While there are also songs that focus on the power of the female body, old school hip hop, and Scandinavian bread pudding recipes, the overwhelming theme of Me Against The World was that 2Pac was afraid of death, which I suppose is always a very real possibility whenever you're sentenced to prison, especially when you live a life such as Pac's: it's been well-documented that the man did not live anywhere close to the "Thug Life" that he praises so highly, but was instead just a really good, classically trained actor. Me Against The World is considered the man's best work because of songs such as "Dear Mama", 2Pac's Mother's Day card set to wax, which is actually really fucking depressing when you actually listen to the lyrics, and "So Many Tears", an ode to fallen comrades that wears its heart on its sleeve. Tupac Shakur was now just more cognizant of his influence, and he tried to take the high road as often as he could, at least whenever he wasn't bragging about killing people and shit. This is an aspect of Pac's third effort that most fans conveniently gloss over: Me Against The World has, for the most part, the exact same subject matter as 2Pacalypse Now and Strictly 4 My N.*.*.*.*.Z. Instead, he talks up the stupid shit that littered his first two solo albums. As he was facing a four-and-a-half year jail term, which is an awful long time to not be in the public eye, his rhymes turned inward, revealing the thoughts of a man who knew he wasn't living the greatest life, but has the insight to realize that every passing moment was an opportunity to turn it all around.īut Me Against The World isn't Vanilla Sky, and 2Pac doesn't spend the duration of the album exploring the nature of his celebrity and the power it yields. Me Against The World was recorded in approximately three to four weeks, during the short period of time between 2Pac's sentencing and entering prison. It hit store shelves while he was serving a prison sentence for sexual assault, making him the first, but most certainly not the last, rapper to hit the top of the Billboard charts while doing a bid. Housed behind this overly dramatic, Calvin Klein ad-esque album cover is what the many fans of the late Lesane Parish Crooks refer to as the greatest 2Pac album ever released. In the documentary Tupac: Resurection, Tupac stated that "Me Against the World" was his favorite album he made.So here's the deal.
The album was also one of 2Pac's most well received by critics and fans, with many calling it the best effort of his career, and one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time. ''Me Against the World'', released while 2Pac was imprisoned, made an immediate impact on the charts, soaring to the number one spot upon its release, and making 2Pac the first artist to have an album debut at the top of the ''Billboard'' 200 while serving time in prison. It was this impending prison sentence which many believe might have contributed to 2Pac's artistic re-emergence on record, as his material is believed to have become markedly more "confessional," "reflective," and "soul-baring." The album was recorded in a matter of weeks before the artist was to go to prison on sexual assault charges stemming from a 1993 case in which a woman accused him and two others in his entourage of sexual abuse. ''Me Against the World'' is the third studio album by American hip hop artist 2Pac, released Maon Jive Records through Interscope Records. 2 (Original Soundtrack and Drama Album) įLCL Season 1 Vol.
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