Tupac Shakur - "Changes" - Let's Talk About This Timeless Piece

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Great song but shouldn't we give more credit to producer not to pac song writings since the verses are all chopped up & altered old ones? Edit: just read on wikipedia pac re-recorded old verses, anyone know what album he wanted it on?
 

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This song was a big part of my music memories of middle school...like a lot of songs back then, it seemed to be everywhere, on the radio when I got picked up from school, on tv after school, watching mtv at a friends house, on cd players and walkmans at school...

I was in middle school, this song was in like 98 right? Still a classic, though now, we can critique that the sample is a bit overwrought and semi sappy, but it's still an undeniably classic record. Music back then was different, and maybe the difference lays with the audience, that song had everyone loving and relating to a song essentially about black struggle in America, from the perspective of the lower class...white 13 year olds loved that song, I don't know if 15 years later music has that ability, or maybe it was just Pac, his universal appeal was always amazing.
 

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Great song but shouldn't we give more credit to producer not to pac song writings since the verses are all chopped up & altered old ones?

No. He re-recorded a couple of different versions of this track throughout his career and the one that was released was the final version, Tupac also used the verse on "I Wonder If Heaven's Got a Ghetto"
 

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Die and be a hero or live long enough to see urself become the villain

Thats all there is to it

And I was talm bout Nas iin my post not Pac


Hey theres ppl I havent liked that have died way too young..Death changes your perception and makes it easier to let sht go
And what in da fck does "had to sell out to a degree"

JAY came into THE RAP GAME SAYIN IM GOIN TO RUN THIS SHT
That was his mission from day one...and he made all the changes and adaptations to his craft to make sure of that

He didnt sell out...He's always been bout dat

Yall love to think the worst when it comes to these celebs dont ya :mjpls:

Unless they die young anyways :to::to:

Jay Z is what he is because of Christopher Wallace being dead. Brooklyn got behind him when their true leader died. NY got behind him when he was all there was left of anything relevant when that down south bullshyt starting pouring in. That's all there is to it. He grinded for about 6 years Hard Knock Life got big and went commercial. That's commendable. He was second rate when Tupac was alive....Tupac is the greatest of all time and the fans even have their say with them shytting on Jay and making Pac a higher seller than he is historically.
 

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Great song but shouldn't we give more credit to producer not to pac song writings since the verses are all chopped up & altered old ones? Edit: just read on wikipedia pac re-recorded old verses, anyone know what album he wanted it on?

Pac wanted "Changes" on the "Strictly for my nikkaz" album.


Here's the OG version of Changes...

 
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If I see an artist record multiple versions of the same song despite constantly creating other songs I look at the song as something that the artist felt strongly about.

These are the songs that Tupac wrote/recorded multiple versions of throughout his career

"Changes"
"Do For Love"
 

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Jay Z is what he is because of Christopher Wallace being dead. Brooklyn got behind him when their true leader died. NY got behind him when he was all there was left of anything relevant when that down south bullshyt starting pouring in. That's all there is to it. He grinded for about 6 years Hard Knock Life got big and went commercial. That's commendable. He was second rate when Tupac was alive....Tupac is the greatest of all time and the fans even have their say with them shytting on Jay and making Pac a higher seller than he is historically.

Whos fans? O.o

At the end of the day..all men are destined to die one day

And Tupac's day to die was sept 13. 96

Thats the way it was meant to be...speculation of the what ifs are futile

Pac can be your fave rapper..thats fine..I happen to not think much of him as a rapper imo but objectively I recognize he's one of the greats

Jay has been on top to long which is why he gets the hate he usually does

Its like wrestling..when a face is going over all the time the people stop getting behind the face and start to get behind the heel, the underdog.

Because of Jay's image of being some sort of elite and not ever really taking the underdog position, the people which are the equivalent of what most people call smarks, tho they are really just heel marks...will hate him..and have a biased view against his work

Thats all it comes down to breh..:skip:
 

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I prefer "I Wonder if Heaven Gotta Ghetto" to this song. IWIHGG is the timeless song. Both are powerful music.Yes Pac was a lyricist, this song doesnt prove it, "Who Do U Believe In" proves it.

Either way :bow::pachaha::salute:

the GOAT
 
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