Vatican Approves Tupac's Song "Changes"

SOURCE: http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/12/03/22052637.aspx

By Roman Wolfe

The Vatican has released its list of favorite songs for MySpace’s new streaming service MySpace Music, which launched today (December 3).

Surprisingly, one of the 12 tracks is Tupac Shakur’s song “Changes,” which was released in 1998 on Shakur’s Greatest Hits album, which was released in 1998.

“The genres are very different from each other, but all these artists share the aim to reach the heart of good minded people,” The Vatican wrote on its official MySpace Music page.

The list was compiled by Father Giulio Neroni, artistic director for St. Paul’s Multimedia, a church publisher.

Tupac’s track is included alongside artists like Mozart, Dame Shirley Bassey, Fleet Foxes and Pope Benedict XVI himself.

The entire list is below:

1. Advocata Nostra – Music From The Vatican. From the album Alma Mater featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI.
2. Uprising – Muse. Single from the album, The Resistance.
3. Causa Nostrae Laetitiae – Music From The Vatican. From the album Alma Mater.
4. Il Mare Mi Salva – Rossomalpelo. Song from the band led by contemporary Italian singer songwriter Serge Gaggiotti
5. After The Rain – Dame Shirley Bassey. From the album The Performance.
6. Coexist – Nour Eddine. Song from Moroccan Musician, based in Italy.
7. Don Giovanni – Mozart.
8. Rafaele Merry Del Val – Lorenzo Perosi Inni Mottetti e Canzoni, Pablo Colino & Coro Academica Filarmonica Romana.
9. He Doesn't Know Why – Fleet Foxes.
10. Changes – Tupac Shakur.
11. Regina Coeli – Music From The Vatican. From the album Alma Mater.
12. Mi sarete Testimoni – Santo Subito! (DVD). Music DVD embodying the voice and image of The Pope.

R.I.P. TO THE G.O.A.T.

if u saw this and didnt comment u a hater most likely or a Biggie fan to the core

biggie>

ThaEmbacy wrote:biggie>

HATER!

none of biggie songs could ever make a religious playlist

biggie was a one sided musician ... a facade if u will, he was a phony really

Illuminated One wrote:R.I.P. TO THE G.O.A.T.

pac was good. but greatest of all time? sorry.. dude wasnt really that lyrical. biggie is a good fuckin candidate cuz he had beats, he had lyrics, he had it all. but pac, while a legend yes is not g.o.a.t. sorry haha

The Remedy wrote:

Illuminated One wrote:R.I.P. TO THE G.O.A.T.

pac was good. but greatest of all time? sorry.. dude wasnt really that lyrical. biggie is a good fuckin candidate cuz he had beats, he had lyrics, he had it all. but pac, while a legend yes is not g.o.a.t. sorry haha

what? no biggie song can touch Changes period lol

u sound crazy

we aint reply cuz no one cares lol... RIP to tupac but who cares

2Pac levels ahead of biggie though

tupac sold more.. so of course.. lol

DJ UnReaL wrote:tupac sold more.. so of course.. lol

yes, but tupac also had way more material & more albums...

who knows what biggie could of done if he lived longer

J The Kidd wrote:

DJ UnReaL wrote:tupac sold more.. so of course.. lol

yes, but tupac also had way more material & more albums...

who knows what biggie could of done if he lived longer

exactly my point, pac wasnt here that much longer music wise if u look at it...

pac accomplished a lifetimes worth of music and work in such a short amount of time

so no comparison

nothing to do with sales

but that speaks to his lyrics