Big L was still "underground" so less non-hip-hop followers know about him. Old white men know who Tupac was.

Another thing I meant to say. If you have ever worked in a recording studio, or made a song, you would understand that the only thing a rapper does, is spit the verse. 16 bars is about 60 seconds or so. Its not hard for a rapper to have spit 1000 verses and only used 200. What you are hearing now and why it isnt as good as what we heard from Pac when he was alive, is the verses that didnt make the cut.

If you listen to Pacs work, he was obssesed with death and dying. If he would have died of old age theres plenty of information in his songs to make even that seem mysterious. Some people get lost in seeking the truth and create their own.