Comments on: Liesl Makes Good

By: DJ Cayenne

DJ Cayenne — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:51:57 +0000

I forgot that Tupac was in Digital Underground. Hilarious. You do need to write a biography. The other “notable” rock biography that got my attention in there was the Pink Floyd book. Yawn.

By: flavawheel

flavawheel — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:42:44 +0000

I left them out because they were released, you know, AFTER HE DIED.

Sure, one CD of stuff he was working on at the time I can see, but they pop out a “new” Tupac disk every four months; I honestly think there may be as many as 10 now. If they were any good, I’m sure they would have seem the light of day a lot sooner, and by “good” I mean comparable to than the ones he did manage to release while he was alive, which weren’t great.

But the larger point is that Tupac was a complete fraud, and I’m having a harder and harder time understanding the cult worship of this guy which, if anything, seems to be getting more dedicated every year.

Sure, I get it from a marketing point of view — it sells merch. But I don’t get why people are still BUYING it. One minute he’s a guy from the mean streets of Marin County doing goofy party raps in a giant dayglo hat in the Digital Underground, then NWA start selling albums and two seconds later he’s laying down completely generic gangsta crap as Mr. ThugLife. I mean, this isn’t exactly a secret, and STILL people worship this guy like some street prophet.

I guess it pays to get shot — worked for 50Cent.

By: DJ Cayenne

DJ Cayenne — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:49:12 +0000

Flava – you left out the five (a guess) posthumous albums, which exceeded the number of albums while living. That list of rock and roll biographies was a little suspect. For starters, it included a rapper bio. Not so rockin’. Where was the Courtney Love bio?! It was a British list. What can you say?

By: flavawheel

flavawheel — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:55:00 +0000

Oh, for God’s sake. Here’s my work-in-progress: “Tupac: He Had Like Five Goddamn Songs!And Half of Them Sucked! He Got Shot! I Get It! Enough Already!”

Actually, I think that about covers it. Just need a publisher.

By: Elisabeth Stewart

Elisabeth Stewart — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:11:22 +0000

You had me going (for a split second) on that Liesl/Sound of Music Thing. You shouldn’t toy with someone whose favourite movie was The Sound of Music. (I know, I know…doesn’t say much for my sophistication quotient.)
I’m not rushing out to buy Pynchon’s book. I’m already suffering from vertigo with another lousy head cold.