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Originally Posted by God-Himself
Biggie was nowhere near as nice as Em. & I'd say Biggie wasn't even as nice as Pac. Pac understood what music was about
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Correct, Biggie isn't in Em's ballpark either. Yes, Pac did make more meaningful songs.. but the majority of them were to R&B beats, talking about his mom and shit. Nice message, but not what I was looking for in Hip-Hop as a teenager. If I wanted a heartfelt story, I'd get a better one on an R&B track. (Again, I'm not saying he isn't good. Just not my cup of tea.)
If you're saying AZ and Pac are rare breeds that send a message... well, you're right to an extent. But people have surpassed that level of message sending already. I could link several examples from a few artists, all of which would be more intelligent, send a better message, and execute a better understanding of lyricism than Pac or AZ could. (Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, & Immortal Technique could all do this.) Hell, what Aesop Rock did with "Daylight" and "Nightlight" is fucking crazy.
Concerning your last paragraph, everything is cyclic. That "golden era" of Hip-Hop will come around again, this time with hungrier and more talented artists.