If you are some new kid that listens to rap and think that DMX and Jay Z are good- listen to this CD and find out where they all got their ideas.
If you buy one rap CD *ever*- buy this one. Remember I said I bought it the day it came out- I still bump it. but they are only the beginning of why this CD is so excellent. You've probably heard the singles on this double CD- California Love, All About U, 2 of Amerika's Most Wanted, How Do U Want it, I aint mad at cha, etc. Tupac talks about everything with the best rap skills ever laid down on record. This album is perfect and can be played all the way through- it has 27 tracks of slammin beats and lyrics. This is the album that changed hip hop music almost 180 degrees and every album after this has tried to match this first rap double CD of original material.
When I popped in the CD though, it became clear that although jail hadn't turned him into a saint, it had put his music on a whole new level. I had seen 'Pac at several clubs in NY and he always had mad love out here but was now claiming Westcoast. When I saw Tupac throwing up the "Westside" on the cover, I thought it was true that he had sold out the east coast. I remember the first day I bought this CD (the day it was released) a chilly february morning in 1996 in uptown Manhattan. Picture Me Rollin' 2Pac and Outlawz VideoĬheck Out Time 2Pac, Big Syke and Kurupt VideoĪin't Hard 2 Find B-Legit, E-40, C-BO, 2Pac and Richie Rich Thug Passion 2Pac, Outlawz, Jewell and Storm Video Tradin War Stories Dramacycal, The Storm, CPO, C-BO, 2Pac and Outlawz VideoĬalifornia Love (Remix) Dr. Only God Can Judge Me Rappin' 4-Tay and 2Pac Video How Do U Want It 2Pac and K-Ci & JoJo Video Got My Mind Made Up Redman, 2Pac, Method Man, Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt Video All Bout U Fatal, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Nate Dogg and Yaki Kadafi