()īackground/Description: All Eyez On Me is the fourth solo album by rapper 2Pac and the final album to be released during his lifetime. Last week's EAotW: ()Īlbum: () - () (Death Row / Interscope, 1996) Beginning with our () list, we'll be moving chronologically to () times. Starting on every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list. Welcome to the Essential Album of the Week discussion thread! Both hits are on the front-loaded first disc, which would be a gangsta classic in itself other highlights include the anthemic Snoop Dogg duet "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted," "All About U" (with the required Nate Dogg-sung hook), Dre also contributes another surefire single in "California Love" (which, unfortunately, is present only as a remix, not the original hit version).
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On the plus side, this is easily the best production he's ever had on record, handled mostly by Johnny J (notably on the smash "How Do U Want It") and Dat Nigga Daz Dr. In that sense, it's an accurate depiction of what made him such a volatile and compelling personality, despite some undeniable filler. All Eyez on Me is 2Pac the thug icon in all his brazen excess, throwing off all self-control and letting it all hang out - even if some of it would have been better kept to himself. Sure, there are a few reflective numbers and dead-homiez tributes, but they're much more romanticized this time around. But more than that, it's also an unabashed embrace of the gangsta lifestyle, backing off the sober self-recognition of Me Against the World.
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With all the controversy surrounding him, 2Pac seemingly wanted to throw down a monumental epic whose sheer scope would make it an achievement of itself. Whatever the case, 2Pac re-emerged hardened and hungry with All Eyez on Me, the first double-disc album of original material in hip-hop history.
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Maybe it was his time in prison, or maybe it was simply his signing with Suge Knight's Death Row label. Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!Įvery Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums listīackground/Description (courtesy of )