people really do understand he wasnt the greatest to ever do it... people that listen to radio pop singles say hes the best big L would cook him on any day nas cook him any day lol... and countless others
@@kskkaksksk2344 Here we go with the H8 !!! It's always 1 that's still Mad because their favorite rappers got Rolled on by the Greatest to ever do it !!! 💯 After All these yrs, 2Pac still got 'em hurt in they feelings !!! 🤣
The entire "Me Against The World" album is a masterclass in songwriting, conceptualisation, lyricism & vulnerability. I'll put it up against any rap album in history.
That's my favorite album of all time!!! You can literally listen to it front to back without skipping any songs... I'm glad I was able to meet Pac when I was 15 years old. He came to the old Cincinnati Convention Center with N2Deep, Spice 1 & Too Short during his Thug Life Tour. I got to meet all of them at one time, because my dad and 2 of my uncles had a security company and they did security for all the celebrities when they came to Cincinnati. I miss those days. 🙏🏾💯💪🏾✊🏾
@@yungwill9179 My fav pac Albums Are Me Agaisnt the World, Makaveli, and 2pacAlypse Now. Those are his best albums where you get the real pac feelings flows and musucally. All eyez on me moslty just has good beats but content is waek
As a 36 yr old life long hip hop head Pac has a song with Big L and Dj Ron called Deadly Combination 🥵 Man PAC goes bonkers on his verse I always thought it showed how great he could rhyme
The people that say that hasn’t sought down and listened to PAC music…none of these other rappers past or present music has impacted my life the way his did…THE Greatest of all time⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The timing of this post is incredible. Just yesterday i was debating this topic in a four person group text. I was one out of four explaining PAC lyrical genuis. Thank for giving me more support from a person who actually raps and have lyrical credibility.
Definitely not but he's one of the greats but there's far more lyrical rappers when comes to delivery though him Em and Busta are the only rappers comparable to Pac
People don’t realize how it’s more complicated to make music with substance and deep social content. It’s easy to rap about girls, violence, and braggadocios lyrics. 2Pac covered every facet of an artist at the highest level which is why he is the true GOAT!
His music shaped who I am as a man… i feel sorry for these kids that idolize drake or lil Wayne.. pac spit REAL shit and gave everyone a lil piece of everything. His music brought out emotions in me growing up
Pac was a poet first. Therefore, his style stood out totally different than the average MC. I'm sure him and Biggie are battling every day in heaven. RIP to them both. We lose them in their prime 😢
"God bless the child that can hold his own indeed, enemies bleed when I hold my chrome, let these words be the last to my unborn seeds hope to raise my young Nation in this world of grief Currency means nothing if you still ain't free money breeds jealousy take the game from me" -Makaveli, "Hold ya Head" Some of the realest bars EVER Rest easy.✊
Anyone who doesn’t think Tupac is lyrical, play for them his last verse on, “Me Against the World.” Not only lyrical, but he used his understanding of poetry structure and syllables perfectly - PLUS did it with real content, without sounding preachy.
@@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier based on world standing? lol.. so exactly what PLACE or RANKING does he have in this "world standing" rank.. lol this is hilarious.
@@RambofromWarzone lol and yet my opinion incites SUCH emotion in you stans.. stop crying.. being lyrical like Aesop Rock isnt for everyone but SOME of us like it. rap fans put soo much emphasis on wordplay and really dont know anything about it.
“There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see That's gon' make it hard to smile in the future But through whatever you see Through all the rain and the pain You gotta keep your sense of humor You gotta be able to smile through all this” -2pac
I met Tupac a few years ago outside the airport in Cuba. He was playing a banjo and a ukulele. I told him I knew he was still alive and dapped him up. He laughed and asked me what my favorite song of his was. I told him Me Against the World and he agreed. He then offered to go emu-back riding in New Zealand but I declined.
That song stuck in my head throughout my childhood. It was very tough times for my family and fr this song brought some light though the music video was gloomy/dark. Shoutout to Scarface on the track too
I agree with Cassidy there’s some things that Pac was saying that people may never comprehend but he was a prophet and now that I’m older I understand how deep and meaningful he was So Many Tears alone always makes me cry you can hear him professing his vulnerabilities just through those lyrics alone when he said when I die baptized in eternal fire I looked at my best friend and we both said when I die baptized in eternal fire from then on I said he was different 🧡
"So Many Tears" brings tears to my eyes every time hear it and rap the lyrics. The lyrics were so powerful it literally embodies you when you listen to it and you understand what he's saying. 💯💪🏾
Every single thing from multi syllable recognition, to 2pac being lyrical, to having 2 sides to you was 1000% accurate. Amazing interview. Cassidy smoked this.
PAC was the complete rapper. Perfect for it. Lyrical, but not too hard to the point it bores people. The energy and stage presence. The understanding of poetry.
“And in the end, drinkin' Hennessy Made all my enemies envy me So cold when I flow, eliminatin' easily Falls to they knees, they plead for they right to breathe While beggin' me to keep the peace When I conceive closer to achieve In times of danger, don't freeze, time to be a G Follow my lead, I'll supply everything you need An ounce of game and the training to make a G” KILLED IT!
@@aaroncox8457he fucking blacked out on that 3rd verse. I tell anybody that thinks Pac wasn’t lyrical or he had no flow to listen to that verse and get back to me.
“I took five shots and I’m still breathing, proofs theirs a god if you need a reason” Pac was so smooth with his delivery and word play while also making you think at the same time!
Idk but I'll be damned if I didn't just gain a humongous amount of respect for Cass with this lil piece here. His articulation alone was peaceful to listen to but the main thing to me here was his attention and patience answering the questions making sure to be sincerely fair and give level headed answers. I was really impressed. His explanation of Pacs lyricism was so well needed in the context he gave. Damn good piece here💪🏾🔥💪🏾🔥💯💯
@@MrStaanosays from regular bias NY always think highly of themselves and discredit others stfu have you watched all interviews pertaining top 5-10? 🤦🏿
Cassidy at this point needs to sign up to be a professor of lyricism in colleges because i dont know anyone who breaks down rap lyricism better than him , lol
I don’t think he really breaks them down well at all. Go listen to his take on Eminem’s technical skill and then tell me he has a point. Cassidy‘s mixtapes and freestyles were and are legendary but he can’t make a song to save his life. Sure he had a couple of hits, but overall his albums were garbage and I am a Cassidy fan.
Yeah but he contradicted himself cause he always saying how its too easy to rhyme only one syllable and Pacs favorite was anything that rhyme with Enemy ,block, cops .His subject matter was Elite ,Delivery and flow were Elite, his ability to do hits is Elite .But his lyricism is good/decent but not elite .But as a total package thats puts him in the goat debate but strictly lyrical wise he aint top 20
For those fans and rappers who say Tupac wasn't a 'lyricist' don't understand what lyricism means. Pac's first verse on 'Still I Rise' is one of the greatest verses ever written. "Somebody wake me, I'm dreaming, I started as a seed of semen, Swimming upstream, planted in the womb while screaming, On the top was my pops, my mama screaming stop, From a single drop this is what they got..." The amount of skill that takes to put those words together and make you visualise what he's talking about is extraordinary. To add, you could feel Pac emotionally and I think that's why people brush over his lyrical ability because they're more focused on how the music touched their soul. It's almost as if the other stuff didn't matter.
Can't believe someone picked up on that. That verse seals the deal as the most complex, but simple, poetic, paint a picture for you with deep meaning and emotions I've ever heard in my life. That verse may be impossible to beat. It's my rap version of Prince's "The Beautiful Ones" - another song too emotionally good to surpass.
Amazing interview , Cassidy is giving us technicals explanations about Pac flow, coming from a rapper like him it means a lot , only the real ones recognize the reals !! 👍🏽
Thank you for this interview.. Cassidy said the same thing I've been saying for years - anybody that tries to claim that Tupac wasn't lyrical is simply not familiar with his catalog or the depth of his talent, that's all there is to it!
I guess it takes a pure lyricist to recognize one! This was an amazing analysis. Much respect to Cassidy for being a real one and speaking facts! Unlike the mainstream haters. Pac will forever be the # GOAT
And yet ohhh soooo eerie at the same time. Him humming in the background while he preaches to the lost and hopeless gives me chills. I like the “Platinum Demo OG version” because you can hear it without it being compressed and MAKAVELI is the 🐐!!! LongLiveMakaveliDaDon 🫡💯🤴🏾⚔️
@bigprob8744 - thank you!! Looking through these comments to find one person whos not delusional. People trying to rewrite history to make 2 pac something he wasn't!! Nobody in that era had a basic lyricist like 2 pac as one of the best. He gets killed now hes the greatest? Now he's the best lyricist? Foh!! 2 Pac was NOT a lyricist!
@carlosbaker7825 nope. I think people confuse flow and metaphors for lyricism. Pac could do that but he chose to keep it simple and just speak straight from the heart. Pacs lyrics and passion are unmatched. It touches your soul. He's from the lineage of rebels and he embodied that same energy
@EazyRocko "if I die tonight" and "my block" (original- the show version) are 2 of the most lyrical songs ever. Yall be playing Pac like nursery rhymes
I feel like the song he did with big daddy Kane was his most lyrical song! “Wherever U are” Kane was his idol so he really went in and tried to impress him - Kane still got him cuz his subliminal way of rapping is bar none
MATW would shut the haters the fukk up. Unfortunately these young dumb mfs only look at All Eyes, which is good for other reasons, but it ain’t no MATW
Pac was on another level. Gangsta? Yes, but poetic and motivational. His positive impact through his lyrics far outweighs his negative effects. Pac will forever be the greatest.
Even Eminem said Tupac was clever with his rhyme schemes. But because he had that other side to him people overlook that. He wouldn't always stick to being super lyrical but when he wanted to he could be. His flow was nice, listen to Road To Glory his flow was beautiful
He got that (little) Prodigy energy about his appearance, but also the way he expresses thing and in his mannerism. By the way, I'm happy that someone was able to explain that Pac was lyrical, When We Ride, Dear Mama, Brenda Got A Baby, Hail Mary, Blasphemy, Me & My Girlfriend, Until The End of Time, White Manz World, I Get Around, Changes etc are lyrical masterpieces.
Cassidy has to be one of the most engaging and impressive interviews in hip-hop. You could go into watching him being interviewed and not like him bit leave the interview like damn he is layered with great perspectives and thoughts. He makes you think. Still underrated rapper in hip-hop. When he hit the scene he put fear in most rappers. I 9nly seen that happen 3xs and that cannibus, Cass and 50...and 50 was feared because of how aggressive he was with the beef. So technically it was only Canibus and Cass. Respect.
THE THING ABOUT PAC MUSIC IS THAT HE HAS A SONG FOR EVERY EMOTION A MAN FEELS OR GOES THROUGH IN LIFE ALMOST AS IF HE SPEAKING TO YOU N KNOW WHAT YOU THINKING IDK ITS ACTUALLY CRAZY TO ME ALOT OF RAPPERS JUST TALK
Pac knew the business so well he had a song for everyone and any occasion old ladies, young ladies, kids, teens, adults, gangsters, clubs, chilling, vibing, getting high, you name it my man had a song for you. While all other rappers just focused on few lanes. Even Biggie said it was 2pac who told him to make songs that will paly on radio and he made Juicy. So if you want to listen to lyrical miracle stuff you got to look for the right tracks
For the most part, people who say that just mean that Pac wasn't a lyricist like Biggie, Em, Jay, Black Thought, Talib Kwalib, Big Pun, etc.. I've never rewound a Pac verse for his catchy wordplay. When I rewind a Pac verse or an entire song is because that ish struck a chord, pulled on a heart string, and yanked on my soul. That's what poets do, and that's what 2 Pac was - a poet. That was his strength.
Caasidy by far one of the best lyricist there is in Hi Hop. He knows what being lyrical is he broke it all the way down its more then just about making words rhymes its about meaning in those words.
@@detroitbadboy313 thats the most dumbest statement anyone can say. Pac had many lyrical songs if you aren’t a real pac fan you mostly haven’t heard of them other than his popular songs with dumbed down lyrics
Cassidy is not that lyrical to me most the times I hear him it's the same formula..Tupac was lyrical in the sense that he could rap with different words "lyrical"
PAC touched more ppl with his music than any other rapper that has come or will ever come . He's a top 5 musician of all time . Man was a genius .. great take Cass' .. a legend in his own right
Pac and DMX,but overall Pac set the tone of showing and sharing true live emotions celebration and struggles of REAL LIFE ON EVERY LEVEL....BIG OLE FACTS ❤
People just say 2pac wasn’t lyrical to find something to hate on him even tho it made no sense. They can’t believe like there’s a perfect rapper all round like him
All intelligent, honest rappers and fans acknowledge Tupacs lyrical abilities. He rapped so eloquently and clear that it seemed simple. "My live mind got me surviving five rounds, My forty-five got me fortified with live rounds, When shit's thick we plot hits, when my Glock spits, All hail, out on bail, wrath of 2Pacalypse.." His alliteration in many songs is crazy: "Picture Perfect, I Paint a Perfect Picture, Bomb the hoochies with Precision.." 🔥
@@bigprob8744 yeah I dig it, unfortunately that's always the case with very popularity artists or even with movie stars and athletes. Some fans go low to worship a famous artist who they put on a sacred level.
Man…. I’m a huge rock/metal head and didn’t understand 2pac’s hype growing up. 20 yrs passed and I finally gave him a listen… I regret not giving his tracks a listen way sooner. He was a damn POET. A genius… Gone too soon.
@fendibabii2118 I’ve said that before but people just don’t WANT to understand lol. Cats like Pac and Prodigy that was art school kids had to “dumb” so much of the messages in the music down for the average fan to connect. If you know how to listen properly, cats like Pac, BIG, Nas, Prodigy were all talking about the same things and trying to pull the youth into the right path. That’s why BIG said before he passed he didn’t want to keep talking about hustling in all his records anymore because he wasn’t living like that anymore…
That was a very deep analysis and educated opinion. Very good. I hate when people say Pac was not lyrical. He did his rhymes so easyly. I'm sure that if he was alive he would also show that he can keep up with the modern way of doing it.
Whether Pac said a punchline or not, he has so many memorable lines. Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture, his flow pattern, none of his songs sound the same. Nothing he did sounds like he was trying, it was just natural and everyone felt it.
@@PR-WAY That has got to be the most idiotic question you could have asked. If a random guy off the street randomly makes a 3-point shot, does that make him a sharpshooter? Pac has had a few lyrical lines, but I would never say a full verse if his was lyrical
Ppl really don’t understand, 2Pac really was the Greatest to ever do it.
Period!
Period!
people really do understand he wasnt the greatest to ever do it... people that listen to radio pop singles say hes the best
big L would cook him on any day nas cook him any day lol... and countless others
Straight Facts!
@@kskkaksksk2344 Here we go with the H8 !!! It's always 1 that's still Mad because their favorite rappers got Rolled on by the Greatest to ever do it !!! 💯 After All these yrs, 2Pac still got 'em hurt in they feelings !!! 🤣
Pac had poetic rapping ability.... which was very unique
The Game is better.
@@BlackFaithProductionTupac & Game the goats to me
@BlackFaithProduction
Ok if you say so kid 😂😂😂😂
And he had wordplay too when he wanted to flex
If I Die 2Nite
World Wide Mob Figgaz
Heartz Of Men
Can't C Me
Mad Wordplay on all them tracks
The entire "Me Against The World" album is a masterclass in songwriting, conceptualisation, lyricism & vulnerability. I'll put it up against any rap album in history.
That's my favorite album of all time!!! You can literally listen to it front to back without skipping any songs... I'm glad I was able to meet Pac when I was 15 years old. He came to the old Cincinnati Convention Center with N2Deep, Spice 1 & Too Short during his Thug Life Tour. I got to meet all of them at one time, because my dad and 2 of my uncles had a security company and they did security for all the celebrities when they came to Cincinnati. I miss those days. 🙏🏾💯💪🏾✊🏾
Makaveli too.
@@yungwill9179 My fav pac Albums Are Me Agaisnt the World, Makaveli, and 2pacAlypse Now. Those are his best albums where you get the real pac feelings flows and musucally. All eyez on me moslty just has good beats but content is waek
All eyes on me is waaaaaay better than anything PAC ever made
@@tigerwoodz8711……… I hear you but to say “all eyes” is just good beats is your opinion but you wrong.
the way cass discribed pacs lyrical is on point 👏🏼🙌🏼
“Shedding tears as we bury niccas close to heart/what was a friend is now a ghost in the dark…” ~ Tupac
The lyricism in To Live and Die in LA is way too high
i’ve always said to live in die in la was his best overall song
No. @johnbyrne9595
@@monsenofficiel6334 , the lyricism to the entire Makaveli album is incredible.
As a 36 yr old life long hip hop head
Pac has a song with Big L and Dj Ron called Deadly Combination 🥵
Man PAC goes bonkers on his verse
I always thought it showed how great he could rhyme
That was one of the Realest breakdowns I ever heard when it came to PAC. Respect Cassidy.
Watch when crooked I break pac lyrics down. Even better
That was the Greatest explanation of how great 2pac was imo 🎯🔥
Cassidy rapped /talked about how he thought about Pac in this clip
I was just saying this on another video. They tried to say Tupac was fake because he did ballet and poetry. I said everythingTupac did was who he was.
@@ifyjoanna a ballerina who shot the police which most gangstas are scared to do. Pac was a tough cookie very underestimated
@@ifyjoannaPAC was an artist, who did real shit.
The people that say that hasn’t sought down and listened to PAC music…none of these other rappers past or present music has impacted my life the way his did…THE Greatest of all time⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pac was ahead of his time rip 🙏
Of all time
Shout out Cass! I always said Pac was lyrical as well, whoever say he ain't don't understand hiphop!
The timing of this post is incredible. Just yesterday i was debating this topic in a four person group text. I was one out of four explaining PAC lyrical genuis. Thank for giving me more support from a person who actually raps and have lyrical credibility.
Fax. I always felt Pac’s wordplay was crazy!
I still have never heard anything remotely close to 2pac. He was the best in every category.
For real
Definitely not but he's one of the greats but there's far more lyrical rappers when comes to delivery though him Em and Busta are the only rappers comparable to Pac
@@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533they not talking about real situations though pac was
@rareryntz007 Em talked about real situations as well not everything of course but alot was real sht
@@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533 most definitely
2pac is still miles ahead of Artists to this day
Big ole facts ❤
Miles? Light Years!!!
That was one of the most intelligent and concise breakdowns of Tupac I ever heard.
No one has yet to match the cadence of “If I Die Tonight” 2Pac is undeniably lyrical. It goes over heads for sure
Running on e and running from the police
That song is so real bro, specially after listening to intro then hear the song. Wow!
Broo💯
SUPER FACTS CHAMP SALUTE 🫡 TO YOU I SAID THE SAME THING
U know dat...
People don’t realize how it’s more complicated to make music with substance and deep social content. It’s easy to rap about girls, violence, and braggadocios lyrics. 2Pac covered every facet of an artist at the highest level which is why he is the true GOAT!
MOST DEFINITELY!!!
Facts
Exactly, especially in a way that people will still fuck with it…
His music shaped who I am as a man… i feel sorry for these kids that idolize drake or lil Wayne.. pac spit REAL shit and gave everyone a lil piece of everything. His music brought out emotions in me growing up
J Cole and kendrix definitely have that as well
Pac was a poet first. Therefore, his style stood out totally different than the average MC. I'm sure him and Biggie are battling every day in heaven. RIP to them both. We lose them in their prime 😢
Biggie ain’t up there lol
Pac beat the crap out of someone a couple hours before he died so..,@@HanmaSaitama
Poet aka fake thug just say it 😂
What would they be rapping about in heaven?
@tf_u_talking_about he had genuine love for his people, biggie was just talkin sh!t on records
"God bless the child
that can hold his own indeed, enemies bleed when I hold my chrome,
let these words be the last
to my unborn seeds
hope to raise my young Nation
in this world of grief
Currency means nothing
if you still ain't free
money breeds jealousy
take the game from me"
-Makaveli,
"Hold ya Head"
Some of the realest bars EVER
Rest easy.✊
One of his best songs 🔥
In this world of greed***
So many songs Pac spit Hella nice verses, and they had the highest substance too.
Anyone who doesn’t think Tupac is lyrical, play for them his last verse on, “Me Against the World.” Not only lyrical, but he used his understanding of poetry structure and syllables perfectly - PLUS did it with real content, without sounding preachy.
There are WAY more lyrical MC’s than pac..
@@soramirez5473let the lyrics test time
So far pac won and beat time based on world standing
Everyday a pac fan born , 27 years on
@@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier based on world standing? lol.. so exactly what PLACE or RANKING does he have in this "world standing" rank.. lol this is hilarious.
@@soramirez5473so what? He had the biggest impact. Fuck yo opinion
@@RambofromWarzone lol and yet my opinion incites SUCH emotion in you stans.. stop crying.. being lyrical like Aesop Rock isnt for everyone but SOME of us like it. rap fans put soo much emphasis on wordplay and really dont know anything about it.
“There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see
That's gon' make it hard to smile in the future
But through whatever you see
Through all the rain and the pain
You gotta keep your sense of humor
You gotta be able to smile through all this” -2pac
... keep ya head up
His first verse on that song was special
I met Tupac a few years ago outside the airport in Cuba. He was playing a banjo and a ukulele. I told him I knew he was still alive and dapped him up. He laughed and asked me what my favorite song of his was. I told him Me Against the World and he agreed. He then offered to go emu-back riding in New Zealand but I declined.
@@K.B.Williams💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That song stuck in my head throughout my childhood. It was very tough times for my family and fr this song brought some light though the music video was gloomy/dark. Shoutout to Scarface on the track too
Thank you Cassidy, the ying and yang analogy regarding 2Pac is what folks need to understand. There has not been and may never be another 2Pac Shakur!
That’s not the point. No one said he isn’t great, he’s just not lyrical
@bigprob
I do 😅
The fact pac still gets mentioned and brought up almost every day after all these years speaks for itself 💯
did you know this was a pac fan page?
That's cause Tupac spirit getting in these people bodies to talk about himself
Bcuz ppl dont hav nothing better to do
Period!
I agree with Cassidy there’s some things that Pac was saying that people may never comprehend but he was a prophet and now that I’m older I understand how deep and meaningful he was So Many Tears alone always makes me cry you can hear him professing his vulnerabilities just through those lyrics alone when he said when I die baptized in eternal fire I looked at my best friend and we both said when I die baptized in eternal fire from then on I said he was different 🧡
"So Many Tears" brings tears to my eyes every time hear it and rap the lyrics. The lyrics were so powerful it literally embodies you when you listen to it and you understand what he's saying. 💯💪🏾
💯
Every single thing from multi syllable recognition, to 2pac being lyrical, to having 2 sides to you was 1000% accurate. Amazing interview. Cassidy smoked this.
Well said Cass! Two of my favorites, Pac & Cass
PAC was the complete rapper. Perfect for it. Lyrical, but not too hard to the point it bores people. The energy and stage presence. The understanding of poetry.
“And in the end, drinkin' Hennessy
Made all my enemies envy me
So cold when I flow, eliminatin' easily
Falls to they knees, they plead for they right to breathe
While beggin' me to keep the peace
When I conceive closer to achieve
In times of danger, don't freeze, time to be a G
Follow my lead, I'll supply everything you need
An ounce of game and the training to make a G”
KILLED IT!
Until the end of time
@@aaroncox8457he fucking blacked out on that 3rd verse. I tell anybody that thinks Pac wasn’t lyrical or he had no flow to listen to that verse and get back to me.
“I took five shots and I’m still breathing, proofs theirs a god if you need a reason” Pac was so smooth with his delivery and word play while also making you think at the same time!
In until the end of time
He said smoking 🚬 Newports while listening to the ocean 💯
Now that's some deep shit
That's average at best. PAC really didn't have a lot of punch lines, double entendres, complex rhyme schemes...
Idk but I'll be damned if I didn't just gain a humongous amount of respect for Cass with this lil piece here. His articulation alone was peaceful to listen to but the main thing to me here was his attention and patience answering the questions making sure to be sincerely fair and give level headed answers. I was really impressed. His explanation of Pacs lyricism was so well needed in the context he gave. Damn good piece here💪🏾🔥💪🏾🔥💯💯
I got nothing but love for Cassidy, dope MC, great battle raps and a conscience individual 👊
He's in no ones top 10, 20, 50 even 100. 😁😁
@@MrStaano sit yo dumbass down 😂comment weak as shit and irrelevant 😅
@@MrStaanosays from regular bias NY always think highly of themselves and discredit others stfu have you watched all interviews pertaining top 5-10? 🤦🏿
Nothing but love is a great track by 2Pac,the greatest to ever do it🗿
💯
Finally a real thinker giving intellectual, articulate insight..thanx Cass I needed that. We're surrounded by idiots.
wow . Well said Cas! This was the greatest reaponse i ever heard when it comes to PAC being LYRICAL. S/O Cas for explaining it with such detail
Love, love, love the way he broke down Pac’s rap style. First time I ever heard someone explain it this way🤎
Cassidy at this point needs to sign up to be a professor of lyricism in colleges because i dont know anyone who breaks down rap lyricism better than him , lol
Nobody lol! 💯💪🏾
I don’t think he really breaks them down well at all. Go listen to his take on Eminem’s technical skill and then tell me he has a point. Cassidy‘s mixtapes and freestyles were and are legendary but he can’t make a song to save his life. Sure he had a couple of hits, but overall his albums were garbage and I am a Cassidy fan.
@ShadzVibez lol another butthurt Stan. Get over it dude
If you’re gonna listen to anyone talk about top lyricists, with supporting details it’s Cassidy. Well articulated 💯
Pac was supremely lyrical!!
You definitely on point
I Love this. Very Interesting and inspirational. PAC still remains the Greatest ❤❤❤
I nominate Cassidy as the Supreme Lyrical Analyst.
He always approaches music from a true, pure and scientific approach.
facts. his explanations on point
❤
Correction...he approaches RAPPING that way...as a song writer it's a different story
Yeah but he contradicted himself cause he always saying how its too easy to rhyme only one syllable and Pacs favorite was anything that rhyme with Enemy ,block, cops .His subject matter was Elite ,Delivery and flow were Elite, his ability to do hits is Elite .But his lyricism is good/decent but not elite .But as a total package thats puts him in the goat debate but strictly lyrical wise he aint top 20
@@arttashfilms9816talk
So many years later and we still talking about this man
For those fans and rappers who say Tupac wasn't a 'lyricist' don't understand what lyricism means. Pac's first verse on 'Still I Rise' is one of the greatest verses ever written.
"Somebody wake me, I'm dreaming,
I started as a seed of semen,
Swimming upstream, planted in the womb while screaming,
On the top was my pops, my mama screaming stop,
From a single drop this is what they got..." The amount of skill that takes to put those words together and make you visualise what he's talking about is extraordinary. To add, you could feel Pac emotionally and I think that's why people brush over his lyrical ability because they're more focused on how the music touched their soul. It's almost as if the other stuff didn't matter.
The most lyrical and deepest verse ever to me, right along with Staring at the World Through My Rearview
Facts Bruh! Preached Bruh 🙌🏿
Can't believe someone picked up on that. That verse seals the deal as the most complex, but simple, poetic, paint a picture for you with deep meaning and emotions I've ever heard in my life. That verse may be impossible to beat. It's my rap version of Prince's "The Beautiful Ones" - another song too emotionally good to surpass.
Its almost as if the other stuff didnt matter💯 like how you ended that
Preach bro, that's my favorite rap verse of all time
Cass articulated Tupac lyricism very well
That was a great interview “ART” ✊🏾
Amazing interview , Cassidy is giving us technicals explanations about Pac flow, coming from a rapper like him it means a lot , only the real ones recognize the reals !! 👍🏽
Facts! Cassidy one of the best to do it and he broke down Pac’s lyrical abilities to the T 🤟🏾🤞🏾💪🏾💯
Thank you for this interview.. Cassidy said the same thing I've been saying for years - anybody that tries to claim that Tupac wasn't lyrical is simply not familiar with his catalog or the depth of his talent, that's all there is to it!
I guess it takes a pure lyricist to recognize one! This was an amazing analysis. Much respect to Cassidy for being a real one and speaking facts! Unlike the mainstream haters. Pac will forever be the # GOAT
Blasphemy is probably his hardest lyrical song without being too lyrical. And the flow 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I agree
Heavy in the game
Its Hold ya head
And yet ohhh soooo eerie at the same time. Him humming in the background while he preaches to the lost and hopeless gives me chills. I like the “Platinum Demo OG version” because you can hear it without it being compressed and MAKAVELI is the 🐐!!! LongLiveMakaveliDaDon 🫡💯🤴🏾⚔️
His bars on High Speed 🔥🔥🔥
2pac is and always will be the G.O.A.T #rip2pac
Thank you Cassidy for debunking that false narrative created by haters. This made my day. You are good in my book
@bigprob8744 - thank you!! Looking through these comments to find one person whos not delusional. People trying to rewrite history to make 2 pac something he wasn't!! Nobody in that era had a basic lyricist like 2 pac as one of the best. He gets killed now hes the greatest? Now he's the best lyricist? Foh!! 2 Pac was NOT a lyricist!
He didn't debunk nothing, that's just his opinion....😂😂😂....real hip hip niggaz from that era know 2 Pac was NO LYRICIST!
YESSSSSS finally someone's speaking some facts 2pac was a lyrical beast on that mic some people tripping for real
Tupac is a legend his music is still untouchable and he was lyrical ahead of his time and the same for big I wish big would of had more music released
Well Said @Cassidy. One more time for the people in the back......Thank you!!!!!! 💪😎👑
Finally. I get tired of folks talking about how he wasn’t lyrical. Like dude told stories in his raps and was creative with it.
Instead of crying 2pac would say eyes getting blurry..... How is that not lyrical?
but put him next to a pun,Jadakiss, or Eminem, and lyrically he gets eaten up
@carlosbaker7825 nope. I think people confuse flow and metaphors for lyricism. Pac could do that but he chose to keep it simple and just speak straight from the heart. Pacs lyrics and passion are unmatched. It touches your soul. He's from the lineage of rebels and he embodied that same energy
We need more Cassidy interviews
Pac was one of the greatest lyricists of all time. I don’t even go back and forth with ppl who say he want lyrical
Facts my guy
2 Pac was a trash lyricist!! Don't debate me!!! Crack feeeeen mama, black queeeeen mama!! Gtfoh!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How can the best rapper, not be lyrical? Pac was a poet and knew how to translate that style on wax in a way that can never be duplicated!
Lol 🤣😆 And y'all are talking about him cause he's still the king.
@@FRANKIBABI__ hater
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That was the realest and most accurate description of Pac's style. You understand that Cassidy is a true student of Hip Hop and it's craft. Peace
Shout to Cassidy. He broke it down💪🏾🔥❤️
As he always does
Cass did his thing on this one
2pac mastered ALL styles - case closed - he tought your favorite rappers favorite rapper how to make an ALBUM and make MONEY
Delusional
Cassidy broke it down so well, anyone who says pac wasnt lyrical dont know hip hop! Facts!
"Letter 2 My Unborn" is a clear example of Pac's lyrical ability which is my favorite song.
Exactly ppl try to hide this it’s literally a fact
That and Until The End Of Time🙌
@@Asvpsupreme Fact!
@@kayson7469 You already know!
"Mama was a little girl" Is another one. People just don't know what lyricism Is. 😂
I always point to Pac’s “So Many Tears”. He was cold asf.
That whole MATW album is special man, you're never gonna come across that type of album again.
That 3rd verse is one of the best verses EVER 😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨 “My every move is a calculated step, to bring me closerrr to embrace an early death”
@@ef3602that and Makaveli 💯
@@FRANKIBABI__you love Pac so much u would bring him back if you could.
@@ef3602Agree.
Tupac song always had a message in it, and only people who understood, understand!
Having a message doesn’t make you a top tier lyricist he is still great though
@EazyRocko "if I die tonight" and "my block" (original- the show version) are 2 of the most lyrical songs ever. Yall be playing Pac like nursery rhymes
If I Die 2Nite is one of the most lyrical songs of all time. 2Pac haters don't really listen to his music or understand how much of a genius he was.
The alliteration alone on that song was Legendary! MAN!
Facts!
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I feel like the song he did with big daddy Kane was his most lyrical song! “Wherever U are” Kane was his idol so he really went in and tried to impress him - Kane still got him cuz his subliminal way of rapping is bar none
@therealbauce that song he rhymed multiple words using the letter p and that was crazy
Me Against The World is a lyrical gem, raw emotion and lyrics.
Exactly. MATW is Pac's best album to me.
I feel 7 day theory up there to more raw emotion and had lyrics
MATW would shut the haters the fukk up. Unfortunately these young dumb mfs only look at All Eyes, which is good for other reasons, but it ain’t no MATW
Death around corner is a song thats slept on
Always tell people go listen to “If I Die Tonight” off of the album.One of best displays of lyricism
Pac was on another level. Gangsta? Yes, but poetic and motivational. His positive impact through his lyrics far outweighs his negative effects. Pac will forever be the greatest.
There it is coming from a rapper, who is underrated by some by totally understands rappers.
R.I.P. Tupac 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Even Eminem said Tupac was clever with his rhyme schemes. But because he had that other side to him people overlook that. He wouldn't always stick to being super lyrical but when he wanted to he could be. His flow was nice, listen to Road To Glory his flow was beautiful
Tupac was a complete artist, deep lyrics, revolutionary lyrics.
PAC wrote Makaveli in 3-4 days no other artists in any music genre could out work him and his passion in his songs were second to none. The GOAT 🐐
That’s great. The only person I think could rival him in music was Michael Jackson.
He got that (little) Prodigy energy about his appearance, but also the way he expresses thing and in his mannerism. By the way, I'm happy that someone was able to explain that Pac was lyrical, When We Ride, Dear Mama, Brenda Got A Baby, Hail Mary, Blasphemy, Me & My Girlfriend, Until The End of Time, White Manz World, I Get Around, Changes etc are lyrical masterpieces.
Cassidy has to be one of the most engaging and impressive interviews in hip-hop. You could go into watching him being interviewed and not like him bit leave the interview like damn he is layered with great perspectives and thoughts. He makes you think. Still underrated rapper in hip-hop. When he hit the scene he put fear in most rappers. I 9nly seen that happen 3xs and that cannibus, Cass and 50...and 50 was feared because of how aggressive he was with the beef. So technically it was only Canibus and Cass. Respect.
THE THING ABOUT PAC MUSIC IS
THAT HE HAS A SONG FOR EVERY EMOTION A MAN FEELS OR GOES THROUGH IN LIFE ALMOST AS IF HE SPEAKING TO YOU N KNOW WHAT YOU THINKING IDK ITS ACTUALLY CRAZY TO ME ALOT OF RAPPERS JUST TALK
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Pac knew the business so well he had a song for everyone and any occasion old ladies, young ladies, kids, teens, adults, gangsters, clubs, chilling, vibing, getting high, you name it my man had a song for you. While all other rappers just focused on few lanes. Even Biggie said it was 2pac who told him to make songs that will paly on radio and he made Juicy. So if you want to listen to lyrical miracle stuff you got to look for the right tracks
Pac was bigger than rap. He was the voice of the people. He was a revolutionary
No other rapper will ever be talked about 30yrs after they die, PERIOD
Not like Pac everyday of the year.
Biggie?
@@natsusatsujinki8342 gtfoh, he's only talked about when pac is brought up that's it, he just happened to be "beefing" with the best
@@natsusatsujinki8342thank you. Biggie made his debut on a Mary remix. His first solo single made 30 years last year.
Only reason they saig biggie they hv to say pac first @@natsusatsujinki8342
For the most part, people who say that just mean that Pac wasn't a lyricist like Biggie, Em, Jay, Black Thought, Talib Kwalib, Big Pun, etc.. I've never rewound a Pac verse for his catchy wordplay. When I rewind a Pac verse or an entire song is because that ish struck a chord, pulled on a heart string, and yanked on my soul. That's what poets do, and that's what 2 Pac was - a poet. That was his strength.
To be a lyricist you have to be poetic. That’s what paints the picture.
Cassidy really talked sense about Pac that many pple don't understand why! He kept it real 100%.
Dig that 😂u have to respect Cassidy fa real 😂 he put it right out there and don't care how u feel 😂 he tells it exactly how he see it 😂🙌
Caasidy by far one of the best lyricist there is in Hi Hop. He knows what being lyrical is he broke it all the way down its more then just about making words rhymes its about meaning in those words.
2pac was not that lyrical
2Pac not lyrical saying Pac lyrical is like saying Boosie lyrical both great but not lyrical
Yet when Cassidy battle raps he’s borderline terrible and gets booed every time.
@@detroitbadboy313 thats the most dumbest statement anyone can say. Pac had many lyrical songs if you aren’t a real pac fan you mostly haven’t heard of them other than his popular songs with dumbed down lyrics
Cassidy is not that lyrical to me most the times I hear him it's the same formula..Tupac was lyrical in the sense that he could rap with different words "lyrical"
2PAC, is and still 1 of the only artist that I can listen too and not get tired!!!!!🔑 his words are that meaningful!!!!
PAC touched more ppl with his music than any other rapper that has come or will ever come . He's a top 5 musician of all time . Man was a genius .. great take Cass' .. a legend in his own right
Yh only one who touched people on that level was X ❌️
Pac and DMX,but overall Pac set the tone of showing and sharing true live emotions celebration and struggles of REAL LIFE ON EVERY LEVEL....BIG OLE FACTS ❤
@@bigprob8744u da one dat don’t think dat 😂 clown 🤡 u mad bc pac ripped ya favorite rapper apart 😂
@@bigprob8744 u mad gzz pac was and still is better then ya favorite rapper 😂😂 dat boy b in his feelings
Cass getting old he rubbed his knees the whole interview 😅😅😅
😂😂😂
I'm dead he really did lol 😅
Cass been rubbing his knees since a young bull
That Arthur setting in 😂
Habitual. People from Ohio Rock back and forth while sitting. Crazy but it happens.
2pac painted pictures with his lyrics ❤❤ the goat
Tupac had passion and heart and a goal, which is all that you need.
People just say 2pac wasn’t lyrical to find something to hate on him even tho it made no sense. They can’t believe like there’s a perfect rapper all round like him
Name a PAC bar that made you rewind or go “oooohh”
@@EazyRocko bars is the most minuscule aspect of lyricism yall with these ignorant comments kill me 🤦🏽♂️
@@EazyRocko"I'm similar to Saddam, sometimes I question Hussein (who's sane)"
@@EazyRocko"Have you ever seen a crackhead? That's eternal fire"
@@EazyRocko"We taking shots at paparazzi, go on and fly now, nigga like Rocky" amount of entendres here is insane especially in it's context
He wrote some of the most craziests, poetic lines in under 20 min....
Love Cassidy for this!
@@FRANKIBABI__ only your mama lol! I love bot replies 😂
All intelligent, honest rappers and fans acknowledge Tupacs lyrical abilities. He rapped so eloquently and clear that it seemed simple. "My live mind got me surviving five rounds, My forty-five got me fortified with live rounds,
When shit's thick we plot hits, when my Glock spits, All hail, out on bail, wrath of 2Pacalypse.." His alliteration in many songs is crazy: "Picture Perfect, I Paint a Perfect Picture,
Bomb the hoochies with Precision.." 🔥
Ight but where’s the bars,wordplay,puns,punchlines… there’s none of that shit in his rap.. he ain’t technical
@@Ronnie667 the technical part is being able to construct something that touched peoples spirits.
@@Short17 that emotions, not lyrical..
@@Ronnie667 you heard the Makavelli album? till this day nobody touched Pac in all the above
@@bigprob8744 yeah I dig it, unfortunately that's always the case with very popularity artists or even with movie stars and athletes. Some fans go low to worship a famous artist who they put on a sacred level.
Man…. I’m a huge rock/metal head and didn’t understand 2pac’s hype growing up.
20 yrs passed and I finally gave him a listen… I regret not giving his tracks a listen way sooner.
He was a damn POET. A genius… Gone too soon.
That last verse on Me Against the world & The whole song Unconditional Love. 🔥
ohhhhhhhhweee!
That ‘Deadly Combination’ verse showed if Pac focused on that style he’d have been a lot more revered from that standpoint as a lyricist…..
Pac could've been more lyrical but he dumbed it down for the hood.
@fendibabii2118 I’ve said that before but people just don’t WANT to understand lol. Cats like Pac and Prodigy that was art school kids had to “dumb” so much of the messages in the music down for the average fan to connect. If you know how to listen properly, cats like Pac, BIG, Nas, Prodigy were all talking about the same things and trying to pull the youth into the right path. That’s why BIG said before he passed he didn’t want to keep talking about hustling in all his records anymore because he wasn’t living like that anymore…
Theres so many lyrical tracks he did
Fucking thank you! He was turning poetry into raps. Legend in two games frfr!
Bro jus broke his theory down perfectly & made it make sense 💯
Facts if you don't think pac was lyrical u not a real Mc
😂 who decided that? You? The secret meeting of MCs?
@@natsusatsujinki8342real MCs goofy... real mcs know what's up goofy
Real MCs know 2 Pac was an average lyricist.
@100timessquare what's your most powerful song? Let me be the judge... I'll take PAC letter to the president and compare the 2....
Canibus is 100 times more lyrical than Tupac
Listen to "No More Pain", then tell me he wasn't Lyrical. The way Pac hits beat notes to perfection is unmatched 👌
That's one of my favorites.
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I couldn't help but notice your pain....
That was a very deep analysis and educated opinion. Very good. I hate when people say Pac was not lyrical. He did his rhymes so easyly. I'm sure that if he was alive he would also show that he can keep up with the modern way of doing it.
Pac was super lyrical and the greatest ever period!!Goat 🐐
@@bigprob8744why you bothered by another individuals favorite rapper. You seem like a bitchmade crybaby 😢 person.
@@bigprob8744 yes I am!!
Whether Pac said a punchline or not, he has so many memorable lines. Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture, his flow pattern, none of his songs sound the same. Nothing he did sounds like he was trying, it was just natural and everyone felt it.
No one said he isn’t great, he’s just not lyrical
@@TheDougSpotlol so not one song or verse out of all his music is lyrical? Mann get tfoh
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That has got to be the most idiotic question you could have asked.
If a random guy off the street randomly makes a 3-point shot, does that make him a sharpshooter?
Pac has had a few lyrical lines, but I would never say a full verse if his was lyrical
@@TheDougSpotPac aint random tho he did lyrical shit all the time he obviously aint herd much of his music
@@PR-WAY
I love it when people say general statements like that, but can’t post a single instance where he was lyrical🤦🏾♂️
Thank you, Cass and Art.
I’m a hustler baby I’m a hustler… geeeze I haven’t seen his face since that music video. Salute to him for giving Tupac his flowers 🌸💕👑