Tupac (2 Pac)-饒舌界詹姆士狄恩
圖派克•阿瑪魯•夏庫爾(Tupac Amaru Shakur,1971年6月16日-1996年9月13日),藝名2Pac及Makaveli,是一位非裔美國饒舌歌手和演員。
圖派克是一名美國饒舌藝人、演員和詩人,曾經是《金氏世界紀錄》中擁有最高銷量的饒舌歌手(在97年被取代),在全球共賣出超過一千萬張專輯,
包括美國本土的逾五百萬的銷量。
圖派克的歌曲圍繞暴力、黑人貧民區、種族主義、社會問題及與其他說唱歌手間爭吵,他的作品提倡反映出的政治上、經濟上、社會上及種族上的平等,並且充滿激進的革命反抗意識而聞名。
他也同時被眾多的歌迷、評論者和業內人士看作有史以來最偉大的一位饒舌藝人。
圖派克在紐約出生, 經歷了多次遷居,最後在1988年定居加州。在1990年時,他被雇為一個饒舌團體的舞者,爾後往歌曲方面表現。
圖派克首張專輯「2Pacalypse Now」中的爭議性的歌詞得到到強烈回響。他成為眾矢之的,並需要面對其他法律上的問題。
與此同時他也積極關心並設法改善黑人貧民區的惡劣環境,四處以義唱方式為貧民募款。
2Pac 本人是梵谷迷;他會喜歡梵谷,應該也是因為 Don McLean 的那首 "Vincent"。 2Pac 曾發表過一本詩集(於他死後),叫做 "The Rose that Grew from Concrete",書裡收錄了他成名前所寫的 100 首詩,其中有一首就是紀念梵谷的〈星夜〉("Starry Night")。
除了詩集以外,唱片公司也以同樣的名稱 "The Rose that Grew from Concrete",發行了紀念專輯,眾多樂手以個別的方式來詮釋詩集中的幾首詩。"Starry Night",這首詩,請來了傳奇製作人 Quincy Jones 來朗讀詩句,而由 Mac Mall 和 Rashida Jones 負責 Rap 和演唱。
YouTube 上有樂迷為這首歌配上梵谷名畫和 2Pac 的畫面,是一段蠻有紀念價值的 MV。
2Pac, Starry Night-Quincy Jones & Mac Mall
Starry Night
[Quincy Jones]
Starry night.. an unknown creation
Written by, and from the archives of Tupac Shakur
Dedicated to the memory of Vincent Van Gogh
A creative heart obsessed with satisfying
this dorment and uncaring society
You have given them the stars at night
and you have given them bountiful bouquets of sunflowers
but for you there's only contempt
Though you pour yourself into that frame and present it so proudly
this world could not accept your masterpieces, from the heart
So on that starry night, you gave to us and you took away from us
the one thing we never acknowledged, your life..
[Mac Mall]
Yeah, game laid down by Q, y'knawmsayin?
Vocals by Rasheeda, fly beat by QDIII
And flows by the M-A-C y'all, Mr. M-A-C Mall
[CHORUS: Rasheeda]
Starry night, your life
You gave to us, and took away from us
Starry night, your life
You gave to us, and took away from us
[Mac Mall]
Uhh, uhh.. watch me live my art; writin words from my soul in blood
I speak the truth on every thang I love
I'll probably sacrifice my life.. to send my message through mics
It's like a war drum callin soldiers at night
It's bigger than music I spit it straight from the heart
So it's cold n dark and deep like a universe, but nah don't start
It's for ya entertainment but it's my life y'all
And I can't rewind, fast forward, or press pause
But when you give your all, it's like the fans demand more
And after the tour I sit alone like before
When ya name is hot it's all love, the world is yours
But when you fall off, you get ignored
CHORUS
[Mac Mall]
You on the cover of da magazine, flossin on the TV screen
Toastin wit yo' champagne, playin life like a game
Loaded in the limousine, love to hear the fans scream
Swimmin wit the sharks now, ain't no love - money king
People got they hands out but ain't nobody lendin hands
Can you really blame dem for tryin to get what they can?
Late night, bright lights, lust n lies
And anythang goes under the Hollywood sign
Well you might lose ya soul and who knows what you find
But go ahead main we all wanna shine...
But go ahead main we all wanna shine...
CHORUS
[Mac Mall]
There you have it..
Y'know, when I was younger I prayed, to get in this game
Y'know to hold dis microphone in my hand
I asked the man upstairs, to let me rock a crowd one day
Y'know let people out there feel the way I feel through my music
Like my homeboy Tupac did fo' sho'
And he gave that to me
But he didn't he didn't he didn't let me know
about all the shady shit that's in, in between
you and yo' dream, y'know?
See it's more than the music, I spit it from the heart
So sometime it's cold n it's dark, but it's raw
And that's how I'ma bring it to you every time, y'know?
CHORUS (fades out)
對於2Pac的認知,可由下面的精選歌曲進一步的瞭解他的曲風:
成名曲:
2pac - all eyez on me lyrics
2pac feat Dr.Dre - California Love HD
2pac - Me against the world lyrics
首推Neo-Soul優嗓Dwele助陣的〈Staring Through My Rear View〉,以流暢慢板聲線引出極為動人之推薦搖擺小品;
Tupac - Starin' Through My Rear View
2Pac生前全力護航的愛徒團體Outlawz,一口氣出席淋上嗆辣電吉他迴繞、搖滾味濃的〈Hail Mary〉
2Pac - Hail Mary ( ft. The Outlawz ) HD (With Lyrics)
2004年協助Akon挾帶牢獄寫照心情作〈Locked Up〉
Locked Up
讓Akon成為國際知名全才歌手的Styles P,於〈Pain〉中道出發人省思之黑街種種的傷痛過往;
2pac pain
西岸饒舌巨星史奴比狗狗在〈Wanted Dead Or Alive (Gangsta Party)〉中獻上他獨特隨性的饒舌調調。
《Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2》將節奏藍調/靈魂/放客等迷人音符柔化轉入,增添易於消化的耐聽音符。
以他的音樂為基礎,衍伸出的音樂劇《Holler If Ya Hear Me》,製作團隊以他的歌曲為腳本,寫出了黑人在美國街頭的生活,無論是關於愛情、親情、金錢、友誼、復仇、人的轉變以及希望。
或許,嘻哈文化是真的非常貼近美國黑人的生活與他們的世界,但是要搬上百老匯成為舞台劇,吸引到白人的胃口,那又是另一回事了;由於票房不佳,所以下市了。
2Pac-Life goes on
「… How many brothas fell victim to tha streetz/Rest in peace young nigga, there’s a Heaven for a ‘G’/be a lie,
If I told ya that I never thought of death/my niggas, we tha last ones left/but life goes on …」
這種歌詞,充滿大量的「街頭俚語」,再聽一首,比較流行的,還加了 Elton John 伴唱的〈Ghetto Gospel〉
2Pac - Ghetto Gospel
「Tell me do you see that old lady ain’t it sad/Living out a bag, but she’s glad for the little things she has/And over there there’s a lady,
crack got her crazy/Guess she’s given birth to a baby/I don’t trip and let it fade me, from outta the frying pan/We jump into another form of
slavery/Even now I get discouraged/Wonder if they take it all back while I still keep the courage/I refuse to be a role model」
這些歌詞,只有真的是 from Ghetto 的黑人能理解、能解讀個中滋味。
而當這樣的音樂轉化為音樂劇,放到以白人為主的顧客群時,我認為是不可能被買單的;並不是說我認為白人沒有音樂品味,而是說在這個領域裡面,
白人對於真正的 Ghetto 文化品味是有距離的,這是改變不了的事實。
下面這部記錄片,對於2 Pac的人生有很深入的探討,片長90分鐘,但值得欣賞,相信看完,對於黑人的音樂及幫派文化會有新的體認。
圖派克夏庫爾 惡棍天使的邊緣人生[紀錄片-中文字幕]
圖派克在1993年的一個性侵案中被判定有罪 (雖然他強烈地否認其參與,判決本身也充滿疑點[原創研究?])。在判決的前一天,圖派克在曼哈頓的一個錄音室大廳被槍擊五次。在事件之後,圖派克開始懷疑有其他的饒舌歌手參與槍擊案; 這開始了長期性的東西岸饒舌歌手世仇。
在蹲了十一個月的苦窯之後,圖派克被一位唱片行「Death Row Records」負責人Marion "Suge" Knight保釋出來。
Knight的交換條件是圖派克將必須要以Death Row Records的名義發行三張唱片。從此圖派克行事作風更趨兇悍激烈。
1996年9月7日,圖派克在拉斯維加斯在車中被人槍擊了四次。六天後因呼吸道及心臟衰竭,不治死亡,年僅廿五。
這位嘻哈饒舌界的傳奇人物,劃下90年代樂壇不朽新史的天才型藝人2 Pac,對於後進新秀的影響及音樂皆有無法磨滅的地位.。
PS. 文案摘錄自:
http://www.nownews.com/n/2011/09/13/475906
http://blog.xuite.net/tina620810/twblog/129957731-2Pac(%E5%90%90%E6%B4%BE%E5%85%8B)%E7%94%9F%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%8B%E8%B9%9F,%E6%AD%B7%E7%A8%8B,%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%BB%E5%9B%A0
http://www.roxyrocker.com/2014/07/15/%E5%90%90%E6%B4%BE%E5%85%8B%E7%9A%84%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E5%8A%87%E3%80%8Aholler-if-ya-hear-me%E3%80%8B%E5%B0%87%E7%B5%90%E6%9D%9F%E6%BC%94%E5%87%BA/
http://fafner-hideaway.blogspot.tw/2010/01/starry-night-by-2pac.html
Figure 20: BJork