 "Greatest Rap Poetry Ever Read" | 2008-08-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2TY2RETEI8WLS |
| This is a great book to futher understand 2pac and the foundation of all of his music but the book has to much love poems but he was young so dont hate. Just Open your mind and read and you will find something that stimulates a feeling of that you can relate to. |
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| "Tupac" | 2008-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By gbay1119 |
| I have used this book of poetry with teens to share the beauty of Tupac's writing at the age of 19. His writing is powerful, sensitive, truthful and filled with hope. |
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| "A Life Cut Short. . . again!" | 2008-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By bihnmikej2 |
| A window into the mind of a 'rose' that was truncated too young. I think this collection of poems by 2-Pak showed the new direction that he was thinking of for those young men standing around on the street corners of our cities. |
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 "I expected more..." | 2008-06-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1JUBGN48VAIIB |
I bought this book because everyone kept telling me that he was a poet and his words were deep blah, blah, blah...
I was disappointed to find that his poems were simple and not "deep." It is not his best work. His best work will be found in his music, not here.
I had expected a lot more in this compillation of poetry.
Don't missunderstan me, I love the artis and his music. I was just expecting more dept and originallity in the poetry. I think I will stick to the music as his best work! Long live Tupac Shakur!!
He gets two stars because I did like the very last poem.
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| "Fantastic Book" | 2007-11-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A334BG9773GKGP |
| This book is an awesome piece of art. I liked all the poems in this book and the editors did a great job because some words/letters I didn't figure out on my own. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys poetry and have an open mind. Also...all Tupac fans should have a copy of this book. |
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| "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" | 2007-10-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3IJQMLM4LKVPB |
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
SUPER top poetry from/about 2Pack. Poeple who purchase and read "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" shold also read "TUPAC SHAKUR LEGACY" byJamal Joseph
Regards
Tonny Schmidt
Denmark
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| "A Brilliant Poet and Book for Students and Teachers!!!!" | 2007-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By sylviastel |
| Who would have ever thought that Tupac Shakur left a book of poetry that would awaken the senses? In the book on one side, it just ordinary writing while the other side is the typed formal version. Tupac Shakur as a rapper is nothing like the poet who wrote in the depths of the greatest poets alike Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, and others. In his style, he is contemporary, raw, urban, sans the vulgar language, he writes about everyday things like love, relationships, friendships, and just life in general. I was shocked by how much I appreciated his poetry because alive, he never published such fine works. Only after his tragic and senseless murder, did this book come about. Thank God that it did because instead of an insensitive, ignorant, uneducated street rapper as he was perceived by some people including myself, Tupac Shakur is also the poet and a brilliant one at that. It's too bad, that he's gone because we can only imagine the potential of a great artist that he was with his poetry. This book is not for literary scholars but for everybody, rich and poor, black, white whatever; Tupac wrote from the heart with no intention of ever publishing his poetry in life. In death, we appreciate and miss him more than ever of what might have been for his life. I'm sorry, Tupac, that I ever thought you were just a rapper, you were a magnificient poet and gifted writer who was taken from us too soon. |
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| "Alive In More Ways Than One!!!" | 2007-10-11 |
| - Reviewed By novesahc |
Your Chance to Hear The Last Panther Speak
Through music and acting, Tupac will be with us always. But leaving something behind for remembrance is the reason so many poets capture their thoughts, so that their words will live long after they are gone. That is the case here and something he was able to for see captured in the poem, "In The Event Of My Demise." What I was most struck by is, so many of the poems in this book show a side of Tupac that wasn't his public persona. Making it a must for his true fans. He's philosophical, sensitive, at times angry but what perhaps a lot of us didn't see, loving and caring in a romantic way. I was struck by some of the things he chose to write about. Marilyn Monroe receives a very touching tribute relating to her rise and demise. Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, and later release and one he called, "Sometimes I Cry." Which ends with lines that we should all be able to relate to;
The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by
than 2 stop and c what makes u cry
It's painful and sad and sometimes I cry
and no one cares about why.
I've seen a few negative reviews here that seem to think this wasn't a great book, but I am looking at it perhaps from a different perspective... He wrote all this in a life span of 25 years... (19 years if I understand where these writings came from). And for me not only did I "Get" a lot of the things he was addressing, but it came across in a conversational tone. Not the first time, but the most recent time I read it. Which is another thing about poetry. Read it, walk away, read the same thing again, and you might see something completely different than what you saw initially. Some of his messages are straight forward, some are subtle but it is clear to me, with these earlier writings why he was able to eventually receive such world wide adoration. Some of what he wasn't really showing publicly must have been coming through in ways not readily visible to most initially. But that you will see in this revealing book of who Tupac really was.
A young heart with an old soul (A line from his poem), "In the Depths of Solitude"
He really felt he was two people as he refers to it in the same poem;
"This Duo within me causes
the perfect opportunity
2 learn and live twice as fast
as those who accept simplicity"
Highly recommend, both for content and a deeper glimpse into the man he was and the legend he managed to become. |
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| "WOW!!! WOW!!!" | 2007-05-31 |
| - Reviewed By User: A14E4TXPAIPBDE |
| "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" by Tupac Shakur is simply a superb book. This book of poetry gave an insight to the intelligence and understanding that the late Tupac Shakur possessed. Most people who did not follow his music or know anything about him in general, like myself, would not think that Tupac Shakur would actually sit and write poetry that is meaningful or write about what is included in the world or in the government. But I was so wrong to think that way when I did not even know the man. This just goes to show that people should never under estimate others. "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" had me wanting more each and every time I turned a page. This book covers many subjects that will have an effect on you from the beginning to the end. I strongly recommend this book for others to read, because you will most definitely learn a thing or two from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" by Tupac Shakur. I would give this book 10 stars* if I could. Again, "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" is magnificent. |
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| "Tupac is alive" | 2007-05-09 |
| - Reviewed By deederw2 |
| Tupac's book of poems is important in considering his life. My favorite poem is "a rose that grew out of concrete". Why, you may ask? Well, I'll tell you...it has a great metaphor about a rose and the way it is able to grow and flourish even in the worst conditions. The concrete represents Pac's experience in jail and regardless of being in jail he was able to grow as a poet. I highly recommend this book because I think especially young people growing up the way he did will be able to see the life lessons and morals he has to teach. |
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