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BayouBandit24 
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| What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:17 am)
I always see people saying stuff like "Tupac was the best no doubt" and it just does not seem genuine at all. It is as if they feel like they should say that to be cool. Just an observation 
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lsu480 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:20 am to BayouBandit24)
Tupac was SICK! I personally dont think he was the best ever but I get how some people think he was.
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BayouBandit24
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:23 am to lsu480)
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but I get how some people think he was.
i'm not necessarily saying he was or wasn't. i just feel people think they are obligated to say that he is
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GreatLakesTiger24 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:26 am to BayouBandit24)
i see this all the time. i like tupac pretty well, but he's only top 5 for me.
avy is more for the redwings jersey and the picture itself, i'm more into country and rock than rap
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heehaw
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:31 am to BayouBandit24)
Yeah, and they can prolly only name like 5 songs by him.
Biggie over Tupac, imo btw
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Matisyeezy 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:46 am to heehaw)
I know how this is going to come across, but Tupac was amazing because of the way he fused social commentary with West Coast, gangsta style.
I enjoy his music. All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World were good albums, but I think Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. was him at his best.
I'd say 70% of people who claim to like Tupac have listened to less than 5 songs by him.
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BayouBandit24
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:07 am to Matisyeezy)
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I'd say 70% of people who claim to like Tupac have listened to less than 5 songs by him.
I agree completely and here lies my issue
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lsu480
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:10 am to Matisyeezy)
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I'd say 70% of people who claim to like Tupac have listened to less than 5 songs by him.
Maybe less than 50.....
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Matisyeezy
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:19 am to lsu480)
We must run in drastically different circles
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Gr8t8s 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:44 am to BayouBandit24)
Lyrically speaking, I think Biggie was the best. But when it comes to raw emotion and pulling the listener in...I think that's where 2Pac excelled.
He's my all-time favorite, but I wouldn't disagree with other people that say he's not the best. I just connected more with his music.....and it seems like I know every word of every song on his major albums before death.
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Vicks Kennel Club 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:55 am to BayouBandit24)
I both are overrated because they died young.
They are still two of the best ever, but almost everyone who dies tragically is vastly overrated.
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bobbyray21 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 2:50 am to BayouBandit24)
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i'm not necessarily saying he was or wasn't. i just feel people think they are obligated to say that he is
I agree with you. I can't put a percentage on it, but I'll say that when I hear somebody claim that tupac was better than biggie they just immediately lose all credibility.
ETA: the reason being is that I just can't imagine how a person could have listened to all of biggie's stuff and all of tupac's stuff and arrive at the conclusion that tupac was better biggie. Music is a subjective thing, but biggie was so much better than tupac, in my estimation, that I view it as objective fact.
This post was edited on 12/3 at 2:53 am
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Big Lake
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:32 am to bobbyray21)
Biggie>Tupac
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UFownstSECsince1950 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:39 am to Vicks Kennel Club)
Yep. Getting killed was the best thing that could've ever happened to Tupac's career
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wildtigercat93
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 10:39 am to Big Lake)
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Biggie>Tupac
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droman225 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:08 am to BayouBandit24)
Tupac is the most overrated person ever, at anything.
I don't like him at all to be honest
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Big Lake
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:57 am to droman225)
California Love is awful. I am sorry
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shuke33 
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 1:54 pm to BayouBandit24)
Biggie was a great entertainer
2pac was more of a voice for the voiceless
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TFTC
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 2:02 pm to Matisyeezy)
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I'd say 70% of people who claim to like Tupac have listened to less than 5 songs by him.
So are you saying these people aren't really rap fans, they just throw the name out there cause thats all they know of? Or they listen to hundreds of songs by other rap artists but feel the need to say Tupac is the best knowing less than 5 songs?
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Melvin
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| re: What % of hip hop listeners do you think say they like Tupac just because? (Posted on 12/3/12 at 2:20 pm to BayouBandit24)
Same reason people say the Beatles are the greatest band ever and Hendrix is the best guitar player ever. It's what everyone says
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