What Donald Goines books did Tupac read?

[Bender]

"Some Niggaz whisper when they mention Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure" - Tradin War Stories.



"American writer, a career criminal and addict who wrote his first two novels in prison. Goines's books have inspired a number of lyricists from Tupac to Noreaga."

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/goines.htm



Like the title says?

 

[DidUThinkIdFall]

Never Die Alone!!!!

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

^ sick movie
"i dont take advice from grizzly adams lookin muthafuckas....excuse my back"

 

[AMothaFuckinMac]

"now I was born alone,
I smoke my joint and I got high alone,
Im an outlaw nigga, I'll never die alone"

Homeboys- SIR

 

[Khalil]

Wow, Leila was right when she said,on Thug Angel, if you study what Pac read you'll see how much he incorporated these books into his lyrics.

 

[AMothaFuckinMac]

exactly^

 

[Preach]

"never die alone" is a pretty common phrase. it simply means dying together with someone, as having someone by your side. now he may or may not have been using that exact phrase knowing it is a donald goines book, but it's not a good example to use to show that pac incorporated a lot of what he read in his rhymes.

 

[Bender]

Propers, gotta read it.

 

[Khalil]

Good point Rizzle.

 

[Preach]

i didnt mean to try and prove you wrong or anything btw when tupac went to jail, he was "gone" for a while. biggie made a name for himself and felt safe. pac was thinking about quitting the rap game, but ended up coming back going into an all-out battle with biggie. this is a better example of how tupac reading machiavelli inspired him as a rapper.

 

[Mr.Deuce]

"now I was born alone,
I smoke my joint and I got high alone,
Im an outlaw nigga, I'll never die alone"

tyte chit..i luv it..intersting info bout books..pac wuz an inteligent mufuckah

 

[Bender]

i didnt mean to try and prove you wrong or anything btw when tupac went to jail, he was "gone" for a while. biggie made a name for himself and felt safe. pac was thinking about quitting the rap game, but ended up coming back going into an all-out battle with biggie. this is a better example of how tupac reading machiavelli inspired him as a rapper.

I listen to Brenda's got a baby and all I see is The Bard ('s style) behind it, and a lot of other songs of course. Many of His stories being tragic.

 

[Preach]

i think tupac's earlier music was based on books he read a lot more than his later work. when tupac got on death row, he was indeed changed. with his three first albums he was hard, with his fourth he was soft. on death row he was a mixture. i think that even though a lot of his music had a message on death row, there is no point arguing that tupac was at his most political in the early years of his career. i think this is where you find the most malcolm x-ish, political movement rap and tragic stories. i dunno, i just think tupac's message is more personal and close to reality in his earlier years.

 

[omgwtflol]

i think tupac's earlier music was based on books he read a lot more than his later work. when tupac got on death row, he was indeed changed. with his three first albums he was hard, with his fourth he was soft. on death row he was a mixture. i think that even though a lot of his music had a message on death row, there is no point arguing that tupac was at his most political in the early years of his career. i think this is where you find the most malcolm x-ish, political movement rap and tragic stories. i dunno, i just think tupac's message is more personal and close to reality in his earlier years.

I agree, for the most part. I think his message could be very personal in his DR years. But I think a big reason for his change was the bitterness he felt from being shot, robbed, and thrown in jail for something he didn't do.