BOYCOTT NEW 2PAC ALBUM!
I'm sure most of the 2Pac fans out there have heard the new album Loyal to the Game. It is all over the Internet and it will be released in retail version shortly.
We at 2Paconline want to ask all 2Pac fans to NOT purchase this new album.
This has gone too far. We have been representing 2Pac online ever since before he passed away and have always supported his new releases. We have been through 8 years of posthumous releases and have watched what they have been doing. We have been loyal through all of the lyric editing, remixing, unmastered releases, off beat production. We accepted it because it was still worth it hearing another 2Pac album with new material.
However, Amaru is now taking their degradation of 2Pac's legacy to a whole new level. They are now messing with 2Pac's vocals in ways they have never done before like speeding them up and slowing them down and distorting the pitch until they sound like garbage. This is mostly a by-product of Eminem's production. He can't produce a beat to match 2Pac's flow so he tries to make 2Pac's flow match the beat. He doesn't realize how god-awful this makes the tracks sound. Anyone that knows anything about remixing will tell you that its much less noticable to distort the speed of a beat to match vocals than it is to distort the speed of the vocals to match a beat.
Furthermore, we now have chopping of 2Pac's lyrics like we have never seen before. Ghetto Gospel, for example, is missing over 60% of its lyrics! And to top that off, we have vocals added by cutting and pasting 2Pac's voice. We have him saying things like: "G-Unit", "Hey Em Turn that **** Up!"
Do you think any other legend on 2Pac's level would have his/her work degraded like this?
We need Amaru to respect 2Pac's legacy. To release tracks the way they were recorded. To hire producers that 2Pac would have worked with. To have guest appearances by people 2Pac would have worked with.
So please do not purchase this trash. Download it (you can find links to it on the boards) and burn it if you really must. But do not donate to or support the Shady/Amaru collaboration in anyway. Instead support 2Pac this year by purchasing one of his unmolested albums like 2PacalypseNow, Strictly 4 My ****, Me Against the World, **** LIFE, All Eyez On Me, Makaveli, or R U Still Down?
What else can you do? Give AMARU Records a call at (404)508-9511 and let them know what you think about their latest release and how they are affecting 2Pac's legacy. Please be professional when you call.
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hmmm....well i'll probably end up gettin' it off of Ruckus anyway....my mom'll probably buy the actual album...
but what do ya'll think about that?? for those of you who have already bought it, those who plan to buy it, and those who don't plan to buy it but still like Tupac...what do you think? You think this is okay?
i don't know....i have mixed feelings....
I feel like....on one hand, when you think about it...it really isn't too cool that they'd mess with his voice all like that to make it sound like he's saying stuff about G-Unit & Eminem, when he really ain't....
and I definitely agree with the part that it says...it's a WHOLE lot better if people try to have a beat match lyrics than have the pace of the lyrics match the beat....'cause i've noticed that ish too....when you hear a remixed song...or just some mixed songs, and they speed up the lyrics, just to get it on a slower beat.....does NOT sound good...
but on the other hand....i went to 2PacOnline.com....to try and find out exactly who's in charge of the website....the person never makes it clear in the statement....just says "we"....
now, i feel like...if "we" includes his mama and actual family...i say they really do have a point....'cause if they have a problem with this - they are the ones who really should have final say on any of what gets put out by Pac with him being **** or whateva....so there shouldn't be any random, extra sources interfering with that....esPECially ones who was never even IN the music industry like that when Pac was alive, let alone actually recorded with him....
looking at the website...it looks like it is at least affiliated with the family...but i'm still not sure....
but anyway....so yeah, how do ya'll feel about the whole thing?
