Style marker
32nd-note pair
2Pac often inserts a single pair of 32nd notes into a line otherwise comprised mostly of 8th and 16th notes.
He used this technique on his earliest recorded verses as a member of Digital Underground, but they're especially characteristic of his late-career work. It appears on
References in later music
Eminem
Eminem's Soldier uses a pair of 32nd notes in several places, and one accompanying lyric suggests an intentional stylistic reference to 2Pac.
