Me & My Girlfriend, Stray Bullet Or I Gave You power

[DaveyDave]

IMO as a concept, Me & My Girlfriend was the weakest of the 3

 

[Danie84]

Sorry Pac, nothing's better than I Gave You Power

 

[CELL]

I gave you power is one of the greatest records of all time, not just in this category.

Nasir the GOAT

 

[daze23]

Black Sunday was also lame off that sample being played from the Quest album.

and Stray Bullet used the same sample as Buck Em Down

 

[Big Mel]

But that sample is fundamentally better. They warbled that Roy song into a bullets trajectory magnificently. Tribe had enough sense to use the other tune as an interlude.

 

[daze23]

But that sample is fundamentally better. They warbled that Roy song into a bullets trajectory magnificently. Tribe had enough sense to use the other tune as an interlude.

that's a Donald Byrd sample

I understand cats were probably in the lab around the same time, but the Black Moon joint came out first

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Baltimore Love Thing>all of them

 

[the rhyme king]

lol nas stans mad as fuuck that somebody made the whole gun as a metaphor throughout a entire song before nas
and that pac did'nt get inspired off that record

 

[the rhyme king]

People buy into that Young Noble quote way too easily. Pac only did it to outdo him with a similar (not the same) concept. Just like he said at the House of Blues concert that he was gonna whoop his ass with his own beat. It wasn't like he felt overwhelmed by Nas' creativity or something and had to try to do the same thing. Nas' song was just the catalyzer for Pac's song, not necessarily an inspiration. Noble being a Nas fan and wanting to emphasize that they squashed the beef before he died just exaggerated the way Pac came to make that song.

To answer the op: Me & My Girlfriend. Musically just the best track. Shows the difference between having great lyrics and being a great songwriter.Coming up with a concept is one thing, executing it is another.

to be honest i think pac might have heard stray bullet not i gave u power and decided to outdo that because musically and content wise i gave u power and and me and my girlfriend sound nothing alike imo.

 

[Foxmulder]

to be honest i think pac might have heard stray bullet not i gave u power and decided to outdo that because musically and content wise i gave u power and and me and my girlfriend sound nothing alike imo.

I think I'll take the word of someone who knew PAC over yours any day.

 

[the rhyme king]

I think I'll take the word of someone who knew PAC over yours any day.

and i will take the word of pac over u and somebody who knew him anyday.

 

[the cac mamba]

based on concept and delivery which do you consider the better of the three?

not conceptually but this beat

 

[Big Mel]

that's a Donald Byrd sample

I understand cats were probably in the lab around the same time, but the Black Moon joint came out first

I made that exact mistake chopping it up with the illustrious Walt Frazier two days ago. Brain fart.

You caught the gist though. And I'm aware black Moon came first but OK warbled it crazily. They freaked it.

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

i gave you power>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the others