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Tupac Shakur Named Most Overrated Musician Of All Time
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Late US rapper Tupac Shakur has been voted the most overrated person in music by a music magazine.

The rapper, who has sold more records since his death in 1996 than he did during his illustrious career, topped a list which also included the Grammy Awards and Pink Floyd.

Despite admitting that Shakur possessed “insane rock star charisma”, Blender Magazine said he also "larded records with self-mythologising, mediocre filler."

Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas which remains unsolved. The rapper was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame in 2002.

The Grammys, which placed at number seven on the list, were compared to “watching paint dry on Celine Dion's forehead”.

While the magazine said Pink Flloyd were responsible for "unbearable LSD slapstick" and "self-important bombast."
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  • WHAT ELSE WAS IN TEH ARTICLE? what magazine?

    ~ by neil_hill_1 9/4/2008

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  • Inducted in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame?? Any oxymoron if ever there was one. Kinda like having a Museum dedicated to French Military Heroes, isn’t it?

    ~ by Richard Nickson 9/4/2008

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  • most successful solo artist of all time!! say no more!! RIP

    ~ by boyd 9/4/2008

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  • boyd - above elvis? or even mj? or do you rate success on something other than sales?

    ~ by the_loner 9/4/2008

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  • He is legend and the best lyric writter of all time.

    ~ by Ipyana 9/5/2008

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  • WHO ARE BLENDER AHAHA? This is just a Biggie Lover hating on Pac.

    ~ by BIG D 9/12/2008

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  • 2pac is a legend,n dis poll is da crazyest thing i eva heard, a poet, prophet, quality actor, and most gifted lyricist eva.. he spoke da truth which people like who voted in dis stupid poll, dnt get!!! he was a musical genius and da people who voted in dis pathetic poll obviously dnt no nuffin bout music... 2pac is a legend simple as. how else can u sell 75+ mill.. so dats atleast 75 mill who wouid disagree wid dat poll. infact i bet ur stupid mag wood strugle 2 sell 75000.2PAC LEGEND FULL STOP

    ~ by TREE 10/14/2008

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  • tupac da best r.i.p always rembered fuck all u complaners

    ~ by jagz 1/1/2009

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  • Best modern poet, writter, and music influence hands down. R.I.P. TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR

    ~ by TUPAC FAN 2/19/2009

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