His crew The Outlawz also provide hard-fitting feature verses. The final track from Tupac’s fifth album ‘The Don Killuminati’, hears the rapper torn between the street life and salvation, over chilling graveyard bells and a heavy bass line. Intended as a response to Biggie's 'Who Shot Ya', Pac displayed his signature aggression on the track. The pair rap about Tupac's adopted city of California over some classic bass-lead production.Īfter being shot in 1994, Tupac retaliated by releasing one of the biggest diss tracks in Hip-Hop history, directed at Biggie Smalls and The Junior Mafia. Dre for one of the most iconic Hip-Hop songs of the 1990s. It was issued on two compact discs and four LPs.Īll Eyez on Me was the second album from 2Pac to hit number-one on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Award posthumously. Shakur also won the Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards and is also commonly referred to as one of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time. The album was certified Diamond by the RIAA on July 23, 2014, almost 18 years after Tupac’s death.Tupac linked up with fellow Deathrow label-mate Dr. Moreover, All Eyez On Me (which was the only Death Row release to be distributed through PolyGram by way of Island Records) made history as the first double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption. It featured five singles in all, the most of any of Shakur’s albums.
The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music. The album featured the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles “How Do U Want It” and “California Love”. Release date: February 13, 1996.Īll Eyez on Me was released on Februunder Death Row Records and distributed by Interscope Records.
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