2pacalypse Now [Original recording reissued]

2Pac | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B000005Z0E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,304 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TUPAC
Title: 2PACALYPSE NOW
Street Release Date: 03/10/1998
Domestic
Genre: RAP/HIP HOP

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars purely political. less gangsta, June 2, 2006

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Kurupt "God-Body Reviewer" (chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2pacalypse Now (Audio CD)

This is the pac that many people initially fell in love with. All political and less of the gangsta stuff that he never did. Pac spoke out against many things on this album and made a dope solo debut into the hip hop world. This album gives a message, dope lyrics and some decent beats. I love the later releases that pac had, but this one is a little more real due to the subject matter.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very underated album, April 21, 2001

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Maxim Belmot (Brooklyn, N.Y.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2pacalypse Now (Audio CD)

I really don't understand these so called 2Pac fans. I mean don't u hear the same passion & political side on this album that u heard on "Me against the world". Songs like "Trapped" & "Violent" talks about racial profile & police brutally that black males still deal with 10 years after this album was release."If My Homies Calls" can be seen as a pre-"I ain't mad at cha" where Pacs tells his friend no matter what happens 2 u in the future I there for u."Words of wisdom" is a wake up called 2 the black community on not depending on white people & help yourself & each other. "Brenda got a baby" is the song that made Pac known in the rap world but in my opnion the true gem on this album is "Part time mutha..." where pac take the role of a man who had a one night stand with a girl & now he's a father. There a verse my some unknown girl on the song where she take the role as a female who was molested by her father & her mother took his side & blame's her. I don't know if her verse is true but one thing I know she had one of the best guest appreance I ever heard on a pac song. If u looking for the Thug Life & player's theme on this album u ain't gonna find it this was in my opnion(read the poem book in u see why i believe that) the true side of Pac before the rap game switch & u had 2 either be a tough guy or a player 2 be respected in the game.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2Pacalypse Now and Then, December 18, 1999

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Big F (Mäntsälä Mielessäin, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2pacalypse Now (Audio CD)

There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best side of 2Pac: young, aggressive and political. 2Pacalypse Now isn't as finely trimmed as it's follow-up, 'Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.', but it's violent, intensive and, um, West Coast. Songs like 'Soulja's Story', 'Brenda's Got A Baby' and 'Violent' all take stand on meaningful things like ghetto violence, young mothers and the corruption of the police department in general. 'If My Homie Calls' is so West Coast it puts Cali Love and To Live And Die In L.A. to shame. The production, on the other hand, is very old school. Lots of live instruments and tempo varieties, heavy piano and bass lines. At this time 2Pac's raw lyrics were at their best. All in all, if you're planning on buying a 2Pac album, I sure would recommend either this, 'Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.' or 'Me Against The World'. Get ready to be shook, though.