2Pac - All Eyez On Me (2022 Re-Issue)

All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by 2Pac and the last to be released during his lifetime. Released on 13th February, 1996, by Death Row and Interscope Records, the album features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Redman, Method Man, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, E-40, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz, among others.

The album features productions by Shakur alongside a variety of producers including DJ Quik, Johnny “J”, Dr. Dre, DJ Bobcat, Dat Nigga Daz, DJ Pooh, DeVante Swing, among others.

The album includes the number-one singles “How Do U Want It” (featuring K-Ci and JoJo) and “California Love” (with Dr. Dre, featuring Roger Troutman) and the hip-hop ballad “I Ain’t Mad at Cha”, along with the Snoop Dogg collaboration “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” as a promotional single. It featured four singles in all, the most of any of Shakur’s albums. Moreover, All Eyez on Me made history as the first ever double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption globally.

All Eyez on Me was the second album by 2Pac to chart at number one on both  the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling 566,000 copies in the first week.

Upon release, All Eyez on Me received instant critical acclaim, and it has been ranked by critics as one of the greatest hip hop albums, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2020 the album was ranked 436th on Rolling Stone‘s updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The single 'Netsanet' (feat. Mulatu Astatke) is a deep exploration of Mulatu's trademark Ethio-jazz, while Crushing Lactic, composed by Tom Rogerson (fresh from a recent collaboration with Brian Eno) has a frenzied flow, with big horns and driving rhythm section.

Elsewhere, Pete Wareham (stalwart of the London jazz revival) lends his free-flowing sax to What’s Gone Before, leading us into a powerful communion of jazz and brass as Mulatu Astatke’s Derashe takes the listener down a vibrating rhythmic path while accompanied by blasts of horns and Mulatu’s trademark vibraphone. Two spoken word compositions ('Why Yellow' and 'Climbing Up My Own Life Until I Die') featuring York-born writer and comedian Rob Auton lend an introspective voice to 'Collaborations: Volume One'.

TRACKLISTING

A1 Ambitionz Az A Ridah
A2 All About U
A3 Skandalouz

B1 Got My Mind Made Up
B2 How Do U Want It
B3 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted

C1 No More Pain
C2 Heartz Of Men
C3 Life Goes On
C4 Only God Can Judge Me

D1 Tradin War Stories
D2 California Love (Rmx)
D3 I Ain’t Mad At Cha
D4 What’z Ya Phone #

E1 Can’t C Me
E2 Shorty Wanna Be A Thug
E3 Holla At Me
E4 Wonda Why They Call U Bytch

F1 When We Ride
F2 Thug Passion
F3 Picture Me Rollin’

G1 Check Out Time
G2 Ratha Be Ya Nigga
G3 All Eyez On Me

H1 Run Tha Streetz
H2 Ain’t Hard 2 Find
H3 Heaven Ain’t Hard 2 Find 

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  2Pac
Label:  UMC/Polydor
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Hip-Hop
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  PAC0001
Released:  11th November 2022