04-11-2002, 05:12 PM
Tupac being articulate went along with my point that he could have been just as well respected as Ice Cube outside of music for his many talents.
He could speak, hold a conversation, and make salient points. Just like Cube and KRS-One. You get the people like ODB who are completely incoherrent. He might be a great rapper, with good lyrics, but he'll never be an actor, producer, or anything other than what he is because he can't communicate and so no one will respect him as an intelligent person.
Tupac had that. He could yell and scream a be a punk badass when he wanted to (which was way too often), but he was also one of the very few hardcore rappers who would write loves songs about his mother, child, and women in general (of course he was also a rapist so I'm not saying he was a good guy - but he could have reached that upper level and if he stayed around for another 10 years and straightened out, he would have been a well-respected serious actor among other things)
He could speak, hold a conversation, and make salient points. Just like Cube and KRS-One. You get the people like ODB who are completely incoherrent. He might be a great rapper, with good lyrics, but he'll never be an actor, producer, or anything other than what he is because he can't communicate and so no one will respect him as an intelligent person.
Tupac had that. He could yell and scream a be a punk badass when he wanted to (which was way too often), but he was also one of the very few hardcore rappers who would write loves songs about his mother, child, and women in general (of course he was also a rapist so I'm not saying he was a good guy - but he could have reached that upper level and if he stayed around for another 10 years and straightened out, he would have been a well-respected serious actor among other things)