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In the height of the controversy
surrounding Tupac Shakur’s mur
der, his newest album (released un
der the alias Makaveli) may be his
strongest work ever.
The don killuminati: the 7 day
theory is creative and original.
The most noticeable thing about
the music is the lack of drums and
drum machines. Drums have been
replaced with stronger bass lines,
pianos, organs, rhythmic hand
claps and other percussion.
Much of the rap that has been re
leased is little more than someone
rhyming over a drum machine and
keyboard. Therefore, Makaveli’s use
of real instruments makes the al
bum fresh and different enough to
be catchy.
Tracks like “life of an outlaw,”
“white man’z world” and “me and
my girlfriend” are laced with the
sounds of a classical, almost mari-
achi, guitar that is rarely used in
rap music.
Makaveli also uses quirky, off
beat piano-playing to spice up the
album in songs like “bomb first (my
second reply),” “just like daddy,”
“krazy,” "hold ya head” and “against
all odds.”
In fact, the only song that is close
to being unoriginal is “toss it up,”
because of the similarities to Black
Street’s “No Diggity.”
With help from JoJo and KC
from the soul group Jodeci,
Makaveli makes “toss it up” the
song that Black Street was at
tempting to write. KC and JoJo give
the background a smooth R&B
sound which, when combined
with Makaveli’s perfect voice, cre
ate a song conducive to some seri
ous lounging.
Although the music behind the
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step forward in the maturing of rap
music, it is truly the lyrics that make
this album a work of art.
This may be the first rap album
to truly uncover the artistic and
philosophical importance of the
American ghetto’s voice. The aim of
the album is to raise the philosoph
ical question of evil and provide a
viable solution for it.
Makaveli sees his world as full
of sin (“me and my girlfriend”) and
murder, money and power (“in
tro”). His family tree “consists of
drug dealers, thugs, and killers”
(“blasphemy”).
Given his many imperfections,
the aims of Makaveli’s album are to
believe in heaven, and to enter it, al
though he has already seen hell.
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song "blasphemy.”
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questions, it offers possible solutions.
In “me and my girlfriend,”
Makaveli sings, “All I need in this life
of sin is me and my girlfriend.”
Maybe it is up to us to take away
each other’s pain, or as Makaveli
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Shakur, Twain score big at American Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four months after he
was gunned down in a still unsolved Las Vegas
attack, Tupac Shakur was named favorite rap-hip
hop artist at the American Music Awards on
Monday night.
Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn, Toni Braxton
and New Edition also won major honors at the
24th annual fan-selected awards ceremony.
Actress and singer Brandy accepted the
award On behalf of Shakur, who also lives on in
“Gridlock’d,” a film starring the rapper and Tim
Sun-
Roth that premiered this month at the
dance Film Festival.
Twain was country’s favorite female artist on
a night when the American Music Awards salut
ed “The Year of the Woman.”
“If anybody ever tells you this gets old — it
never does,” said Twain, who was the AMA’s fa
vorite new artist last year.
With frequent winner Alabama not in the run
ning this year, Brooks & Dunn were honored as
country’s top band, duo or group.
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BACKGROUND
Businessman / rancher
Texas A&M Class of 1959
^ B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Corps of Cadets, Squadron 22
Former Captain, U.S. Air Force
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
£p State Representative, 1985-1991
Member, Appropriations Committee, 1987-88
Chairman, Committee on Public Safety, 1989-90
Named to Texas Monthly's
"Ten Best Legislators List",
1987
Recognized as "Crimefighter
of the Year" by Texas State
Troopers Association, 1990
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