He didn’t even wanna chill all he wanted to do was get on the mic. “‘Pac wasn’t in the studio for any more than 45 minutes before he had his first verse done and laid it that fast. “First day he came home, “Ambitionz Az A Ridah,” that was the first record that he did,” Kurupt told XXL in a 2004 ‘Making of All Eyez On Me‘ editorial. “Ambitionz Az A Ridah” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” were the first songs he was able to create. On Friday, Octofollowing a $1.4 million bail bond posted by Suge Knight, ’Pac returned to the recording studio and feverishly went to working on his album. “Ambitionz Az A Ridah” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” were the first songs recorded for the album. However, according to Tommy D in an interview about the record, “Suge was like, “F-k it, we’re putting 2Pac on that shit, and this is going to be the single off the record.””Ĩ. The original version of the record included three verses from Dre. “California Love” was originally intended as the first single for Dr.
“When ‘Pac came home, we put it up for ‘Pac, like “You want this record?” ‘Pac was like “Hell, yeah, I want that record!” And he dropped his verse where Rage’s was… and that’s how that record made it on Pac’s album.”ħ. I told Daz, “Man, this is the one, we need to drop this, we need to put this on Dogg Food,” he revealed. “The original record was me, Rage, Redman, Method Man and Daz. In an interview with XXL about the making of the album, Kurupt revealed that he and Daz decided to give “Got My Mind Made Up,” a track intended for Dogg Food, to ’Pac once the rapper came home from his jail stint. “Got My Mind Made Up” was originally for Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food album. In August 2014, Pac’s double-album achieved diamond status by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies.Ħ. All Eyez On Me achieved diamond sales in 2014 Pac had plans of following up with Me Against the World 2Īfter completing All Eyez On Me, Pac and the album’s main producer Johnny J reportedly started working on a Me Against The World-esque album, which was said to be delayed due to the recording of The Don Killuminati.ĥ. All Eyez On Me was the first mainstream double-disc release.Īs the first double-album mainstream release, Pac completed the 27-track release in just two weeks.Ĥ. The third release would end up being the posthumously released The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.ģ. In a matter of two weeks, ‘Pac recorded and completed his double-disc album, completing the two out of three albums he owed Death Row.
There were three other album titles besides All Eyez On Me in mind.īefore the album arrived, ‘Pac juggled with three other titles: including When I Get Free , prior to jail release, Supreme Euthanasia, and Euthanasia. Over two decades later, we’re still California dreaming…ġ. To honor the magnum opus, we lined up several facts about the album that has surfaced since its 1996 arrival. The album not only changed the face of rap by introducing the first double-disc release into the mainstream, but it turned ‘Pac from rap’s biggest voice to one of music’s towering giants.Ĭelebrating its anniversary this month, 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me is recognized as much of a classic now as it was back then. His third studio LP Me Against the World is arguably his most purest and revered, but Eyez was undeniably his biggest (it was certified diamond in August 2014). Within the short discography he contrived during his lifetime, All Eyez On Me was a defining opus. The trials and tribulations only elevated his skills and throughout that two-disc LP, we hear the entire 11 month ordeal loud and clear - sprinkled with a few lighthearted moments. By the time Februrolled around, two of the three albums he promised as part of a signed deal with Death Row Records was already in stores - All Eyez On Me.Īt 27 songs, ‘Pac makes it obvious that the earlier mentioned ‘dark clouds’ didn’t reduce his passion and outspokenness one bit.
Hardened, focused, and hungry, the trip from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York to Can-Am Studios in Los Angeles saw Pac channel his year-long furor and angst into manic recording sessions. In October 1995, after serving 11 months of his conviction, the rapper was freed on $1.4 million bond thanks to Suge Knight, who ponied up the bail and inked Shakur to a three-album recording deal with Death Row Records (as well as Knight’s own management). Released in 1996, the album arrived barely a year after Pac was shot in the lobby of New York City’s Quad Recording Studios and later sentenced to four and a half years in prison for a sexual assault, which he vehemently denied.
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I’ll let Revolt TV tell it…Happy Black History Month! Today is the eve of the 25th anniversary of the release of All Eyez On Me. The 4th studio album of the late rapper 2Pac, the history of and on the album is one that should not go unnoticed.