Napoleon: 2pac's Thug Life Broke Up When Rated R & 40 Crips Wanted To Fight Big Syke At Interscope

[@G-Man78]

At long last we find out why Thuglife never went any further. Been damn near 30 years. That album is a classic for me

[@harveymcelroy9332]

Great album

[@G-Man78]

@@harveymcelroy9332 There honestly isn't a weak song on that album. Still have 4 or 5 tracks on my phone to this day

[@tkjones3167]

A classic album

[@rodneyd.pierce2234]

Under Pressure is my joint!

[@G-Man78]

@@rodneyd.pierce2234 lately in the gym I been playing "Street Fame" Rated R goes in. You can tell he a live wire

[@noledaddy4920]

Under Pressure is such a under rated song Pac goes off!!!

[@aaroncox8457]

Running wild I never smiled as a juvenile

[@noledaddy4920]

Yes sirrrrr!

[@ashtonrussell4820]

Even now I keep a frown when I come around 💯

[@alandavies5570]

In the dark is where my heart saw the most grief! muvaf@@@s getting shanked over gold teeth!

[@40Sec]

Way underrated. Can't help but feel that if you're from the streets.

[@Aiden-cl7cz]

'Bury me a G' Is my fave track of the thug life album!

[@adrianmclaughlin9585]

Thug Life Vol. 1 is one of Pac's greatest albums. I put it up there with The Don Killuminati & Me Against The World. I listened to them all religiously in my youth.

[@lorenzohayes474]

Facts 💪

[@SayKill-nx1yb]

Ain’t nothing fucking wit 7 day theory. And for better dayz to be a c.d after he passed that’s a sleeper album

[@ItsOVAnoW]

Super facts..i remember when i played tracl 1 over and over. I was like wtf is thissss.. Plus my pops waas a HEAVY PARLIMENT FUNKADELIC OLDIES RNB FAN..SO THEM BEATS ON THERE HIT DIFFERNT

[@ItsOVAnoW]

@@SayKill-nx1yb facts on both...better dayz is classic

[@caliclassicstv2024]

No disrespect but most of them Thug life dudes couldn’t rap a lick. Outlaws had way more skills. You could tell they were way more gangster then they were rappers. That’s just my two cents

[@krl52]

I STILL have that Thug Life Cd ~TIMELESS Classic

[@brianbayer4868]

Brother Mutah was a beast in his days , thanks God for deliverance.

[@AngelaM731]

I love when he's interviewed... his truth always stays the same!

[@JaeRocReacts]

Pac was really a lone wolf on the low. even most of his closest crew, only knew him 2-3yrs before he died 💯

[@giorgiojoshua]

Not true..... More Family then new people!

[@12tribes61]

True his new circle

[@CliffBoothMarley]

PAC was PACs worst enemy it's not nobody's fault but his own actions wakedafucup

[@tinyfalcon1185]

That’s what happens when u move around a lot

[@giorgiojoshua]

@@CliffBoothMarley sadly that is true also! How much i do love Pac and his music, the fact is that he needed to stay in his lane. And not step on Baby Lane..

[@MilanoP777]

It’s always a pleasure to watch Napoleon interviews💙💙

[@g187um]

Not really .. But he is one of the last ones left

[@ocerco93]

@@g187um he does one of the realest interview about 90s era so yeah, it’s always a please to have Napoleon interview

[@davebassi7340]

"I killed Thuglife Them N***** didn't act right" -2Pac

[@Flinstone_Edible]

Where did he say this?

[@TheNadroj10]

In the vibe interview in 96

[@Flinstone_Edible]

@@TheNadroj10 alright thanks I knew it sounded familiar

[@rustamjus2444]

More such interviews bro, i am from kazakhstan, in 96 i bought my 4 th cd, it was thug life album, at that time i knew about 2pac, but i didnt knew that thug life was one of his albums, today i am 42 and i still remember the feelling when i unboxed that cd at home and saw pacs picture there 😀

[@michaelginger88]

Damn right borat

[@gsup2729]

Do u speak Kazakh? I need a translator to talk for me very serious….

[@rustamjus2444]

@@gsup2729 no, i speak russian

[@gsup2729]

@@rustamjus2444 Russian will work, as most in Khazakstan speak Russian in business. Please assist me, u have an email?

[@gsup2729]

@@rustamjus2444 I can use a Russian language translator, pls send me internet mail address

[@kevingordon-cruz202]

Thug Life formed in 1992 by Pac, Mopreme Shakur, Stretch, Rated R, Syke, Mecadoshis. Signed to Pac’s Out Da Gutta/Interscope imprint

[@kevingordon-cruz202]

@Terry Brews umm she was close to his mom and family in the Bronx that’s how.

[@HiPHOPx87]

Napoleon just dropped a jewel.

[@Usernotknown21]

The thug life album is where Pac found his voice and style. More importantly thug life is or was a movement started by that album. Only true 2pac fans know the history. Edit: in the comments I'm seeing some people don't understand what it means for an artist to find their voice.

[@amenlion88]

Not. Tupac already had a voice in the industry and that's why he's one of the GOATS of hip hop

[@Candycane678]

Debatable, but a fair argument still 💯

[@Usernotknown21]

@@Candycane678 I'm a pac connoisseur. Please tell me what you think the alternative might be.

[@Usernotknown21]

@@amenlion88 if not, where or what album. You sound like one of those people that think pacs first album was all eyes on me.

[@infiniteg7852]

@@Usernotknown21 yea, but he switched it up with MakaVeli

[@TheEverton1978]

A classic still have a lot of tracks on my phone .. str8 ballin 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@majorphenom1]

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾 Prayers out for Rated R 🕊️ Prayers out for those trying to recover from the passing of their loved ones 🕊️

[@AaronThipthacoach22]

Mu Be Getting Excited when he talk about certain things. He has a Clean and Humble Spirit, The Path of a Righteous Man. You can tell He's Been Thru Some Shit...Respect to him and His Brother. Then Outlawz Too💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@princetherealest1]

We need that storm Interview for sho 🗣

[@JaeRocReacts]

no we dont

[@ceceblack2613]

Yesss💯

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@JaeRocReacts Yeah you frutti self dont like women

[@kf9926]

This guy to corny to break storm into this KZbin interview game

[@westthugridaz1]

Agree

[@Masegucci]

Surrounded by my closet homies but no body knows me -2pac

[@dh22mr.heavyhanded15]

Big Syke tried to back door Pac also.

[@The__Nation]

Closes*

[@g187um]

@@The__Nation *closest

[@The__Nation]

@@g187um 💯 good looking out bro for the correction

[@daysofgrace7818]

@@dh22mr.heavyhanded15 That was according to Frank Alexander. In that he tried to cut a deal with Suge instead of signing to PAC’s future label. But never heard anyone else confirm that. Who knows!..music business is like that..everyone trying to get deals and signed!

[@ashlj4862]

Cam Capone does a good job interviewing people. He seems like a down to earth normal dude.

[@jasondawson92]

THUG LIFE album was gritty but great album had a lot of bangers on that album

[@gangstamack8397]

Great Album 💯💯

[@micahwilliams6554]

Bullet is one of my favorite 2pac movies! Awesome movie

[@soulfood8748]

On Sykes instagram he had an old picture of pac posted up with runner and his homies from the 40s it looks like it was taken round about 92/93

[@kevingordon-cruz202]

Yea I would love to hear a Storm Harkness interview. She’s Outlaw 4 Life too

[@user-lc6cz7dh2e]

Yes indeed

[@PharoahsKingdom]

I never even seen what she looked like

[@chermainebigby5238]

@@PharoahsKingdom Check out the interview on Storm its out there from back in the days

[@hjboss09]

Yes storm got the pac flow

[@fc-xm7jr]

Moo:"I think he was shooting the movie with Mickie Rourke" Cam: "Was that above the rim!?".... YO IS THIS DUDE SERIOUS?!!!???... LOL LIKE... ABOVE THE RIM WITH MICKEY ROURKE!!???! smh bro I'm done with this noodle man!! Lol smh 😭😭😂😂

[@straightpaper1147]

Tired of hearing how white label owners don't condone violence but promote it musically??🤔

[@acidmack1041]

Yeah...I also hate how white film studio execs will make horror movies like Halloween & Friday The 13th but don't condone real life serial killers...its crazy, right?

[@PJC313]

@Acid Mack 😂

[@bennyblanco5857]

Tired of hearing this guy constantly yapp about pac as if he was married to him. Speak of your life Napoleon and what is going on with it.

[@columbusohio72]

@@bennyblanco5857 who forced you to listen?

[@bennyblanco5857]

@@columbusohio72 sorry meat-rida, I don't owe you any explanations as to why I'm listening to this. Last time I checked, KZbin has a comment section that is free to comment in. Get off homeboy 🥜 and stop gettin mad at comments that don't concern you, clown 🤡 😂😭

[@tripleplatinument.4166]

Totally Underrated & Overlooked Classic #RIPMakavelli #FreeRatedR #RIPStretch

[@abubakr5627]

That nigga shit always fucks up everything. Mac 10 and Rated R group was called Double Jeopardy. If Pac dropped their album it would have been a classic after Thug Life Volume 1. Can't forget the Live Squad album, Pac and Stretch would have definitely killed that too. But then again the nigga shit that fucks up everything.

[@DaytimeNightmare]

Pacs best album outside of All Eyez on Me.... Is The Thug Life album. Maybe the most underrated rap album ever..... It's also a weird album... Almost feels like a Mixtape. And while I know Thug Life was a "group"...... To me. That's a Pac album.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Naw homie Me Against The World is Pac's best

[@coollibra3644]

@@3rdGenerationCancer makavelli

[@marcus3490]

@@3rdGenerationCancer preach

[@jordanflores5687]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck no all eyez on me isn't even his best work best production but not his best album

[@kinghas_nyc]

Makaveli

[@ElijahCapoRanxz19239]

“Givin devils slugs I’m on the block selling drugs with the young thugs” that’s crazy

[@stanleywashington9716]

Rated R is one of my sandbox elementary school patnas from Normandie Ave Elementary on through

[@Rich-km7pr]

1:16 still bump Killing Fields till this day! 🔥 🔥

[@Cherrydagasman]

Moo is very detailed with his memories. Great vid

[@mikeperry7335]

Mu he ain't a cow bruh

[@jasonallen3678]

Tupac became my second favorite rapper after that ThugLife Album behind Scarface ..

[@nicholasverrue3710]

Thug life vol. 1 is my favorite album and Bullet is my favorite movie from Pac

[@EscoSar]

Rest Up 2 Pac, Kadafi, Big Syke, Fatal and Frank Alexander 🕊❤️🕊 Salut Napoleon 💪🏾❤️💪🏾

[@damaged2810]

There not resting

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@damaged2810 Right! Pac is burning for all the lies he told and the false image he projected

[@TheIcemanthomas]

@@damaged2810 I guess u saw them after they died then huh?

[@rowwwieee4916]

Damnn never knew

[@jeremyhart3871]

Big Frank rest in peace

[@kingmontague1926]

Storm definitely need to do a interview

[@michaelhinton2738]

Under pressure is a top 25 rap song for me..it has an infectious hook

[@G-Man78]

Rated R has been in prison for murder last 20+ years. Rollin 40s crip aka Big Runner

[@garnettprice5333]

I thought he came home I seen a video he did

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Damn

[@RISINGPHOEN7X]

@@garnettprice5333 no, he’s still in San Quentin

[@D4RKxHOR1ZoN]

Storm was Kool af on the gang related soundtrack or maybe it's gridlocked soundtrack.

[@HanmaSaitama]

She outrapped the whole squad on that black Jesus OG

[@amsterdamG2G]

Mash for my dreams, ma ma ma mash for my dreams

[@realone2321]

The outlaw chemistry was dope' made niggas' just shows how it made Tupac hit that next level on the second verse

[@Gilamunster777]

I started rhymin when I was 7 just off the dome. But when I heard Rated R I started writing. He stood out to me.

[@tabiasshakur7213]

free big runner thug life y'all know the rules

[@ahshaadnichols7423]

WHERE IS STORM ?? I BEEN SAYIMG THAT FOR PROBABLY 15 YEARS NOW .. STORM PLEASE DO A INTERVIEW

[@RISINGPHOEN7X]

she’s on Instagram

[@teelee4274]

When I was younger I thought you guys all grew up together...That's Crazy

[@juansantiago6635]

from Essex County nj respect

[@o.g.laylowru7940]

That’z why we never got a 2nd 💿 . 🤘🏽👌🏽 🚩.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Storm would make more money from doing an interview than Napoleon and EDI Mean combined

[@edwardp42]

Long story short from what I gather over the years. Facts are.. No One was Loyal to Tupac!

[@g187um]

Right !!!!! All that Ride for my homie shit soon as he died the only ones did anything was from compton ... None of his outlaw homies or none of that did shit

[@2ill4real]

They was watching him in the hospital until he died. Seems loyal to me 🤷‍♂️

[@azzsabir]

Dope interview and please get that Storm Outlaw interview will be 🔥🔥🔥

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

Snoop hasn't NEVER lied about there being consequences behind the GANGSTA lifestyle especially behind these stories....

[@ckidd8681]

Damn i remember the box on channel 96

[@tibora13]

Mane i wish everyone would just drop the subject about 2pac and Notorious B.I.G, that shit is old as dinosaurs

[@doyadirty3804]

Pac met Storm around Above The Rim times

[@ddeeddee1380]

The more you know the more you grow. Pac made good music... That's pretty much it.

[@LARK-ht7kd]

Alot of people make "good music"

[@wkatc007]

Good interview and history… We need that Storm interview make it happen! Outlawz 4 Life!

[@tyronesimon3742]

That movie Bullet was dope

[@teflon_da1]

Pac was a real one💯

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Pac was fake af

[@teflon_da1]

@@3rdGenerationCancer How?

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@teflon_da1 He lied about the Quad Studio shooting and his false image he portrayed that led many to do things they would've never done. Eventually Pac would succumb to his own downfall by believing his own false portrayal

[@mikelowrey381]

@@3rdGenerationCancer what are you talking about

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@mikelowrey381 Something your dumbass can't comprhend. 2Pac bitchboy

[@MrFlamesP]

Bullet was my shit. 💯💯💯

[@misterdee1418]

Pac was trying to bring up these unknowns..a true leader shows the way but they have to do their thing too..without pac they not the same

[@saidi2437]

Storm an Ray luv for sure can't wait

[@Nudawg]

DOPE LEGENDARY AND TIMELESS TRACKS ON THAT ALBUM👌🏽 RIGHT BEFORE ME AGAINST THE WORLD HISTORY 🎙🎶 THUG LIFE GOES ON🙏🏽

[@richdars2515]

No dis, but man I’m ocd about lining up his beard and I’m not a barber

[@kadafireed970]

Cam capoNe Alway W/that Heat💪🏾✅Salute!

[@Sneakerveli]

Finally now we know why thuglife broke up! Always wonder!!

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Really you cared??? Why???

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Damn

[@boogalooshrimp6861]

Controversial opinion - I actually loved the thug life group more than outlawz .. think pac was more suited and gel'd better with thug life members. The thug life crew was 🔥

[@movingon2actionableitems755]

Im need napoleon to get a lineup before his next interview ✂️

[@RC-fh9wy]

It's a sin in the old testament

[@movingon2actionableitems755]

@@RC-fh9wy might be lol

[@ashtonrussell4820]

Worldwide mob figures 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💙

[@d.gskinny4964]

They call me storm til the day I was born!!!

[@jeremywashington7699]

Good interview💪

[@2PacRadioRMX]

Mutah alhamdellah for all you've come through. Love your perspective!! Reach out to storm! Appreciate the Outlawz background...

[@2PacRadioRMX]

@Terry Brews he knew kadafi as a kid. Grew up on blocks next to each other. Families which knew each other. Some stayed in touch between the two blocks.

[@shaanhashmi5836]

@@2PacRadioRMX he made the colonel proud..

[@WesternAve106]

Pac patched his issues up with runner and Mac before he passed

[@derek1668]

well i think i know why eazy e didn't sign them now !!! he would've delt with alot of billshit and if you're already a million air you don't want to deal with that shidd

[@blackcavi4515]

Thug Life dropped with no marketing, no fanfare🤯 🤦🏿‍♂️PAC had become "the" machine in the industry. His ability to instantly understand chemistry and know the sound 🎶 he wanted, was looking for🤯 "I think ahead so I write with my pen".I miss you PAC 🤗MY closest rode dawg cause you ain't nevuh had a friend like me 🎶

[@j2323j]

It did on my channel the box 2pac dropped from the cradle to the grave

[@blackcavi4515]

@@j2323j ???

[@blackcavi4515]

@@j2323j I got you now. That was west coast, local, not nation wide👍🏿 It wasn't backed by the label and that's what Napoleon stated. It wasn't any promotion, tour dates scheduled for them is what I'm saying. PAC was on to the next topic...

[@kevinwstateshu3150]

Iam 2pac I remember this bro I'm far away now thug life 4ever 🍾

[@nuggetfresh9641]

asalaam ahki mutah. I was waiting on another interview. 💪🏾

[@johndoeiii9767]

2Pac is to Hip-Hop what Marley is to Reggae. #OutlawImmortalz 🗣️ #Wailers 🗣️ Salaam to you and your families🤝 _"Cape Malay" / "Cape Coloured"_ from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 #TheCapeOfStorms 🌊 #TheCapeColony ⛓️ #TheCapeFlats 🏚️

[@westside4life77]

Napoleon Always Genuine! R.I.P to 2Pac, Khadafi, Fatal, Mussolini, and Jewell!!!!!!!

[@doctordef324]

How Jewell die??

[@Aborichinal]

I cant get Yasmine words out my head. RIP Pac and Yak

[@eddiekane24]

Thug Life should've signed with Ruthless

[@gangstamack8397]

Jimmy and Ted from Interscope wouldn't allow it

[@ZYaKnoe249]

For what? Eazy wife would've just fucked it up

[@TheWholeWorld1]

…Sooooo THAT’s what PAC meant when he said “I murdered them N (as far as the music business) cause they didn’t act right”.

[@shawnsteed4140]

I really hope "Storm" except that offer to do a interview for Cam Capone, I hope she reads this comment

[@LARK-ht7kd]

Hopefully not

[@locavelidadon4328]

Storm be on Instagram I use to follow her but she ain’t follow me back and napoleon don’t acknowledge me when I comment on his Live. All Love Tho. Tell Storm Fright Night is still one of my favorite tracks.

[@rodneyjr9656]

Fright night and he vs she

[@commiezombie2477]

Outlawz Bone Thug Three 6 Wutang Junior Mafia man the 90's were off the chain.

[@kenjistanback9261]

Dope! I never knew that 😳

[@jz23gaming17]

Always wanted to know why they never took all the way off

[@timothylee988]

Bullet was a classic....they need too re put that in theathers

[@rich_man_rollin]

Bro I never knew they were in Montclair I was out there every summer at my family’s house since 1990

[@DeathRowEast]

They didn't release Bullet until after Tupac died, it went straight to video.

[@2Pac.Thadon]

Killing Fields With Napoleon Is A Dope Version!

[@wmfsacmedia5806]

They say there is a thug life...album that has some songs with biggie on there

[@j2323j]

The original running track Not the move soundtrack one

[@danielmiller8238]

Biggie was only featured on two songs...Running & House of pain.

[@redalert9121]

THUG LIFE STAY TRUE 💯💪🏾

[@ThaRealTruth]

From The cradle to the grave was hard

[@marquispaul9483]

You ever watch these videos and feel like damn I should be the interviewer yeah this was one of those moments bullet movie was a underground classic to me

[@richardhernandez2709]

We need to ask him how he bumped into shyne way back and Napoleon spit in his face.😎

[@nightcrawler2717]

He use to shyne his shoes using spit till it was clean

[@nightcrawler2717]

@B.C.S. Brick City Soldiers woahhh hold up brother, that's not what I meant

[@charlesjohnson536]

'CATCHIN CASES AT A FAST RATE .. BALLIN IN DA FAST LANE .. HUSTLIN TIL DA MORNIN .. NEVER STOPPIN .. TIL DA CASH CAME' ..

[@blaxsmith]

I started a crew called Young Thugs in 1993 in Austin, Texas. Then I heard 2Pac say it on the last song on arguably my favorite album. M.A.T.W. I’ve always wanted to know this. goodness gracious

[@ashtonrussell4820]

Ohhh cool 😎 🔥💙💯

[@qpc_cj3065]

I’m from Austin Texas what part ?

[@blaxsmith]

@@qpc_cj3065 …based on the information, it’s one of those “iykyk” situations.. and technically, i’m not from Austin ..but that’s where I was raised

[@FluuFlamm]

I started a crew called Junior Outlaws in 2001

[@blaxsmith]

@@FluuFlamm ..the point of my comment is WE did it first.

[@cleveland9598]

Bruh. How is there a new Tupac story every fucking day?!

[@j2323j]

Lol

[@Juewz369]

Much Love

[@awee5816]

We need Storm interviews

[@doctordef324]

Why,,??🤔