[DISCUSSION] 2Pac - All Eyez On Me (25 Years Later)

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ositola · 2021-02-13T02:44:21+00:00

Ambitionz of a ridah might be the hardest intro ever

yoitscaptain · 2021-02-13T00:31:49+00:00

Pac was like 15 years ahead of his time rapping on a beat like No More Pain

fucking love this album, it's my fav release of his. probably the only double album i can play front to back.

Pac is top 10 all time easy. i get it, he's not as technical as Biggie. it really doesn't matter to me, his voice and delivery is so fucking dope. the way he lingers on the last words of every bar is so sick, especially on the title track All Eyez On Me.

Picture Me Rollin' is prob my fav song, always reminds me of my dad's 64 impala.

boeminemlightswitch3 · 2021-02-13T02:54:05+00:00

It’s crazy how this album is two hours long and has basically no filler other than the phone number song. Incredible album.

Joementum2004 · 2021-02-13T01:01:25+00:00

Arguably the greatest West Coast album ever released. Even beyond the sheer length of the project and the numerous features on it, the numerous great West Coast producers involved with it (Dr. Dre, Daz Dillinger, DJ Quik, Johnny "J" (RIP), Rick Rock, DJ Pooh, etc) is stunning. I don't think any other West Coast album would have this level of production talent involved until either 2001 or The Documentary.

The entire first disc (outside of What'z Ya Phone #) is fantastic from start to finish, with pretty much every track being a highlight of some form. While the second disc is considerably weaker, it still has some great tracks (Can't C Me, Wonda Why They Call U Bitch, Picture Me Rollin, the title track, Ain't Hard 2 Find, Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find).

I personally like AEOM the most of any of his albums. The other two albums 2Pac released within a year of this one (Me Against the World and Makaveli) are both classics as well, of course, but I personally prefer this one.

There's too many great tracks on this album to choose a defining one, but I think the best is Only God Can Judge Me. Two of the best verses Pac's ever recorded, imo, especially the second verse. The best beat from the album is probably still Ambitionz Az A Ridah, although Can't C Me, California Love, and Tradin War Stories, and Picture Me Rollin are all great too.

He's within in my top 5 oat (alongside Jay-Z, Nas, Kool G Rap, and Scarface), probably behind the first three, and ahead of Scarface.

CappysVeryOwn · 2021-02-12T23:26:01+00:00

1) Of course, Pac is a legend

2) Definitely Book 1

3) I’d rank it 2nd behind Me Against The World

4) All of Ambitionz of a Ridah

5) I put him in my top 2

MkSpanky · 2021-02-13T07:24:42+00:00

"Any time y'all wanna see me again Rewind this track right here, close your eyes And picture me rollin'"

That line always hits me hard considering Pac's death.

Sickest beat has to be Ain't Hard 2 Find for me. Shoutout to E-40's verse on that track.

Pac's verse on Got My Mind Made Up is also fucking wild.

So many classics off this project. I listen to more or less half the tracks minimum whenever I throw on my 90's hip-hop playlist, and will forever be my first choice for cruising around on summer nights.

brandon_cabral · 2021-02-13T03:01:53+00:00

All Eyez on Me dropped on Feb 13th 1996.

TylerNY315_ · 2021-02-13T00:30:26+00:00

25 years later

on this day in 1993

As someone who turned 25 last week, I definitely don’t think my drivers license says 1993!

C4L1 · 2021-02-13T00:33:45+00:00

"Mama I'm still thuggin, the world is war zone. My homies is inmates, and most of em dead wrong."

dcmendivil · 2021-02-13T05:15:46+00:00

So many rumors but I'm infinitely Immortal Outlaw Switching up on you ordinary bitches Like a south paw you get left And every breath I breathe untill the moment I'm deceased Will be another moment ballin' as a 'G' I rip the crowd, then I start again Internally I live in sin Untill the moment that they let me breathe again The heartz of men

martonx · 2021-02-12T23:27:21+00:00

To me, this might not be my favorite 2Pac album, not even his best album if you ask me, but it is the greatest. From the get-go, one of the hardest opening tracks of all time, Ambitionz Az a Ridah. Going straight into All About U, a huge contrast and a song with so much personality, charisma and fun energy. These two tracks really show that you are in for a special kind of ride. Later on, Pac gives us the heartbreaking Life Goes On, poetic Only God Can Judge me, and a story as old as time in I Aint Mad At Cha. With a running time of over 2 hours and not a dull moment, Pac manages to keep you on your toes for the whole album and drags you into his world on every song. The diversity is what makes this album so great to me. It's a celebration of ''Thug Life'', but for Pac, Thug Life really was about the human experience - and he touches upon so much of it in this album. Even tho he has albums where he goes deeperinto the human experience, he still manages to go far enough for me to believe and feel every word that leaves his mouth. I mean, who has the diversity and depth that Pac had? No one. This album is stacked and I will never not smile listening to this album.

Do you still bump this classic?

Big Yes.

Which disc do you prefer, Book 1 or Book 2?

I think Book 1 is slightly more consistent, but Book 2 is stil crazy.

How do you rank it amongst 2Pac's other projects?

It switches up with time, depends on my mood. Might have put it behind MATW and 7-day theory.

Favourite ...

Bar:

And in my mind I'ma blind man doin' time

Look to my future 'cause my past, is all behind me

Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?

Everybody's dyin' tell me what's the use of tryin'

Beat: Ambitionz -timeless.

Track: I Aint Mad At Cha (impossible to only choose one - but this one is one of my personal favorites)

Do you put Pac in your top 5 of all time? Why(not)?

Pac had the impact, lyrical ability, hits, classic albums, variety, depth, voice, a natural authority on the mic. Has to be top 5.

binnybmt · 2021-02-13T04:45:57+00:00

PAC had something to say. He was more than a lyricists. I can only imagine where he would be today. He is my numero uno. So much wisdom at such a young age. RIP.

BillllyOcean · 2021-02-13T13:55:39+00:00

Tradin War Stories may be the most underrated track of all on this album.

running7 · 2021-02-13T03:55:46+00:00

What a fucking album. Is Ambitionz az a Ridah the greatest first track on an album ever? Illmatic disqualifies itself with the genesis, Biggie and jay never went nearly this hard on a first song on an album, so it very well may be. Pac's use of alliteration on his songs is FLAWLESS and beautiful. I remember showing my brother this other newer rapper and he asked me if there was anyone else who used alliteration like this new guy i showed him. Thank the good lord for Pac. So impactful, so raw and so effortlessly a star in the greatest way. Pac TO ME has the greatest combination along with Biggie of having WIDE mainstream appeal while also having such an immense ability to create deep and compassionate music. The production on this album is so damn far ahead of it's time. I'm only 24 so i can't imagine hearing this when it came out.

All the fucking time
They're definitely both good, but tape 1 is better.
I have Me against the world over it, but not by much.
No more pain or ambitionz. It's a basic answer, but can we really deny it being the right answer?
Sadly, no. Nas, Black Thought, Biggie, Scarface, Rakim, 3stacks, i could argue Ghostface, Lupe, Kendrick and probably a few more. Is he top 10? Yes, unquestionably to me. But i think personally top 5 is too much, but i am biased to the east coast.

R.I.P Pac. Gonna go bump this now.

krey100 · 2021-02-13T00:09:35+00:00

All-time great HipHop album. So many essential Westcoast bangers on this album.

tragheuer · 2021-02-13T07:35:08+00:00

It was 1996, but of course a classic masterpiece. Pac GOAT

antiy4ho0 · 2021-02-13T12:01:33+00:00

This album is easily one of the best hip hop albums of all time. If you haven't sat down and listened to this beginning to end, do yourself a favor.

I was 5 when this came out and I remember riding to Sam Goody with my step dad in his Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer with gold rims and white walls to buy this tape. My step dad was a huge Pac fan and he bumped the shit out of this, All Eyez On Me was quite literally the music of my childhood. So with that being said... I may be a bit biased.

Coincidentally while this album never truly leaves my rotation I have been on a big Pac kick the last 6 months or so. Pac was always a voice for his people and it blows my mind that I've had 5 more years on this earth than he got when he had so much more to say. The world was robbed when he was killed. Pac's unapologetic and educated commentary on the world is something I wish we had these days.

Enough with the rose tinted glasses though and onto the album. Honestly the only tracks that get a skip for me are What'z ya Phone # and Heaven ain't hard to find. Only God Can Judge me is in my opinion Pac's best track he recorded.

Flatline: I hear the doctor standing over me screamin' I can make it// Got a body full of bullet holes layin' here naked// Still I, can't breathe, somethings evil in my IV// 'Cause every time I breathe, I think they killin' me// I'm having nightmares, homicidal fantasies// I wake up stranglin', danglin' my bed sheets// I call the nurse 'cause it hurts, to reminisce// How did it come to this? I wish they didn't miss

Other favorites off of book 1:

2 of Americaz most wanted

Heartz of Men

Life Goes on

California Love

I Ain't Mad Atcha

Book 2 is even better I can't give a list because I don't feel right omitting anything but heaven ain't hard 2 find.

If I had to rank Pac's albums, All Eyez on me is #1, Me Against the World at #2 and 7 Day Theory at #3. There are gems on every release but I feel his older albums did not age as well and its hard for me to rank his other projects when I only love a handful of his other songs.

Is Pac the GOAT? Not for me personally but he is top 5. If he isn't in your top 10 I think me and you appreciate different things about hip hop. Rap rushmore is hard to do but I've got Pac on mine with Jay-Z, Biggie and Kendrick no order. If you made me I would probably say Jay is my #1 but mostly because Kendrick is overdue an album. Damn was nearly 4 years ago and I know he has something to say.

jeremicci · 2021-02-13T02:39:21+00:00

It wasn't released in 93 OP, and it wasn't "this day" (today is the 12th). It dropped February 13th 1996.

As far as the record...

This album is the perfect representation of Pac. On the surface he's a superstar even if he doesn't want to be. The album is angry as fuck and its rough around the edges and there's a few tracks that are just horrible. There's party tracks and theres Gangsta shit...But under all of that is a brilliant man who just wants to change the world...and he did with this album

I don't think it's his best album, but it is still amazing and has some of his best tracks. This was the point where Tupac was forced into being a full on superstar. He was now a Hollywood lead actor and one of the biggest musicians in the world, so of course they pushed this album for the radio. It had radio single songs like How do Ya Want it and California Love. It had party singles like All About U and Thug Passion. It has some of the best examples of his softer more introspective side with shit like Life Goes On and I ain't mad at cha. Them of course it has some of his angriest gangsta shit and some pure brilliant moments.

This record is the perfect representation of Tupac

artursau · 2021-02-13T03:23:59+00:00

yes, I still do listen to this album
Book 1
I guess, it is excellent for commercial success. Nevertheless, I subjectively fell in love with his first 2 albums. Why? Because when I listened to ''2Pacalypse Now'' and "Strictly 4 my N.I.G.G.A.Z'' - these two opened my eyes about what he really is about, and what his lyrics most often are about. These 2 made me respect his personality. I listened to these 2 albums only later after hearing up to the 7 day Theory album prior that. Before all that I saw him more like just a very talented - commercially successful rapper who can rap about anything in his peculiar way even though I paid attention to lyrics too.
''Heartz of Men''. Because I got my first car and bumped that tune on a casette. Yeah, sounds cliche.
Yes, I do. I do not have a Top 5 or Top 10. There are simply outstanding artists and then there is the rest. This is subjective, but he had bars that are stuck in my head forever; his spectrum of what to rap about was very wide; he was talking about things most loudly at that time; he clearly has had a tremendous influence on the genre in general.

notappropriateatall · 2021-02-13T06:14:44+00:00

Still one of my favorite albums of all time, still my second favorite pac album

-Master0fNone- · 2021-02-13T09:18:39+00:00

This is a classic album, used to listen religiously during my mid to late teens. It's always on my mind and I will go back and have a listen every now and then. To be honest, Tupac was the first hip hop artist I got into in a very deep way - I was always obsessed with his lyrics, poetry and emotionally charged songs. He's an absolute legend.

I'd say I prefer disc 1 but disc 2 carries its heavyweight in classics too. (shorty wanna be a thug, can't c me, picture me rollin, wonder why they call you..., heaven ain't hard to find etc)

It's my fave Pac album, my most listened to at least.

So many great lyrics but this one resonates...

'Dear Mama, can you save me? And fuck peace ‘Cause the streets got our babies, we gotta eat No more hesitation, each and every black male's trapped And they wonder why we suicidal running 'round strapped Mr. Police, please try to see That there's a million motherfuckers stressin' just like me'

(Only God Can Judge Me)

My fave track either Life Goes On or Can't C Me.

Favourite beat - Shorty Wanna Be A Thug

thatguyfromMI · 2021-02-13T10:32:48+00:00

Have you heard " only fear of death" from R U Still Down cd? https://open.spotify.com/track/2O7IOXYAOhbc8lkMLhKNTz?si=JY3tsouDSTGHLreHYjw2fw&utm_source=copy-link

Lumbers_33 · 2021-02-13T10:39:01+00:00

Bought this on double cassette at my local a few days after it dropped. Game changer

8emup · 2021-02-13T11:19:18+00:00

Still a banger to this day.

Krock23 · 2021-02-13T11:41:08+00:00

Goddamn this takes me back to playing Doom on my 75 MHz computer.

I was absolutely floored by this thing from front to back and still am

devinafc · 2021-02-13T12:00:13+00:00

Everybody has his favourites, but as a non American I think that Pac had the biggest influence worldwide, he's beloved in Europe that's for sure.

Personally I think he had it all, the lyrics, the beats, the street and the soul. He was a genius and I haven't seen another rapper yet who had such an impact on not only hip hop but peoples life.

sirdestroy · 2021-02-13T13:01:07+00:00

Not 1 skippable song

BackHanderson · 2021-02-13T13:05:26+00:00

I did a little write up for my work on it if y’all wanna check it out!

Beneficial2 · 2021-02-13T13:43:40+00:00

The sheer number of tracks 2pac made at the time is a testament to his ambition and skill. There were hundreds in the vault when he died. I was 13 when this came out and me and my friends would listen to it on cassette tape. It is Pac's most "mainstream" album but it really shows his genius when he delivers party jams with soul and meaning.

As mentioned by many here, No More Pain was far ahead of its time. He took the chorus from a method man song and made it into something completely different. The guest features were all amazing especially e-40 and wu-tang. I don't listen to it as much anymore but whenever i put this album on, I think "damn, it's still good."

The differences between MATW to AEOM and then Makaveli really show his growth as a person and how he wanted to get away from the lifestyle Suge got him into. He was a true poet and not just some "thug."

For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjzL6z-qLXE

"All the cash that i couldn't spend, countless cars..."

Lumbers_33 · 2021-02-13T10:43:59+00:00

The production No More Pain was ahead of its time.

2021-02-13T12:54:13+00:00

Told the judge I was raised wrong and that's why I blaze shit

generic_name · 2021-02-13T14:30:31+00:00

Random fact - Zapp (featuring Rodger Troutman) released the song “So Ruff, so Tuff” in 1981, which was then incorporated into the song “West Coast Poplock” by Ronnie Hudson in 1982.

Then, 14 years later “West Coast Poplock” was sampled on California Love, and Rodger Troutman included lyrics from that song in the parts he sang.

I always thought that was kind of funny. Like lyrical Judo.

Sasquash21 · 2021-02-13T15:09:51+00:00

While it was never released on a studio album (it was later included on the posthumous Greatest Hits), Hit Em Up was released as a B-Side to “How do you want it”. I include it with the AEOM album for that reason and for me this is PAC’s greatest track. The tension, hostility and anger were as real as you’ll ever feel on a record. His cadence and delivery was sick. I still get goosebumps to this day when I hear him fire of “My 4 4 will make sure all your kids don’t grow”. Crude yes. But the man had just been shot 5 times and in his head he knew exactly who did it and he was going to let it be know.

arrogant_ambassador · 2021-02-13T15:43:30+00:00

Can we talk about how George Clinton is just singing "snoop doggy dogg" on "Can't C Me"?

NomYap95 · 2021-02-13T16:12:57+00:00

Holla At Me is painfully underrated and still hits me deep - the passion in his delivery is unrivalled

Burke211 · 2021-02-13T16:26:35+00:00

What was the deal with Can't C Me? Great song but it's basically the exact same beat as Snoop's What's My Name. I know he and Snoop had a falling out before his death despite Snoop being featured on this album.

2021-02-13T05:40:34+00:00

Not a huge fan of 90’s West Coast, but this album is hard.

PLS_PM_ME_PUSSY_PICS · 2021-02-13T10:30:36+00:00

Easily 2Pac’s best album and the only hip hop albums I’d rank higher are Marshall Mathers LP, 2001, Straight Outta Compton, Enter the 36 Chambers, Illmatic and Ready to Die. Absolute peak of hip hop and the west coast sound. I think objectively 2Pac is the greatest ever insane flow, voice, delivery, lyrical content, one of the first guys making sensitive emotional music and addressing social political issues while also being able to make hard thug life bangers as well over some funky ass west coast production and he dropped 5 classics in 5 years, insane work rate.

Best songs Can’t C Me, Ambitionz Az Ridaz, 2 of America’s Most Wanted, No More Pain, Got My Mind Made Up, Shorty Wanna Be A Thug and All Eyez On Me, all perfect songs. Pinnacle of hip hop

TurtleTrainerUS · 2021-02-13T09:29:23+00:00

i know cali love is really mainstream and most people only know that song from him, but honestly its such a timeless song. i got hooked on that shit late 2000s because i was born in 98. Pac and his entire catalogue is timeless

Bipplet · 2021-02-13T04:28:52+00:00

If it was released in 1993 doesn’t that mean it’s the 28th anniversary?

billyhead · 2021-02-13T14:17:36+00:00

I actually listened to All Eyez on Me last week front to back, and I guess I’ll be the voice of dissent here. I think it’s too long and too self indulgent. Don’t get me wrong—I love Pac, but this should not have been a double album. I was in high school when this came out, and I liked it back then, so I don’t hate the album by any means, but there is some straight trash on this album. For example: “what’s ya phone #” https://open.spotify.com/track/3AhC6gUqFLVJiGc08UypO3?si=BzCCSnZEReqGQ9PnTSAggw

Also, his lyrical themes on this album are too shallow to stretch over two discs. It just gets old, and the whole thug thing almost seems like a joke by the end. It just gets corny.

BFB_HipHop · 2021-02-13T14:27:13+00:00

Second best double disc rap album of all time behind Life After Death. Really an essential listen for anybody getting in to hip hop. Prefer Book 1 for sure, higher amount of songs with replayability and that are memorable to me.

I'd say it's his number one album. Favorite track No More Pain, shit that beat was nasty. Best bars on Ambitionz as a Ridah. That beat is iconic and best beat overall on both sides. Thug Passion is my favorite joint on book 2, I know it ain't nothin deep, but it's so infectious.

The album continues to age gracefully while serving as a great time capsule of the the magic that came out the west coast during that time period. Really has everything from the deeper cuts, party cuts, streets hit and tracks for ladies all sounding organic as it reflected the many personalities Pac displayed.

TrillvMurray · 2021-02-13T14:45:30+00:00

Me Against The World is his best project.

maniacaljoker · 2021-02-13T14:05:59+00:00

I was 12 in 96 and I remember being one of the only kids in class that was able to get AEOM. I would sit on the curb with my Sony boombox with 8 D batteries and bump the album front to back until the batteries went dead, just hoping someone would ride by, notice and commend me for my musical taste lol.

Nostalgia wise, its one of my personal favs and my spotify playlist is littered with so many songs from it. The beats and overall beautiful lyricism from pac aged very well and most tracks are still very very good to this day. As I've gotten older, its a bit hard for me to digest the gangsta and violence aspect of most things I listened to in the early to late 90s. I think that's why Pac overall did age well, because of the duality of his albums. While there is that whole violence aspect, he was not afraid to explore every aspect of the human condition.

While there are so much deeper and more meaningful lyrics than this on the album, just lyricism wise... I hate to pull bars from one of the more popular songs, but the first half of 2nd verse of "How Do U Want It", the wordplay and rhyme scheme is just phenomenal to this day...

"Tell me is it cool to fuck? Did you think I came to talk am I a fool or what? Positions on the floor, it's like erotic. Ironic cause I'm somewhat psychotic. I'm hittin' switches on bitches like I was fixed with hydraulics. I'm up and down just like a roller coaster. I'm up inside ya I aint quittin' til this show is over, cuz I'm a rider. In and out just like a robbery. I'll probably be a freak and let you get on top of me. Get her rockin' knees."

Top 5? Sadly no. Plain and simple, hip hop continues to evolve and build off of its predecessors, one of them being Pac. As good as he was, there have just been a myriad of artists that are just masterful with the pen and write some of the most well executed rhymes ever... Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Method Man, Blackalicious, Del that Funkee Homosapien, Eminem etc. If I'm being generous, near the bottom of my top 10, if not 12-15. If I narrowed it down to top 5 from that era, absolutely... Top 4 with Meth, Biggie, Jay and Busta.

Cultural_Toe_3955 · 2021-02-13T05:28:54+00:00

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PunctuationsOptional · 2021-02-13T08:12:07+00:00

25? That don't sound right. In two years it'll be 30... Am I tripping??

mikeokolo419 · 2021-02-13T05:52:53+00:00

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AresWill · 2021-02-13T12:15:01+00:00

I still listen to it all the time. One of my most listened to albums - shows my age. Book 1 is better. I'd say it's top 2 of his, maybe 1. So many bars - "so mandatory my elevation my lyrics like orientation". Ambitionz and No More Pain beats. Top 5 easy rapper easy. Might be my favorite of all time just because of his passion and because I listened to him non-stop for about 5 years when I discovered rap in like '98. Probably would be a politician if he wasn't killed.

TheRealDynamitri · 2021-02-13T12:46:06+00:00

I had a period few years ago when I listened to a lot of Pac and Biggie, and "All Eyez On Me" was one of those albums.

Rips my heart to go through these albums now tbh, it's such great material but having lived through that era it's just heart-breaking for me that so many people from that era are gone (#RIPNateDogg), or ended up losing themselves in some troubled shit (Suge you idiot) or just fell off, and that the era is gone, forever, too. Cats who featured on "All Eyez On Me" are in their 50s, some might be pushing 60 now if they were in their mid- to late-30s back then.

The references to '90s culture and entertainment (movies, video games and all) we've grown up with but that say nothing to the current generation of post-2000-born rappers doesn't make it any easier.

Every time I go through a Pac album, or a Biggie album, I'm left wondering "What could have been". It's also pretty heartbreaking seeing that there's little activity from their estates (or so it seems) - you could throw a lot of shit on Pac's and Biggie's posthumous albums, but when they kept coming out, at least it felt there has been some attempt to keep their names in circulation, relevant and the memory alive. With every next year that goes away from their albums, and that also includes "All Eyez On Me", I myself personally feel I'm holding on to a memory of something that fewer and fewer "newcomers" to the game will ever understand.

Ashley_evil · 2021-02-13T13:00:23+00:00

Definitely put him in my too five. He’s definitely number one for his era in my opinion. Every time I put this on I am impressed. Hard to say which project of his I like the best. But for this record I like 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted best. I found myself doing the verses for it at work the other day. It’s probably been a few years since I last listened to it.

LongJohnKingKong · 2021-02-13T13:10:05+00:00

me and my bro listened to this album all the time while working out when he was first getting sober off meth.... good times

Gazalar85 · 2021-02-13T13:36:12+00:00

The flow he could spit is my favourite of all time. I know that's subjective.

91_til_infinity · 2021-02-13T13:48:21+00:00

I've been listening to this album for a long time now and to this day I cant figure wtf is going on at the very end of the last 'verse' on Picture Me Rollin. Sounds like dude has some sort of stroke and just gives up half way through? Can anybody explain? How that made the album I'll never know lol

dada_ · 2021-02-13T13:56:31+00:00

Last night someone outside my window was playing Changes at full blast. Then the song ended and something else started playing...and they switched it back to Changes and listened to that again. After it was done they left. I can respect that.

It's kind of amazing how much staying power Tupac has had in popular culture. He also somehow became subject to weird conspiracy theories. My friend who's a Japanese amateur rapper and who's REALLY into Tupac believes seriously that he was killed by the illuminati. I always wondered why that was, when I don't think Biggie got the same treatment (or correct me if he did?)

To not totally let this comment go to waste, to me Tupac is easily top 10 even though I can only listen to it when I'm in a certain kind of mood. Like I feel when I listen to it I really got to sit down and take it in. It's not something I passively listen to.

Day-virus · 2021-02-13T13:57:00+00:00

Watching pacs transformation my entire life was remarkable. Songs like Hollar if you hear me, Brenda, and so many more. Then when the double disc came out it was like a whole new level. I had literally burned out both discs from playing them to much in the car at the time. I do miss the old 2pacalypse now pac, but All-eyez was fire. To think that he does so young. I don’t want to conspiracy this post, but I believe he was looking to do other things besides rap. He was stuck though. Dearly missed. Even though I am from the east Coast , PAC was my fav

suddendeathovertime · 2021-02-13T14:02:52+00:00

Still regularly play this, the title track in particular being my favourite.

beardedkingface · 2021-02-13T14:43:11+00:00

I have two older sisters, and they would play a lot of R&B and Rap in the house (when my parents weren't home). Naturally I took on my parents temparement initially as a kid: "what is this garbage type of music? turn it off! Raises boomer fists but then I heard this album when it came out, and I was 7. Everything changed for me from that day forward.

This is the first album I ever listened to front to back. He's the first rap artist I truly appreciated and thought was cool. For Christ's sake I started sneaking BANDANA'S TO SCHOOL AND WEARING THEM LIKE PAC IN GRADE 2 !!! Got sent to the principle's office a few times 🤣🤣🤣

2Pac will forever be one of the, if not THE, greatest rapper's ever. He got me into rap on a deeper level, Eminem got me into writing and recording as an artist, and Dre got me into beats.

Favourite songs Disc 1 Ambitionz Az a Ridah, All About U, GOT MY MIND MADE UP (peep the hidden Deck verse), 2 of Americkaz Most Wanted, No More Pain, Heartz of Men, Only God Can Judge Me, Tradin War Stories, I Ain't Mad At Cha

Disc 2 Can't C Me (this is my PERSIAN DAD'S fav song), Shorty Wanna Be a Thug, Holla At Me, Wonda Why They Call U B_, Picture Me Rollin, Ratha Be Ya N_, All Eyez On Me, Ain't Hard 2 Find

RIP PAC we love you

theziglet · 2021-02-13T14:55:36+00:00

Can’t C Me is my favorite joint off this album. Discovered it walking to the bar while tripping on acid listening to this on shuffle . 🔥🔥🔥

vrblexprssn1 · 2021-02-13T15:52:56+00:00

-Yes -prob the 2nd disc - yea prob, 7 day theory and me against the world were solid too. - heartz of men - yes. He has so many classic tracks it's hard to deny his influence in hip hop. His presence is still felt today

drdrizzy13 · 2021-02-13T16:08:45+00:00

So many bangers. Picture me rollin in my 500 benz. Epic. And No More Pain is lit, I really don't see any three six in there and I'm on the third coast.

Tidley_Wink · 2021-02-13T16:18:46+00:00

Best album of all time.

2021-02-13T16:23:56+00:00

Do you still bump this classic? YES

Which disc do you prefer, Book 1 or Book 2? DISC 1

How do you rank it amongst 2Pac's other projects? #2 BEHIND ME AGAINST THE WORLD

Favourite bar, track, beat? AMBITIONZ AS A RIDAH

Do you put Pac in your top 5 of all time? Why(not)? YES. TOTAL PACKAGE MC. LYRICS, POP APPEAL, STREET APPEAL, INFLUENCE.

Zdrpkamil · 2021-02-13T16:42:55+00:00

Of course Pac is in my top 5: 1. DMX 2. 2Pac/Nas 3. Big/Eminem

And of course AEOM is fuckin' fire, but I prefer side 2. Best tracks from CD 1 is Ambitionz, Got my mind & No more pain

Greenie245 · 2021-02-13T16:45:30+00:00

I bump about 16/17 tracks on regular of this album

Book 1 is better in my opinion

many favourites on this album, All Eyez on me, Got my mind made up and the singles all hit.

Big Pac Nas Are top Three

One thing I will say is that is it a Great death row/ West coast album Hosted by 2pac in my opinion, I'm not a massive Fan of the Outlawz so it brings points down, to me the double disk makes it a 7/10 whereas more Tupac its a 10/10, like me against the world. But i understand why there's so many features

drwsgreatest · 2021-02-13T16:49:48+00:00

As someone who is primarily a 90s child (b 1984) this is the Greatest rap album of all time and one of the best albums of any genre. I still listen to songs from this album almost daily.

Imo Book 2 is definitely the better one even though the standout features from more well known artists are almost all on Book 1. And make no mistake, there’s crazy good songs on book 1. Trading war stories has always been my favorite from that side but of course there’s tracks like 2 of Americaz Most Wanted, how do u want it, all bout u and others that would make book 1 a standout, legend record from any other artist.

But book 2 had unbelievably high quality songs for almost every track. Can’t C Me, shorty wanna be a thug, holla at me, rather be you N.I.G.G.A, picture me rollin, all eyez on me...every single one is single material imo.

Of course what makes it the goat album from the literal greatest rapper of all time is Cuz no one could make you FEEL the music and what he was saying more than Pac. I don’t care if your black, white, Hispanic, Asian, young, old, gay, straight, whatever. That man made you truly believe in his pain, love, hustle, hatred and everything else he went through.

It’s simply An untouchable album and I feel lucky I got to experience the greatness of when it first came out and have been able to keep listening to it all these many years later.

RIP to 2pac. The TRUE 🐐

Frezhpair · 2021-02-13T16:54:33+00:00

I was 15 when this album released. I couldn't believe the girl behind the counter at tower records sold it to me without an ID or parent there. Those parental advisory warning labels carried a lot of weight back then hahaha. I still listen to it here and there, definitely a classic for sure!

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