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Rap Battle 90's Bracket Round 1: Tupac Shakur (1) vs Warren G (16)
dnc
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Brutal matchup here for me. My favorite rapper of all time heads up against the man with my favorite song in the rap game which is the reason I got into rap.
Fuck.
Pac is basically the Kurt Cobain of rap music. Not the progenitor but the man who took it to mainstream heights never previously thought possible, who then died while at the absolute top of not just the genre but the music world in general. Throw in a life lived full of contradictions and a hugely popular conspiracy theory or two about his death and you have the black Cobain.
The biggest difference between the two though is Shakur was prolific as hell. While it can be argued that Cobain is only such a big name because he died before he made enough mediocre music that the world moved on, Pac wrote and recorded so many songs that he has could fill up Cobain's discography with posthumous hits rather easily. Part poet, part actor, part advocate, part gangsta, Tupac was unlike any rapper before or since. Responsible for both the greatest album and the greatest dis track of all time, a transcendent star the likes of which it's impossible the genre can ever produce for us again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pZuKtF0kY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZqPi1aHNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6dWDfs5x8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qC3w3UUkU
Warren G hooked up with Nate Dogg to put together my favorite song of all tim (coincidentally for the soundtrack of my favorite Tupac movie, Above The Rim). And while Regulate stands far above any other song he ever made, he wasn't a one hit wonder. This DJ and Do You See were huge hits in their own right and he had a number of smaller hits on his two follow up albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoezCLhQFaE
Fuck.
Pac is basically the Kurt Cobain of rap music. Not the progenitor but the man who took it to mainstream heights never previously thought possible, who then died while at the absolute top of not just the genre but the music world in general. Throw in a life lived full of contradictions and a hugely popular conspiracy theory or two about his death and you have the black Cobain.
The biggest difference between the two though is Shakur was prolific as hell. While it can be argued that Cobain is only such a big name because he died before he made enough mediocre music that the world moved on, Pac wrote and recorded so many songs that he has could fill up Cobain's discography with posthumous hits rather easily. Part poet, part actor, part advocate, part gangsta, Tupac was unlike any rapper before or since. Responsible for both the greatest album and the greatest dis track of all time, a transcendent star the likes of which it's impossible the genre can ever produce for us again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pZuKtF0kYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZqPi1aHNohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6dWDfs5x8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qC3w3UUkUWarren G hooked up with Nate Dogg to put together my favorite song of all tim (coincidentally for the soundtrack of my favorite Tupac movie, Above The Rim). And while Regulate stands far above any other song he ever made, he wasn't a one hit wonder. This DJ and Do You See were huge hits in their own right and he had a number of smaller hits on his two follow up albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoezCLhQFaERap Battle 90's Bracket Round 1: Tupac Shakur (1) vs Warren G (16) 32 votes
1. 2Pac
75%
24 votes
16. Warren G
25%
8 votes
Comments
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1. 2Pac
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1. 2PacFree Yacht Rock Pub!!!
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16. Warren GI read that nicely thought out review of Tupac
Nice work
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1. 2PacPitchfork51 said:
I read that nicely thought out review of Tupac
Nice work
I then voted for Warren g
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1. 2PacWarren Gs best album > 2 Pacs best album. But collective body of work goes to Pac.
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1. 2Pac
WSU > USC potd2001400ex said:Warren Gs best album > 2 Pacs best album. But collective body of work goes to Pac.
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1. 2PacWarren G doesn't even belong in the poll. One hit wonder. 213 with Snoop and Nate Dogg is decent, but Warren G was easily the worst of the three.
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16. Warren G
TOo fucking whiteYellowSnow said: -
1. 2Pac
What are you talking about? I'm counting 1 Messican and 1 Filipino in this group.PurpleJ said:
TOo fucking whiteYellowSnow said: -
1. 2Pac
Disagree he’s a one hit wonder but going in I would have agreed he probably doesn't belong - Warren and Lauryn were the two I chincluded that I figured I'd get the most pushback on. But Warren's having a respectable showing against Tupac, looks like maybe he belongs after all.RoadDawg55 said:Warren G doesn't even belong in the poll. One hit wonder. 213 with Snoop and Nate Dogg is decent, but Warren G was easily the worst of the three.
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16. Warren G
I'd take Mac Dre over any of the aforementioned faggots.dnc said:
Disagree he’s a one hit wonder but going in I would have agreed he probably doesn't belong - Warren and Lauryn were the two I chincluded that I figured I'd get the most pushback on. But Warren's having a respectable showing against Tupac, looks like maybe he belongs after all.RoadDawg55 said:Warren G doesn't even belong in the poll. One hit wonder. 213 with Snoop and Nate Dogg is decent, but Warren G was easily the worst of the three.
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1. 2Pac
I used to love Mac Dre. Then I turned 17.PurpleJ said:
I'd take Mac Dre over any of the aforementioned faggots.dnc said:
Disagree he’s a one hit wonder but going in I would have agreed he probably doesn't belong - Warren and Lauryn were the two I chincluded that I figured I'd get the most pushback on. But Warren's having a respectable showing against Tupac, looks like maybe he belongs after all.RoadDawg55 said:Warren G doesn't even belong in the poll. One hit wonder. 213 with Snoop and Nate Dogg is decent, but Warren G was easily the worst of the three.
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1. 2PacPac took his rings, he took his Rolex, Warren looked at his brothas said "Damn, what's next?"
A: 2Pac in the second round.
