After watching multiple interviews of Tupac, I noticed both his flaws and his talents. While his record was not always clean, he felt deeply about his music and the positive affect he was having on others through it. This is similar to Jimi Hendrix although Jimi did not care about fame, fortune or money; he just wanted to use his gifts and talents to do what he was called to do. Both artists were very deep on a spiritual level and personal level. They believe in the power of healing in what they were doing.
I feel Tupac and his music started a trend expression among artists that trickles down to the youth. My generation is consumed by music. So much so that we are afraid to hear silence. We hop in the car and turn on our radio, and wear our headphones when we’re not in the car. Music is playing in every store we venture into and we stream it from our computers at work. We seem so focused on distracting ourselves with other’s words that we fail to hear our own or God’s. I believe music can feed the soul and bring us back to places in our past. A certain lyric or verse can bring back an emotion, place or time. It can remind us of those we have lost, great memories or even feelings we forgot we had. I believe this is the goal for artists like Tupac and Jimi. They sing to remember, they sing to forget. And as we enjoy their music and music from others like them, we need to also remember to take time to turn the music off and not be afraid of silence and what we might hear.
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