Tupac Shakur Had A Deadline, Naughty By Natures Treach Says

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pa href=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kurtydurty1 target=_blankTupac Shakurs /alegacy still looms large in music more than 13 years after his untimely death. 2pacs swagger can be found in everyone from a href=http://www.myspace.com/kurtydurty1 target=_blankDMX /ato Ja Rule; Kanye West is also like 2pac, with his outspoken mentality; rappers still turn to his music for there own production ./p
pPart of the reason Shakurs presence is still felt is because the controversial icon left behind a hefty amount of music , not to mention the unreleased music of Shakur . Pac might have been on top of the music world when he died , but his close friend and Naughty by Nature MC Treach said Shakurs work ethic was fueled by his belief that his demise was imminent./p
pWe spoke many a time, and he was like, I dont see myself growing old, Treach told MTV News Sway on Tuesday, the day before what would have been Shakurs 39th birthday ./p
pTreach, who came up with Pac when the two were roadies for Queen Latifah and Digital Underground, respectively, said that despite his homies affable manner and upbeat energy, Pac worked as if he had no time to waste. You gotta listen to songs like If I Die 2Nite and I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto. When he was in that mode, in that zone, you gotta be like, Whats going on? You aight?/p
p 2pac couldnt sit down for more than five minutes , Treach continued. He was always going, Yeah, everything good, good, good. When you listen to him and you see his demeanor, he was more or less, like, on watch. He had a deadline. He was working at a pace, like, Where you going? You going on vacation? You going to jail? You doing sh– like you tryna finish everything right now and cover stuff. You couldnt find him half the time; he was gone. He had a plan./p
pTreach believes Pacs plan extended beyond just making thought-provoking music ; the Jersey rapper said Shakur wanted to realize tangible change among his fans who were living the thug life./p
pUltimately, he wanted to get the thugs all behind him mdash; his thug nation, his thug life mdash; and take them to the next level … unified, building up the community, reinvesting in the community, in the people./p
pTreach said he wanted to use music to get the attention of the streets but then eventually make life easier on the streets. He wanted to bring them in thinking its a gangsta party, but its like … its a militant, protect-our-own party. He was truly like a baby Panther. He was like, Yo, we gotta do something to reinforce that we gonna protect ourselves. /p
pEven though Pac built his career on a brash, thug persona, Treach said there was way more to the star than his hard-core adherence to the hood./p
p Pac was a clown. Everybody think he just like gangsta, thug-life Pac. Hell have a whole party just around him crackin up, Treach said. We almost got threw out a couple hotels. Im talking full-floor water fights./p
pTreach said he found it hilarious to see the former Digital Underground associate runnin around with a Humpty nose./p
pHe was an actor, he was a musician … anything you could put, if he wanted to do it, he could do that. But he was a fool too, Treach said. He did it well being a fool too. You dont want to be around nobody thats mean muggin all day and got an attitude and hatin. Pac wasnt nothing like that. Pac would have you just wanting to be around because you know you gonna have a ball around him and split some seams just having a good time./p
pHis fiery flow, revolutionary rhetoric and undeniable artistry are some of the things that have endeared Pac to millions of fans around the world. Yet Treach adds that his appeal as a person was very basic: He had a glow to him. He had something you wanted to be around./p