The world honored Tupac this week on the 20th anniversary of the West Coast legend’s death Tuesday (September 13). Tha Dogg Pound stopped by TMZ’s Raq Rants to talk about Tupac’s legacy.
“He changed our work ethic,” Kurupt says. “I know that much. ‘Cause we used to make like one record a day. ‘Pac was like, ‘Man, y’all bullshittin.’ This is that and that’s this, told us the value of studio time. Me and Daz started cranking out four records, five records a day.”
Even though work ethic is not something that is questioned in today’s rap game — Future reportedly has gone to the studio every day for the past five years — there is plenty of criticism for new rappers, whose style is dubbed “mumble rap.” Pete Rock made headlines for confronting both Young Dolph and Lil Yachty.
Daz Dillinger says that Tupac would call the new school rappers “corny” and Kurupt says he would have had a much stronger reaction.
“I think he’d be speaking on it,” he says, “and I think he’d be very aggressive about it and I think people would get beat up.”
Tha Dogg Pound is asked for their own thoughts on the new generation and both say they don’t have a problem and actually enjoy Young Thug‘s music even though he draws criticism for his feminine wardrobe. He even wore a VFiles dress on the cover of his latest project, the No, My Name is Jeffery mixtape.
“Look, you can wear a dress, you can do whatever you want, just don’t come around me with it,” Kurupt says. “Other than that, we’re good. I like Young Thug. I’ll do music with him, Ima ride with him 100 percent.”
Even though he can look past Thugger’s antics to appreciate the music, Kurupt says Hip Hop would “never” accept an openly gay rapper.
“Doesn’t matter about the success,” he says. “It’s not crackin’. Don’t do it.”
Watch the interview of Tha Dogg Pound reflecting on Tupac’s legacy and addressing the new school rappers below.
Tha Dogg Pound…One of my favorite rap duos ever but doing a song called “Gangsta Boogie 2016” with of all artists, Wale? Now that is corny
This whole generation is corny.
Big Krit holding it down.
We still have some good talented new artist out here still like Mano but the Dogg pound is Right.
They can’t rap thats why they mumble my kids won’t be listening to this mess….. N.W.A and A Tribe Called Quest all fucking day
This generation has redefined corny, corny would be a nice way of describing it. This new rap generation is doomed, they’re being raised by feminine homo rappers
I don’t get it. They say they dont tolerate wearing dresses n wutnot but they are 100% down with Young Thug ?? This doesnt compute.
He wouldn’t of spoke on it cats would never of got of the ground Pac woulda demolished them
PEOPLE DONT CARE ABOUT SPEAKING ON IT ITS ABOUT RELEVIENCE IN THE GAME WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY. CANT SAY WHAT TUPAC WHAT OF SAID OR DONE HE WAS HES OWN MAN AND SPOKE THREW HIS VIEWS HOW HE PERCIEVED IT MAYBE HE WOULD BE HAPPY ALL THESE YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO WERE DIRT POOR ARE GETTING MONEY.
If pac was still alive, he would be acting and putting out music every couple years that no one would give a fuck about, like LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Will Smith, Ludacris, etc. Gtfoh with that he would’ve cleaned up the game 20 years after his prime nonsense