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Even as a garden-variety thug, 2Pac shows more skill than most. The hypnotic “Got My Mind Made Up,” with Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt (both of Tha Dogg Pound), Redman and Method Man stands out, as do tracks with Snoop Doggy Dogg. Guests joining 2Pac include Zapp’s Roger Troutman and the new R&B crooner Danny Boy, as well as members of Jodeci. Dre, Death Row’s producing genius, turns out two songs - the grooving single “California Love” and the riotous “Can’t C Me,” with George Clinton - that prove to be two of the LP’s best for sheer melodic inventiveness. He moves easily between an angry staccato, as on “Holla at Me,” and a slower, more melodic drawl, as on “Life Goes On.” Dr.

His new crew has given him badass beats, rolling choruses and funky quirks, and 2Pac, with his appealing voice and distinctive delivery, makes the most of this foundation. The lyrical content may be less original, but the sound is better. “What’d I tell ya I was gonna do, nigga, when I got out of jail?” he calls out on the introductory “Heartz of Men.” “I’s gonna start diggin’ into these niggas’ chests.”īut if 2Pac has traded in his complex persona for a place in the Death Row camp, the payback, as they say, has been a muthafucka. There’s no equivalent to “Dear Mama” on this record, unless you count the vaguely affectionate “Wonda Why They Call U Bytch.” Now everything’s about (expensive) booze, bitches, cash, cars and contempt for his enemies. Rendering himself a cardboard cutout of a “playa,” 2Pac has surrendered wholesale to his thug side. Sadly, those intriguing conflicts have now vanished. He wrote some of the most woman-positive songs in rap, “Keep Your Head Up” and “Dear Mama,” while throwing down rhymes about ho’s and bitches. What made him interesting in the past was his contradictory nature: He would play the thug one second and exude vulnerability the next. Most important, All Eyez on Me marks 2Pac’s new allegiance with the West Coast’s powerhouse rap dynasty, Death Row Records.Īll this drama was bound to affect 2Pac’s music. It comes barely a year after he was shot. This two-disc set comes just four months after he was released on bail pending appeal on his conviction for sexual assault. (I do have the older "2Pacalypse" and "Strictly" CD's - I don't think they've been remastered, from what I can tell).The title of 2PAC’s fourth album, All Eyez on Me, is not just a reflection of his usual arrogance and paranoia - people are watching 2Pac. I haven't heard the 2005 set, but I'm guessing that it uses the same mastering as the 2001 version. Ende 1995 wurde 2pac durch finanzielle Unterstützung von Suge Knight auf Kaution aus dem Gefängnis entlassen, allerdings unter der Bedingung, dass er drei Alben für Death Row Records aufnehmen sollte und mit All Eyez On Me lieferte 1996 Pac den ersten Teil seiner Gegenleistung ab. Until today, I had only heard the 2001 remaster.

I still need to spend more time listening to the '96 discs, but this is my initial reaction. 2Pac All Eyez On Me (Remastered) (iTunes Plus) (1996) Dimitri febr0 2Pac 2001 Death Row Records 1-01.Ambitionz Az a Ridah 1-02.All About U 1-03.Skandalouz 1-04.Got My Mind Made Up 1-05.How Do U Want It 1-06.2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted 1-07.No More Pain 1-08.Heartz of Men 1-09.Life Goes On 1-10. New from : Used from : Audio CD 'Please retry' 39.99. I think the remaster has a little more bass, but it doesn't seem to translate to it "hitting" any harder than the original version. See all 11 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions.

The '96 version sounds more open, with better dynamics, and more snap. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me (Remastered) Album. Is it me, or is the '96 version almost as loud as the 2001 remaster? I DID notice a difference in sound quality though. I think that there are some unanswered questions regarding the differences between the original '96 2-CD set (Was there a '95 pressing as well?) and the 20 remastered CD versions.

#2PAC ALL EYEZ ON ME REMASTERED FULL#

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