx. just looks at the mustache. pac didnt look like that. try again.
well then who is it?
a lookalike. pac never had a mustache like that. ever.
even the eyebrows are wrong. like at the picture on this page then go to the main page. that aint pac.
not convinced, hes wearin a bandana on main page so his eyebrows r covered, whats wrong with the mustache im not seein it
how is that not pac? look at the poetry album the rose vol. 2 hes got the same mustache and eyebrows there
Tupac eyebrow experts? Ayooooooooo!
Tupac eyebrow experts? Ayo!
i luv it
I luv your hat.
Watch yo mouth…if only Pac listen to his own advice
People can’t handle the truth. Most rappers use subliminal disses and have sneaky ways. Pac told it straight up and people couldn’t handle it (and as these comments prove, a lot of you still can’t).
Imagine being that age. With that mind. In that time. I would have been angrier. #westcoastshit
He’s a weak ass pussy and he ever was…Biggie and Nas and even De la would slaughter his ass lyrically
your mother’s pussy’s weak, after me and 4 others eses jose, jose, javier, and carlos made her curl into a ball after we “asked” her to cooperate
EVEN De La… De La some of the most under-rated lyricists in hip hop
nas was lyrically better so was big, it was a different flow and delivery retard. so they all in their own sense were the greatest. big did not have delivery like or the passion neither does nas. but nas n big r better story tellers. so shut the fuck up faggot
Go listen to ur Thug Life bullshit stans.I understand u have feelings for Pacs tracks cuz he was all like ”Boo hoo me,Boo hoo u” but don’t hate on the truth and the truth is that he was an angry man with paranoidical tendencies and a fuckin rapist…And on the top of that he is probably the reason why the GREATEST OF ALL TIME is dead as well…RIP Big,and RIP Pac
i luv it. RIP king
damn that beat doesn’t fit his vocals at all
The greatest!
pac wouldve ate wayne if he was alive
no fuckin shit
no shit sherlock! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Pac’s big fucking mouth got him popped. Most Overrated of All Time
Thank you. Pac is overrated. I usually dont say anything, but Im tired of all this greatest talk. He was a dancer for one of the softest group of all time, Digital Underground. He had passion, but his energy was used in the wrong place. Dissing De La is crime, like someone has said before, they represent peace.
Pac started controversy HIP HOP. It kills me with all these people talking Pac is the greatest, because if you know your history the east coast was not really messing with Pac until he started to act crazy and he started acting crazy because he was getting no respect. East Coast rap at the time was Biggie, Wu, Tribe, Gangstarr, Bootcamp. Pac was no where to be found.
At our Homecoming in ’94 at A&T this dude was actually booed, cause he could not perform and nobody was really messing with him. When the movie Juice came out he started to take on the THUG Life Mentality as a character. Its funny cause Common said it before, nobody a thug before Tupac came they had parts in they eyebrows trying to be like Kane. HIP HOP fans since the late 90’s have been nothing but followers, riding on anybody “so called hot” as soon as they come out or as soon as the radio say they hot. Prime example, where are all the dogs at that were following DMX? Where all the NO Limit Soldiers? Where all the jiggy players at? Now everybody want to be from the South.
The real deal is that Pac and Biggie died while they were in there primes. Imagine what HIP HOP would have been like if KRS died after By any means neccessary or if Rakim died after Follwer the Leader or what if Kane died after Long Live the Kane.
People act as if they were alive today that HIP HOP would be different. BULLISH, with HIP HOP being commercialized PAC and Biggie would be cooning themselves too. Believe dat !!!!!
wow you wrote an essay. are you trying to convince us or yourself?
To Hip Hop:
To answer your question about “where are all the dogs at that were following DMX? Where all the NO Limit Soldiers? Where all the jiggy players at?……..They are all grown now and prob 30+ years old. I hope the same people that grew up on DMX and Master P are not still going around saying “Where my dogs at” and barking like dogs and still not saying “Im bout it bout it” and “Hoody Whoo”.
Different generations have different people to follow. All the people who followed the people you mentioned are grown ass men or women. My point is, they are no where to be found because times change. 10 years from now we will be saying where are all the punks wearing skinny jeans with rags hanging out there back pocket trying to be like Weezy. I hope they have professional jobs and doing something positive with their life.
God is Love,
Rev Run
I am a Tupac fan and i aint gonna tell you to shut the fuck up or go crazy on you.. I respect what you just said and I kinda agree with you.. a lot of rappers are overrated and they get the “Great” status when they get shot and drop dead.. I am also a Proof fan and everybody was sleepin on the homie until he got shot.. all of a sudden he gets 5/5 in the DX and some shit like that.. We only appreciate rappers when they are dead and thats the sad thing about HipHop
R.I.P Pac, Proof, Pun, Biggie and everybody who represented this pure art called HipHop
you dumb ass naughty by nature n trech were boys with him way before so do your research. also he was heavily involved with bootcamp they had an album coming out. you just hate on him, realist nigga out. he said wat he felt n u mad cuz of that. he was always thug n kept it 100, drink bleach n die.
None Ya
Respect the response, but the same gangsters/soldiers from No Limit and RRuff Ryders are the same ages as the THUGS Pac came out in the 90’s and dudes still be claiming THUGS, so Im not understanding that point.
Retard
You are what you name says. Just cause you know east coast rappers dont mean the east coast listens to your music, which was the point. Also, answer me this, what is more realer that F**k the police or Burn Hollywood Burn? That’s real.
If Pac was so real then why did Suge Knight basically pimp him? If he was real he would have been up on game or been up on how not to be pimped, right? Like I said Pac would be cooning like everyone else.
Sad thing about all of this is that Pac is one of the best rappers, but people act like he is Martin or Malcolm or Obama. I wonder if the same people that love and ride or die with Pac so much feel the same way toward them three?
Pac was being bullied by The Jewish Mob who was pushing Suge. You need some time in the business of things before you understand them. Pac was also heavy in the east and west before 94 to HipHop. You should better inform yourself.
that does not sound like a pac beat. definitely a remix.
Actually, it is the original beat. There was a 1 verse clip of a unheard Death Row Remix that leaked a year or 2 ago. I agree though, it doesn’t sound like a 2Pac beat.
REAL TALK!!! nobody can touch him dead or alive
Is he really dead!!!!
how come he looks like dave chappelle in that picture?
TUPAC REST IN PEACE
OK I WILL!!
I wish this was still unreleased…there is a reason why this was unreleased. He said he would not release any ‘diss’ tracks aimed at Nas. Just sayin’.
Feelings leak like song dont be a bitch
Completely agree. Pac sure as hell said that. He talked to nas before he died and was all good with him.
this is a remix it doesnt sound like the lyrics were written or recorded to this beat
Real Dope Ish…. If/When they put out an album for Pac all I ask is that they have a couple of DJ Quik and Daz joints….
Tupac Amaru Shakur had a great plan when recording all these songs… His mentality was no play all work!!!
QDIII’s beat for this song was better. Sounded legit.
Drake is better than Pac ever was, Drake is the best, he goes so hard.
Drake’s Fuckboy
drake? better then pac??? wow…
just asking that question aint even right,get ur stats right homie.
how old r u like 15??
your the biggest fucking idiot for saying that
Dumbass..
Your wrong mane, Gucci betta
hahahaha that must be the wackest comment ever !! you should be a shame of yourself comparing Drake to a Legend lol dumbass kid
y do everybody think drake is so fuckin great. all this nigga do is sing about ex girlfriends and money hes lame as fuck u should be smacked in ur mouth son
I do believe he is joking guys, but that really is how all of the Gay ass Drake fans sound. Queer Music
yall herbs..somebody says drake better than pac and all of yall get your panties in a bunch..pac will be ashamed of yall
When you talk to $WonDough$, watch your mouth
People that say 2pac wasnt a Lyrcist are fucking dumb man! More People know EVERY WORDS too More PAC songs then any Rapper in the history of the GAME! And sure Pac had his Dumb Side But thats why Even more People love him cuz he was Human Had our type of Problems in the Hood! PAC WAS the REALEST RAPPER EVER! The G.O.A.T!
Well stated brother. I just wish that the internet would stop posting 2Pac’s negative stuff. I am sure that he would have stopped all this by now.
thats because 2 pacs lyrics are corny and easy to remember
THE BEST CAME FROM THE WEST!
hey dick 2pac is not from the westside
but he repped the west didnt he!!
so that makes him fake right…he was born in New York nut repped Cali???? FAKE ASS NIGGA….even if he moved to the West, you always rep where your from. 2 PAC you fake nigga, if your dead, you deserved it, if your alive, come back and go to jail you bitch!!!
MA LOVE FOR TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR,I CAN BE GAY!R.I.P BRO.PAC.GHETTO GASPEL FOR LIFE.
again the same song over and over again from 2pac. thugs, hennesy, weed and disses
smh
id swear u haventt heard more than 5 Pac songs..smh
Dear mama, Changes, How long will they mourn me, Whatz ya phone number etc etc etc…Pac had way more than just dissing, weed, bitches and hennesy dog, check yo self!
Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!! weak flow and lyrics
don’t ever disrespect 2pac ill fucking wax you
Pac all day!!!!!!!!!!!
the greatest of all time, i dont see how people can put pac and big in the same league, they both died at the same age but the diference is pac left a whole body of work and art, big had one album dont get me wrong its a classic but it cant compare with what pac done. big was a great rapper but couldnt connect with the listener the same pac could, i used to listen to tunes like dear mama and think shit thas my story. pac was also a great storyteller tracks like wonder why they call u bitch, life goes on are stories but also relevent they had a meaning behind them. anyway iv gone off on one RIP the greatest there ever will be
stupid ma fucker.. what bout life after death fool. biggie had two
That’s what no one understands,
PAC WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT
that thug shit, tattoos,going out dissing people
he didn’t give a fuck about the next best thing and he wouldn’t give a fuck about a hater sitting behind their screen talking smack about topics they have no relevance in.
Pac did his thing, left his mark,sold more then your favourite MC (before eminem passed him this year,though Em been rappin 3x longer)
He’s a legend, everyone has their flaws, you should hate the Pac fans who overrate him, not the person himself.
Bitches should be disgraced dissing a dead man.
This happened 15 YEARS AGO, before some of you bitches even learned how to walk..
2pac was not the first to do that thug shit..there was kool g rap, just-ice,ice t, nwa etc…dissing people was done way before Pac too..look at all the rap battles from before krs one vs shan ll cool j vs kool moe dee..and its the new age how you know pac wont be on the comp givin a fuck about the haters…I like pac but get your facts straight before you speak like you know
Pac was cool but you cats ride dude like her was perfect and did no wrong…When he first started rappin he was talking about black power and revolutionary stuff….Digital Underground was not a thug based group….Pac didn’t start all that bullshit till Shug bailed him out…
@Not really… that’s where you’re wrong. He was still hard as fuck on his first album 2Pacalypse Now – see Violent, Trapped, and Young Black Male – and his second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z – see Last Words with Cube and Ice T, Strugglin’, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and the title track. He created Thug Life and released Volume 1 with them as well as spoke his mind about his depression on Me Against the World. Pac was speaking out and calling out the fakes way before he signed with Suge. People forget that before he was on Death Row he had the #1 album in the country while behind bars in Me Against The World. He was on top of the rap game before he signed with Death Row… Suge was just the first to post bail and say I got you… just come do your thang on the Row.
I just said he wasnt perfect, your weak ass comes back talking smack all over again.
Im not a dickrider but ‘Pac was one in a million..
Look at how soft hip-hop went after he died..Who’s having beef now?Who is speaking against all this bullshit while selling millions?none..
Pac isnt a god, but he had the power and the balls to get at anyone, died cause of Suge but he said himself he don’t care if he dies..
Fact is that he is still in the top 10 greatest but y’all mad over a dead man being respected so much, watch how many Lil Wayne,Rick Ross and Gucci riders there are..SMH at you fools discrediting a legend.
Where the music at now?Poppin pills,drinkin that sizzurp…What’s next, heroin and cocaine?Industry is fucked up, y’all arguing over 2Pac being wack n shit, he did more then any other rapper has done to this date, he died with hundreds of tracks just from ’95 – ’96, he got hundreds of unreleased tracks from ’91 – ’96 and 90% of that is classic shit deserved to be put out.
”One nation”
your wrong 2 pac was not the frist easy-e came out dissing the east side
Tupac dissed all the east coast niggaz because of the ’94 Shooting he said biggie was involved or knew about it. No one had tupacs back
And now a confession came out and TUPAC WAS RIGHT
Tupac was a LEADER
Need Another Album released
RIP
hes dead. he cant release anything.
@Anonymous… For Your Kind Information He’s Next Album Is Coming In 2012. Check On Wiki – Tupac’s Discography
Shut the fuck up you don’t know what happening cornballs like you kill me thinking you know the steez, stop jocking bitchass chump
Is the next album gonna tarnish his legacy and suck dick like the last one?
dope… rip tupac
My ni@@a Pac was on another level for real,you dont even hear disses from from these Chumps Mobb Deep ,Chino Xl and Wendy but they all started Him.I love Nas but at that time he was trying to defend Mobb Deep.
Love this right here…but home boy do your research…MOBB DEEP Was THE only East Coast group to fire back at Pac when he was alive…Listen to “Drop A Gem On’em” from their ’96 album Hell On Earth. Thats why I have respect for them cause JAY Z, Nas, Puffy,etc., etc, were all scared to reply back to Pac but big up him after death..that alway seem supa phony to me…just stating facts..nothing personal.
In ’95 Pac gave a shout out to De La. Apparently they said the wrong thing to the G.O.A.T. Anyone who rates this below 5 and goes to a modern day track and gives it higher is just crazy. You can’t beat this dude.
Pac was the realest and for all you coward ass hataz eat a str* dick.
Tupac is real….but the end HE DIED!
they alive. So…..*kanye shrug*
Life is Politics, you praise Pac cuz none of ya’ll have the balls enough to die for what you believe in. So in the end,how you live is personal choice. Can’t praise one and be a hyporcrite to it
🙂
rip 2pac
greatness
G.O.D Level
i needeed that i was just sayin its bout time 4 that raw n uncut pac 2 drop n he delivered like always
Perfection…Nothing on Pac now…
2pac is the best rapper , aliiiiive !!!!!! F**k jay z
pac
This is the mixtape that’s single handedly ruining hip hop, from this punk Asshole named Roamin. Pac would be turning in his grave, even peep the illuminati symbolism on the album cover.. http://www.datpiff.com/ROAMIN-I-Am-A-Hoax-mixtape.245891.html
Wow so many PAC stans, average song nothing more people.
G.O.A.T
Me Against the World is the best album ever made.
@ The new generation….Go kill urselfz!!!…If Pac were alive all ur favorite corny ass rappers wouldn’t exist….
Are you serious? You do realize that 90%+ of the dope 80’s and 90’s rappers who are better than Pac are still around and these corny rappers are still here, so I’ll have to disagree with your post.
all of you saying that pac wasn’t gangster and this and that..I guess you all forgot the fact that Tupac shot up two police officers…and yes this was before Suge Knight and Deathrow came along…now how many of your so called gangsta rappers have been known to do shit like that??.
bruh u just proved how ignorant u r wit that comment
and you just proved how ignorant you are by the way you write
In case you didn’t read my comment above, check Special Ed’s ‘The Magnificent” on you tube. At 2:14 we get a nice shot of Pac being his gangster self.
this mutherfucka thinks gangstas dont dance think again
YEAH! THINK AGAIN BITCH!
I love Pac but why release a 15 year old diss record. Let it go
you sound like as if you think 2Pac(who is dead) released it.
lol it wasnt pac dog. lmao
YOU let it go
funny… cause Illmatic is still considered the illest hip hop album! this track was a waste of time, especially right now
Funny, cuz pac was on mtv and bet everyday in 1995 and no one even heard of nas…illmatic didn’t go platinum till a couple years ago…and I know sales don’t mean shit, but in the 90’s EVERYONE went platinum…nas and jay had a tough roadblock with pac fucking up their careers (reasonable doubt flopped as well)…i love them all though, just tellin how it really went down…
You aint gonna make no money sucking nas dick
Always good to hear Pac
But everyone always askin why em is yellin,why arent u askin why pac is>
You idiots.. if this was released back when it was made, shit woulda hit the fan. pac is the greatest. biggie aint got no unreleased shit still comin out. stupid bitches acting like they know hiphop. shutttthefuckkupp faggotsss
I like Pac, but he’s far from the greatest.
Pac is the greatest passionate wise. He put in the most passion and heart into his shit. But nobody can say that Pac was the most lyrical, he had some lyrical ass shit but I would say either Cassidy or Lloyd Banks are the best lyrically
LOL at the dude who said banks or cassidy are the most lyrical rappers
I like it
I Likey!
Go to you tube and look up “The Magnificent” by Special Ed. Take a good look at the background dancers, there’s a nice close up around 2:14 of Pac. The Magnificent is a dope track by the way.
Ayyrab: I think maybe your the stupid bitch acting like he knows hip hop. Stay in school homie.
My 4 4 make sure all your kids don’t grow
get of dead dicks. pac is far for being the greatest! How many songs did he made with sounds the same: thug in heavev, thug in jail, weed, hennesy, bla bla bla and he is the greatest???? lame ass fans
fake ass gangster wannabe. started having a big mouth when suge was defending his ass.
lmao. you know nothing. you ignorant bastard.
2pacalypse now he has a big mouth
Invented Hip-Hop’s Vocabulary!
You were, and still are an everlasting blessing. Thanks ‘Pac.
practice what u preach watch yo mouth or if pac was still here nowadays he’d have to call this song watch yo fingers, watch yo texts homie, watch yo tweets, u think pac would have a twitter account, and didnt he used to always say “real niggas dont die” so by that logic was he callin himself fake?
Everyone dies. Not everyone lives. Thug immortal.
Real niggas don’t die cause when they do. They live on forever!!! In retard language: pac is still living thru your dumb ass cause your talking about him aren’t you?????? So he don’t die!!
ook at all these wiggas on a black website trying to be black…white people still feel they can comment on hip hop… how can u comment on something if its not a part of your culture… white people try so hard to be black.. you know how stupid u look when u try and act and dress black… they made a movie making fun of white people trying to be black (malibu most wanted)… how does it feel to listen to something u can’t relate to… for an example.. when you listen to nas (second childhood)or (destroy & rebuild) or too short (the ghetto)or watch (boyz n the hood)… how can a white person relate to any of those… you cant really get into the song white people because u dont go through what they rapping about… u got some white people on here commenting saying they live in the hood… first off lets define (hood)… just cause you or yor boyz slang a lil crakk and hang on the corner (thats not the hood)…. just cause u and yor boyz own a gun (thats not tha hood)…. just cause one of yor boyz got murked (thats not tha hood)… jus cause u shot someone (thatz not the tha hood)… know in the real hood . the housing authority… when a white person walks through the projects.. everybody starts looking at him for to rob him or sell him drugs.. when a white person shows up in my hood or housing authority .. everbody jus stop and look with they mouth open… cause they gonna either rob that muthafuker or serve him… i seen a thousand times a white wigga come in the hood trying to black and get hiz goofy azz robbed… whu got that (hood 2 hood)dvd… they go through every hood in the united states jus about.. not one white person on the whole dvd… lol lol lol…. to all the white people trying to be black … hip hop is for black race created by the black race… go look at a paul wall video and look at the way he moves his body trying to look black .. that shit never comes out right.. cause white people have no Rhythm…. thats like the funnyiest thing when whites act or dance black lol lol lol lol lol i
You’ve tried this before dude shut up already noone cares
please stop. you sound like an ignorant fuck.
– a black guy
Nice Carlton mustache. Cornball
Nice Fresh Prince reference. I knew that motherfucker looked familiar!
hypocrite light skinned motha fucka made cause he got white in his incenstry someone great great gam gam got raped by a white master
the only thing hood about you is the ghetto ass keyboard your typin wit whats wit all the tms and spanish as get a life son
Ahahahahaha, a White person talking shit about White people, damn that is precious.
ATTENTION Scottie Minor, YOU ARE WHITE!!!!
Eminems white best selling artist in rap how does it feel
The Most ingnorant shit Iv heard in a while. Music is Music, U like it or u dont. People listen to music for the simple joy of listening to music, some can relate and some think about what the ARTIST is raping about, and most of them like u say are rapping about their lives and shit theyve seen. U talking about white dudes wanting to be black, it happens, a white dude grows up in a black neighboor hood. Or a black guy grows up in a white neighboor wood. What u call him? a black guy wanting to be white? Ur a product of ur en,environment. and u say ur Hood is this and the white man and houseing authority that. Dude ur makign ir sound like black people live in the hood and etc. Not saying they dont , Im saying ur making it look bad about now. And the word Ghetto doesnt mean neccessarily mean poor, it means away from. The nazi came up with the word for the jewish ghettos at the time. LOl Im gonna stop cuz i could just continue and w.e but il end up making fun of u.
fuck pac! long live de la soul
I AGREE 100% THESE WHITE BOYS FUCKED THE GAME UP..DILUTED THE PURENESS OF HIP HOP..ON SOME WARRIOR SHIT 2PAC WOULDVE SMACKED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YALL AND FUCKED YOUR WIFE IN YOUR FACE AND YOU WOULDVE EITHER LOVED IT OR SHUT YOUR BITCH ASS UP..YALL NOT BUILT LIKE THAT,THAT DEVILISH SHIT IS YOUR HALLMARK BUT REAL WARRIOR TYPE SHIT IS FOREIGN,YALL TRY YOUR BEST TO VULTURE OFF REAL SHIT..TIME IS TICKING AND WE GETTING READY TO RIDE…BOMB 1ST
U SOUND WHITE PILLAR
Sure Pac said some shit about nas n shit, but the fact is that even Nas knows that Pac is one of the greatest, and he respects Pac to the fullest, and if Pac were listening to Nas’s shit, the feeling would be mutual, and face it, both niggas are arguably the best that have come to outta hip/hop. Both guys are legends in their own ways, any argument about who is better is bullshit, cos each rapper has an area of expertise, I love em both, their both dope, this track is dope, but I think Pac would say this song means nothin, and Nas probably takes it as water under the bridge, cool it down brothers 🙂
oh btw – 4 stars 🙂
its funny how people are taking about someone who died more than 10 years ago and saying that pac is wack when they where 6 years old and thay where dancing to soulja boy 3 years ago hahaha
fuck lil wayne, fuck drake and fuck all these wanna be good rappers! this is real hip hop. not that love shit. no body compares to tupac and fuck all who disagree. if you disagree you obviously have no idea of what real hip hop is!
check 2:14 of “The Magnificent” by Special Ed on youtube. That’s real.
He murders this shit
The greatest to ever do it. We love and miss you pac.
G shit
west side for life.deathrow member…………
@Scottie Minor
The Most ingnorant shit Iv heard in a while. Music is Music, U like it or u dont. People listen to music for the simple joy of listening to music, some can relate and some think about what the ARTIST is raping about, and most of them like u say are rapping about their lives and shit theyve seen. U talking about white dudes wanting to be black, it happens, a white dude grows up in a black neighboor hood. Or a black guy grows up in a white neighboor wood. What u call him? a black guy wanting to be white? Ur a product of ur en,environment. and u say ur Hood is this and the white man and houseing authority that. Dude ur makign ir sound like black people live in the hood and etc. Not saying they dont , Im saying ur making it look bad about now. And the word Ghetto doesnt mean neccessarily mean poor, it means away from. The nazi came up with the word for the jewish ghettos at the time. LOl Im gonna stop cuz i could just continue and w.e but il end up making fun of u.
the GOAT
Amazing
Dope!
dope 2pac 4 ever rip
I wrote this song a LONG time ago a REAL LONG TIME AGO, FEEEEEEL ME
I wrote this song a long time ago, it was the dopest song I ever wrote…in 94.
haha
easily the GOAT
tupac is one of the illest no question, but mic against mic nas would murder tupac, let alone plug one or two, then you put busta in the mix, R.I.P madd respect tupac, but a watch you mouth, because anyone of these mcess you named could have crushed your career, had you still been alive to release this.
crushed his career? how old are you? 16? Hell even 18? Pac was on top of the game when he wrote this…it would’ve been the reverse of what you’ve claimed…
ONLY A CHILD COULD DISPUTE PAC RIPED A NEW HOLE IN THEY ASS AND HOW OLD IS THIS? LOL CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SPIT LEVEL NOW…. PEACEFUL TRANSITION PAC YOU ARE THE GOAT!…THOSE MC’S WE,RE QUIET AT THAT TIME FOR A REASON.
so let me get this straight, matter a fact, im a call it as i see it why not go song for song, me and my girlfriend vs. i gave you power, both realest around the same time,(by the way, both bit off organized confusion’s stray bullet )you mean to tell me that i gave you power was not better, fuck outta here, better beat, better word play, better flow. And i’m not knocking pac, but nah famm not in life or any other, in that just nas he named busta bus nigga is you crazy. NATIVE TONGUE = A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, DE LA SOUL, LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL, THE J.BEES , BLACKSHEEP, THE BEATNUTS( WHO BROUGHT YOU BIG PUN’S FIRST HIT, OFF THE BOOKS)NOT TO MENTION NEW NATIVES COMMON, THE ROOTS, AND BLACKSTAR. THESE DUDES ARE THE REASON WHY YOU HEAR MCESS SOUNDING DIFFERENT , WATCH YA MOUTH SON , I’VE SEEN AND HEARD THIS SHIT SINCE IT STARTED. SEEN TUPAC AS A BACK UP DANCER FOR DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, AND THEY GAVE HIS FIRST FEATURE SAME SONG
and so were on the same page that dis song came out(leaked) long after his death, if he were still alive he never would have realest it. And again i’m not knocking pac, but there’s a old saying don’t bite off more than you can chew.
yo.. tired of this type of bullshit comments. GET IT THRU UR THICK HEAD. NO OTHER RAPPER WOULD STEP TO PAC. KILLUMINATI
OUTLAW IMMORTAL
Check 2:14 of “The Magnificent” by Special Ed. Pac being all Thug Life West Side throw your W’s up, my 44 make sure all your kids don’t grow and shit. But yeah man, check it out on youtube, 2:14. Believe it or not, I actually like Pac, but he’s furthest from the GOAT. I’d much rather listen to Pete Rock, the Roots or Black Star or Wu-Tang Forever. If I want some gangta shit, gimme some Boot Camp or M.O.P. Some West Coast, gimme some Dilated Peoples or Self Scientific. Down South gimme some Outcast or Little Brother or J. Cole, the come up and the warm up were dope! But that’s just my humble opinion. Check it out 2:14 “The Magnificent.” West Side!
mane u triping, pac will ride on anybody in the game,!Now and when he was a live!He been said fuck nas,soul rip pac!!!!!
@ wishworks:
son what are you smoking? First off, in I Gave You Power Nas is rapping from the perspective of a gun and Pac in Girfriend is rapping metaphorically about his gun being like a girlfriend. So you can’t compare the two in fact. My opinion? Me and My Girlfriend is the better song. it bumps better. has more feeling. more passion. and better flow.
you wanna compare songs? All Eyez on Me and Street Dreams. Or fuckin If I Ruled the World and Troublesome…in both cases pac rocked the beat harder with a better flow. to be honest…and i like nas and respect his ability…nas sometimes got a clumsy flow.
as for name dropping some prominent rap artists to prove you’re not a youngin….I partied with Kool Herc when he was throwing them parties in the hood…doesn’t mean it’s true….
Phat Dawg, had to go back in check if i’m totally smoked out or not buy spinning these joints on repeat while getting smoked out, ill give you me and my girl friend (him and his gun) vs. i gave you power (nas as the gun) the hook was better, he even road the beat better, however , both were topical songs, but how nas depicted the story of the gun from start to finish in then beyond was ill, better than me and my girl friend, which to me was just ok i’ve heard way better from pac. Nas shit was as vivid as hd, over premier and his prime. Oh and i feel you on the fact nas’s sometimes drops have ass albums, what about tupac, his only live joints to me the first album, strickly for my niggas, the one he dropped when he got locked, and all eyes on which was ok,it wasn,t the cronic , snoop’s doggie style, it seemed like dre gave him throw aways lol
I’d agree lyrically Pac wasn’t close to Nas, Biggie or the Soul. Give his due, he was the messiah and mad cats followed. I loved his first album to death.
WOW
OUTLAW IMMORTAL
As much love you got for Pac it’s still unfortunate he gets at Nas and everybody else.
Drake is way cooler than Pac, he’s #1 forever mayne.
your a fag drake are u serious u don’t know nothing about hip hip
yo anonymous stop wearing pac panties in dig in the grates ok the man was a good mcee i’ll give ’em that, but against the likes of who he named, fuck outta here, put the cane down you got something on ya lip homes.
ur a faaaaggooooot
Nas and Biggie might be better overall MCs in terms of depth or songwriting, but I don’t think they could hang with him in a beef on wax. Tupac was a master of diss songs.
Also, why the outrage about De La being called out?
They criticised a certain genre of rap, should the rappers of that genre have to remain silent simply because De La have been around for ages?
I don’t remember people being so up in arms when WC dissed Q-Tip on Westside Connection’s Cross ‘Em Out and put a K.
yeah man . .
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5 STARS
I see alot of people sayin nas over pac nah i don’t think so. Illmatic was a classic and i’ll give stillmatic a classic. Lyrically he is a beast but don’t put him over pac he was never on his level.
FINALLY someone dissing that fake trash dr dre this is proof 2pac wouldve destroyed Eminem and Dr Dre im so fucking happy
classic Pac but its hard not to chuckle at his statements at the end of the song aimed at Dre “you see where your’re at and you see where the fuck i’m at”……….for a smart nigga, he was such a pawn
tupac got into the game by sucking niggas dicks.. backup dancer/roadie for digital underground.. went to fucking art school and took ballet classes.. yeah tupac is a real nigga.. a real GAY nigga.. dont bite off more than you can chew
he never took ballet classes FAGGOT
quit being mad cuz ur gay and u want pac to be gay but he’s not so u cant spread ur gayness faggotass bitchhh
mad cuz he got more culture than you?
This nigga hands down the best to ever do it. Luv this nigga Rest In God Pac
This is classic Tupac (War ready) music. The beat is sick and the flow is untouchable!Althought the track is sick, this particular style is not/was not completely Tuoac. What made/makes Tupac the GOAT to me is that he mastered all the styles and could flow with anyone. Te bickering about who is the greatest is uncalled for because there is no absolute answer. Just enjoy the music and look to uplift our people in your own way. As for his start as a dancer and roadie,that is humbling and teaches humility. This is not “sucking someone off”! That is the problem with alot of young people, you all think that if you work for something or someone to get to where you are going that you aren’t real; but truthfully you aren’t real when you don’t!
4.30? This is definitely a 5, how can you give this anything lower.
lol ur a fag tryna get niggas to cosign
day lights here…
back n tha day, on some war raps type shit. gotta understand the perspective to see the flow truthfully.
killuminati,
p.s.-check this shit out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmL910txoFE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
weezy alreay past dude up long time ago
with da drought…wayne best to ever do it, dont forget.
HAHA! You’re a cornball son, you just made Pac turn in his grave.
R.I.P.
i agree. wayne is to deep for niggas to understand. go to rap genuis.com and loook up wayne, its breaks down every one of his lyrics and explains it
umm…. good sirs… let me know when wayne get a collage course about him…? ill wait…or even better when he starts to inspire “artist” …ill wait for that to…wayne been in the industry for…15 years or so… pac was around for like 5 6 maybe and he had a larger impact! just saying! wayne is nothing!!!!
@weston, if you gotta go to rap genius.com, stop listening to rap right now. You’re a lost soul. Weezy can’t even hold Pacs jock strap.
Wayne cool but he cant fock with Pac
I’ve never laughed at a comment before in my life until I read this. If you don’t have the wherewithal to analyze lyrics on your own and need the help of some clowns on a website to do so, you should probably steer away from Pac’s music. Too complex for your peasant ass.
fuck u again,u need to b slapped for that shit.
Dr Dre DISSED hard on this!
man i agree this the REALIST NIGGA TO EVER DO THE GAME fuck everybody else and for the dudes that say lil wayne and all them “rappers” are the real deal…its all fake shit man NOBODY NOBODY NOBODY touches PAC. and if you ask anybody n the game today where they got there inspiration they will say 2 pac….point proven RIP PAC!!!
How did people go from listening to stuff like this to settling for bullshit like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake, Soulja Boy, and all that other bullshit out there??? People should be ashamed of themselves!
tupac fakest rapper ever!
1. went to performing arts school(never was a gangster)
2.was a dancer for digital underground
3.did not have a police record until he became a rapper
in todays era of who’s real and who’s not he would have had his background called into ?
dont get me wrong when he turned G he was hard but facts are facts
nigga fuck u!
Him going too an arts school doesn’t negate any urban background he had or would experience afterwards. Becoming a dancer for the digital underground was necessary for him to get in the game, your saying that if you knew becoming a backup dancer for the digital underground would lead too your success and making millions you wouldn’t do it cus what street guys aren’t supposed to dance? Him not having a police record till he was a rapper makes him unreal somehow? please elaborate. Tupac never claimed to be some hardcore gangsta before he made it in the game thats what you fail to realize. He even said he only sold drugs once and the hustler was like “you dont know how to do this”. Hes a legend that is immortalized through his music and you are a nobody, facts are facts.
Dude got killed by a drive by shooting.. how real is that?
nigga ur dum as fuck, get the fuck off this post, pac was the realest. u kno nothin about hip hop if u think thats the truth. Fuck u ignorant ass kid behind a screen, respect the DON! He’s the realest rapper to ever bless the game, nowadays we got fakes runnin it. so realize what ur talkin about before u say
lol yall are so retarded… you wouldnt even be all on Pac’s dick right now if he was still alive. I hate how everybody sees him as Rap Jesus. He was dope, but he wasn’t the GREATEST EVER. Big said it best, “you’re nobody till somebody kills you”. He was a good actor, his poetry was deep, but as a rapper he really didn’t do a whole lot for me. but thats just my opinion.
I’m surprised this wasnt released earlier. His street cred is questionable before he got signed, but you can’t deny his talent.
YOOOOO I JUST HEARD THE NEXT 50 TYSON!!!!! BUT WORST!!!!!! FUNNIEST SHIT EVER!!!!!!!!!…hahahahahhahaha
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pac..dopest flows and could talk about the same shit every one does but his always fresh…like sean P said…niggas be rhymin bout nothin, i rhyme bout nothin n it sound like somethin…but not a top notch pac track still dope thow…im gonna give it a 3 but thats compared to other pac song, all u motherfuckers need to start rating songs properly u should barely ever here a track that rates 5…when ur comparing single tracks not album that shit a different ball park u r rating compared to other single songs not from this week from foreva cunt
That’s the question…fuck new school
no one more real or harder in the game today.
can’t touch the man
Cant Go Wrong With Pac
I’d “Like” to get some “Hdz” from your girl mayne.
I already did, she suck dick like a specialized pro.
I think nas can take PAC
biggie and nas still best rappers OF all time.
Dre is lazy ass hell
Pac Kill all them..
untouchable. He’s on his own level. People mentioning Wayne?! Get the fuck outta here
Shut the fuck up towelhead, go bomb something you cunt
shut up cunt before we come and fuck your mom and slash your throat when you sleeping bitch
TERROR CELL GANG HOE
damn… fire
The best ever.
The more I Listen to this song the more I realize that this is pure classic, though it’s a beef song. And of course it’s good to hear some unreleased and “Unheard before” song from the legend!
I just wish Drake was on this song, he is so cool, he would make it so cooler. Drake is #2 right after Pac, he is just so cool, the coolest even.
Obviously.
Not even funny. Watch Ya Mouth!
Sorry, but *SLAP* 😛
I swear that I’d had smacked you if I knew who you are. Shame on you, faggot!
My idol is a real human being with some great lyrics of all time. Your idol is a faggot who looks like a donkey. He might have sold a millie but he said nothing on the album.
Fuck you!
Why the fuck does weezy get brought up on every Tupac post? Weezy becomes what he needs to in order to sell records and make money. If being socially couscous and poetic in music was whats popular in mainstream weezy would do that. Notice when he came into the game he dressed like a hood now he wears skinny jeans. I could say hes not a real nigga or whatever, but who am I to judge him?..at the end of the day he works his ass off. Tupac was just at a different place in a different era, he saw the bigger picture.
even tupac has been saying it, dr.dre takes forever to make a beat
hot shyt he said “the very essence of my poetry is dyslexic so u backwards ass niggas will notice me” who said pac didnt have lyrics
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Tupac was a faggot for real. Look at videos and his mannerisms, etc. He was gay as shit.
He is a dope emcee but I can see how you say he is gay. He did have very feminine manuerisms
you got an eye for queers
YOUR A FUCKING ILLMNATI U FUCKING BITCH PAC THA BEST
2Pac was raised by his crackhead mom bruh. Lets just remember that. He had no proper male role models in his life. He even says it himself in his interviews. No homo btw.
That’s why you wearing skinny jeans right now listening to lil wayne.. AHAHA
nigga u a homo. Pac got mo pussy in a month then yo internet dick beating ass will n a lifetime!
TROLL’D SON
NAW PAC WAS NOT GAY…IF YOU NIGGAS STOP FRONTIN LIKE UR HARD ALL THE TIME…YOU CAN SHOW DIFFERENT EMOTIONS…YOU CLOWNS AT CHRISTMAS TIME ACTED TOUCH UNWRAPPING YOUR GIFTS OR MUGGIN THE CAMERA SITTIN ON THE EASTER BUNNYS LAP….YA’LL SENSATIVE ASS NIGGAS!
what if pacs ALIVE AND IS TALKING ABOUT WAYNE HOW HES RECTIIN HIM AND TALKING ABOUT HIM SO MUCH and notice he says let me rest n peace.
im very high btw
tired of this shit
shut up bitch bump dat lil wayne u like faggot
hating ass cracka. send that bitch in the picture over here i got something for her mouth.
Yea son !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIRE!
Hot song! I respect Tupac for his courage. he wasn’t like these other rappers who have beef with someone…but you never know who the hell it is cause they don’t mention any one’s name in their song….FOH…Be a man…Mean what you say & say what you mean…
classic!!
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Who said drake is # 2 after Pac I pray u die n burn n hell
What the fuck!!! That nigga Hopsin by dissing Tyler dont deserve to get ahead of the legendary Pac! Wake up
Watch your mouth!!
Wake up people wake up people
Hey Im a also a Fan of Wayne and esp Drake… but im not an idiot! Putting their names in the same conversation as 2Pacs is like comparing this years NBA Rookie Of The Year to Micheal Jordan!
omg the beat is a little outdated but pac goes harder than any fuckin rapper out right now. half of these bitches wouldn’t even be able to be put on if pac was steal here. AND THEY KNOW IT!!!
….the good die young
outlaw for LIFEEEEE
BLOOOODCLAAAAAAAAAAAT !!!!!! 2PAC Fi LiiiiiFE !!!! #GREATEST
lol good song
This the real outlaw. Fukk that new 50 cent shit. Nigga went in. So sad he was used as a pawn and how this murder case still goes unsolved till this day. Somebody now. Trust me.
RIP to the one the greatest rappers to ever touch a mic.
betta watch yo mouth bitch!!!
2pac all day fuck that frail shit
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2tup is still the best repper to me ”makavely
Damn you heard the passion in his voice when he said “aint nothing sweet about my technique” , he could just say that over and over with conviction and it would shit on %80 of rap music nowadays.
“dyslexic so you backward ass niggas will notice me” lol