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El Fangel
11-13-2007, 05:49 PM
Last time up, we had Staind, who made a great entry to the list at number 3 overall, sadly with a score of 31, they will likely not stay there long

1) Guns N' Rose - 83
2) Metallica - 75
3) Staind - 31
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Up next is someone who has been one of the biggest influences on music.

TUPAC

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Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_16), 1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) – September 13 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_13), 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996)), also known by his stage names (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_name) 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply Pac, was an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) artist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist) renowned for his rapping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping) and hip hop music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music), as well as his movie roles, poetry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry), and his social activism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activism). He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75,000,000 albums sold worldwide, including over 50,000,000 in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) alone. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up around violence and hardship in ghettos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto), racism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism), problems in society, and sometimes qualms with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social, and racial equality as well as his raw descriptions of violence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence), drug and alcohol abuse, and conflicts with the law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law). Many fans, critics, and industry insiders rank him as the greatest rapper ever.<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference">[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur#_note-1)</sup><sup id="_ref-2" class="reference">[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur#_note-2)</sup>
Shakur was initially a roadie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadie) and backup dancer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_dancer) for the alternative hip hop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_hip_hop) group Digital Underground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Underground). Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Pacalypse_Now), gained critical recognition and backlash for its controversial lyrics. Shakur became the target of lawsuits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit) and experienced other legal problems. Later, he was shot five times and robbed in a recording studio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_studio) lobby in Manhattan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan), New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City), New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York). Following the occurrence, Shakur grew suspicious that other figures in the rap industry had prior knowledge of the incident and did not warn him; the controversy helped spark the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast-West_Coast_hip_hop_rivalry). After serving eleven months of his sentence for sexual abuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse), Shakur was released from prison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison) on an appeal financed by Marion "Suge" Knight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suge_Knight), the CEO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer) of Death Row Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Row_Records). In exchange for Knight's assistance, Shakur agreed to release three records under the Death Row label. Shakur's fifth record, the first double-disc release in hip hop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop) history All Eyez on Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me), counted as two albums. On September 7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_7), 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996), Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by_shooting) in Las Vegas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada), Nevada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada), and died six days later of respiratory failure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_failure) and cardiac arrest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest) at the University Medical Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Medical_Center_of_Southern_Nevada).

El Fangel
11-13-2007, 05:51 PM
I rate him 8.5

Kane Knight
11-13-2007, 06:13 PM
Give him a nine. Mostly, because at the point Tupac was really making it big, my interest in Rap had all but died entirely.


He deserves a lot of props for being one of the guys who really brought rap into the mainstream, and got some real attention. Like most people who died too soon, he gets a tad overrated by a lot of people, but that doesn't mean he sucks.

Funky Fly
11-13-2007, 07:07 PM
I'd agree on the 9. He had talent and great production for the most part, but he wasn't perfect.

Kane Knight
11-13-2007, 07:34 PM
I'd agree on the 9. He had talent and great production for the most part, but he wasn't perfect.

Yeah, definitely perfect. Though he was better rounded than a lot of rap artists past, present, and future. Still, definitely not the greatest in any field.

Nice ear, diverse, talented, though.

Funky Fly
11-13-2007, 07:38 PM
Though he was better rounded than a lot of rap artists past, present, and future. Still, definitely not the greatest in any field.
That's a good way to put it.

ct2k
11-13-2007, 07:39 PM
For whatever reason I never fully explored his stuff back when I was mad into rap, crazy considering it was around the time of the whole East/West media beef and the shootings etc

Crossrine
11-13-2007, 10:12 PM
10

ron the dial
11-13-2007, 11:52 PM
9

I don't listen to much rap, and never have, but Tupac's always been on the list. One of the first rappers I checked out.

ddpBANG
11-14-2007, 12:51 AM
8.5

D Mac
11-14-2007, 01:02 AM
9

FakeLaser
11-14-2007, 02:15 AM
9

El Vaquero de Infierno
11-14-2007, 07:40 AM
8

ct2k
11-14-2007, 07:53 AM
For the influence and what I have listened to...9

Downunder
11-14-2007, 07:55 AM
5

What Would Kevin Do?
11-14-2007, 08:15 AM
7. He's mad influential, but I was never a huge fan. Still, I can't deny his impact.

ct2k
11-14-2007, 08:22 AM
Downunder is a racist

Kris P Lettus
11-14-2007, 09:57 AM
9/10

He was the man.. He was mad influencial and his music has touched many people.. Truthfully, he was a much better writer than MC.. Not saying he couldn't rap, but his "deepness" was almost his downfall IMO.. I mean, he wasn't an MC persay.. He was a street poet.. If he had to battle, he would've gotten beaten by alot of guys.. He just wasn't that type of rapper.. I look at him like Bob Dylan or something.. Dylan didn't have the voice like an Al Green, but he's still considered one of the great based mearly on his all around musical ability and writing..1

:y:

SammyG
11-15-2007, 12:44 AM
10. No question about it.

Nervous Ferret
01-13-2008, 08:59 PM
6 :D