Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
I understand this will be a controversial point of view and it might be hard to stomach but there really isn't even close to a comparison
If you compare the Makaveli album to Eric B. and Rakin's Paid In Full" - the first archetype for the classic standard, Tupac added purpose and depth to the content
If you compare the Makaveli album to Dr. Dre's The Chronic - and you don't need to count out the fact that Tupac made the album in less than a week with a room of producers that he had never worked with before and were known as the "wack room" . . he took them and made a classic product that could never be recreated. Dr. Dr. Dre works with a cast of who's who in his public circle, we've been lied to all these years that Dr. Dre and Snoop are like Cheech and Chong or Mario and Luigi but in reality they can only tolerate spending time with each other on a limited basis. Dr. Dre also employs a band of producers, there's usually someone in control of every individual category of the production. He'll work with these people for years and come up with an album that although groundbreaking and pioneering it's clear that both of his albums have forgiven filler tracks
Now you compare the content to the Makaveli album and that's where you get the real separation. You could only get an album out of someone who studied Shakespeare, Donald Goines, etc. Probably the only album worthy of an movie in itself. There's drama, betrayal, deceit . . thought provoking perspective and deep introspection.
If you compare the Makaveli album to Eric B. and Rakin's Paid In Full" - the first archetype for the classic standard, Tupac added purpose and depth to the content
If you compare the Makaveli album to Dr. Dre's The Chronic - and you don't need to count out the fact that Tupac made the album in less than a week with a room of producers that he had never worked with before and were known as the "wack room" . . he took them and made a classic product that could never be recreated. Dr. Dr. Dre works with a cast of who's who in his public circle, we've been lied to all these years that Dr. Dre and Snoop are like Cheech and Chong or Mario and Luigi but in reality they can only tolerate spending time with each other on a limited basis. Dr. Dre also employs a band of producers, there's usually someone in control of every individual category of the production. He'll work with these people for years and come up with an album that although groundbreaking and pioneering it's clear that both of his albums have forgiven filler tracks
Now you compare the content to the Makaveli album and that's where you get the real separation. You could only get an album out of someone who studied Shakespeare, Donald Goines, etc. Probably the only album worthy of an movie in itself. There's drama, betrayal, deceit . . thought provoking perspective and deep introspection.
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