Wednesday, February 10, 2016

2Pac Discography




2Pac Album Discography

There are various perspectives on what 2Pac’s album Discography is.
The most mainstream view of 2Pac’s Discography of albums credited to 2Pac as a solo artist is a 10 album collection consisting of

1.       2Pacalypse Now
2.       Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z
3.       Me Against The World
4.       All Eyez On Me
5.       Makaveli The Don Killuminati The 7 Day Theory
6.       R U Still Down
7.       Until The End Of Time
8.       Better Dayz
9.       Loyal To The Game
10.   Pac's Life
Other mainstream versions include those 10 but also observe Thug Life Volume 1 and 2Pac and The Outlaws Still I Rise as part of the official 2Pac Discography to make a total of twelve, and others include 2Pac’s Greatest Hits double CD due to how historic of an album it is to make it 13, and others go so far as to include The Best of 2Pac Thug and Life.
The perspective held by online 2Pac Scholars is a 14 album collection that looks like this:
11.   2Pacalypse Now
12.   Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z
13.   THUG LIFE - Volume 1 (Demo)
14.   THUG LIFE - Volume 1
15.   Me Against The World
16.   All Eyez On Me
17.   Killuminati
18.   One Nation
19.   R U Still Down
20.   Still I Rise (2Pac and the Outlaws)
21.   Until The End Of Time
22.   Better Dayz
23.   Loyal To The Game
24.   Pac's Life
This expanded perspective including the Thug Life Demo original version and One Nation I believe opens a can of worms because it modifies the definition of what is considered official 2Pac, and of course what is official 2pac has been debated for 19 years.  If we’re going to be adding a Thug Life album that never officially released as well as a The Nation album that didn’t release until years later, then where do we draw the line?  Additionally, there are many who observe The Makaveli 2-17 bootlegs as part of the discography, and have their own legit arguments for that.
It’s possible that some of the internet historians may not have been old enough to live through 2Pac’s entire career from the beginning as it had unfolded as I did.  You will see how murky these waters become as we twist and bend the rules as to what is the official 2Pac Anthology Discography Body of Work, whatever you want to call it as the narrow scope widens.
So Let me go through my perspective of thinking through 2Pac’s Legacy and the considerations that may or may not have not been previously considered, and of course, I welcome all of your input as well in the comments.

What we all agree on

2Pacalypse Now, released on November 12, 1991 is considered 2Pac’s first studio album, but as we examine 2Pac’s body of work, how do we consider the Digital Underground albums? 

Digital Underground

Before I was a Tupac fan, I was a Digital Underground Shock G Money B fan and they are the ones who introduced me to Tupac initially in the music video for Same Song, but then later on reinforced him in the music video Trapped.  I initially was lured to the song because Shock G was on the chorus and I used to think Shock G was so cool.
Digital Underground is best known for The Humpty Dance on the album Sex Packets.  When telling any story about the biography or discography of Tupac, Digital Underground is an important part as Tupac got his start in Digital Underground and Shock G and Money B play a role in Tupac’s pre-death row era career.
Mainstream 2Pac History puts his first official appearance as “The Same Song” by Digital Underground from the Nothing But Trouble Soundtrack, a movie in which he appeared in, and it was also included on the This Is An EP Release album by Digital Underground.
In addition to Same Song, On This Is An EP Release, Tupac can be heard on background vocals on the track “The Way We Swing”.  I’ve also heard that he had written part of a song on Digital Underground’s first album Sex Packets but can’t verify it, I read it once, and could never find it again.  On Digital Underground’s Sons of the P album released October 15, 1991, a month before 2Pacalypse Now, Tupac has a verse on The Dflo Shuttle, and has spoken words on Good Thing We’re Rappin and Family Of The Underground, which also features Big Stretch.
On The Digital Underground’s The Body Hat Syndrome, 2Pac has a verse on Wussup With The Luv and has a speaking part on The Humpty Dance Awards.
Raw Fusion was a spin off group of Digital Underground consisting of Money B and DJ Fuze, and 2Pac is featured on the song #1 with a bullet.  Their album Life from Styleetron was released on the same day as 2Pacalypse Now was.
Additionally, there is an unofficial compliation album known as Tales of a 90’s N.I.G.G.A. and is a collection of 2Pacalypse Now unreleased outtakes and Digital Underground era material. (show album cover and tracklist)
If we consider 2Pac a member of Thug Life and The Outlaws, shouldn’t we also consider him a member of Digital Underground?

The Official Studio Albums

On November 12, 1991, 2Pacalypse Now came out, featuring the singles and music videos Brenda’s got a Baby, Trapped,  and If My Homie Calls.  Featured guests on the album include Shock G, Pogo, DJ Fuze, Money B, Mac Mone, Pee-Wee, Stretch, Dave Hollister, Ray Luv, Angelique and Poppi.   Producers of the album include Digital Underground members Shock G, Money B, DJ Fuze, Raw Fusion, Stretch of Live Squad, Big D The Impossible, The Underground Railroad, Pee Wee and Jeremy.
Other notable tracks on the album are I Don’t Give a Fuck and Violent which were part of a case where someone shot a police officer and blamed it on the 2Pacalypse Now album.  Very similar to the Ice T Body Count Cop Killer single which was very notorious at the time period.  This album has a heavy Digital Underground influence and had 2Pac not become the legend that he is, could have possibly been considered a Digital Underground spin-off album like Raw Fusion.
After 2Pacalypse Now dropped in ’91, a month later on December 31, 1991 was the release of the Juice Soundtrack, for the movie which starred Tupac.  Strangely enough, the soundtrack, which had Tupac’s image on the cover, didn’t contain any songs by Tupac or Digital Underground.
2Pac’s second album is Strictly For my N.I.G.G.A.Z. and was released on February 16, 1993 and consisted of 16 tracks.  The title contains an acronym of which I spelled out, which is Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.  The Z is just to make it plural.  The original title for the album was rumored to be Troublesome 21 and was supposed to come out in 1992, but officially released with the Strictly title on February 16, 1993.  The album had 4 singles and music videos “Holler If Ya Hear Me” “Keep Ya Head Up” “I Get Around” and “Papaz Song”
Also notable on the album is “Last Words” featuring Ice Cube and Ice T, which was a collaboration everyone wanted to see happen, not so much with 2Pac, but Ice Cube and Ice T together.  Oddly enough, there is a prophectic title The Streets R Deathrow, but this song had nothing to do with Death Row records.  Additionally, 5 Deadly Venoms featured Treach, Apache and Live Squad.
Poetic Justice came out in 1993 starring Tupac and Janet Jackson. The soundtrack only contained one song by Tupac.  Definition of a Thug Nword.  Janet’s song Again was a big part of the movie and was nominated for an academy and golden globe award, but I don’t recall if it was on the soundtrack.
The Above The Rim  Soundtrack came out March 22, 1994 and featured Pour Out A Little Liquor by 2Pac and Thug Life as well as bonus tracks Pain, and Loyal To The Game.  This soundtrack was released by Death Row Records.
Thug Life: Volume 1 was released on October 11, 1994
The original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded due to it’s content being too controversial.  The version that was released consisted of 10 tracks.  There are rumors that in addition to the original album that was scrapped, there also is yet another version of the album that has never been released.
The notable tracks on the album are Bury Me a G, Cradle To The Grave, Pour Out a Little Liquor, How Long Will They Mourn Me and Str8 Ballin.  There are music videos for Cradle To The Grave, Pour Out a Little Liquor, and How Long Will They Mourn Me.
The first single was supposed to be Out On Bail, but that didn’t make the album.
Here are the Thug Life songs that didn’t make Thug Life Volume 1
1.       Niggas in the Pen
2.       Thug Life
3.       Out On Bail
4.       Judgement Day
5.       Time To Get My Drank On
6.       My Definition of a Thug Nigga
7.       Mr. Troublesome
8.       Is It Cool To Fuck
9.       I’m Getting Money
10.   High Til I Die
11.   Fake Ass Bitches
12.   Faced Shootouts
13.   Pour Out a Lil Liquor *other version
14.   Only Fear of Death
15.   Losin It
16.   Straight Out Da Gutta
17.   Runnin From the Police
18.   Lie To Kick It
19.   Heartless
20.   Thugz Get Lonely Too
21. Open Fire
22. It Hurtz The Most
23. Let Them Thangz Go
24. Hold On Be Strong
25.  I’m Hopeless (Skit)

Apparently there were a total of 25 tracks, but I don’t have all titles.

Me Against The World is either the 3rd or 4th 2Pac album depending on if you consider Thug Life: Volume 1 to be a 2Pac album.  Most consider this to be the third 2Pac studio album.  It was released on March 14, 1995 while 2Pac was in prison.  The singles from the album with videos were Dear Mama, So Many Tears, and Temptations.  Other notable tracks were If I Die 2 Night, Me Against The World, Fuck The World,  It Ain’t Easy and Death Around The Corner.
A week later on March 21, 1995 The Bad Boys soundtrack released starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and had Me Against The World on it.
The 4th album by 2Pac was the double CD All Eyes On Me.  It was released on February 13, 1996 under Death Row Records.  This album was a mega-success and considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time and first double cd in hip hop.  Some of the singles with videos were California Love, 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted, How Do U Want It, All About U, and I Ain’t Mad At Cha.  Other notable tracks from the album are Ambitionz Az a Ridah, Got My Mind Made Up, Life Goes On, Only God Can Judge Me, Can’t C Me, Shorty Wanna Be a Thug, All Eyez On Me, and more.  Everyone knows this album, it is by far 2Pac’s most famous album certified Diamond by the RIAA.
On April 23, 1996 the Sunset Park Soundtrack was released which contained the song High Til I Die by 2Pac
The 5th album by 2Pac is Makaveli, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.  It is released under the name Makaveli and not 2Pac.  It was completely finished in 7 days and was written and recorded in 3 days.  (the mixing took 4 days).  This is where the 3 Day Theory title may have spawned as you can hear Tupac say 3 Day Theory near the end of the song Krazy.  The Don Killuminati 7 Day Theory was released on November 5, 1996.  The album is the first album to be released after Tupac’s supposed death.  The 3 singles with music videos are Toss It Up, To Live and Die In LA, and Hail Mary.
After Don Killuminati there was supposed to be an album called One Nation. By 2Pac and Boot Camp Click.  It eventually came out.
The Gang Related Soundtrack came out on October 7, 1997 on Death Row Records and contained 4 songs with Tupac.  Life’s So Hard, Starin Through My Rear View,  Made N-words, and Lost Souls.  Tupac was one of the stars of the film and draw to the soundtrack, so I believe this should be considered as a peripheral to 2Pac’s musical legacy.

Posthumous Albums:

After 2pac exited and Makaveli entered, unreleased song albums started to emerge.
R U Still Down (Remember Me) is considered to be Tupac’s 6th  album released  on November 25, 1997.  Tupac’s vocals from the album were recorded between 1992-1994 during the Strictly and Thug Life era.  The singles were I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto and Do For Love.  Other notable tracks are Hellrazor, and Only Fear of Death.  It is a double CD.
On November 24, 1998, 2Pac’s Greatest Hits was released.  This double album contained the singles Changes and Unconditional Love which were previously unreleased as well as the video version to California Love.  Troublesome ’96 and God Bless The Dead were also two more previously unreleased songs on the album.  The album is certified diamond, and this album along with All Eyes On Me, are 2 of only 9 Diamond Hip Hop albums. It is the best selling rap greatest hits compilation of all time and 20th best selling rap album.  It is a double CD.
Still I Rise is an album by 2Pac and the Outlawz  released on December 21, 1999.  The only single on the album is Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up part 2).  Letter 2 The President was in the movie Training Day.
The Rose That Grew From Concrete is an album based on the poetry/writing of Tupac, released October 17, 2000 and it consists of celebrities reading Shakur’s poetriy and writing in a spoken word format.
Until The End of Time is considered 2Pac’s 7th album and was released on March 27, 2001 .  These songs are from the Makaveli era.  It also is a double CD.  The two singles from the album were Until The End of Time and Letter 2 My Unborn.  It was the best selling hip hop album of 2001.  Other notable tracks on the album are Lil Homies, This Ain’t Livin and My Closest Roaddogz
Better Dayz is considered  the 8th album by 2Pac.  It was released November 26, 2002.  The two singles were Thugz Mansion and Still Ballin.  Other notable songs are When We Ride On Our Enemies, and My Block,  The tracks on this album are primarily from the Makaveli era.  It is a double CD.
Loyal To The Game is considered the 9th album by 2Pac and was released on December 14, 2004 and was produced by Eminem.  The singles for the album were Thugs Get Lonely Too and Ghetto Gospel.
Pac’s Life is considered the 10th album by 2Pac and was released on November 21, 2006 and was the 10th anniversary of his fake death.  Singles from Pac’s Life are Untouchable featuring Krayzie Bone, Pac’s Life and Playa Cardz Right.
There also is Makaveli and Dillinger – Don’t Go 2 Sleep released in 2004 copyright showing Makaveli Records.  Afeni sued Daz over the album.
The rest of his discography becomes Murky to understand and classify. We have
Tupac Resurrection (Soundtrack) was released November 4, 2003.
Nu Mixx Classics (2003)
2Pac Live was released August 6, 2004.
Beginnnings The Lost Tapes 1998-1991 was released on June 12, 2007
Nu-Mixx Classics Volume 2 was released August 14, 2007.  The original title was EvolutionL Duets & Remixes.
Best of 2Pac: Thug  and Life were released on December 4, 2007 and includes Dopefiend’s Diner and Resist The Temptation, two songs previously unreleased.
In His Own Words
Thug Immortal The Last Interview
Trapp – Stop The Gunfight
Ultimately you have 2Pac Evolution 12 Disk set which might be what others have referred to as The Makaveli Mixtape collection volumes 1-17
Really digging into the BS pile we have
Tupac Makaveli The Don The Way He Wanted It Volume 1 (2007) and Volume 2. (2009)
Makaveli 2001 Revised
Did Makaveli invent the modern day mixtape? 
What about Thugstyle?  There was supposed to be an album called Thug Style.  I think I heard Karceno 4 Life mention that in one of his videos.
With so many different combinations of the post Makaveli DK7 material, it’s hard to know what is what.  I had the initial Makaveli Bootlegs in 1998 when I got my first cable modem and 4X cd burner, and then as the songs were modified and released on the official releases, I became disillusioned with it all because I no longer knew how to classify his collection.  You have some people who appreciated the instrumentals being updated to fit with the time period, others who preferred the originals, there were modifications, etc. 
I’ve done my best to give a relatively thorough presentation of The Entire 2Pac Body of Work.  I hope there was something in there you might not have known about.  If I’ve left anything out, go ahead and let all of us know about it in the comments.  If you also want to provide links, feel free.  The YouTube spam filter might initially block it, but I periodically go in and approve all comments.
If you have any info of any rumored future 2Pac Releases, feel free to share as well.
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Thanks for watching.  And 2Pac Makaveli lives on through all of us.  I’ll see you in the next video.


tupac Disital Underground Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFG8uUl5S18

My 2Pac Credentials:

 I’ll be 37 next month, born 1979 and have been a rap / hip hop fan since 1985 when 2Pac was 14.  My 2Pac credentials include creating the viral video in the year 1999, years before youtube, 2Pac The 7 Day Theory, why he is still alive, which was parodied by Democratic Candidate for President of the United States in 2008 Mike Gravel’s campaign “Mike Gravel,  and later on I created the 2Pac 7 Day Theory Part 2 sequel, as well as reviewing the White Book by Makavelli in a series on this Youtube channel, as well as narrating The No Grapes Theory and Chaos Merchants.


Sunday, October 25, 2015

1996 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 27 - Divine Time


1996 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 27 - Divine Time

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1995 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 26 - Dead Men Walking



1995 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 26 - Dead Men Walking

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1994 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 25 - Kings of New York



The Synopsis of the film Kings of New York is A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes ...

This chapter covers the alleged rape/sodomy and shooting of Tupac Shakur.

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1993 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 24 - Solace



1993 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 24 - Solace

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1992 - The Stars Are Born - The White Book by Makavelli - Episode 23



1992 - The Stars Are Born - The White Book by Makavelli - Episode 23

This chapter is about the transition from Ruthless Records to Death Row Records, and the beginnings of Dame Dash and Sean Combs into the music business.

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1991 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 22 - Becoming God (Wicca and Magick)





This chapter is about Wicca and Magick.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

1990 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 21 - E Pluribus Unum

1990 - The White Book by Makavelli Episode 21 - E Pluribus Unum



This chapter is about The Persian Gulf War.

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1989 Part 3 - The White Book by Makavelli - Ideologies #2Pac4POTUS2016

1989 Part 3 - The White Book by Makavelli - Ideologies #2Pac4POTUS2016



Marco Rubio loves Tupac and Straight Outta Compton.
1989 Part 3 is like a "Deleted Scene" on a DVD.
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1989 - Episode 20 - The White Book by Makaveli - The Year of Living Dangerously Part 2 (2Pac)

1989 - Episode 20 - The White Book by Makaveli - The Year of Living Dangerously Part 2 (2Pac)




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