Big shout out to my man QD3. Many of you may know him as a seasoned Hip Hop producer. Others know him as the son of the legendary Quincy Jones. As of late he's been establishing himself as a filmmaker. I had the priveledge of hooking up with him a few months back when he was shooting a documentary for 2Pac. He wanted to give people another perspective as to who Pac was and hence he wound up revisting many of Pac's early Hip Hop associates as well as his old stomping grounds here in the Bay Area. That documentary is now done. QD3 dropped me a line to tell us about the upcoming release of Thug Angel. Here's what he said: "I did a lot of tracks with 2Pac when he was still with us like "To Live & Die in LA” "Letter To the President" & "Lost Souls". My sister Kidada was also engaged to Pac at the time of his passing. My family was real close to Pac and got to know him very well and we got to see the complete Pac, not just the Deathrow persona he took on for only 9 months before his untimely death.Anyway, we started filming Pac very early on in an effort to do an autobiography on him while still alive. To make along story short we just finished the Film about his life, we have over 70 minutes of never before seen footage of Pac during all different times of his life like, Marin City footage when he is only 17 and still very humble and polite to Pac wilin’ at the gun range in Compton showing of his gun collection and doing an interview at the same time. This film is the second best thing to meeting Pac as it was produced by close friends of Pac such as myself QD3, Tracy Robinson and Leila Steinberg who Pac lived with for 4 years who also managed him. The film features Shock G, Mutulu Shakur, Snoop, Mopreme, Edi of the Outlawz, Mike Dyson, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Davey D, Treach, Suge, and many more. We went easy on the cliché's that have been covered to death in the media and chose to dig deeper into who Tupac was as a human being from an inside perspective. I believe a lot of people will have another perception of Pac after seeing this film. The music was done by myself, Johnny J, & Femi Ojetunde whom all worked with Pac when he was still with us. The film is due in April 2002. The DVD contains over 70 minutes of never before seen Pac footage that is not to be missed. Very personal footage including studio sessions as well as frestyles and plenty of interviews. Even footage of Biggie and Tupac before the fued". |