Me Against The World [PA] by 2Pac (CD, 1995, Interscope) *NEW* *FREE Shipping*

Description: Me Against The World by 2Pac [PA] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Intro2 If I Die 2nite3 Me Against The World - feat. Dramacydal4 So Many Tears5 Temptations6 Young Niggaz7 Heavy In The Game - feat. Richie Rich8 Lord Knows9 Dear Mama10 It Ain't Easy11 Can U Get Away12 Old School13 F*** The World14 Death Around The Corner15 Outlaw - feat. DramacycalThis classic album by the pioneering rapper. Besides the smash hit "Dear Mama," this album includes "If I Die 2Nite," "Me Against the World," "So Many Tears," "Temptations," "Heavy in the Game" (feat. Richie Rich), "Lord Knows," "It Ain't Easy," "Can You Get Away," "F*#k the World," "Outlaw" (feat. Dramacydal) and more! --- Recorded following his near-fatal shooting in New York, and released while he was in prison, Me Against the World is the point where 2Pac really became a legendary figure. Having stared death in the face and survived, he was a changed man on record, displaying a new confessional bent and a consistent emotional depth. By and large, this isn't the sort of material that made him a gangsta icon; this is 2Pac the soul-baring artist, the foundation of the immense respect he commanded in the hip-hop community. It's his most thematically consistent, least-self-contradicting work, full of genuine reflection about how he's gotten where he is -- and dread of the consequences. Even the more combative tracks ("Me Against the World," "Fuck the World") acknowledge the high-risk life he's living, and pause to wonder how things ever went this far. He battles occasional self-loathing, is haunted by the friends he's already lost to violence, and can't escape the desperate paranoia that his own death isn't far in the future. These tracks -- most notably "So Many Tears," "Lord Knows," and "Death Around the Corner" -- are all the more powerful in hindsight with the chilling knowledge that he was right. Even romance takes on a new meaning as an escape from the hellish pressure of everyday life ("Temptations," "Can U Get Away"), and when that's not available, getting high or drunk is almost a necessity. He longs for the innocence of childhood ("Young Niggaz," "Old School"), and remembers how quickly it disappeared, yet he still pays loving, clear-eyed tribute to his drug-addicted mother on the touching "Dear Mama." Overall, Me Against the World paints a bleak, nihilistic picture, but there's such an honest, self-revealing quality to it that it can't help conveying a certain hope simply through its humanity. It's the best place to go to understand why 2Pac is so revered; it may not be his definitive album, but it just might be his best. ~ Steve Huey, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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Artist: 2Pac

Record Label: Interphon Records

Release Title: Me Against The World

Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard

Custom Bundle: No

Edition: Parental Advisory

Type: Album

Format: CD

Language: English

Producer: Brian G., Easy Mo Bee, Ezi Cut, Jay B, Le-Morrious "Funky Drummer" Tyler, Master Tee, Mike Mosley, Moses, Moe Z MD, Sam Bostic, Soulshock, Soulshock & Karlin, The D-Flizno Production Squad, Tony "D" Pizarro, Tony Pizarro

Release Year: 1995

Style: Gangsta Rap, G-Funk, Bay Area Rap, West Coast Rap

Features: Sealed

Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop