KO said:
"back in the day" on this board, Pac fans would just rejoice that we had new material to listen too instead of constant complaining about anything
Back in the day, we actually had semi-decent stuff coming out. While most OGs were better than the remixed songs, only a few of them were actually horrible and complete trash.
KO said:
people need to realise there is NEVER and was NEVER any intention of releasing Pac songs in OG format, it hasnt happened and it will not happen, everything is going to be REMIXED.
Out of the Amaru-released Pac songs:
Unconditional Love is basically the best quality OG that Amaru could attain
Troublesome '96 is pretty fucking close to the OG
Letter to the President is pretty fucking close to the OG (minus different Outlawz verses)
Teardrops and Closed Caskets is pretty fucking close to the OG (minus the "...in this world" line removed from the chorus)
Good Life is pretty fucking close to the OG (minus different E.D.I. verse)
Fuckin wit the Wrong Nigga is basically the OG
Runnin on E is pretty close to the OG
Releases in OG format (or at least close enough to where it's still basically the same thing) HAVE happened, though less frequently in recent years.
KO said:
As for the producers, look at this, I remember when Ressurection dropped, Eminem hooked up 3 bomb tracks for that album and everyone was singing his praises saying they wanted him to produce more, so LLTG dropped, granted it was not the best Pac album, BUT it was not half as bad as people make out, and when people criticise Eminem for it they always leave out the fact that he was essentially working with a young 2Pac's studio scraps...So people complain about Eminem and say "NO FUCKIN WAY CAN WE LET HIM PRODUCE THE NEXT ALBUM!"....So here comes 2006, new Pac album "Pac's Life" not a single hint of Eminem producing ANYTHING and STILL people complain, it is crazy! who do you want to produce it?? everyone always makes a big deal about wanting People Pac met to produce on his albums exclusively, well how about going to Better Dayz and taking a sample of EDI's production...I'll take Eminem, Swizz Beats or anyone over that.
People were praising Eminem's beats? I don't remember that. I'm sure there might've been a few people who liked Ghost, but I don't believe that the majority was happy with the overall Eminem vibe of the Resurrection soundtrack songs. And Pac fans have every right to complain, whether or not it's Eminem. I understand your argument about beats, but the difference with E.D.I. producing (even though he was very close to Pac) was that he never really produced anything for Pac while he was alive... at least not many songs, if any at all. E.D.I. doing beats is far different from Daz, Johnny "J", QDIII or even Dre doing remixes, all of whom supplied music for Pac in the studio in the past.
KO said:
I know ive strayed a little off topic here but will people just stop bitching about every SINGLE LITTLE THING to do with this new album, just be fucking grateful we're getting one, as a die hard Pac fan for life, I certainly am grateful even if it doesnt live up to the classic albums we loved and still listen too that got us all here in the first place.
People can complain about the album cover if they want. While I'm sure Amaru was going for a simple yet elegant cover (hence the plain white background behind Pac in a tuxedo), it looks too basic. The bootleggers from 1997 made far better covers than this. While album covers should never be the selling points of music, they could've perhaps spent another 10 minutes creating a cover. I'm very grateful about the music as well and I'll buy it no matter how bad the cover looks or who the producers are, but as a fan, I'm disappointed that the best-selling rapper of all time who was also one of the greatest overall can't get a decent album cover that utilized Photoshop or Illustrator rather than Mario Paint.
Pacs fittin to go to prom...