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2PAC SAID MAC MALL WAS HIS FAVORITE RAPPER...HE ALSO DIRECTED HIS CLASSIC VIDEO "GHETTO THEME"
Quote from: Sccit on February 24, 2015, 02:04:59 PM2PAC SAID MAC MALL WAS HIS FAVORITE RAPPER...HE ALSO DIRECTED HIS CLASSIC VIDEO "GHETTO THEME"Link or it didn't happen...And it's a well-directed video, if it would of came across BET or MTV I might have thought "dope", but it's not like I would of went out to try to find the album. Of course if I was smokin the shit you ficcaz is smokin out West and chillin like ya'll chill then I'd bump it with ya'll... but by myself with headphones on, in KC, or elsewhere, hell no
Quote from: Resident of 1996 on February 24, 2015, 07:21:58 PMQuote from: Sccit on February 24, 2015, 02:04:59 PM2PAC SAID MAC MALL WAS HIS FAVORITE RAPPER...HE ALSO DIRECTED HIS CLASSIC VIDEO "GHETTO THEME"Link or it didn't happen...And it's a well-directed video, if it would of came across BET or MTV I might have thought "dope", but it's not like I would of went out to try to find the album. Of course if I was smokin the shit you ficcaz is smokin out West and chillin like ya'll chill then I'd bump it with ya'll... but by myself with headphones on, in KC, or elsewhere, hell noi know we need a link for everythin nowadays, but i dont really remember where i read it......just that i did.thats sad, tho, because bay produced some of the finest west coast hip-hop.....duno why u wouldnt be able to bump a cut like "ghetto theme" in your headphones up in kc, but it is what it is.
DX: Going way back, Tupac actually directed your first classic clip, “Ghetto Theme.” What was Tupac the director like, just a lot of yelling and cursing at you? [Laughs]Mac Mall: Not at all. That is a special video to me, not only because Tupac directed it but because now when I look at that video there’s so many people [that were in it] that are gone.But ‘Pac the director – I had a scene in that video where I had to lay in a casket, and that day I was just a little nervous about it. It was stressful for a 17-year-old. All this shit going on, they got big [camera] trucks and all these people there for me. I guess ‘Pac could sense that I was nervous. And at the time Tupac was going through hella court cases. He stayed on his cell phone...but he made time for me. So he saw that I was nervous and he pulled me to the side and he was like, “Yeah, you got a problem with the scene coming up, huh?” And I was like, “Yeah, a little bit.” He was like, “Man, don’t trip, bruh. I die in almost every movie that I’m in.” [Laughs] So he was like, “Man, all you gotta do is just think about your performance, think about how powerful it’s gonna be when other people see it.” And he just pumped me up to handle it and it ended up being a very powerful video that people from all over the world give me props on.
I think Infinite has a hard time liking this because he just comes across it in 2015. if he had come across it in like 1993 when it came out, or some time later let's say in 1996, which was a better period in his life (as evidenced by his numerous posts on the subject), then he would probably have loved it and would talk about it today as a masterpiece. because Infinite is more sensitive to the context surrounding the music than the actual music.
Quote from: Sccit on February 24, 2015, 07:29:06 PMQuote from: Resident of 1996 on February 24, 2015, 07:21:58 PMQuote from: Sccit on February 24, 2015, 02:04:59 PM2PAC SAID MAC MALL WAS HIS FAVORITE RAPPER...HE ALSO DIRECTED HIS CLASSIC VIDEO "GHETTO THEME"Link or it didn't happen...And it's a well-directed video, if it would of came across BET or MTV I might have thought "dope", but it's not like I would of went out to try to find the album. Of course if I was smokin the shit you ficcaz is smokin out West and chillin like ya'll chill then I'd bump it with ya'll... but by myself with headphones on, in KC, or elsewhere, hell noi know we need a link for everythin nowadays, but i dont really remember where i read it......just that i did.thats sad, tho, because bay produced some of the finest west coast hip-hop.....duno why u wouldnt be able to bump a cut like "ghetto theme" in your headphones up in kc, but it is what it is.http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19413/title.mac-mall-discusses-his-controversial-new-rebellion-and-its-attack-on-president-obamaQuoteDX: Going way back, Tupac actually directed your first classic clip, “Ghetto Theme.” What was Tupac the director like, just a lot of yelling and cursing at you? [Laughs]Mac Mall: Not at all. That is a special video to me, not only because Tupac directed it but because now when I look at that video there’s so many people [that were in it] that are gone.But ‘Pac the director – I had a scene in that video where I had to lay in a casket, and that day I was just a little nervous about it. It was stressful for a 17-year-old. All this shit going on, they got big [camera] trucks and all these people there for me. I guess ‘Pac could sense that I was nervous. And at the time Tupac was going through hella court cases. He stayed on his cell phone...but he made time for me. So he saw that I was nervous and he pulled me to the side and he was like, “Yeah, you got a problem with the scene coming up, huh?” And I was like, “Yeah, a little bit.” He was like, “Man, don’t trip, bruh. I die in almost every movie that I’m in.” [Laughs] So he was like, “Man, all you gotta do is just think about your performance, think about how powerful it’s gonna be when other people see it.” And he just pumped me up to handle it and it ended up being a very powerful video that people from all over the world give me props on.I think Infinite has a hard time liking this because he just comes across it in 2015. if he had come across it in like 1993 when it came out, or some time later let's say in 1996, which was a better period in his life (as evidenced by his numerous posts on the subject), then he would probably have loved it and would talk about it today as a masterpiece. because Infinite is more sensitive to the context surrounding the music than the actual music.Pac has also directed Ray Luv's last nite, another classic song from a classic YBB album "forever hustling'"I remember the first time I saw the video made me buy the album and introduced me to Khayree's body of work.
Quote from: bouli77 on February 25, 2015, 02:25:39 AMI think Infinite has a hard time liking this because he just comes across it in 2015. if he had come across it in like 1993 when it came out, or some time later let's say in 1996, which was a better period in his life (as evidenced by his numerous posts on the subject), then he would probably have loved it and would talk about it today as a masterpiece. because Infinite is more sensitive to the context surrounding the music than the actual music.nice post, and some truth to that... but remember, KC, where I'm from has always had so much love for the Bay. I mean E-40 was making a lot of noise out here during the same period Death Row was making noise, and "I'll Be Around" and "Playaz Club" by Rappin 4'Tay I used to bump those tracks all summer long back in 95, bumped "Gettin It" all summer long in 96, but those songs were exceptions and I never could bump full albums...Too Short was really popular in my way during that Death Row period...Yet, I always saw Bay Area music as being a bit low brow and lacking refinement. It seemed a bit 3rd rate, not to the degree of Southern 90's rap like No Limit, but still clearly beneath L.A., New York, and even Detroit. It always had a low quality sound to me.
Quote from: Resident of 1996 on February 25, 2015, 07:48:10 AMQuote from: bouli77 on February 25, 2015, 02:25:39 AMI think Infinite has a hard time liking this because he just comes across it in 2015. if he had come across it in like 1993 when it came out, or some time later let's say in 1996, which was a better period in his life (as evidenced by his numerous posts on the subject), then he would probably have loved it and would talk about it today as a masterpiece. because Infinite is more sensitive to the context surrounding the music than the actual music. nice post, and some truth to that... but remember, KC, where I'm from has always had so much love for the Bay. I mean E-40 was making a lot of noise out here during the same period Death Row was making noise, and "I'll Be Around" and "Playaz Club" by Rappin 4'Tay I used to bump those tracks all summer long back in 95, bumped "Gettin It" all summer long in 96, but those songs were exceptions and I never could bump full albums...Too Short was really popular in my way during that Death Row period...Yet, I always saw Bay Area music as being a bit low brow and lacking refinement. It seemed a bit 3rd rate, not to the degree of Southern 90's rap like No Limit, but still clearly beneath L.A., New York, and even Detroit. It always had a low quality sound to me.this is flat out inaccurate.. khayree (goat bay producer) has one of the most refined sounds in all of hip-hop. mike mosely, ant banks, tone capone, ea ski, etc. as well.
Quote from: bouli77 on February 25, 2015, 02:25:39 AMI think Infinite has a hard time liking this because he just comes across it in 2015. if he had come across it in like 1993 when it came out, or some time later let's say in 1996, which was a better period in his life (as evidenced by his numerous posts on the subject), then he would probably have loved it and would talk about it today as a masterpiece. because Infinite is more sensitive to the context surrounding the music than the actual music. nice post, and some truth to that... but remember, KC, where I'm from has always had so much love for the Bay. I mean E-40 was making a lot of noise out here during the same period Death Row was making noise, and "I'll Be Around" and "Playaz Club" by Rappin 4'Tay I used to bump those tracks all summer long back in 95, bumped "Gettin It" all summer long in 96, but those songs were exceptions and I never could bump full albums...Too Short was really popular in my way during that Death Row period...Yet, I always saw Bay Area music as being a bit low brow and lacking refinement. It seemed a bit 3rd rate, not to the degree of Southern 90's rap like No Limit, but still clearly beneath L.A., New York, and even Detroit. It always had a low quality sound to me.
again fellas, infinite knows as much about the bay area rap scene as Uncle Phil loved Jazzy Jeff
this is flat out inaccurate.. khayree (goat bay producer) has one of the most refined sounds in all of hip-hop. mike mosely, ant banks, tone capone, ea ski, etc. as well.
Quote from: Sccit on February 25, 2015, 01:16:46 PMthis is flat out inaccurate.. khayree (goat bay producer) has one of the most refined sounds in all of hip-hop. mike mosely, ant banks, tone capone, ea ski, etc. as well. lyrical content was a part of my post, I wasn't just talking about the producers.... Even Pac said that the Bay Area taught him to be more direct, which worked for Pac because Pac was so elevated intellectually and artistically that when he comes direct it is still deeply poetic......but as a whole the Bay area could never come up with some fly shit like, "This nicca raps with a razor keep it under my tongue/ high school drop out/ never liked the shit from day one"... the Bay would just rap, "Izza don't like ttaaaa read, Izzza jus a poor young hustla, but I bust ya, so fuck ya"
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