![]() ![]() On the mournful Lord Knows, he’s on his knees reaching out in pure desperation, powerfully rapping: “I smoke a blunt to take the pain out / And if I wasn’t high, I’d probably try to blow my brains out / I’m hopeless, they should’ve killed me as a baby.” His throaty vocals show the wear and tear of chain-smoking Newports, true, but the delivery of his bars from the very back of his throat sounds gigantic like a God, clearing both his throat and his conscience. ![]() He switches between grappling with suicidal thoughts to leading black America on to a path of enlightenment on his third solo album, but its raw introspection makes the rapper sound less like a thug superhero and more like a fragile 23-year-old, struggling to hold it all together. He resonated not only with the gangsters, but also the people looking to escape from that lifestyle and find inner peace. There wasn’t a week that went by without the controversial rapper appearing in court or in the gossip pages with rumours about romances with Madonna and Whitney Houston, but he balanced this notoriety with being a fervent defender of black America’s most poor and vulnerable citizens. Less than four years into his solo career, 2Pac already felt like an icon by the time he dropped Me Against the World. ![]()
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