Name: Me Against The World
Brand: 2Pac

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B003143301

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-03-06

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Unive­rsal

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Sales:8.875

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602508448898

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LPx2

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2Pac

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Hip Hop

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<p>2Pac was an American rapper and actor, born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. He began his career as a roadie for the group Digital Underground before being signed by Interscope Records in 1990. In 1995, he moved to Death Row Records. Alongside his music career, he also pursued acting and starred in films like Juice (1992) and Above The Rim (1994). Tragically, on September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas and passed away six days later.</p>

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The gruesome details surrounding Tupac's third solo offering are enough to give any music fan the willies. Released when Tupac was in jail serving time for a rape conviction and just after his recovery from being shot-up gangland-style at a recording studio, this was his most introspective piece of work to date. The heavy-hearted album opens up with a radio commentary describing the circumstances surrounding his shooting, and then plunges headfirst into Pac's infatuation with death. "So Many Tears," "Death Around the Corner," and "If I Die 2Nite" are all dark, eerily prophetic tunes that lend credence to widespread theories which suggest that Pac anticipated his impending death. The perpetually thugged-out wonder reveals a more benevolent side when it comes to gender and family issues. On "Dear Mama"—a fitting tribute to his mother recorded in the "Keep Ya Head Up" vein—Pac takes listeners into the loving recesses of his heart, while on "Can U Get Away," he echoes similar respectful sentiments to black womynkind. This is probably Pac's most progressive issues-oriented release before he signed to Death Row and became a full-blown thug. —Dalton Higgins

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