Tupac Is The Most Overrated Thing In Music History.

....According to Blender (aka Maxim Music), that is. They recently released "The 33 Most Overrated People, Places, Trends and Other Junk in Rock." Why 33? Who the fuck knows. Why was Pac number 1? Read for yourself...

"He had insane rock-star charisma. He admirably conceived of a gangsta rapper as a principled rebel. His booming baritone gave bass lines competition for the most-trunk-rattling part of a hip-hop song. Hell, even Juice hasn’t aged nearly as badly as you’d expect. But while Tupac’s musical highs were epic—the pro-feminist “Keep Ya Head Up,” the terrifying “Hail Mary,” the boisterous “California Love”—that still leaves 15,837 other songs. He was a good rapper, not a great one: The guy larded records with self-mythologizing, mediocre filler that wouldn’t have made Biggie’s “give to Lil’ Cease” file. Maybe someone in his retinue could’ve stepped in during one of those legendary 96-hour recording binges and said, “Pac, instead of laying down this 14-minute rant about how Sun Tzu taught you how to take down the East Coast, how about some Yahtzee?” The man: awesome. The music: somewhat less than awesome. "

Do I think Tupac was overrated? Slightly. But I think he was still dope. Powerful writer with the ability to touch the people. In no way was he the most overrated aspect of music. That's down right ridiculous, Blender. You're hip-hop credibility card has just been rejected. ::Bumps Me Against The World::

BONUS: 2pac - "So Many Tears"