MUSE POETRY REVIEWS: TUPAC SHAKUR'S THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE

THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE

AUTHOR:

TUPAC SHAKUR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

TUPUC SHAKUR (2PAC) REMAINS THE TOP-SELLING RAP ARTIST OF ALL TIME AND ITS WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AND INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE FIGURE. ALSO A TRAINED AND GIFTED ACTOR, TUPAC APPEARED IN SEVEN MAJOR MOTION PICTURES. HE WAS MURDERED AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE.

MY REVIEWAND THOUGHTS:

THIS BOOK CAN BE LOOKED AT IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE BEING A BOOK THAT IS APART OF MUSIC HISTORY AND THE OTHER A BOOK OF POETRY. I THINK I WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A BOOK OF MUSIC HISTORY RATHER THEN A POWERFUL LITERATURE BOOK. IT DOES CONTAIN SOME WONDERFUL THOUGHT PORVOKING SIMPLE POEMS THAT GRAB THE READER BUT I FEEL MOST OF THE POETRY IS DONE IN THAT SIMPLE TONE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN BE A POET.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO SOUND MEAN BECAUSE MR. SHAKUR IS A VERY TALENTED ARTIST AT HIS GAME, HE IS A WONDERFUL RAPPER AND AN AMAZING SKILL AT WORDS. HIS LYRICAL POETRY IS SOME OF THE BEST AROUND IN THE MUSIC WORLD. THIS BOOK WAS A COLLECTION FOUND OF POEMS AFTER HIS DEATH AND WAS PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE A BOOK. IT FOCUSES UPON MR. SHAKUR'S EMOTIONS AND INNER STRUGGLES WITH DEMONS AND THE LIFE HE GREW UP WITH. THESE POEMS WHERE WRITTEN BEFORE HE BECAME A HUGE STAR AND NOW BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH A MUSIC ICON.

IT IS A SHAME WHEN IT TAKES SOMEONES DEATH BEFORE PEOPLE NOTICH THE POWER AN ARTIST HAD. THE SAME WITH A PAINTER OR A POET OR IN MOST REGARDS ANY ARTIST TENDS TO FINALLY BE GIVEN THE EXPOSURE THEY DESERVED IN LIFE YET NOW THEY ARE DEAD AND ARE MORE FAMOUS THEN WHEN THEY WHERE ALIVE WHICH TO ME MAKES NO SENSE, WE SHOULD HONOR AND ENJOY THEM BEFORE THEY ARE DEAD.

I WOULD FOR THE MUSIC FAN OR A TUPAC FAN RECOMMEND THIS BOOK BUT FOR A DIEHARD POETRY LOVER OR ONE WHO SEEKS OUT GREAT WRITTEN WORDS I WOULD PASS ON THIS. I MYSELF ENJOYED IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO READ OTHERS THOUGHTS AND DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES AND THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK DOES, YOU GET TO SEE THE INNER STRUGGLE. THE BOOK IS SPLIT UP IN THEMES. THE FIRST TITLE THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE WHICH IS ABOUT DEEP POEMS ABOUT FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AND STRUGGLES WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS THE BEST PART OF THE BOOK IT HAS 16 POEMS. THE NEXT SECTION IS CALLED NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US WHICH I FEEL IS THE WEAKEST PART OF THE BOOK AND IT CONTAINS WHAT I CONSIDER POETRY THAT ANYONE COULD WRITE. I DON'T WANT THAT TO SOUND MEAN BUT IT'S POETRY THAT IS BASIC ROSES ARE RED TYPE OF SETTING OR SIMPLE LOVE POEMS TO MANY DIFFERENT WOMEN IT HAS 33 POEMS IN THIS SECTION. THE NEXT SECTION IS A FREEDOM VIEWPOINT WHICH HAS SOME STRONG POINTS TO IT THAT WORKS, IT CONTAINS 14 POEMS. THE NEXT AND LAST IS LIBERTY NEEDS GLASSES WHICH IS A SECTION OF POLITICAL TYPE OF POEMS ABOUT THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE BEING BLACK. IT CONTAINS 9 POEMS.

THE ONE POEM I REALLY CHOOSE AS A KNOCK OUT POEM WOULD BE THE POEM TITLED THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE ALSO THE TITLE OF THE BOOK. THIS POEM CAPTURES THE DEEP DARK REALITY ON MR. SHAKUR'S MIND SET AND ALSO CAPTURES THE BEAUTY OF WHAT POETRY IS ABOUT IN WORDS.

PAGES 2-3

Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack
in the concrete
Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk
without having feet
Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams
it learned 2 breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else even cared!

SO WITH ALL THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE I HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ONE NEEDS TO CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES IF THEY THINK THIS BOOK OF POETRY IS A MASTERPIECE OR A SIMPLE READ LIKE I DID. THE ONE AMAZING COOL THING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THEY PHOTO COPIED TUPACS REAL WRITING OF THE POEMS AND PLACED IT ON THE OPISITE PAGE OF THE TYPED ONE WHICH GIVES IT A REALITY BASED AND ALSO A VERY HAUNTED UNDERSTANDING. I WOULD SAY BUY HIS CD'S IF YOU WANT AMAZING MIX OF WORDS AND A TRUE SENSE OF HIS POET LYRICAL REALITY BECAUSE HIS CD'S CONTAIN THE BEAUTY AND AMAZING STRUGGLE OF WHO HE WAS.

MY RATING:
2.5 OUT OF 5