To me #3 is cute (that "e" is genial!) but #4, especially in that "scuffed" rendering is really quite nice - it would sell* well, I'm sure of it. BTW, it reminds me of Zentra**, but that was a lot less legible. :-)

* If you're looking for a font house to sell it through, I would recommend PsyOps.

** http://www.tdc.org/news/2001Results/Zentra.html

hhp

From a purely visual standpoint, I really like #4. For whatever reason, #1 feels the most connected to Shakur (probably because most of what I see connected with him now is posthumous).

I'd be interested to see some words set in #4. I'm also curious to see if the 'c' would read well. My brain turns it into an 'r'.

Cool stuff. What's the reaction in your class?

Harant, thanks for the tips. Especially about selling it. I never thought of it. The project includes the design of a poster to sell it, and information panel or booklet and a t-shirt. All my classmates do superb design job, but they still had the time to appreciate. My professor seems to not know about 2-pac, so i gave him "tupac resurection" and "2pac 4ever" dvd's to know him better. I sitill got to do same for some of the classmates and the rest of the professors who will be in the board. Chris, thanks for the tip on "C". I'll try to flip it vertically and see. I'll keep bringing the latest updates on it.

Tseggai

I like #1 as well, for the reasons Chris mentioned. However, it seems TOO clean. Looking at his tattoos, they were all amateurish needle-and-india-ink hack jobs. I think that handcrafted look might be "more" authentic. Overall I think the typefaces you've posted here are too "techno."

But again, I like #1 a lot, except that I think you should make the T more dramatic and oversized, like the S.

Good luck!