The guitar voice returns around 1:48 and climbs back to prominence as our main melodic voice. At 2:42 the beat drops out again as we come to the end of the second verse and returns as we drop into the chorus’ familiar background singers and vocalist. At 4:00 as we approach the final chorus the beat becomes distinctly more prominent as it almost takes center stage. We finally get to hear the full value of the background singers as we get to hear their voice fluctuation naturally instead of the electronic sampling we heard previously. The layers take turns at center stage and then fade out and occasionally drop out completely as we repeat the chorus several times and the song fades out. Tupac’s sense of classic “black” music in this tribute to his mother is more than evident with his approach and selection of instruments, though he puts his modern twist on it by sampling the background singers rather than having actual singers in the song. These subtle attentions to detail must have meant a lot to both Tupac and his mother as it is clear from the production value that this song demanded a great deal of attention. This may not go down in history as one of Tupac’s great works, however if more rappers today took the time to include pieces like this one on their albums the state of women in the rap world might be a lot better off.
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