2Pacalypse Now is 25 Years Old

[Deltron]

I personally prefer his later albums, but you can't deny his debut had some great stuff on it as well.

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Classic

 

[The_Hillsta]

So many memories....

Davey D spinnin Brenda's Gotta Baby early in the morning on KMEL, Cats coming to school with signed 2Pacalypse Now T-shirts from the video shoot, Dr. Joe Marshall playin Trapped on his street soldiers show...watching the video on Bet, Yo, the Box. Them early Pac albums spoke to so many of the youth out here in the Bay.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

I think it's actually underrated

 

[DPG]

They finally pull me over and I laugh "Remember Rodney King?" and I blast on his punk ass

 

[Juggalo Fred]

did anyone order the new cassette?

 

[Roovers410]

Good album!

 

[feelosofer]

One of my favorite albums, I was a freshman in college when this dropped, but even then 2Pac was something special, he really embodied the struggles of a young Black male growing up in that era, and even though it's not his best album, it's a personal favorite of mine.

 

[Yoda]

so, basically if pac was born when that album dropped, he would be dead this year cotdamn.


25 years, breh.


too young.

 

[EffedUp]

Probably the Pac album I've listened to the most. Truly a rebel of the underground man.
To be a kid again...

 

[Deltron]

http://www.complex.com/music/2016/11/2pacalypse-now-tupac-shakur-song-by-song-commentary-liner-notes

To create the liner notes for his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, Tupac Shakur provided commentary for all but two of the songs (the line note and artist biography interview was cut short, and 'Pac never provided his thoughts on "Words of Wisdom" and "Crooked Ass nikka." 2Pacalypse Now has just been reissued on vinyl and to commemorate the occasion, we're publishing the liner notes, which have been, unfortunately, difficult to find in the era of digital music.

2Pac recently talked about the songs on his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now (Interscope Records). Produced by the Underground Railroad, 2Pacalypse Now was recorded in Richmond, California from March to August 1991. "Trapped" is the first single.

"Young Black Male"
"Only a Young Black Male can tell you how a Young Black Male lives. How you get sweated by the cops all the time. How your homies are rushed. This rap's so straight from the heart that I did it in one take, one burst."

"Trapped"
"We're trapped in our own ghettos and some people are braggin' about it. White people can go anywhere except the ghetto and we can't go anyplace but the ghetto. Who do you think has the best of that deal? It doesn't make any difference if your hair is permed or braided or in dreads, if you're in the ghetto then you're trapped."

"Brenda's Got a Baby"
"A true story. A family in New York died when they left the gas on because they were so cold—except for a 12-year-old-girl. She then went to stay with a cousin who molested her and got her pregnant. She had the baby on the bathroom floor before she went to school! Then she threw it in in the incinerator. Fortunately, someone saved the child. But reading that story, the pain really shook me."

"Violent"
"My enemy is the police. They're like the cop in Terminator 2—globs that can take any shape. They call themselves Officer Friendly but they're out on the street kicking motherfukkin' asses. The song just vents my frustrations."

"If My Homie Calls"
"I'll always stay true to my homies. The show can wait, the movie can wait. Because your homies are the ones who stay true."

"I Don't Give a fukk"
"Digital Underground got jacked by the San Francisco Police Dept., they put guns to our heads. Right after getting nominated for a Grammy: 'Shut up or we'll blow you away!' Two hours later, I'm in the studio session and this is what came out. I'm talking some true shyt here."

"Something Wicked"
"In case anybody thinks we always need samples, I wanted to show how we'd make it with no samples at all. We got a beat and just rocked it."

"Rebel of the Underground"
"I'm a rebel. I'm always the one talking the loudest and getting arrested or thrown out of someplace."

"Tha' Lunatic"
"That's my nickname in the underground, big 'U' and little 'u.' Everybody's got a character and a nickname. I guess I got this one because mine is a personality that can flip at any second."

"Part-Time Mutha"
"This is the flip side of records glorifying dope dealin' and free sex. This one's about a friend who freaks for a 10-piece and how his son is so ashamed of him, he becomes a stone cold killer. And a mother who's so blinded by love of this dealer she's not listening when her daughter tells her she's been raped. And how a one-night stand leaves a man with a baby and how it changes his life. He too is a part-time mutha."

"Soulja's Story"
"Dope dealers are known as soldiers 'cause they're tuned into war. In this story, a little brother idolizes his big brother dope dealer. So when the big brother goes to the penitentiary, the little brother tries to break him out—and dies. He didn't know it's a fast life—he didn't know it's not like they tell you."

 

[smokeurobinson]

Except for Brenda and ol boy shooting that cop and blaming 2pacs song 'Soulja Story' I don't remember that album making noise like that in 91 to be acknowledging its 25th but its Pac so....

I say this cuz i noticed when dude acknowledged Digital Undergrounds album Sons Of The P turning 25 it got absolutely no responses.

25 years ago Digital Underground released their Sons Of The P album