It's May 05, 2024, 06:35:45 PM
wanted you guys to see how the TASF Center is now.. https://www.youtube.com/v/xkCquh-rGYs
She started to increase the price towards the very disenfranchised people the school was Intended for~ This right here is a main reason IMO. Sure, the music and publications of 2Pac may have helped, and been an initial factor in the setup costs, but once it is up and running, it requires business people who have experience in managing, as well as passionate people (for fundraising activities) to keep something like this going, until such times at least until they can get contracted programs from state level, sponsorships etc. after enough popularity, visitor attendance and so on, which takes away the stress of looking for consistent income. Many art centre's remain open for decades without any direct artist royalties to assist, so it is bad business. Afeni wanted to create a 'Pacs Kids' album, which would be a full length album of young aspiring artists & producers containing vocals (some unpublished) from 2Pac himself. It sounded like a good concept, and releasing it under the full weight of a subsidiary from Universal Music Group (like an Interscope or someone similar) could have made some noise to showcase the centre. No one knew anything about it unless you watched the Pac Life video, or purchased the Resurrection soundtrack and looked at the insert. Regarding 2Pac's music in general, without Tom Whalley's support, we didn't see much in the way of promotion for anything 2Pac related when he stepped down. Sure, it states that he 'officially' stepped down in 2010, but had stepped down many years before, and was forced out of his position IMO. He was a major factor in 2Pac's airtime and TV deals, because otherwise, he'd have his videos on, on some terrible deal being showing at 3am with no ad time for his releases (slight exaggeration, but you get the drift) He was CEO of Warner Bros. Records and Executive of A&R at Interscope during the UTEOT release / Greatest Hits / Changes periods and he was a 'huge' 2Pac fan - In fact, when Tom Whalley stepped down to form his own label with a less hectic & demanding schedule, it was he who stated that there should be a 2Pac song somewhere on the Djanjo movie, before Claudio Cueni (who was in fact a former engineer of 2Pac's from Tom Whalley's days) came in to do the song. This is why it is featured on the soundtrack under his label. For almost 10 years, he was one of the only prominent main players interested in doing anything in full scope with 2Pac. It could be argued that 2Pac's popularity at that time made it easier, or that Tom Whalley's important position at that time played a more significant roleIt's a name we never hear about, but he had a HUGE input into helping Afeni with Amaru too. Is this why R U Still Down was such a success? He was always made available for advice, contacts and also setting up discussions with key people in the industry, IE; opening doors. He was absent for any input into the SIR album due to the huge workload of both Dr Dre's 2001 album & Slim Shady's LP (I guess we can see the lack of marketing and PR this album had - as no one else would take the initiative like Tom Whalley, to do in and ensure this was a success) but he was the guy who signed 2Pac back in 1991, but since his departure from a heavy workload at a major, we've not seen much in way of marketing and PR