hmmm well if they were still alive, then we would have had West vs East. Instead of bloods and crips we would have had West and East.
I still listen to pac and biggie, never played a lil wayne, eninem, 50 cent and all them fonyies. Lyrically creative, they had that toutch u know??? u could feel them, even some of us had never experinced a glimpse of their life, they had tthe power and the lyrics and beat to get to you, they put you in their postions, espically pac man. We wouldn’t have had all these commercial rappers, we would have more talented rappers comin out, talkin about the real stuff. The solutions to what this world is heading to. u feel me??.

On the other hand, if they had come back from being dead, they would have been like Wow, why did we leave in the first place. I mean if pac came back it would be like crazzzzyyyy seeing what this world has turned into since he left. Pac comin back, would shake the world, i mean literally stun the world. Could u imagine pac being back?? or even biggie??????.

RIP to both.

To Jacob: I wish they were still around because if not Biggie Smalls definitely Tupac would blow Emimem out the box no contest. It would just be great, rhymes out of this world. Tupac would definitely win an Oscar, he was becoming an exceptional actor.

I think a producer is what makes a good rapper. This is why I tend to lean toward Kanye West and Dr. Dre. If anyone knows how to make a great song, it’s a rapper who makes his own beats. And, those are the ones that have endured as well. Dr. Dre has only released two CD’s as a solo artist. They are both classics. What does that tell you?

Tupac would have never reached his status without Dre, Suge and the Digital Underground.

Biggie would have never reached his status without Sean “Diddy” Combs.

A tight flow undoubtedly goes a long way. But, then neither Biggie or Tupac were popular in the mainstream on the flows alone. The beats helped to make them. I find the biggest problem with rap, at the moment, is that no one is making those tight beats anymore. There is a laundry list of great rappers. But, those rappers really never make it without five-star production. But, the track production styles are seeming to fade quickly. Breaks and record scratches are seldom heard in rap tracks anymore. That 808 sound gets old after awhile, too. So, what is left? This is why producers like Timbaland and the Neptunes have moved toward more of a pop-electronica type of sound to their beats.

I think that Tupac and Biggie would be doing duets with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, like other acts such as T.I., Ciara, Lil’ Kim and the Ying Yang Twins. It’s the only way mainstream rap seems to be staying afloat right now. Underground rap will always be there. But, I don’t see the platinum records going to many more rappers unless they co-opt the pop-electronica style and work with pop and R&B singers.

if these two were alive, I suspect tupac would be a respected actor. Biggie would probably go into business for himself. they’d still make much better music.

When eminem came out of retirement he would of out rapped him, because eminem rules!

my opinion on this? i think rap would still suck as much as it does :]

Still be boring by now….!!

they had their impact on the rap game already. Their music is still played and mixed. It probably would have been worse if they lived. But I hate hypotheticals anyways…never make sense.

rap music will be waaay better and a lot of the rappers that are out now would never exist because their skills would have to be better. I agree with bigalbert3215

answer mine please!!

I wouldn’t know since I don’t listen to that socalled music, it would still be just noise.