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“Dear Mama," was one of 25 songs added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2010, with the Library of Congress stating ""Dear Mama" is a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother, and all mothers, struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference."
Ty for that!
💯💯💯
Needed this 🙌
Name another rapper with that kind of recognition. None.
@@uso_Jus2SmooTh94 and
One of the greatest writers of all time
Easily.. Shakespeare who?!?!? 😂
**is
Amen brother!
Key word: WRITERS
Very true
His mother, Affini Shakur was a member of the Black Panther party. The song is a real depiction of his life.
So was his aunt his aunt was a G
@@joshuabolton3866 absolutely.
the Black Panther party & the American Indian Movement (AIM) were also close allies. because of that, many Native Americans listen to & are influenced by Tupac & his music.
Yup NY chapter Panther 21
2Pac was 24 when he released this. Just imagine what he could have done for the world.
And murdered at 25
I like Tupac but calm down man. He’s just a rapper, all he would do is just release more music and live his life, people like you need to stop making him out to be some sort of MLK…
@@MM-jc7uv Go watch all of his interviews and some of the speeches he gave over the years before you try to put him in a pigeon hole, and no he wasn't a MLK or a Malcolm X but he wasn't just a rapper. A lot of people don't know this but Tupac was a member of the New Afrikan Peoples Organization (NAPO.) I suggest you read the article Keepin' It Real in Hip Hop Politics: A Political Perspective of Tupac Shakur, and then tell me that Tupac was "Just" a rapper.
@@2apocalypsex I’ve seen a lot of him in interviews and stuff and also don’t forget that not all of his songs preached good messages and a lot of them had vulgar and “bad” lyrics as well and he was also most likely gang affiliated. He’s convicted of sexual assault and he shot at police officers and was also convicted of assault too, so really you’re just proving my point. I’m not saying he was a terrible person, but people almost see him as a god solely because of his death when in reality he was just a normal dude who did some shady/bad things
@@MM-jc7uv The two police that he shot were off duty, intoxicated and they were harassing another person, that is why he shot at them, plus they were found to be in possession of confiscated weapons which they stole from the police department. That's why the case was dropped. And about the sexual assault, what he was accused of was "Forcibly touching the buttocks" and it was the people that were with him who actually committed the assault, yet none of them were charged with anything. Just to make it clear I'm not trying to convince you in any way to change what you think.
Tupac “Changes” ⭐️
This one is Must ☝️
Definitely
& NOT the radio/clean version
Facts
@@90Six Yeah bro the Explicit Version is wayy better it doesn't censor the odd swear word which doesn't mess up the flow of the song
'Dear Mama' pulls at my heartstrings to this very day. Tupac was a gangster rapper but he was more than that. He was literally a street poet. He wasn't the best lyrically but his ability to story-tell, paint a picture of the struggles in the ghettoes of America, and take up the mantle as the voice of the voiceless remain unmatched. The man really was gifted (he was also a very good actor) and its unfortunate his life was cut so short due to some poor decisions, several of his own making.
"He wasn't the best lyrically"
Yes, he was. I'm really into poetry and literature and always cite Tupac as one of my favorite poets.
for real, people are still going around talking about that he wasn't lyrical? and he wasn't a gangster rapper ether, that's what people who have only heard a handful of his work call him. He never said that he was a gangster rapper, he literally rhymes about the struggles that poor Black, Latin/Hispanic (Poor people in general) go through. He even said "Any thing that I ever say when it pertains to being strapped is only in self defense."
@@2apocalypsex he is lyrical but not as lyrical as the top lyricist lets be honest. Pac was great because he was real and raw and he rapped from the heart
truth....he was ahead of his time...
Pac is really someone you cant box in one category be it in his real life or in his music. He showed the multiple sides to him as a person
If pac hadn’t been killed he would be a revolutionary leader or even a government leader. He was so smart and waaaay ahead of his time m. RIP Pac
@@bobwhite894 no, they would've assassinated him
Most likely not LOL. He would've been just another great rapper just like he is now.
This song is just another example why 2pac was the voice of a generation.
This Is A True Story. His Mother, Afeni Shakur. Was A Part Of The Black Panther Party. She Was Actually Pregnant 🤰🏾 In Prison Carrying Tupac
Back when us black folk use to fight for our place in this country. Now we just destroying ourselves and our homes..🙏 Lord, guide thy People with your love
@@mr.o523 not only false and antiblack but not the time and place. I BEG you to refocus on modern Black movements toward equality and justice.
@@blackprotagonist they keep deleting my comment cuz they cowards
@@blackprotagonist @@blackprotagonist my comment was deleted and I'm not going to retype it. Cowards won't allow free speech. Typical. My family business was hit hard but the so called "peaceful protests" BIM written all over the walls of MY empty looted store. I will never live in victim Hood. I see what modern black movements are doing. I'm no uncle Tomm like my community likes to call me. 2pac would be ashamed of what our culture and community have done. Btw I like how you call what I say anti black when I'm a DAMN BLACK MAN. I can't speak about my own people and what some have done to my community and my life? This is why you will never learn. You throw words out like anti black and end the discussion there. Cowardice. I like how your comment gets to stay up but they delete mine. A black man trying to break free of the mind control you treasure so much.
@@blackprotagonist forgive for the spam but my point needs to get across. UA-cam can eat 💩
Pac's mom was a political revolutionary who was sent to jail while pregnant with Pac. She was acquitted within a year. The only thing that wasn't true in the song/ video was him going to jail as a teen. He went to a Baltimore high school for gifted and creative teens whereby he became very close friends with actress Jada Pinkett (she is currently married to Actor/Rapper Will Smith). He resumed his friendship with her years later when he ran into her in Los Angeles. *She gets emotional everytime she gives an interview about Pac*. A few of his early raps were about having fun, "partying" with girls and there were quite a few that were deep, intuitive, socially and politically conscious for those songs you'll notice his original moniker was 2pacalypse and when he became rich and famous his moniker changed to 2Pac. Fans liked the earlier social conscious songs. However, he became rich and infamous because he struck a deep chord by emotionally aligning himself with the marginalized and those rejected by society. He began narrating their unspoken feelings and provided some context to their lifestyle. He was talented and gave introspective interviews but began to grow suspicious of NY rappers after being robbed and shot 5xs in NYC building on his way to a recording studio. * I still believe he was setup.* He also was budding into a talented actor. He'd acted in films such as Juice (a classic), Poetic Justice with Janet Jackson (another good one) and at least 2 others. However, he ran afoul of the law and was harassed quite a bit by law enforcement officials when he became famous which pissed him off like it would anyone else. He wrote the song Dear Mama while incarcerated on a sexual battery charge, I think around late 94/95. He was released in either 95 early '96 and quickly wrote and released his highest grossing album to date All Eyez On Me (Diamond status). I think it went 4 times platinum the year he released it. Also, '96 he wrote and released a second album under a new moniker Makaveli. Its a great album too. Its been sampled quite a bit by other rappers. Jay Z comes to mind. Pac's success was quick from '91 to 96' but his success in '96 was meteoric and so were his troubles. In that same year, he was again shot multiple times, this time in Las Vegas in September. I naively thought he might survive. Myself and others were crushed when he was taken off the respirator and pronounced dead.... the day of my b'day. 😔 He was only 25. We were so young. At that time, there was so much drama, controversy, confusion, finger-pointing, a deep sense of emptiness and anger! Many around the country mourned. His impact was major. A few colleges created coursework on his thoughts, writings and life. His devoted and wonderful mom Afeni Shakur ran his estate until she passed away a few years ago. RIP Afeni...RIP Pac!
I didnt hear that Afeni Shakur died. That's so sad to hear.
This is beautiful. Your writing has truly captured the essence of 2Pac and the depth of the loss suffered.
You are a true tupac fan.
I lived him in Poetic Justice❤
I love 2Pac, he speaks to my soul. A tragic loss to the world.
Same here
thug love
I grew up in this era of rap and miss it so much. I chose to listen to the older rap than today's rap. It had so much more substance. This is a great tune from him and pulls on your heart strings.
You should really check out Kendrick Lamar. I'm in my mid 30s and grew up listening to old school rap and have the same feelings about today's rappers but he's different. He doesn't release a lot of music but he's the only rapper from the last 15 years that has a chance of being on the Mt. Rushmore of rap. He's truly special and he has that old school vibe and he's from Compton so he's legit.
TRUTH.
Same!
True
Fun fact: Tupac studied acting, jazz, art , ballet and poetry in Baltimore’s school for the arts...
He took care of his entire family when he got money. Not just his mama. Not just himself. Every cousin. Every aunt. Every Uncle. Every close family friend.
I assume that why when he died he didn't have a lot of money under his name he thought of Friends and Family first then him.
@@chrishansen9102 right. I think his royalties/publishing checks from his 6x platinum album was coming in later on that month. Then come to find out Pac was paying Nate dogg child support AND his own spending habits.
I keep my distance from this song unless I'm ready for a good cry, it's just just my heart and soul. R.I.P. Tupac ❤️
This is my favorite song. My mom adopted me when I was little and I was in and out of lock up as a kid cuz I was an angry kid. My mom never gave up on me and 10 years later successful and no longer in trouble I'm closer to her than ever.
Much respect to you both. 🙏🏼
😰🧡
Love this song🔥
Especially on Mother’s Day🎧
This song brings me to tears every time I listen to it.
It's just that POWERFUL!
The way the older guy is feeling it and bobbing his head.. I love it.
If he were alive he would be in acting in my opinion, he was a good actor in his movies
The amount of great content 2pac put out before he was 25 when he left us early is staggering.
J cole and Kendrick Lamar are current and actually have deep songs with lyricism
Dude there has and still are so many insightful hip hop artists out there, people just don't search for it. It's the same accusation metal gets, being known as just gore and satanic. But there's sooo many artists that are the complete opposite. I think it's so important for everyone to travel around the world, even musically. You learn so much about humanity, you also realize the cheesy quotes are true. We all really are ONE race
When people say that, they are referring to what is pushed to the mainstream, not that there are literally none. I think it's the opposite case for metal, as I don't think that it is still known as being just gore and satanic, as the artists who are mainstream aren't about that. Around the same time hip hop was considered insightful, would be when metal would have been considered gory or satanic, the late 80s or early 90's I guess, mostly due to death metals rise in popularity. I mean hell, GWAR got nominated for a Grammy in the early 90's. They as well as Deicide and Cannibal Corpse got a bit of attention all around that time.
I think what they mean and what most people mean when they say that rap was more insightful back then is that, rap felt more like a league with rules and regulations where everyone that played the game had to compete lyrically, emotionally, vocally all while having some type of substance. But most of the players in the current game seemed to have mastered and redistributed a formula, mainly the one that the Hot Boys and the No Limit Records crew perfected. That style of rap has been dominant since 2002. Where your image is more important than your rhetoric or the modes of persuasion used toward some moral argument. Even the era of freestyling took over, where not being thoughtful and thoroughly writing and layering a song was preferred over "trying too hard" by actually writing lyrics. Then the ghost writing era took over, where now it doesn't even matter if your material is autobio. So success in the rap league is no longer tied to talent, to lyricism, to any moral argument that I know. That is why, by your words, you have to "search" for conscious rappers. Because being conscious is no longer in the rulebook of the league. Neither is lyricism. You can literately make millions upon millions based on swag alone. With absolutely nothing to say.
The beauty about the league back then, is that the players were pushing the art form forward. You could see rappers get better and better, just as athletes start to get better and better in their particular sport. Not only in does the individual athlete get better, but a Jordan would spawn a Carmelo, a James, a Wade, and the entire league would have these ballers that are putting up Jordan like stats. Makaveli mix tapes 2-7 were probably the best that I've ever heard from Pac. Biggie was getting better too. But we don't have the heavy hitters pushing lyricism or sound rhetoric anymore. It's all about expressing yourself through fashion and money. And rappers like Future, Tekashi, Blue Face, will spawn what type of rappers?
I remember back in the 80s when Heavy Metal got blamed for every crime young white kids committed and how they tried to make people believe that Metal Heads were all into Satanism and Black Magic and how later in the 90s the same thing happened to Young Black males, but instead of Metal and Satanism it was Rap Music and Gangs. Now some Politicians want to designate street gangs as Terrorist organizations, when they had decades to put a stop to street gangs before they got as big as they have. And let's not forget they tried to demonize video games, even role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons and I even think they tried the same stuff with the card game Magic The Gathering if I'm not mistaken.
True no one wants to listen to that music.The powers that be dont promote that music.You're right we have to search for it.
Truth
That’s a tear jerker for sure. I grew up dirt poor and me and my mother didn’t get along and didn’t speak for decades leading up to her death. I make good money now and even though it’s in spite of her and not because of her, I can’t help but have some compassion for her trying to raise four kids on less than 20,000$ a year. My older brother committed suicide when he was twenty and she just checked out after that.
That's so painful. I'm sorry for your loss of your family members. Keep your head up like Tupac always say
This always jerks a tear
One of the greatest songs in music history. RIP PAC
AGREED!
He would if he was here still be into messages through music but he was diving more into his acting chops and he was really a natural! in 12 movie and TV roles 1991-1997 and 5 more which included archived footage after his death. We lost a genius.
We need more 2pac!
Yea is truth what you said queen about this song i listen every day
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So Many Tears has to be my favorite song from 2pac.
This song still makes me emotional especially if I’ve had too much to drink and I’m alone late at night lmao
This song is true.. it's a true story about his life.. Not only his life but, the life and struggle of every single mother.
Dear mamma, reminds me of my struggles with my 3 sons as a single mother
🌟🌟🌟2Pac 🌟🌟🌟
2Pac-Keep Ya Head Up next, please
No other song hits my feels like Dear Mama. Especially watching the music video. Almost always tears me up 😥
This is why he's the greatest rapper of all time 🐐 RIP
Wonderful reaction!..Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur was a member of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party they were accused of conspiring to blow up a federal building she defended herself during the trial and u heard the rest Tupac is the G.O.A.T and was truly on another level he made music that touched your soul but he was also the hardest of the hard on that note react to
Tupac
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
WHEN THUGS CRY
Fun story, I went to the same high school as Tupac. The librarian who worked there when I attended knew him. According to her Tupac was actually kicked out of his house when he got suspended from school. Not to say the rest of the story is true but at least that part is.
I love that you guys are getting into so many different things! I love this channel and you all so much for this! Keep them coming!
Tu pac “Keep ya head up”!!!!!!!!!!!
Crossroads by Bones, Thugs and Harmony. One great hip hop story
Now you know why we love hip hop
One of the G.O.A.T.S.
When you can't speak and only talk about the groove you know the lyrics hit you like beautiful poetry.
I watched a documentary about 2pac. The only thing i can say is evey one of his songs came from the deep depths of his heart. This song has no match
Tupac wrote this song while he was in jail and I believe he first sung this for his mom over the phone during his incarceration. That's really his mom in the video. She was apart of the black panther party and was in jail facing life. I don't remember exactly if she represented herself in the trial, but you should look into her story. It will make it more clear why Tupac was the way that he was, why he talked the way he talked, and why his subject matter was what it was.
I have his book of poetry and read it at least once a month
Now they all want to call their moms ❤
This is definitely autobiographical.
I usually don't care for rap, don't care for the lyrics a lot of the time, and thats if I can even understand it! This wasn't bad, this kind of stuff I can listen to
Old school rap told stories, it was nothing like this new mumble rap nonsense.
Old school rap is where it’s at, none of this modern day mumble rap shit. Listen to the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s, if it does pique your interest. Lyrics had meaning and they told the stories they witnessed growing up.
The guy was brilliant really really brilliant i have listened to some of his songs and it blown me away
I love this reaction guys! ❤
I have been watching your videos and never thought you would react to a 2pac Video. Respect! That is one of my favorites from Tupac...Changes is my all time favorite. I like watching you guys reactions...except when am laughing looking into my phone at work and my boss thinking am loosing my mind lol
My mama gave birth to me in prison at the age of sixteen. I can relate to this song like no other. Rest up, Pac. ❤️
I love your reactions, keep up the great work.
Love you guys all the way from SOUTH AFRICA ❤
RIP Afeni Shakur
RIP Tupac Shakur
Lyrically, and musically on songs like this, he was like a Blues singer. The blues resonates with everyone!
Tupac's parents were members of the Black Panther party and were active in the 1970s and 80s. The state of New York, in one of many MANY attempts to stop Black Liberation efforts got to his mother a month before he was born and tried to convict her with the Panther 21 case.
This is one of my most favorite of his raps/songs. Whenever I hear this it makes me think of my own son and everything we went through together me, him, and his little sister. I myself was a young single mother. Only 19 when I was pregnant with my son, and then his sister came along 8 years later. I raised my kids alone and we struggled a lot and through it all my kids were my biggest supporters and the strongest source of love I ever felt or had in my life. Life was hard and I carried a lot of guilt for a long time and it was always this song that made me feel better whenever I felt guilty, lost, and alone. It felt like my own son was saying to me he understood and to hold on and keep going. To this day this song always makes me cry and feel positive because I can connect with so many of the lyrics. My kids are all grown up now and still the greatest source of love and support in my life. It's only been within the last two and a half years that I started to make peace with my past and let go of my guilt. I still look back and sometimes think of how I could have done things different but I don't feel so bad about things anymore and I often listen to this and his song "Keep your head up" when I need a boost. He was truly one of the best and will never be forgotten.
💯💯💯
#TUPAC simply the best
Great reaction!
Keep ya head up please this one if one of my favorites
Yeee quality of writing is something I’ve been focused on. People now in days simply want bop with random lyrics that make no sense but I hope people start gravitating towards quality songwriting! “They don’t make em like they used to”
Dear Mama ❤
3:23 when dudes start touching their face you know it's pulling at heartstrings
2Pac 💛
There’s not many good rappers out now a days. They don’t compare to 2pac that’s for sure. One of a kind.
I appreciate my momma more than ever. We were bad kids. She has all boys. One of us died now. The way she cried when my bro died was heartbreaking. She would wait for me outside the jail. She cried when she found out I was in jail. I was such a bad kid. I didn't understand.
❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥I just love the man *Long live Pac*
Great reaction 💯
You guys rock, his music has no borders, no limits no colors,just straight up everyday situations.
The 2. Gents w out hats couldnt contain w out rythym this soong hadem bumping
Timeless classic
80's and 90's American rap is straight up storytelling. 2Pac, Biggie, NWA, Ice Cube, Dr Dre, Ice T, Run DMC, Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, etc.
I don't mean to be the grammar police but you don't need to add apostrophes when abbreviating decades. Sorry for that but I just learned this today, and I like to share what I've learned with others and you provided me with the opportunity.
@@2apocalypsex thanks
What a great bunch of guys... just open minded reactors! Subscribed
Amazing pick! I grew up listening to 2 Pac.
'I ain't mad atcha' - Tupac
RIP Tupac and mama Shakur, we all felt it in LA losing her.
One of the 🐐s
This song makes me tear up. Every time I hear it, I think about how he was in prison at the time of its release and wasn't able to be there in the video with his mom to make it and then on top of that, this was the last music video of Tupac Shakur because less than a year out of prison, after the release of the video and the song's major success, he was murdered in Vegas. SMH
Wow. Amazing. ❤
When Suge Knight and Death row records bailed him out shit went off the rails for him. There was always a lil thug in him but after they bailed him out he was millions in debt to them he leaned into the gangster side hard
😂
They say the music business is way worse than the mafia
@@cov9290 Deathrow records was literally the Compton Bloods
Awesome reaction!!!
I remember this song 1996 I heard it peace of art
This Song is the true story of his life.
This was my mother last ring tone I had for her when she passed in 2016. It's hard to listen to this now.
Love u guys! Great vids... I cant keep up but thumbs up to them all! Wouldn’t comment but I think it helps your algorithm (or sum shite).
Great reaction
Tappin in From Dallas
I love you mom
That IS TRUE no cap this IS HIS STORY
I miss him 😢♥️🙏
I have his book of poems Tupac was great. This song is the truth.
2Pac Pain
7:46 "So Many Tears" pop up ad. Please react to that song 🙌
Tupac - Changes
This story is 100% true.
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Ghetto Gospel
Only God Can Judge Me
Changes
To Live And Die In LA
Starrin At The World Through My Rear View
Hail Mary
Last Muthafucka Breathin
All Eyez On Me
Ambitionz As A Ridah
Hit Em Up.
This is a long list of songs, but these are a must. These songs really show how diverse Pac was and how real he was and why I believe he is the GOAT.
I don't like rap tbh. But i love 2pac. The man had real shit to say.
One of the best story telling hip hop tracks of all time how about we all keep it 💯!
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"Until the end of time" is a must