An alternative view of Pac's song..."old school"....

[Rem]

lol, that's an interesting take.

I think it may have come off as him sayin they because he was reminiscing on his own youth and when he was just a fan listening to their music, goin to their shows, Pac made growing up in NYC sound fun as hell on that song.

As for the other comment I think he was both NY and LA. Anyone that comes from somewhere and has an extended stay in LA will fall in love with the place it's that great. To Live and die in LA was real fukkin talk cuz I got to experience it for myself. Plus Pac himself said if he had to choose a place he'd rep the Bay.

Yeah. I got that same vibe from the interview Jay did on the breakfast club. Where he was talking about the excitement of a kid downloading his release from Samsung and comparing it to him waiting on Rakim's release back in the day. I'm like nikka Ra is only a year older than you.

 

[the rhyme king]

But he already repped the Bay....and he already lived in B-More for years after living in NYC. He's not the first Cali transplant to make that state their home.

exactly he was not new yorker imo he did not live there long enough to be considered one anyway.

 

[the rhyme king]

First off, pac stans , it's a classic record.
But does anyone think its disrespectful to half of the cats he named? Them 80's cats were competitive as all hell and they thrive off being the best. Some random nikka that was only 3 years younger than them coming out with a song pretty much crowning them with the must have been a poisoned chalice for them, despite it being a song appreciating their impact.
I can easily see cats like LL, Kane, Rakim (All 26 at the time) thinking " , negro please, I ain't done yet"
To put it into context, Kane, Ra and them were all younger than these "New generation" rappers like Wale, Kendrick, Cole and Drake. Imagine some slightly younger rapper like Rich home quan making a song about Drake and em and calling them old school

In this context, considering most of those nikkas were under 30, do you think it was a disrespectful song?

age is irrelevant because by the time this song came out ll cool j and them were considered old heads in rap sooooooooooooooo.

 

[Knights89]

once said on "I'm Still # 1" it would take 50 years before an old school could be defined . Rap was too young. with that being said old School was not disrespectful, but I did enjoy your take on it lol

Dela Soul was putting potholes in the game

 

[the cac mamba]

Dela Soul was putting potholes in the game

and then a year later " look at de la soul"

 

[Knights89]

and then a year later " look at de la soul"

Was it even a year? lol

Pac blessed the-coli with that line tho