REVIEW: ALL EYEZ ON ME
In his heyday, before being slain in still-mysterious circumstances, the legendary (and thoroughly, posthumously overexploited) Tupac Shakur declared only God could judge him. Since his death Shakur has become a god of sorts, or at the very least a Christ figure, crucified by an unknown opponent and destined to be hip-hop's savior that left too soon. Despite the negative reviews surrounding the film before I saw it last week, I was still insistent on seeing it; 2Pac (note the name change to differentiate the man from his music) is certainly one of the greatest rappers, but he was a very flawed god if he ever was one. Instead of healing the blind he had rape allegations, and this clip I found a few years ago shows his famously hot temper when he comes across a New Yorker bootlegging his music. With George Tillman Jr.'s Notorious , concerning Biggie Smalls, a big fault of the movie was exploring the rapper's faults, his downfall. I was afraid they might polish his image to a