2PACALYPSE NOW THE OUTLAWZ PT.3
At the time of Tupac's release from prison his mind had to be flooded with facts and opinions about who was for him and who was against him. Rumors of the person who shot him had spread throughout the streets, to the walls of the prison and back to the streets. Some believe the sources of these rumors were actually F.B.I. informants that were purposely spreading false propaganda to stir up confusion. When Shakur touched down he immediately joined forces with his brother Mopreme and Big Sykes who were both in "Thug Life" and formed "The Outlaw Immortalz". As a natural leader Tupac emerged from prison as Makaveli a name derived from an Italian philosopher that he took interest in by the name of Niccolo Machiavelli. Big Sykes went by the name Mussolini after the Italian leader Benito Mussolini. The transformation Pac went through was evident in the message he had to send in his music and the names of each person added to the "Outlawz". The names coincided with various past and present tyrants and enemies of America. The obligation for Death Row was understood but the "Outlawz" were an assembly of his true family, a concept instilled in him from day one. Yaki Kadafi who was reported to be one of Mutulu Shakurs sons, in my book thats a brother I dont know where they get half brother stuff from but correct me if I'm wrong. Kadafi was named by Pac after the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Kastro who was also known as K-Dog, was Pac's cousin and got his name from Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Hussein Fatal who was introduced to Pac by Kadafi, got his alias from former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein. Napoleon who later left the group to be a motivational speaker, got his name from Napoleon Bonaparte French military leader. Storm the only female member was said to be found by Pac at a movie set . A member added just a few months before Shakurs murder was Young Noble . Although he wasn't given an alias with the group Noble spilled his guts on the album Makaveli from the first track "Bomb First". E.D.I. Mean was also on the track and came off almost as Pac transformed in "Just Like Daddy". E.D.I. named after Ugandan president Idi Amin, happens to be the only member that I met in Atlanta so I will make sure he gets to read this because it may stand to be corrected in certain areas so get at me Big Malc. Every member traded lines as if they were being channeled by Pac and shined all throughout the last recorded album. The sense of urgency that Tupac showed in recording this last album could be seen in the fact that the songs were made in 3 days and 4 days for the tracks. Makaveli is subtitled "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The album had no other label mates from Death Row like the 9x platinum "All Eyez On Me". The producers used were QD3, who was Quincy Jones son and Pac's girlfriend Kidada's brother, Dre coproduced one track "Toss It Up", and featured 2 producers from the wack room. The wack room was a room in Death Row that nobody wanted to do tracks with these particular producers. For some reason Pac was able to bring the best out in people. Hurt-M-Badd and Big D Harper were those producers that got the chance to create with Pac on the album that MTV.com labeled a classic and the #9 rap album of all time. You can hear Darryl "Big D" Harpers vocals in the song "White Man'z World". And on the track "Hold Ya Head" you hear the other producer from the wack room Hurt-M-Badd, guess they were waiting for Pac to bring out what they always had in them. This album sold a record 664,000 copies the first week and 3,911,787 copies to this date.
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| OUTLAWZ of today |
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| Tupac and Kadafi |
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| OUTLAWZ including STORM |
Mopreme and Sykes went there own ways for personal reasons before Makaveli and severed ties with Death Row. Kadafi who was riding behind Pac that fateful day in September 15 years ago, was actually one of the only witnesses that could identify the shooter. Unfortunately his brother met his own fate two months after Pac was killed in a New Jersey project building. I saw the interview of his girlfriend saying they heard a knock at the door and she said "answer it" and he said "what if its somebody tryin to kill me?" When he answered he was shot. Two years later Napoleon convinced his cousin to turn himself in over the murder. After the death of Pac and Kadafi, Hussein left the group and has since returned. Since 2010 the group has teamed up with allhiphop.com to release a song every week up until the release of their September 13, 2011 studio album called "Perfect Timing".
Tupac spoke these words but we didnt get it until 2003 in the documentary "Resurrection", "Im not saying Im gonna change the world, but I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world."
He also said "do what you gotta do, and then out of you I will be reborn"
If you didn't know, now you know
~DAJOURNALIST~
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