When Tupac died, he left behind a ridiculous amount of unreleased songs. There is a reason most of these were unreleased. They are just not very good. “R U Still Down?” was the first posthumously album to be comprised solely of these, for lack of a better term, leftovers. “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory” was the first album released after his death. However, the songs on that album were intended to be released to the public. It’s unlikely Tupac would have ever released any of the songs on “R U Still Down?” if he was alive.
The only good song on that album is Do For Love. The bad news is the music video is kind of weird with a claymation Tupac model making an appearance.
Song: Do For Love
Artist: Tupac
Year: 1997
Quote it:
“Just when I thought I broke away and I’m fellin happy
You try to trap me say you pregnant and guess who the daddy”
Best Video Moment: Creepy cartoon Tupac in a bathtub.
Claymation Tupac is not cool
Tupac remains cool to this day. The problem with this video is that it looks like it was done by an 8th grade art class. That is decidedly not cool. There also was clearly not enough content for the video as several of the same scenes are reused throughout the video. Someone could have at least thrown in a few photos of Tupac using the Ken Burns on iMovie effect to avoid this repetition.
I also can’t get over how comical some of the claymation looks. The video reminds me of the old Super Nintendo game ClayFighters. But instead of a snowman fighting with an Elvis impersonator, we get Tupac bowing to no one in particular.
The cartoon portions of Do For Love are fine. The song is a classic. But man, when you see claymation Tupac pop up, there is just something so unsettling about it.
Technology in 1997 wasn’t great and I assume a lot this stuff was fan made, but come on. This Tupac. Give the video some sort of budget. Here is the video for your enjoyment:
