The figure of Tupac Shakur looms large, not just in the world of rap or entertainment, but in my own life. I remember bumping "I Get Around" on my Walkman and ... Read More...
Someone wrote in a previous review how difficult it is to assess a greatest hits album. One of the goals of a greatest hits collection is to attempt to summariz... Read More...
Four years after Death Row Records dug up Tupac Shakur's legacy just so they could spit on it the label that will not seem to die peacefully returns loudly wit... Read More...
Two weeks earlier, O.J. Simpson had walked away a free man from his murder trial. An invitation to join a million black men meeting in Washington, D.C. had bee... Read More...
There's not much left for Death Row to do these days other than "define" their hip-hop legacy. After a long and controversial reign as Death Row's CEO, Suge Kni... Read More...
Nobody intends anything but the highest regard for Tupac Shakur's life at this point. There are plenty of classy and well-intentioned people who are taking the... Read More...