Still I Rise (Clean) - 2Pac & The Outlawz

Advantages: Great E.D.I production and lyrical brilliance of 2Pac
Disadvantages: Other Outlawz don't shine.

...2Pac shortly before his death. Still I Rise is the album that they released with 2Pac before they went onto doing other solo projects after his death such as Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us and Novakane. In these solo projects the artists have not had the guidance and expertise to guide them as with Still I Rise because of course 2Pac is dead and there was a lot of controversy as to if the artists would be able to rap and produce a good album by themselves. ...
...artists further improved in Novakane, Still I Rise is still considered the Outlawz best album, mainly because of 2Pac’s presence. 2Pac and the Outlawz within the album adopt a poetic writing style and the beats implanted definitely promote this fact. Although 2Pac is definitely the best rapper on the album, it is E.D.I who is the most prominent out of the rest of the Outlawz and his role as producer further establishes this point. This is good in ... Read review

Advantages: great songs
Disadvantages: none

...his residence in heaven's ghetto. STILL I RISE is 2Pac's fifth posthumous release. For all his posing and posturing, 2Pac did possess a lifetime worth of talent, talent that was crammed into his brief time in the spotlight. Even what's left over at this late date has significant artistic merit. From "Letter to the President," an earnest, simple, and direct admonition to Bill Clinton to the simple, perfectly old-school "Homeboyz" (which harkens back ...
...this record speaks to death, and it's not surprising. From the Golden Gate to the Apple State, the streets are filled with kids like Tupac, and even in his death, he's still giving them hope.even in britain kids role model themselfs on him. BUY THIS CD... It's the greatest. ... Read review

Advantages: great lyrics
Disadvantages: none

...to this album, 2pac's rage still burns as his voice goes hoarse on "Hell 4 A Hustler". Tupac also adds his political views on "Letter To The President" the albums though provoking opening track, and "Tear Drops and Closed Caskets" a more in depth look at ghetto life. The album is tight from beginning to end. It would have been nice to hear more of Tupac on the album, but the Outlawz are equally respectable in their role. "Still I Rise" is out to ... Read review

Advantages: Rhymes, Flows, potential
Disadvantages: Kadafi and 2Pac are now sadly deceased.

...a court case against Death Row Records, their former record company. Unfortunately, arguably the most promising and talented Outlaw Kadafi (R.I.P) was shot 2 months after the fateful death of Tupac Shakur (R.I.P). This aside the Outlawz are still a force to be reckonned with and this album proves it! ... Read review

Advantages: understanding
Disadvantages: none

Still I Rise, the third posthumous release of "new" material by Tupac Shakur, is not surprisingly a mixed bag. Recorded in 1996 with the Outlawz, the disc at its best does showcase the power of 'Pac. More politically acute (and complexly anti-Clinton) than most gangsta rap even attempts to be, "Letter to the President" and "The Good Die Young" find the star turning in some of his most focused lyrics and performances. Elsewhere, he often cedes the ... Read review