Faizon Love: Tupac Got His Whole Style From Spice 1; That’s The Flow That Saved Him

[BlackMajik]

Pac got his style from a bunch of different rappers. He admitted that in one of his interviews. He said he took their styles and can flip it on them. It’s the same interview he dissed Ice Cube.

The irony

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Pac’s style is very obviously Bay influenced. You can hear Spice, The Governor, Richie Rich, etc. It was more so the cadences and certain words that he used which gave it away.

You can say that Pac for the most part was a Bay rapper but had enough East Coast influence to come off a little different. But yeah it’s super obvious that his foundation as a professional emcee came from his time in the Bay scene. Also agree with Greg that brought up Scarface, Pac was definitely influenced by him as well as Cube to a lesser extent.



You can hear the Bay influence in this song imo.

 

[O.Red]

Cap. They don't sound anything alike, Pac actually took elements of Scarface flow.

Face don't get nearly enough credit for teaching nikkas how to rap.

Nikkas wasn't putting emotions emphasis on bars before Face

 

[Juggalo Fred]

What about “Thugs Mansion”? That’s not a play on “Heaven got a ghetto”? And Poor out a little liquor” where the Spice 1 sample is literally the next line from “I wonder if heaven got a ghetto”? “My cousin died last year and I still can’t let go”.

Have a seat.

What year was thugz mansion released? 2002. When did 2pac die?

Terrible example

 

[DaHNIC82]

Pac would tell you himself that Spice, Face, Chuck D, Cube, Rakim and many others influenced him. Why is this being used to discredit him?

 

[Biscayne]

Welcome 2 The Ghetto: “I wonder if heaven got a ghetto, my cousin died last year and I still can’t let go.”

Pour Out A Little Liquor: “My cousin died last year I still can’t let go.”

 

[Braman]

This one don’t fly. Some nggas was just born to be stars. 2pac is one of em. And not just bc of ‘rap’. Just how the stars aligned his upbringing, environment , etc.

And that doesn’t apply to most rappers. Not jay, not big, not Nas. It’s something bigger than rap.

I’d put Pac and Kanye in that category. Like on some MCU Flash shyt if we did a simulation and altered the universe 100 times and shook the shyt up and did it all over again…. 2pac would stil be a star in some way shape or form. It’s insulting to imply Spice 1 ‘saved him’

 

[Braman]

In a way this is annoying…but in another way it just make you laugh with the Joe Biden laugh

Only nggas. There’s a nikka in the backwoods of North Carolina that will tell you Jordan stole his whole swag….there’s a ngga in Kentucky that used to spare with Muhammad Ali and used to beat his ass….that’s just what nggas gon do. There’s always a ngga ‘up north better than Jordan’. And there’s always gon be a nggas who revel in it so they can be contrarian Only nggas

 

[Flav]

What year was thugz mansion released? 2002. When did 2pac die?

Terrible example

2pac made the damn song and gave it that title. What the hell are you talking about? It probably would have been released before then if he didn’t pass away.

 

[Greenhornet]

pac is my favorite

honestly just listened to spice 1 in 2021

I heard it immediately

but everyone had an influence

spice 1 deserves way more props he was overshadowed and lost in time

 

[Youngblood Priest]

What difference does it make?
Pac sounds like Pac.