Retro Pak

2Pac

Mav Rack G

They All Want to Know (Explicit)

lonelyboy

me against the world, but lofi

strictly, lofi

2Pacalypse now, but lofi

Bochoz

This Ting (bochoz Remix) (Explicit)

Marco P

Marissa

Fight for Yourself

K!ng Kash

A Hit (Explicit)

2Phoria

Slippin' Into Darkness (Explicit)

Snoop Dogg

2Gangstas

2niversal (Explicit)

My Death Row Bro

All His Greatest Hits (Explicit)

California Love (Explicit)

50 Cent

Americaz Most Wanted (Explicit)

Nothin' But A G-Thang (Explicit)

2Gangsta 2Die

MaxB

Biggie

Breathe

The Notorious BIG

Ghetto in the Sky (Junior M.A.F.I.A. Presents)

U.F. Zu

Don Tae

Truth Zu Love

Big L

Deadly Combination (feat. 2Pac) (Explicit)

The Big Picture (Explicit)

Time Back (Explicit)

Wonder Why They Call You Bitch

Ghetto Gospel (The Birth of A Legend)

Outlawz

Dead Prez

Against All Oddz (Collector's Edition)

Soldier 2 Soldier (Collector's Edition)

Layzie Bone

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Thug Brothers (Collector's Edition)

2Pac Greatest Hits

Nuttso

Ghetto Star Life feat. 2 Pac

The Best Of 2Pac (Explicit)

The Best of 2Pac

Junior

Too Late

The Best Of 2Pac (Pt. 1: Thug)

The Best Of 2Pac

The Game

San Quinn

Untold Story (Digital Re-Release with Bonus Tracks) (Explicit)

Untouchable Swizz Beatz Remix

by M.F. DiBella
The second and final album from the late Big L showcases the Harlem MC as a master of the punch line and a vicious storyteller with a razor blade-under-the-tongue flow. Unfortunately, despite a well-meant effort from Rawkus Records, The Big Picture fails to capture Big L's underground legacy. A member of the New York underground collective's
Diggin' in the Crates
crew,
L
's 1995 debut on Columbia Records,
Lifestyles of the Poor and Dangerous
, was met with a lukewarm response despite his rugged talents. As a result, Big L was dropped from Columbia primarily because
Lifestyles
lacked the supersonic production to match his rough, witty style. On The Big Picture, even with a few production heavyweights in on the project, the production is again suspect. The album billed as a classic has merely the makings of one, all-star producers like
Pete Rock
and
Premier
and heavyweight guest appearances including a duet with another fallen rap star,
Tupac Shakur
. There are about five good tracks on the album, two of which are spectacular: "Flamboyant" over a soulful bump provided by
Mike Heron
is the heavy-hitter on the album followed closely in quality by the flute-laced "Holdin' It Down" produced by
Pete Rock
and featuring
A.G.
"Ebonics" is
L
's clever slang dictionary and the two
DJ Premier
-produced tracks, "Platinum Plus" featuring
Big Daddy Kane
and "The Enemy" featuring
Fat Joe
, are also worthy of note. Here is an underground king that finds only slight aboveground success posthumously. Rawkus' scramble to compile new and old tracks into a cohesive product proved too difficult a task. In the end, there is too much gloss on this undergrounder's parting project; The Big Picture does not do justice to Big L. Big L may be remembered as a gifted MC who put out mediocre albums but he will not be forgotten by hip-hop fans on the strength of his underground legacy and respect. Big L (1974-1999) was gunned down in his own Harlem neighborhood in early 1999.

《The Best of 2Pac (Explicit)》是一張濃縮西海岸説唱靈魂的精選合集，集結了這位傳奇藝術家最具代表性的作品。從充滿街頭敍事的《California Love》到直面社會現實的《Changes》，專輯以粗糲的敍事和詩意的律動，記錄了一個時代的聲音切面。每一首曲目都像是時間膠囊，封存着90年代嘻哈文化的社會觀察與情感張力，既有對生存困境的控訴，亦不乏對生命的熱望。透過這些充滿力量和真實性的演繹，聽眾得以觸摸到説唱音樂最原始的脈搏。

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