I had a conversation with a couple of people the other day about the importance of Tupac.  Somebody told me that Tupac wasn’t one of the most globally known, or internationally recognized Black people ever.  Another person said that his music wasn’t politically or socially relevant; that he wasn’t as important to Black music as Bob Marley.

All of this is just a couple of weeks after Blender Magazine said Pac was the most overrated musician of all-time.

So is the world coming to the end?  Was Tupac really not that important, then and now?

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Is she really that sexy? I’ll let you tell it…
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I had Common on Sound Session this week when he was in town with N.E.R.D. for their tour (which I definitely recommend y’all check out when it’s in your city). We talked all about his upcoming Universal Mind Control album, his creative process working with the Neptunes, his upcoming acting roles, his classic catalog, the presidential election, and much more.

Part 2 and 3 are below.
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