Artist: 2Pac

Title: Me Against the World

Year Of Release: 2020

Label: Interscope Records ‎/ UMe / Vinyl

Genre: Hip-Hop

Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks)

Total Time: 65:48

Total Size: 1.32 GB







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") acknow

ledge 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.





01. Intro (1:34)

02. If I Die 2Nite (4:02)

03. Me Against The World (ft Dramacydal) (4:39)

04. So Many Tears (3:59)

05. Temptations (5:06)

06. Young Niggaz (4:55)

07. Heavy In The Game (ft Richie Rich) (4:19)

08. Lord Knows (4:29)

09. Dear Mama (4:40)

10. It Ain't Easy (4:54)

11. Can U Get Away (5:44)

12. Old School (4:39)

13. Fuck The World (4:13)

14. Death Around The Corner (4:07)

15. Outlaw (ft Dramacydal) (4:33)