If he had signed with No Limited Records
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reservoirsquad — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 08:27 PM)
It was Death Row Records and Suge Knights influence that perpetrated the Thug Life image. It was all part of the whole deal. And the reason Pac made so many songs and released All Eyez On Me and Makaveli 7 Day Theory so fast because he had a three record deal with Death Row and wanted to get off it so he can form Makaveli Records. He hated Death Row Records. The East Coast/West Coast beef was blown way out of proportion to sell magazines and Suge Knight used it to sell records. The reason Dr. Dre left Deathrow to form Aftermath was because the creative environment was filled with Bloods and Crypts. A very dangerous place. But No Limit Records was more professional. And that is evidenced by the fact that Master P is not in jail and still rich as beep and Tupac did a song and video with Master P and it was awesome.
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Nike316 — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 12:49 PM)
It was Death Row Records and Suge Knights influence that perpetrated the Thug Life image. It was all part of the whole deal. And the reason Pac made so many songs and released All Eyez On Me and Makaveli 7 Day Theory so fast because he had a three record deal with Death Row and wanted to get off it so he can form Makaveli Records. He hated Death Row Records. The East Coast/West Coast beef was blown way out of proportion to sell magazines and Suge Knight used it to sell records. The reason Dr. Dre left Deathrow to form Aftermath was because the creative environment was filled with Bloods and Crypts. A very dangerous place.
All this was added on to Tupac's life after the fact of him already having a bad rep put on him. Even before Death Row Records, he was still considered a problematic big mouth, with a lot of enemies, and people out to get him. He already had multiple attempts made on his life, and he didn't think he was going to live very long due to his background becoming such a curse for him. He might've lived longer if he didn't join Death Row, but i'm not sure if he'd still be around right now. He had a bullseye hanging over his head since before he was even born, and who knows how much more of a target he would've become, if he was given an even bigger platform than rap to reach the masses. -
reservoirsquad — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 05:17 PM)
Before he got shot five times in New York, he was never that gangster. Before that he was all Public Enemy Revolution in Revolt, Me Against Amerikkka! and 2pacalypse Now and Brenda's Got Baby. All that changed as soon as it came clear to Tupac that he suddenly had a reason to fear his own community. Many people that knew him knows that the Tupac in the Hit 'em up and Toss it up and 2 Americas Most Wanted and California Love videos was not Tupac. And he never really went back to his Revolutionary side of himself. I think Master P would have been a better influence on him.
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Nike316 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 01:55 PM)
Tupac was never a gangster, no doubt. However he was still very confrontational, and always getting into trouble no matter where he was in his life. His revolutionary mindstate came at a price, even before Death Row cashed in on him. He never had an easy road ahead of him, and thus he made albums like "Me Against the World". His music was a reflection of the troubles he faced and one piece of a defense he was planning to go further with in politics, where he was likely gonna face even bigger challenges. I doubt a simple switch of a record label would've solved all of his problems. Tupac had a complicated life, and it's almost like the stars were lining up for him to die somehow.