Damn, man. I forget a lot when I'm posting around here that probably close to 40% of this board, if not more, didn't start listening to Pac until after he was dead or like, their first album by him was GH or Better Dayz or something. It's just odd to hear people say that shit because I've known who 2pac is since 1992, I started listening to some of his songs in 1993, and I consider myself a fan as of probably mid-1994. I decided he was one of my favorite artists around March of 1995, right after he dropped Me Against The World (at that time though, Snoop Doggy Dogg was my favorite rapper). He dropped 2pacalypse now I think in 1991, IIRC. Either 90 or 91, but I'm 99% sure it's '91. And the first time I heard of him was when I saw Juice.
Dude, the statements people make about music, when it regards anything like a CD's quality, how well everything is produced, arranged, mixed, what artists are better than the others, what artists really suck, what artists are really good, what songs are better than others...that's ALL opinion dude. The only things that can be factual are things such as sales number, chart positions, popularity and things relative to those. But, when a person asks "who had the most impact at their peak?", that is purely opinion UNLESS you're talking about numbers. So...when you say impact, exactly what form of impact are you talking about? If you tell me that this poll ISN'T a matter of opinion, then that only leaves me to believe that you are talking in regards to sales numbers or chart positions or something relative to those aspects of music.
I don't know. 8 Mile was a damn good movie. Seriously. Eminem proved in that movie that not only can he be an excellent leading man, but dude has major acting abilities. He DID carry that movie and I believe it was nominated for several awards. The only Pac movies I like better than 8 Mile are Juice and Gridlock'd. The rest of Pac's movies were good, but they were probably, IMO, about equal to 8 Mile. I don't know, all depends on what mood I'm in when I'm watching.
I'll probably get hated on bigtime for this, but 50 Cent definately. As you said yourself, there is no question who is better, 50 isn't even fit to flush the toilet for Rakim. We also know who is the more legendary rapper. HOWEVER, as an article on the net mentioned earlier, 50 currently has 3 SONGS in either the Top 5 or Top 10, can't remember which. That is history. Literally. NO RAPPER in history has accomplished that feat. 2pac never even had 2 singles in the Top like that and he is considered by many, and I think it's fair to say most people, fans and rappers alike, to be the best rapper to ever live.
God damn!!!
