More info about BET : Black History Month With Hip Hop Documentary Thug Angel Tupac.

BET Celebrates Black History Month With Hip-Hop Documentary Film Series
BET takes a no-holds-barred approach to Black History Month this February by examining the people, artistic elements and events that shaped Black America and influenced popular culture with a series of hip-hop documentaries during "Hip-Hop History Weekend," and a groundbreaking BET News special, "The Top 25 Events That (Mis) Shaped Black America."
Kicking off Hip-Hop History Weekend on Friday February 23 at 8:00 p.m. is "Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel," featuring interviews with friends, collaborators and scholars as they look back on Tupac and define his legacy today; "The MC: This is Why We Do It," which explores the origins of MC'ing, as well as the environmental, spiritual and moral aspects to the art form airs Saturday February 24 at 11:00 p.m.; "Black & Blue: Legends of the Hip Hop Cop," bringing to light hard evidence of the NYPD's controversial "rap unit" profiling premieres Sunday, February 25 at 1:00 p.m.; and closing out the weekend is "The Art of 16 Bars" in which some of rap's biggest MCs share their approach from free styling and writing to how to hold the Mic and dealing with being on tour, airing Sunday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m.
Delving deeper into Black culture is the ground-breaking BET News special, "The Top 25 Events That (Mis) Shaped Black America," premiering Tuesday, February 20 at 10:00 pm. This special takes an intelligent yet irreverent look at black history thanks to commentary from top cultural critics, comedians and celebrities. Bringing it all together is host Paul Mooney, returning from the highly-rated 2006 special "Top 25 Worst Moments in Black History," with the brilliant and politically incorrect humor that has made him a comedic legend.

Download Never Call U Bitch Again OG and watch it Live at the house of blues

Below you can download the OG Never Call U Bitch Again, which was later remixed and released under the album Better Dayz. I like the original alot more then the remix though. You can also check out 2pac rapping the OG version in Live at the house of blues. This was how it was supposed to be released, but after he died they thought it was "outdated" so they redid the beats. oh well.. thats amaru records for you..
-Dan




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Download 8 "Im Dumpin" or Dumpin' OG feat. Daz Dillinger with a short interview with WorldWideConnected

Today you can download the OG Dumpin' track avaliable that was released and remastered in the new albums Pacs Life. Now you can compare the two.

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Heres alittle bit about the track, from a recent interview.

WorldWideConnected.com: I noticed you had writer credits for the 2pac track “Dump’n” on the new Pac album. How did that come about?

Well, I did the original song with him 10 years ago, it was me, Pac, Kurupt and Nutso, and Daz on the beat. And we all came up with the concept together, actually I named the song (and I start off the original). But its always business first, so Universal thought it would be best (because the songs were dated, and everybody had heard it on the bootlegs) to redo it with new mainstream artists and new production, but still give all the original artists their due credit as far as royalties, publishing and songwriting, etc. and im all for that, cuz like I said im a business man, and just being on a Pac album, even though that was my boy and none of the cats on the new album ever met him a day in their life, I was still honoured by having my name in the credits, let alone making a couple hundred thousand off something I did ten years ago.

full interview: http://www.worldwideconnected.com/mo...owpage&pid=637

BET Hip Hop History Weekend Kicks Off 2-23 w/ Tupac (2Pac) Feb

Black History Month will be celebrated on BET network with a series of hip hop documentaries and a landmark BET news special titled ‘The Top Events that (Mis)Shaped Black America.



This will all take place during "Hip Hop History Weekend,” on BET where the approach will be examining the people, artistic elements and events that shaped Black America and influenced popular culture with a series of hip hop documentaries and the news special.



Kicking off Hip Hop History Weekend on Friday February 23 at 8:00 p.m. is "Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel," featuring interviews with friends, collaborators and scholars as they look back on Tupac (2Pac) and define his legacy today.



The documentary Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel was directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Spirer (Rhyme and Reason) and "Thug Angel" takes you beyond the drama of hip hop icon and rap artist Tupac's notoriety in the press through all-new interviews with friends, collaborators and scholars as they look back on Tupac and define his legacy today. Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel will air Friday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT



For a complete listing of all hip hop documentaries and more on the ground breaking BET News special ‘‘The Top Events that (Mis)Shaped Black America” please visit the BET web site at - http://www.bet.com

Pacs Life Daily Download Exclusive -- Tupac OG's Unreleased Material- NEW DOWNLOAD EVERY DAY!

For the next week, Pacs Life will be hosting a Pacs Life Daily Download, which is where everyday we will post a Tupac OG, Unheard or remix that hasnt been released officially. So check back every day, for a new download! Download links only up for 7 days, so download while you can. If it expires and you still really want it, leave a comment on the post and we can see what we can do. Thanks
-Admin

Today

Original Paparazzi Song- by Xzibit feat Tupac.
Great song, tupacs verse is really tight.
128 quality.
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"Live 2 Tell" Tupacs Original Script related news!

Now not much is known about the Tupac written film, Live 2 Tell. He wrote it back in jail and there have been documents in various books. David Banner is rumored to take part, and the movie is set to be released some time in 2008.

An AllHipHop.com interview with actor Julito McCullum (The Wire) was interesting as he answered a question, that regarded Live 2 Tell.

"AllHipHop.com: So in terms of other things you’re doing outside of The Wire is acting your main focus?

Julito: Yes, acting is my main focus. Hands down. Outside of The Wire I’m just pretty much out there promoting myself and putting my face out there. Because right now when people see me they know me as Namand from The Wire they don’t know me as Julito. I’m working on getting people to say that’s Julito. There’s a role I’m tryin to get [in a film] called, Live to Tell. Tupac wrote it and I feel like if I get that role I’ll break that wall down. I’m definitely going to show that I can hold something by myself. I don’t need a whole cast to support. I’m also tryin to get started on my music career. "

Tupac Live At The House Of Blues DVD Review + Full Clip

About a month ago i bought the Tupac Live At The House Of Blues DVD, which is supossed to be one of Tupac's last filmed live performances which occured July 4 1996 on Sunset Blvd. Everyone knows that Artists are most alive on stage and seeing them live is always amazing, but i feel that the DVD doesnt completly convey the live tupac spirit and charisma.
Im not denying the energy and uniqueness that comes through as soon as Tupac comes on stage, but his presence isnt felt nearly as much as seeing him really LIVE. This concert was really at the peak of the Badboy Deathrow drama and before such songs as Troublesome 96 and Hit'em Up there are many classic battle lines throws into the crowd.
Overall its a good DVD, well worth the money, the only problem is that Tupac is more of an opening act in the whole concert. He is the first act and is only on about 15 minutes out of the whole DVD. Later he comes on again for the last song "2 Of Amerikkkas Most Wanted" but the DVD is based really around Snoop Dogg. Overall Good buy, one of the few new things Tupac Related worth buying.

Tracklist :
"Tupac feat. Outlawz"
01 Ambitions Az A Ridah
02 So Many Tears
03 Troublesome
04 Hit 'em Up
05 Tattoo Tears
06 All About You
07 Never Call You B***h Again
08 Freek'n You
09 How Do You Want It
"Tha Dogg Pound"
10 Murder Was The Case
11 The Shiznit
12 If We All Gonna F**k
13 Some Bomb A*z (P***y)
14 Ain't No Fun
15 New York
16 Big Pimpin'
17 Do What I Feel
18 G'z & Hustlas
19 Who Am I (What's My Name)
20 Me In Your World
21 For My N****z and B*****s
22 Doggfather
23 Gin And Juice "Tupac, Snoop Dogg"
24 2 Of America's Most Wanted

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Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 01/03/2007 - Pac's Life #68

1 OMARION 21 119,392 999 1,053 120,4632 AKON KONVICTED 112,275 -51 227,245 1,158,0313 DREAMGIRLS SOUNDTRACK 104,366 -17 125,272 385,6384 NAS HIP HOP IS DEAD 101,103 -71 354,524 456,9835 YOUNG JEEZY INSPIRATION: THUG 91,774 -50 184,872 630,1997 EMINEM PRESENTS: RE-UP 83,951 -45 152,371 697,3118 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX 82,669 -64 229,836 2,377,1279 CIARA EVOLUTION 79,050 -64 219,945 802,43512 BEYONCE B'DAY 66,958 -69 212,932 2,010,31114 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 66,488 -69 211,609 670,29517 FERGIE DUTCHESS 62,988 -68 198,106 1,206,66121 JAY-Z KINGDOM COME 60,932 -55 135,979 1,206,79923 BOW WOW PRICE OF FAME 57,063 -78 261,569 319,01126 SNOOP DOGG BLUE CARPET 49,847 -49 97,722 636,82127 BLIGE*MARY J. REFLECTIONS: A 49,290 -68 155,701 376,69829 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 45,155 -51 91,657 1,142,76835 GAME DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE 40,401 -33 60,201 751,67437 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 38,107 -43 67,216 976,95438 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 37,989 -57 88,808 799,95340 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 37,659 -64 104,803 1,189,72141 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER 34,790 -27 47,369 502,04148 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK 31,284 -70 102,768 10,33053 TRICK DADDY BACK BY THUG DEMAND 29,144 -66 86,700 116,41556 TYRESE ALTER EGO 28,452 -49 55,961 200,49459 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 26,721 -58 63,282 2,496,52162 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 24,043 -38 38,761 242,70966 FANTASIA FANTASIA 22,252 -64 61,725 217,138
68 TUPAC PAC'S LIFE 21,844 -50 43,682 345,426
69 LIL SCRAPPY BRED 2 DIE BORN 2 LIVE 21,713 -34 33,043 170,50880 JONES*JIM HUSTLER'S P.O.M.E 18,704 -30 26,876 284,93983 DJ CLUE PROFESSIONAL 3 16,863 -69 54,935 71,98286 CHERISH UNAPPRECIATED 16,552 -54 35,727 470,34889 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 15,949 -59 38,947 855,51190 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 15,780 -47 29,623 472,23296 JIBBS JIBBS FEAT. JIBBS 14,956 -43 26,042 196,48298 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 14,838 -63 39,665 1,776,523103 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 14,186 -52 29,750 1,160,634105 STYLES P TIME IS MONEY 14,006 -69 45,730 60,099116 MCKNIGHT*BRIAN TEN 12,974 -56 29,329 133,218133 CLIPSE HELL HATH NO FURY 11,129 -25 14,872 143,241138 PROJECT PAT CROOK BY DA BOOK 10,627 -31 15,397 73,969140 YING YANG TWINS CHEMICALLY 10,550 -30 15,055 90,016143 N.W.A. BEST OF N.W.A. 10,354 999 127 10,481145 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 10,257 -20 12,839 682,041146 MATISYAHU NO PLACE TO BE 10,212 999 363 10,575147 GHOSTFACE KILLAH MORE FISH 10,135 -47 19,189 65,369151 MOS DEF TRU3 MAGIC 9,952 816 1,087 11,044154 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 9,743 -45 17,674 1,115,989161 CHINGY HOODSTAR 9,314 -38 15,076 279,162164 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 9,108 -46 16,825 2,645,329166 RICHIE*LIONEL COMING HOME 9,002 -69 28,899 360,359169 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 8,856 -60 22,238 2,718,148174 T.I. KING 8,729 -28 12,126 1,593,362175 PITBULL EL MARIEL 8,690 -31 12,558 141,573180 FAT JOE ME MYSELF & I 8,438 -30 11,973 134,422187 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD 8,115 -39 13,288 255,183189 LIL BOOSIE BAD AZZ 8,039 -22 10,303 126,313190 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 7,962 -14 9,271 339,738199 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 7,709 -39 12,559 871,379

Upcoming Tupac Projects in 2007! The Future Of Tupac

Here's a list of all upcoming 2Pac projects that are planned for 2007.

- O.F.T.B The Missing D.R. Files Better Dayz OG, World Wide

- Dante's OGVGH".. 3 remakes of unleaked og's mirrored exactly off of the true og, and 3 or 4 exclusive acapellas, one of which being an unleaked song. ...""... unheard tracks will be : babies having babies, i saw your girl, dear mama og remake, don't fuck with a killa og verses, etc etc etc...""... i have some perfect og recreations that i'm sitting on for ogvgh. you guys will hear dear mama and several other matw ogs in 2007..." [Dante]

- 2Pac Evolution"...i have an 8 disc box for evolution..." [Dante]

- 2Pac Bootlegs Re-Issue"...they will be re-issued soon...""...wait a month or two... some new boots are coming with new, unheard versions and lyrics..." [Dante]

- Lost Tapes Re-Release"... lately i have been assisting a person at koch, and this release will likely not be out in a month,but it will be out before the new year in all liklihood. it's a bit different than the lost tapes.""... we haven't negotiated a deal on that yet, so i wouldn't expect it anytime soon. it will happen one way or another though." [Dante]

- New Pac Album with unheards this year

- Warpath: Legend II Mixtape, desperately looking forward to this

- Assassin & Makaveli EP maybe we'll get Judgment Day OG

- Mike Mosley new album: Road To Glory CDQ ?!? No news about this for a long time.

- Live 2 Tell Screenplay written by Pac: remains static

- One Nation songs maybe released as bootleg or whatever this year

- Son Rize Vol. 2 mainly about Kadafi, but could have some Pac in it

More Info on Scared Straight on the Japanese version of Pacs Life+ Download preview!

SCARED STRAIGHT INFO

Is no doubt the best song now on Pac's Life!The intro is hot and classic Tupac and what we have been busting to hear for a good few years, Pac starts it off with 'Fuck all these motherfuckas talkin all this bullshit.......' and its an instant smile to your face. This is what 2pac fans have been waiting for and what fans deserve.Props to the few that ordered the Japan version of Pac's Life you have done yourself a big favour and have gotten a classic Pac track.Scared Straight is the unused song from the classic first 2pac album "2Pacalypse Now". It features a tight intro, 2 verses from Pac previously UNHEARD and that raw classic 91' Pac flava.The original of this track is produced by Money B and Fuze of Digitial Underground and not Big D as MrMakaveli.net first thought and was told, it seems Big D also made a version of the song for the album that didnt get used.This of course is not OG and has been remixed and its a pretty decent remix at that, I cant help but feel the OG (no I havent heard) is some wack out dated shit, this beat brings 2Pacs lyrics to life AND although the beat is simple its dark and eiree, just what us fans have been wanting.Its amazing to hear these verses spat from Pac in 91 and still mentioning 'Pac dont give a fuck I got too many enemies' surely a reference to his song 'I just dont give a fuck' especially as he references the song 'Tha lunitic'.

ConclusionThis is classic 2pac and what we have been wanting for a longgggg time. No doubt this is now the best song on Pac's Life, and although the album is good one can only think how dope it would of been if they used more unheard songs.This is 2Pac all the way through, from intro, to the verses to the hooks to the outro Well done Amaru and thank you for blessing the Pac fans with this.

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Putting Alive Theories To Rest - RIP Tupac Shakur

Putting Alive Theories To Rest

Why Tupac Shakur Will Not Return In Physical Form

Written By Ian Russel of Pacs Life

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"Its amazing to me that some kids still think he’s alive. Its almost funny to me cause he couldn’t have been quiet this long; there would be no way in the world he could have been quiet this long." - Karen Lee : Family Friend/Tupacs Publicist (Quoted from THUG ANGEL DVD)

Being a huge Tupac Shakur fan for the last many years and a former alive believer, I still think its getting out of hand that a large majority of Tupac Shakur fans still think that Tupac is physically alive living in Cuba or hidden away by the government. Go to any Tupac related site and goto there forum/message board, and 99% of the time, there’s a whole area JUST for alive theories. I decided to end this controversy, hopefully with a two part article which ends the whole mystery and aura.
It’s been 10 years since he died, and the first wave of alive believers thought he would come back during September 13th 2003, 7 years after his death. “The theory, based around eerie clues from the rappers movies (Gridlock'd, Gang Related), references within his songs, scenes from music videos and calculations from his album release dates all seem to point to the number "7". And why would the rapper fake his death to return 7 years later? The plot thickens to explain Tupac's motivation was to make a huge impact that would change the world. Believe it or not, all eyes will be on Pac's return this September 13, 2003.” – Rap news
As you can already see this sadly never happened. After the hype died down, many discouraged believers started to create a new theory, which is the belief that it would be 10 years after his death that we would come back. This is called the (7day+3 day theory) aka 7 + 3 years = the return of Makaveli ( His return in 2006). So far there has been no return of Tupac in physical form, but I guess well have to wait till January 1st, 2007 to put this theory to rest.
Much controversy has been over Tupacs alias Makavelli, influenced by the 16th century Italian philosopher Machiavelli who supposedly advocated faking death to gain political power and evade enemies. Tupac read "The Prince" by Machiavelli and "Discourses upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy" in jail. In the discourses people claim that Machiavelli advocated faking ones own death. This is NOT true, and is spread and claimed throughout the Alive Community. The only thing actually written in the discourses about it is in Book Two, Chapter XIII which states “Prince who wants to do great things, it is necessary to learn to deceive.”. Machiavelli never faked his death, all he did was teach that in order to win at war, you must learn to deceive. Although some of his soldiers did fake death, it was not under his orders.
Finally, most of the base evidences out there is through his music. Why do new Tupac songs and albums keep coming out? Why is it every year we hear about “exclusive new music”. After all, there have been more releases after his death then before his death. Through interviews with his producer Johnny and other Outlaws who recorded with him, it’s a known fact that Tupac was a very business oriented man. His mother said he had an extraordinary work ethic, and while he loved to party and enjoy himself, he was all business in the studio. After he got out of jail and was signed to Death Row, his concentration to work was three times more focused then it was before. Many days he would record 3 songs a day. Many were unpolished and written on the spot, but they are none the less acapella recordings that can be used and verses manipulated to create new songs. This is a reason for many of the new records, the producers create a new beat to match one of his unreleased tracks or acapellas, and they take 2 verses and release it. If he recorded 3 songs a day even only for 6 months, he would clearly have enough tracks to last a lifetime. One can see that he had recorded enough material before his death, for many albums to come. If each album has an average of 10 songs, we can still expect to see more albums(not including double albums). Also one must take into account that there are usually 2-3 songs on each album that are remix’s or alternative versions. It’s known when he would record that the beats would be made usually before he got to the studio, not to waste time and he would go into and record in usually 15-30 minutes for a son. He would be smoking, and record his vocals 3 times for one track and he would be done, this way if he was missing a word or something due to lack of breath, one of the other recordings would capture it. He recorded the Hit “Hail Mary” in about 30 minutes supposedly. His work ethic was go in and attack his recordings, you can see from some tracks such as thug passion where he messes up, but just goes with the flow. “I’m not trying to turn you into alchohols…. Alcoholics.. hahahah, I’m just trying to turn you into muthafucking thugs.” He clearly stumbles on his words, but what’s so nice is they keep that in the recording and it feels authentic.
More controversy arrives when people start to really examine the lyrics. While there are many strange controversies, many of the lyrics are overanalyzed and put into contexts in which they were never ment to be. Tupac spoke in metaphors, this was his way of expression, so sometimes when he discusses deceiving, plotting and preparing, he is not literally making reference to where, why and when he will “appear & reappear”. So many of his lyrics talked about deceiving, death and leaving this place. There have been references to many things that seemed to happen after his death such as mentioning biggie smalls in one of his songs (The song God Bless The Dead). Turns out the Biggie Smalls he is referring to was not the famous Notorious B.I.G, that died a year after him, but a close friend also named Biggie smalls. Again NOT notorious.
People keep examining his lyrics and the relation to death. The thing was that Tupac was not a happy guy. Near the end of his life he wanted to die, he was waiting for someone to kill him. “All Those records he’s talking about pain” said Shock G from the Digital Underground. He would write about death because he really felt that he would die early, and near the end of his life he really wanted to die. Many of his early poetry showed that he knew he would die young, especially in the poem “In the Event Of My Demise”. "He couldn’t function sober, he didn’t like to anyway. Had to be some Weed there, had to be some Hennessey, had to be some drink, had to be something going on. If he wasn’t high he had to be doing something that was a lot of fun. He wasn’t so happy, a lot of his laughter was forced.” – Shock G. It is only natural for someone who is not happy and under pressure to discuss death.
For Tupac, rapping was his release, to get whatever it was off his chest. It’s not surprising he completed all these tracks. Tupac wanted to do more then any other man in the business. In his behind the scenes interview when he’s doing a cover shoot for All Eyez On Me, he says “Im gonna touch every level, and everything. i dont wanna burn out, i wanna be forever, eternal. I wanna be here forever, when im gone i want my name to be here. So to do that, i gotta do more then just the average man would do. i gotta set a mark that nobody can touch " – Pac. He planned on retiring early. One can already see that he was expanding his career to movies, which he starred in about 6 before he died. He started a family restaurant; he wanted to be a person owning stock in Death Row, and being a producer on death row, releasing albums as he pleased. He would set a new standard, similar to any great rock and roll legend today. He didn’t want to be in the rap game his whole life, he only expected to be into it until his early 30s. Naturally he was recording as much as possible while he was still young because he wanted to get it all on paper, he wanted to be more then just a single man. He wanted to live after his death, he wanted to his name to be here. It looks like he accomplished that.

What do you think?




Q+A

Q: But In Tupacs Album "The 7 day theory" during the first track Bomb First, Kadafi is heard saying "Suge Shot Me"
A: This was confirmed that it was Kadafi said it, but also confirmed it says "Should've Shot Me".

Q: But in the album Better Dayz, there is a hidden last track at the end of the album in where Tupac says "Expect me nigga, like you would expect jesus to come back, expect me nigga, im comming"
A: Better Dayz was the sixth posthumous album released by Afeni Shakur under Amaru Records. This is a sample from an earlier interview with Tupac. This is just another marketing trick for people to misinterperet it to boost up album sales. Again this is not recorded from Tupac after his death, it is a clip from an interview before he died.

Q: I saw a video online with tupac and the outlaws standing outside of a parking lot. Hes alive, it looks exactly like him!
A: … Do I really have to explain this? If it really was tupac, why the hell would be chilling in a parking lot in god knows where. And why haven’t people gotten hold of him yet?

PART 2 COMING SOON : WRITE WITH QUESTIONS :: THEY WILL BE ANSWERED IN PART 2, COMING SOON, A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL THEORYS

Jada Pinkett Smith donated $1 Million Dollars toward the Baltimore School For Arts!

Jada Pinkett Smith just made history at the school she and Tupac attended, generously donating $1 million earmarked for renovation and expansion.

Jada Pinkett Smith offered the funds from her Baltimore-based charity, the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation. The couple had previously donated $112,500 to the Baltimore school.

Pinkett Smith's donation is the largest ever from a graduate of the BaltimoreSchool for the Arts. The school has announced plans to name their new theater after her, however Pinkett Smith has requested that the theater be dedicated to her late friend and former classmate Tupac Shakur.

"She knew how brilliant he was and just thought it was only fitting to dedicate it to him," Karen Banfield Evans, Pinkett Smith's aunt and executive director of the Smith Family Foundation told the Associated Press.

This latest donation will go towards a $30 million expansion that is expected to be complete by the fall of 2007. In addition to renovating a nearby brownstone mansion for classroom and rehearsal space, the expansion will provide the school with two dance studios, two science laboratories, four new classrooms, a lecture hall, six theater practice rooms, two theater rehearsal rooms, a scene shop, labs for digital photography and music production and a theater that seats 90 which will be named in honor of Jada Pinkett Smith. The expansion will allow the school to increase enrollment from 316 to 375 students. BaltimoreSchool for the Arts is also planning to increase stage production and instrumental music programs.

"She credits the School for the Arts for really giving her her start and was impressed by the things they've been doing and the way they've grown," Evans told the Associated Press. "When they came up with this (expansion campaign) and all they're doing, she felt like this is what she needed to do."

Jada Pinkett Smith graduated from the BaltimoreSchool for the Arts in 1989

Pacs Life Single Australia Scans!

Here are scans of the single Pacs life that was released in Australia! Remember to sign up for the news letter on the right side of the site! I will be sending those who already signed up with FREE 2pac mixes soon!

New Mopreme & Assassin song ft. 2pac - Have Heart Have Money - -DOWNLOAD HERE

Respected WestCoast music producer ,Assassin, is ready to release his latest musical offering Assassin & Mopreme Shakur Present: Black & Brown Pride CD.

Assassin produced several of Tupac’s early works, some of which remain unreleased. He was also the first West Coast producer signed to the East Coast powerhouse label Def Jam. During his time with Def Jam he worked with greats such as Slick Rick and the first female gangsta rapper, The BO$$.
Not only has Assassin established himself as one of the biggest producers from the West, but he has also been incredibly successful behind the microphone. Lending his vocals on tracks with such acts as South Central Cartel, Digital Underground, San Quinn, C-BO, Thug Life, The Outlawz and many, many more.Mopreme is the older half-brother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur and son of Mutulu Shakur. His first appearance with his brother was on the single and video "Papaz Song", from the 1993 album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. He was an original member of both his Thug Life group, as well as a premier member of Tha Outlawz.

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Insider Pac Life Info "ASHANTI IN RIGHT PLACE AT RIGHT TIME FOR TUPAC DUET"

ASHANTI found herself in the right place at the right time when producer LT was finishing off late rap legend TUPAC SHAKUR's latest album - and got the chance to 'record' with her hero. The singer begged to feature on PAC'S LIFE, which is part of the legacy of rhymes and unfinished material Shakur left after his death in September 1996, after she was treated to a sample in the studio. Ashanti recalls, "I was recording my album... Right place, right time. They actually had the record done already and they were coming to the studio to play the mix, so I heard the record and I'm like, 'This is hot. I need to be on this record.'" Ashanti took time out of recording her own new album to add vocals to the new Tupac release - and then accepted an invitation to visit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation Peace Garden in Georgia to shoot the video with rapper TI. She adds, "I can't even believe that he's been gone for 10 years; it doesn't feel like that. His spirit just flows throughout the industry."
29/11/2006 03:49

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...20duet_1014882

Pacs Life #9 On The Charts. Black Friday Sales Helping Tupac!

"Pac's Life" first week sales are disappointing but expected.

Article: Jay-Z Reclaims His 'Kingdom' With No. 1 Debut

Hip-hop excerpt:

With scores of major new releases hitting shelves last week in time for post-Thanksgiving shopping, Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" came out on top of The Billboard 200. The Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam set moved a whopping 680,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the ex-retiree's biggest sales week ever, as well as his ninth No. 1 on the chart. He thusly ties the Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1s, behind the Beatles with 19 and Elvis Presley with 10.

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Snoop Dogg earns his ninth top 10 album with "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment" (Doggystyle/Geffen) at No. 5 with 264,000. Sales were fueled in part by the single "I Wanna Love You," performed by Akon and featuring Snoop. The track also appears on Akon's "Konvicted," which debuted last week at No. 1 but falls to No. 8 with 164,000. It was the only record in the top 10 to post a sales decrease (-42%).

Beyonce's "B'Day" experiences a major bounce back into the upper echelons of the chart, moving 9-6 with a 154% sales swell to 173,000 units. The soundtrack to Disney's "Hannah Montana" enjoys a 47% lift to 167,000 but still drops 5-7. Late rapper Tupac Shakur's "Pac's Life" (Amaru/Interscope) enters at No. 9 with 159,000, his 14th entry on The Billboard 200 since his 1996 murder.

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I guess Pacs Life Albums sold well due to black friday and thanksgiving and the sales made his album a ridiculously low price of only $9.99 at your local FYE or many other stores. At such a low price its worth it, even if it is really only 7 new songs. I think circuit City and Best buy also have the new tupac album for about $9.99.

Dear Mama Remix Preview! Pacs Life EU and Japanese Information

Im getting alot of questions about the Dear Mama and Scared Straight bonus tracks on the new album PACS LIFE. To clarify for many, the dear mama remix was produced back in 2004 and appeared on DJ MarvLS Mixtape. This is for most people a "new" track but has been previously released. It will be on the UK versions, and the Japanese versions will contain Scared Straight aswell, which to my knowledge is unreleased.

Hear The Dear Mama Remix off Limited Edition of Pacs Life below!
Only a Snippit, but you get the feeling to the track!

"Dear Mama" (feat Anthony Hamilton - remix bonus track)
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF244292-01-01-14.mp3

Pacs Life Unoffically Leaked -- Japanese Edition BONUS tracks!

For all those who didnt know, Pacs Life has been leaked on P2P programs and are easy to get from bittorrent. Heres the official track list:

1. Untouchable Swizz Remix featuring Krayzie Bone – Produced By Swizz Beatz
2. Pac’s Life featuring T.I., Ashanti – Produced By LT Hutton
3. Dumpin’ featuring Hussein Fatal, Papoose, Carl Thomas – Produced By Canei Finch
4. Playa Cardz Right (Female) featuring Keyshia Cole – Produced By Carvin and Ivan
5. Whatz Next Featuirng A3, Jay Rock – Produced By Salih
6. Sleep featuring Young Buck, Chamillionaire – Produced By Sha Money XL
7. International featuring Nispey Hussle, Young Dre – Produced By LT Hutton
8. Pac’s Life Remix featuring Snoop – Produced By LT Hutton
9. Playa Cardz Right (Male) featuring Ludacris, Keon Bryce – Produced By Sha Money XL
10. Don’t Sleep featuring Lil Scrappy, Nutso, Kadafi – Produced By E.D.I
11. Soon As I Get Home featuring Yaki Kadafi – Produced By QDIII
12. Don’t Stop featuring Big Syke, Yaki Kadafi, Fatal Hussain, E.D.I., Young Noble, Stormy – Produced By LT Hutton
13. Untouchable featuring Yaki Kadafi, Fatal Hussain, Kastro – Produced By Sha Money XL
Some places are reporting track 14
14. Dear Mama [Remix Version]

--Dear Mama Remix will only be available on the international version and not the US version--

Note: There is also rumor that the japanese version will include another BONUS track which is UNRELEASED called "Scared Straight".