#2pac dear mama stereotypes crack

Maybe part of the reason that this stuff typically draws only for the most super-obvious rap is so that a sense of nostalgia/collective-memory is immediately hard-coded in, like when you hear Biggie saying 'believe me sweetie, I have enough to feed the greedy' over these bittersweet winsome synth chords the effect in part is a kind of memento mori, a reminder not of literal physical death but of the death of all past moments, and these conflict-ridden tales (sex / violence / wealth / excess) all end up seeming sepia-toned and hazy and halcyonic in retrospect, a callback to when life was so exciting and vital.

I thought this as well at first but now I don't think it is that actually, in particular because the music is never *just* celebratory, it's also kind of melancholy?

#2pac dear mama stereotypes crack

The song is a tribute to his mother Afeni Shakur, in which he details his childhood poverty and his mothers addiction to crack cocaine but argues that his love for his mother supersede bad memories. Even if his legend has become a tall tale, his music remains an indelible testament to the multitudes he contained. In fact, his closest analog may not be late rival The Notorious B.I.G., but rather dorm-room icons of the mythologized past: Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, and James Dean. It was released as a single in 1995 as the lead single from his third studio album Me Against the World. 2Pac is arguably the most influential rapper of all-time. 2pac - Dear Mama (Black Queen Mix) 7:28 2Pac - Dear Mama (Big Mama Mix) (1995) 4:42 Lists Add to List Add to List Contributors paddywower, kanno1ae, PhilipHorn, mrjeremycox, edd421, steezy, adrian.schmitt.96,, Report. Considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, Shakur is among the best-selling music artists, having. 'Dear Mama' is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur.

There's something funny in the juxtaposition of the celebratory beat and the opening 'another day in the ghetto' with dope fiends etc, not sure how self aware wrt irony the genre is, but I'm sure it's all very good humoured Tupac Amaru Shakur ( / tupk kr / TOO-pahk sh-KOOR born Lesane Parish Crooks, J September 13, 1996), better known by his stage name 2Pac and later by his alias Makaveli, was an American rapper.