I never really got to grips with Tupac - didn't like his shouty thug style, and not keen on the general tone of his voice either.
most of his music is not gangsta thug style stuff you can't have heard much of him if you think he only did gangsta music.
he wasn't even a gangster he was an actor before he was a rapper, he just happened to get famous for music first although prison did change him for the worst like it does many people, if you ever known anyone who went to prison even in this country you know they come out different.
2Pac - Thugs Cry (Remix) (until the end of time album version)
Is one of the best tracks of all time!
tupac wasn't even talking about himself in most of his songs he is just telling the experiences and stories of what it's like for people in the ghetto.
50cent is far more the gangster than tupac ever was, go look what he got arrested for before he was famous
10kg of cocaine of something ridiculous like that after trying to sell drugs to an undercover cop.
go read what cars he had at 19.
tupac was about as much of a gangster as eminem was
I'm also extremely dubious about his lyrical output over the past 10 odd years since he died, most artists don't get anywhere near the volume he has put out(or rather has been put out in his name). I wouldn't be particularly surprised if there were a few Tupacs kicking around recording for his past umpteen albums as I doubt that anyone would have stockpiled enough music(of sufficient quality also) to have produced as many albums as he apparantly has.
He lived in the studio and did multiple tracks in a day sometimes,
All he had to do was pen lyrics and do verses , someone else would do the track after.
a lot of his newer music is not even new it's just remix of his old music which is why so many of his stuff on youtube is labeled as OG (original)