In an era of 15-second attention spans and disposable music, Still I Rise stands as a monument to resilience.
Critics in 1999 gave Still I Rise mixed reviews. Some called it uneven. Others felt the posthumous editing was jarring. And they weren’t entirely wrong. You can hear the seams—Pac’s verses recorded months apart, some choruses stitched together from voice notes. But that roughness is precisely the point. 2pac and outlawz still i rise album