Lewis Black
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Name others, i don't i think can.
Tupac is the only rapper to be bigger than hip hop?
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No 1 can even compare.
I suppose you could make an argument for Jay but I think Pac may be the only one because when you watch footage of fans and concerts, people cried tears for that man. Like he touched a lot of people and there was an introspectiveness in his music and a thoughtfulness that I don't get from Jay. Pac had no problem exposing his soul Jay doesn't really go there like that. I remember once someone compared Pac to James Dean and I think that says it all. For right or wrong reasons, Pac was so much bigger than the genre. Who besides Elvis do some fans still believe is alive and will come back one day? That's impact
I disagree.....Pac will always be associated with Hip Hop. Will Smith on the other hand has truly surpassed Hip Hop.
Pac was our Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, etc.
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I think Biggie is more like James Dean than Pac, Pac done a lot in his 25 years, Big and Dean are more alike due to them dying before really seeing their full potential.
Big had three albums, Dean had three movies, East of Eden is considered his best work amongst purists, just like how RTD is considered the best big album amongst hip-hop purists.
Rebel Without a Cause was what made James Dean a star, his most commercially successful film, Life After Death is big's most successful album. Both of them died shortly before they could see their second projects come out
Giant was Dean's third film but he did not get to finish it completely due to his death, same with Big's third album Born Again. Not to mention they both died at 24.
Nope
when u hear pac name u will always hear, RAPPER, HIP-HOP ICON, POLITICAL ACTIVIST, ACTOR FROM VARIETY OF PEOPLE.. PLUS HAVING CLASSES ON TUPAC LYRICS AT COLLEGES
U hear jay and cube name the first thing people think of is rapper more than any other shyt they have going on...
when u hear pac name u will always hear, RAPPER, HIP-HOP ICON, POLITICAL ACTIVIST, ACTOR FROM VARIETY OF PEOPLE.. PLUS HAVING CLASSES ON TUPAC LYRICS AT COLLEGES
U hear jay and cube name the first thing people think of is rapper more than any other shyt they have going on...
Touche. Well damn, I guess Pac would be similar to Hendrix then more so than James Dean. I never even thought of Will Smith like someone mentioned because for real, I think more people associate him with hollywood more than they ever associated him with Hip Hop, whether that's right or wrong.
Pac is in the elite music class along with people like Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Paul Mccartney,Elvis, Frank Sinatra. When you factor all he did at 25 no other rapper can come close, not even the elite rappers, Pac had songs that could play in clubs/the gym, for the women, the lyrical cats, and can make songs that would hit you hard.
isn't that part of what would make a rapper "bigger than hip-hop"?