Of
course his reputation goes
heavily before him and every
release of previously unreleased
snippets are taken up like
pronouncements from a King and
would you believe this is the
12th album to be released since
Tupac was killed in 1996. There
is a strange paragraph in the
booklet that accompanies the CD
in which his family bemoan the
fact that every rapper worth his
salt wants his chance to raid
the Tupac archives and do a duet
with the icon but obviously they
can’t mind too much because
this is the 12th after all, this
time out it is the turn of
Eminem to add his gloss as well
as several of his protégés
including the likes of Jadakiss,
Obie Trice and G Unit, Eminem
himself “duets” with Tupac
on Black Cotton and Nate Dogg
contributes to Thugs Get Lonely
Too.
Sound
wise Eminen and his variable
beats dominate proceedings, of
course he always happy to
through a few curveballs into
the mix such as the sub-polka
Hennessey, the Tupac
contributions come pretty much
from apparently hours and hours
of accapella material he demoed
alone, this of course means
Eminem can take the music
wherever he likes. You can feel
that a lot of this material
lyrically is unformed and Tupac
was trying out ideas and motifs
rather than full blown songs
however is touch is as sure as
it ever was on the track Po
Nigga Blues.
If
you are a fan of Tupac or Eminem’s then this is going to float your boat
but one does start to wonder when the well of Tupac material is going to run
dry.
