When it comes to introspection, hip-hop has a reputation for morbidity, and 2Pac certainly furthered that, but his refusal to sugarcoat the harsh realities of urban life was part of his appeal. Tupac Shakur Me Against The World Framed Platinum LP Record Display. Classic, one of the best songs on the album, and one of the best 2Pac songs. In addition to his music career, Shakur also found considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles in Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996. This song has 2Pac talking about how he thinks the world is against him. His Diamond certified album All Eyez on Me (1996), the first double-length album in hip-hop history, abandoned his introspective lyrics for volatile gangsta rap. Me Against The World: With this song, 2Pac rhymes along with Dramacydal, who I dont know of.
Amid all this chaos and his looming prison sentence, 2Pac started laying the groundwork for the album.Ī morbid preoccupation with his own demise is expressed most explicitly on two tracks that more or less bookend the album, “If I Die 2Nite” and “Death Around the Corner.” Both songs present Pac’s fear of death as a persistent, gripping force that looms over every lyric, a fatalistic reality that can only be dealt with an ambivalent approach to mortality. Tupac Shakur Me Against The World Framed Platinum LP Record DisplayThe display measures 19 inches tall by 23 inches wide. This song samples the song, 'Deep Cover' by Dr Dre, and other songs. Me Against The World’s introduction sets the stage for this worldview, featuring a string of news broadcasts that are equal parts truth and fiction, recounting robberies, shootings, court drama, and the media storm that followed. Nearly a quarter of a century later, 2Pac’s death is still one of the most impactful events in hip-hop history – arguably the root cause of the music’s wider paranoia and obsession with death. But despite the press labeling his lifestyle (and its harsh consequences) a persona, 2Pac knew better than anyone the realities of thug life, and Me Against The World found him coming to terms with them. Heading straight to No.1 in the US, it also made 2Pac the first star to top the album charts while in prison. Hitting the shelves while he was still in prison, the album helped shift his image from that of gangsta rapper to more of a gangsta poet, setting the stage for 2Pac to become one of the most famous MCs in the world. Released on March 14, 1995, Me Against The World was 2Pac’s most introspective effort to date.