2PAC - All Eyez On Me [4xLP Vinyl]

2Pac – All Eyez on Me [4× 180g Vinyl LP]

Details

• Format: 4× Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Deluxe Gatefold, Stereo, Explicit
• Catalogue Number: PAC 0001
• Barcode: 602448276261
• Genre: Hip-Hop / West Coast Hip-Hop / Gangsta Rap
• Label: UMC / Polydor
• Originally Released: 13 February 1996
• Reissue Released: 2022
• Pressing: 180 Gram Vinyl
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by 2Pac — Tupac Amaru Shakur — released on 13 February 1996 on Death Row Records and Interscope Records, and the last album released during his lifetime. Recorded primarily at Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, California and mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, the album was made at extraordinary speed during the height of 2Pac's commercial and creative peak — following his release from Clinton Correctional Facility in October 1995 on bail arranged by Death Row CEO Suge Knight, with 2Pac contractually obligated to deliver three albums to the label. Far from producing a diminished or hasty record, the sessions yielded a double album of 27 tracks across nearly two hours of music — the first double album ever released as a solo hip-hop full-length for mass consumption — that became one of the fastest-selling hip-hop records in history. In its first week of release it sold 566,000 copies in the United States, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, eventually being certified Diamond (10× Platinum) by the RIAA — making it one of only a handful of rap albums in history to achieve that certification — and selling over seven million copies in the United States alone.

The album was produced across its 27 tracks by a roster of West Coast producers including DJ Quik, Johnny "J", Dr. Dre, DJ Bobcat, Dat Nigga Daz, DJ Pooh and DeVante Swing, alongside production by 2Pac himself — a breadth of production talent that gives the double album its range without sacrificing its coherence. The guest list is the most extensive and prestigious of 2Pac's career: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Method Man, Redman, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, E-40, K-Ci and JoJo, Danny Boy, George Clinton, Richie Rich and the Outlawz, among others. The album documents 2Pac at the peak of his technical facility as a rapper and his emotional range as a songwriter: moving across G-funk, piano-led balladry, hard West Coast gangsta rap and melodic R&B-inflected tracks within a single sustained creative statement.

The four singles represent the full breadth of the record. "California Love" (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman of Zapp — here in its remix version, which is the version on all vinyl pressings) reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, its Troutman vocoder hook and Dre production one of the most immediately recognisable sounds in 1990s hip-hop. "How Do U Want It" (featuring K-Ci and JoJo) also reached number one on the Hot 100, making 2Pac one of a very small number of artists to have two simultaneous number one singles. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (featuring Snoop Dogg) was among the most commercially successful rap collaborations of the year. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" (featuring Danny Boy) demonstrated 2Pac's melodic and reflective range — released posthumously as the fourth single after his death on 13 September 1996, the music video, filmed weeks before the fatal shooting, depicted him as an angel in heaven. Beyond the singles, the record contains some of 2Pac's most celebrated deep cuts: the ferocious opener "Ambitionz Az a Ridah", the sombre "Life Goes On" (a tribute to fallen friends in the form of a rap performed at his own imagined funeral), the brooding "Only God Can Judge Me" (featuring Rappin' 4-Tay), the Tha Dogg Pound-assisted "Got My Mind Made Up" featuring Method Man and Redman, and the George Clinton collaboration "Can't C Me".

This 2022 reissue on UMC / Polydor presents the complete double album across 4× 180 gram black vinyl on 8 sides, pressed by GZ Media, housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with full-colour printed inner sleeves faithfully reproducing the original artwork and credits throughout. Made in the EU.

Tracklist

Side A — LP 1

1. Ambitionz Az a Ridah
2. All About U (ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg & Dru Down)
3. Skandalouz (ft. Nate Dogg)

Side B — LP 1

1. Got My Mind Made Up (ft. Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, Redman & Method Man)
2. How Do U Want It (ft. K-Ci & JoJo)
3. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted (ft. Snoop Dogg)

Side C — LP 2

1. No More Pain
2. Heartz of Men
3. Life Goes On
4. Only God Can Judge Me (ft. Rappin' 4-Tay)

Side D — LP 2

1. Tradin' War Stories (ft. Dramacydal, C-Bo & Storm)
2. California Love (Remix) (ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)
3. I Ain't Mad at Cha (ft. Danny Boy)
4. What'z Ya Phone # (ft. Danny Boy)

Side E — LP 3

1. Can't C Me (ft. George Clinton)
2. Shorty Wanna Be a Thug
3. Holla at Me
4. Wonda Why They Call U Bitch

Side F — LP 3

1. When We Ride (ft. Outlaw Immortalz)
2. Thug Passion (ft. Jewell, Dramacydal & Storm)
3. Picture Me Rollin' (ft. Danny Boy, Syke & CPO)

Side G — LP 4

1. Check Out Time (ft. Kurupt & Syke)
2. Ratha Be Ya Nigga (ft. Richie Rich)
3. All Eyez on Me (ft. Skye)

Side H — LP 4

1. Run tha Streetz (ft. Michel'le, Mutah & Storm)
2. Ain't Hard 2 Find (ft. E-40, B-Legit, C-Bo & Richie Rich)
3. Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find

Credits

• 2Pac (Tupac Amaru Shakur) – Vocals, Producer
• DJ Quik – Producer
• Johnny "J" – Producer
• Dr. Dre – Producer, Vocals
• DJ Bobcat – Producer
• Dat Nigga Daz – Producer, Vocals
• DJ Pooh – Producer
• DeVante Swing – Producer
• Roger Troutman – Vocoder, Talkbox (California Love Remix)
• Bernie Grundman Mastering – Mastering
• Label – UMC / Polydor