All in all this is a classic and must have for anyone who is a true 2pac fan. Still I Rise is an Outlawz album with 2Pac credited in songs or as featuring artist. To the title track "Still I Rise" which is fitting for 2pac being that he really was a poet of modern times and has starred in a film "Poetic Justice" that featured not only Maya Angelou but some of her poetry writings as well. My favorite song "Black Jesus" shows the lyricism and talents of everyone as a whole showcasing all of there poetic skills and flows. Then you have songs such as "The Good Die Young" which really makes you feel it because of 2pac dying at the age of 25. From the very first song it starts of powerful with "My Letter to the President " which was written during the Bill Clinton era, but has an erie effect for the Obama administration because it's lyrics are actually relevant for his 2 terms as well. Which made this release a relief and a breathe of fresh air because I would hate to think they lost out on their dreams because of his untimely demise. This song was remixed for the 1999 posthumous 2Pac & Outlawz album Still I Rise with the same Tupac and Yaki Kadafi verses alongside new verses from the rest of the Outlawz.
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The title track and 'Letter to the President' are obvious winners, still reliant on the syrupy G-funk that 2Pac made famous, and (thankfully) not influenced by the increasing late-'90s insurgence of. Fast, Free Shipping Streaming Unlimited MP3 5.99 Listen with our. Member Hussein Fatal did not appear on any of the album as he was edited out of the original recordings due to issues with the record labels. The album was released on Death Row Records. Everyone was waiting for the Outlaws to get their shor because the was next up, but before it could happen 2pac passed away. As with 2Pac 's other posthumous releases, Still I Rise comes with four or five solid tracks that may have survived the cuts on a real 2Pac album. In 1999, the Outlawz released their first album as a group with original unreleased recordings of 2Pac, entitled Still I Rise. When I was in my last year of college I remember the release of the masterpiece. This release is no exception.This 2pac and The Outlaws cd is a must have. Throughout his career, the man always outshone the music. For those who thought he peaked with ‘California Love’, then ‘Still I Rise’ is a worthy – if sometimes pedestrian – document of his music when he was living on borrowed time. If you love 2Pac, you’ll love this album. If that’s not weird enough, two eerily prophetic tracks, ‘The Good Die Young’ and ‘Teardrops And Closed Caskets’, are dedicated to victims of the Columbine High School massacre – as if they needed to give this record more of deathly mood.īut whatever 2Pac was rapping about, the trademark slinky, hook-laden, good-time party feel to his music always prevailed. Still I Rise is an album by 2Pac and the Outlawz, released in 1999 on Death Row Records and Interscope Records. On the ferocious ‘Secretz Of War’ 2Pac and Outlawz are, “Like Idi Amin/On a mission to make ’em bleed”, then on the inspirational ‘Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)’ he’s rapping on peace, harmony and empowering women. The gun-toting thug with a heart of gold, the megastar, jewel-encrusted, movie-star rapper who died with hardly a penny to his name.
‘Still I Rise’ is familiar 2Pac territory, one minute he’s riding shotgun around LA looking for trouble and the next he’s pleading with ghetto youth to stop the violence and look after their mothers. The new Zion Train album - Star of Hope features unreleased Dubs. Recorded in 1996 with the Outlawz, the disc at its best does showcase the power of 'Pac. Still I Rise, the third posthumous release of 'new' material by Tupac Shakur, is not surprisingly a mixed bag. Tragically, one member of the gang was murdered shortly after 2Pac. Disclaimer: its still not possible to put the albums on their future release dates. Still I Rise CD Interscope Records, 4904132, 1999, 15 Track. Recorded in 1996, shortly after 2Pac was released from a spell in prison for sexual assault charges and just before his September slaying, this album also features the talents of Outlawz, who were 2Pac’s ‘posse’. Because while he was a hugely talented ‘performer’, his raps often sailed too close to self-parody and his albums never fully utilised his star quality. Thanks to this, and the numerous other posthumous 2Pac albums, poetry books, jewellery and clothing released in time for the holiday season, his status as an icon in US culture is fast approaching Elvis proportions.īut along with Notorious BIG, who released a new, beyond-the-grave LP recently, Tupac‘s legend is beginning to take over from the reality. Love, loathe or misunderstand him, Tupac Shakur‘s remarkable legacy is hard to ignore.
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