Thursday, December 21, 2006

I against I

After a few discussions, the debate is on.
Al Pacino Vs Robert De Niro.
Tupac Vs Biggie
Nas Vs. Jay Z

Lets get to it.
In all of these, we are agreed that it is not clear cut. To quote aJamaa - though he'll swear he didn't say it (You said it yesterday man!) - if Al Pacino was better, he would be De Niro. If De Niro was better he'd be Al Pacino. There you go. I only have the views of 0.5 and aJamaa.

aJamaa is undecided. 0.5 is for Al Pacino. I go with De Niro. Why Al Pacino? I don't know, ask 0.5. I mean Al Pacino is a great actor. Godfather - Michael was THE Godfather. De Niro as a young Don Vitto didn't do so bad, but Pacino eclipsed him in that all time great. But I think after that DeNiro took over. An avalanche of movies. Ronin, Casino, Untouchables, Scarface - he has even been in comedies - Analyse This (very nice), Analyse That (so, so), Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers. Both of them were in Heat. Both were amazing. I'm sure I am forgetting a bunch of movies they've both done. I go with De Niro.

Tupac Vs Biggie. We didn't have a discussion about them with the introverts, but there has been alot of that talk all over. Basically, this is about taste. To me, Biggie was more of a lyricist - if I can use that term. He was about cursive rhyming, saying funny sh1t in his rhymes. There was a very smooth flow to his music. Have very many favourites - One More Chance (remix), always catches me unawares, like I'm hearing it for the first time.
Tupac was more aggressive. More energy, an emcee. Get the crowd up and angry at something, get the women all hot under the collar. Thug Passion, Scandalous, Me Against The World, California Love, Toss It Up, Dear Mama (we all love that one), Keep your head up...
There is just so much Tupac out there, for me, he wins. For me it has to go
down to volume, because both of them were masters at their "type" of music.

Nas vs. Jay Z.
These two dudes were both dissed by Tupac. Jay Z claimed the throne after Biggie left. Nas was just that, Nas. As per our discussion yesterday with the introverts: We agreed, Jay Z is/was more of the commercial guy. All about the sales. Making music for people to bob their head to. And he's done some nice numbers. Off the top of my head I'm thinking - wishing on a star,
can't knock the hustle, guilty until proven innocent, the whole Blueprint album, part of Blueprint 2, didn't dig the black album that much. Anyways, in terms of volume, he is up there, good at his game. The difference between Jay Z and Nas was pointed out by Jay Z himself - Nas makes hot lines, Jay Z makes them into hot songs. Nas is more of the poetic, story teller type. And
for him - It ain't hard to tell. Street dreams, one mic, owe me back, hate
me now, ether, got yourself a gun - that album Illmatic - classic. aJamaa went with Jay Z, 0.5 opted out of this one, I went with Nas. Both have tapered off nowadays. Jay Z went and retired then came back. For me, the very act of retiring was a pointer - he had lost the war. Nas won.

All these is just trying to argue with yourself. Who do you love more. Me or
myself? I against I. Anyways, not necessary to pick sides.

1 Comments:

Blogger 0.5 said...

AL PACINO!!!

This guy is loud, very expressive and animated. Passion! The few movies he has appeared in....spectacular.
Surprisingly, i dont like his performance in the godfather.

Watched Scent of a Woman? Even that dreary movie with Matthew McConaughey..where he was a sports betting something or the other...that was a lost movie..he salvaged it.

DeNiro is very good - Master Chief Billy Sunday (Men of Honor), is his most memorable performance in my opinion.

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