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December 24, 2002 - Tonya
Jameson of The Charlotte Observer reviewed Nick Broomfield's documentary
'Biggie & Tupac' and took back her comments that the film was an important
reminder after watching it. Jameson said, "Broomfield's documentary was
a reminder that any numbskull with a video camera and a juicy topic can
make a movie... I knew it was going to be terrible from the opening scene
when Broomfield pronounced Tupac's name 'Tupack.' Even after the few people
he managed to interview pronounced Tupac's name correctly, Broomfield still
refused to say it right. It
showed Broomfield knew absolutely nothing about the rapper and didn't even
respect him enough to say his name right." Read
more.
December 13, 2002 - Launch.com
spoke with Nelly at the Billboard Music Awards and said that there are
certain artists that he is still a fan of and whom he will always support
whenever they put out new music. "Definitely Run-DMC, LL Cool J, I don't
know... Amazingly, 2Pac keeps coming out with another album and I will
be there at the store every time," Nelly said. "You know, I heard Biggie's
coming out with another album and I think I would definitely be at the
store every time. I think Scarface is another one of those guys. I think
an N.W.A. album--any time N.W.A. puts out an album. OutKast is another
person that I think no matter what they do, I'll be in line to support
it."
December 2, 2002 - Randy
Lewis of the Los Angeles Times Violet Brown, urban music buyer for Wherehouse
Entertainment, who says Tupac Shakur's new album 'Better Dayz', thanks
to collaborations with Tyrese, Outlawz, Trick Daddy, Nas and Mya allow
the posthumous rap legend to stay current. Brown says the tracks "sound
like they were recorded yesterday." She added, "These tracks are not dated
at all, and what he's rapping about is very current. The lyrics are very
intense -- he's rapping a lot about life and death." Read more.
November 28, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com
reports Tupac Shakur’s latest posthumous release, 'Better Dayz' looks like
it’ll do about 400k in first week album sales, depending on whether stock
issues can be sorted out. Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg's 'Paid Tha Cost to Be
Tha Boss' is tracking to sell as much as 250k. Baby of the Big Tymers and
The Roots’ 'Phrenology' should both over 100k. And Busta Rhymes’ It Ain’t
Safe No More' should come in near 100k. Shania Twain and Tim McGraw will
be battling for the top spot with both expecting around 500-600k. Read
more.
November 28, 2002 - Bandbuilder.com
has a special '2Pac Player' in celebration of the release of the late rapper's
new album 'Better Dayz'. You can listen to the album tracks here.
November 27, 2002 - Launch.com
reports that the Tupac Shakur's latest posthumous album, 'Better Days',
out Tuesday (November 26), include a plea by his mother Afeni Shakur for
the need the preservation of freedom of speech in the album credits. "We
must always be given the freedom to express ourselves," Shakur said. "We
must fight for our right to be angry, sad, happy, uplifted, whatever we
need to be because without that, we become numb, and numb is dangerous."
Read more.
November 22, 2002 - Carole
Watson of the New York Post profiled how it seems the faster musicians
live and the younger they die, the more their fans want to honor them with
an afterlife high atop the Billboard charts. Joe Levy, music editor of
Rolling Stone says, "In the case of Run-DMC, there is a tremendous sentimentality
and fascination. The old-school rappers who started it all are now back
on the MTV news and on the radio... and those songs were pretty good. These
people were innovators in their field, as was Tupac Shakur. They are lost
icons in the order of James Dean." Read more.
November 21, 2002 - Aaron
Carter revealed in a TeenPeople.com online chat yesterday that he's a big
fan of Tupac Shakur, and may show it by getting a tattoo. "If I was to
get a tattoo, it would be of Tupac," Aaron said. "He's a big idol of mine,
in his rapping. A lot of people think he was a bad person, but in reality,
if you listen deep down, you can understand him, because all of his music
was poetry." Read more.
November 21, 2002 - The New
York Post reports police were investigating the June 7th gang-related death
of Eric Daniel when they raided the headquarters of Suge Knight. Cops also
announced that three men arrested in relation to the search would not be
charged in the killing. "We're not filing charges today because we weren't
presented a case," said L.A. County district attorney spokeswoman Jane
Robison. Read more.
November 15, 2002 - NBC 4
was there after three men were arrested for conspiracy to commit murder
after raids this morning at Tha Row Records headed by Suge Knight. They
apparently are looking into the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.
Protestors are outside the company complaining that Suge is being singled
out. Watch the clip here.
November 14, 2002 - Kurupt
tells MTV News that the first N.I.N.A. single will feature Tupac Shakur.
"The first single is basically Tupac and Lisa," Kurupt revealed. "All Lisa
wanted was a record with Pac. She loved Pac. They were real close friends.
And we brought that dream to life. We felt it was only right that the first
release on this record is in dedication to the two fallen soldiers from
our company." Read more.
November 9, 2002 - For Tupac
Shakur fans, Ed Lover has some good audio clips on his website. Included
are 2Pac's unreleased track 'Big Time', their take on the whole Tupac &
Biggie Los Angeles article, and Lil Cease chiming in on the Biggie/Tupac
Los Angeles article. Listen to the audio clips here.
November 6, 2002 - Tupac
Shakur's new album 'Better Dayz' is set to hit stores on November 26th.
The first single is 'Thugz Mansion'. Two versions of the single are being
released; The 'Remix' a faster version of the 'Acoustic' track that features
Nas. Only the acoustic version of 'Thugz Mansion' features Nas. You can
listen to the tracks online here.
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