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r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #91: Tupac - Me Against the World - HipHop

r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #91: Tupac - Me Against the World - HipHop

r/hiphopheads Essential Album of the Week #91: Tupac - Me Against the World

Posted: 03 May 2017 04:01 AM PDT

Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!

Every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list

Last Week: Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of Da Siccness

This Week: Tupac - Me Against the World

Stream/Purchase

Spotify

iTunes

Google Play

Songs/Singles

So Many Tears

Temptations

Dear Mama

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic.com)

Recorded following his near-fatal shooting in New York, and released while he was in prison, Me Against the World is the point where 2Pac really became a legendary figure. Having stared death in the face and survived, he was a changed man on record, displaying a new confessional bent and a consistent emotional depth. By and large, this isn't the sort of material that made him a gangsta icon; this is 2Pac the soul-baring artist, the foundation of the immense respect he commanded in the hip-hop community. It's his most thematically consistent, least-self-contradicting work, full of genuine reflection about how he's gotten where he is -- and dread of the consequences. Even the more combative tracks ("Me Against the World," "Fuck the World") acknowledge the high-risk life he's living, and pause to wonder how things ever went this far. He battles occasional self-loathing, is haunted by the friends he's already lost to violence, and can't escape the desperate paranoia that his own death isn't far in the future. These tracks -- most notably "So Many Tears," "Lord Knows," and "Death Around the Corner" -- are all the more powerful in hindsight with the chilling knowledge that he was right. Even romance takes on a new meaning as an escape from the hellish pressure of everyday life ("Temptations," "Can U Get Away"), and when that's not available, getting high or drunk is almost a necessity. He longs for the innocence of childhood ("Young Niggaz," "Old School"), and remembers how quickly it disappeared, yet he still pays loving, clear-eyed tribute to his drug-addicted mother on the touching "Dear Mama." Overall, Me Against the World paints a bleak, nihilistic picture, but there's such an honest, self-revealing quality to it that it can't help conveying a certain hope simply through its humanity. It's the best place to go to understand why 2Pac is so revered; it may not be his definitive album, but it just might be his best.

Guidelines

This is an open thread for you to share your thoughts on the album. Avoid vague statements of praise or criticism. This is your chance to practice being a critic. It's fine for you to drop by just to say you love the album, but let's try and step it up a bit!!!

How has this album affected hip-hop? WHY do you like this tape? What are the best tracks? Do you think it deserves the praise it gets? Is it the first time you've listened to it? What's your first impression? Have you listened to the artist before? Explain why you like it or why you don't.

DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT BEING LATE !!!! Discussion throughout the week is encouraged.

Next week's EAOTW will be E-40 - In a Major Way

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Rich Chigga, Keith Ape and XXXTENTACION collab coming out this Friday.

Posted: 06 May 2017 07:44 AM PDT

DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" debuts at number one in the UK, becomes Lil Wayne's first ever UK chart topper in his whole career

Posted: 06 May 2017 01:52 PM PDT

Migos, Chance, and Myles Turner play knockout for $100,000.

Posted: 06 May 2017 08:29 PM PDT

[FRESH MIXTAPE] Meek Mill - Meekend Music

Posted: 06 May 2017 09:57 AM PDT

Daily Discussion Thread 05/06/2017

Posted: 06 May 2017 04:06 PM PDT

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[FRESH VIDEO] BROCKHAMPTON - Face

Posted: 06 May 2017 07:24 PM PDT

[FRESH] Meek Mill - Backboard Ft. Young Thug

Posted: 06 May 2017 10:50 AM PDT

Young Thug cleaned his Instagram and posted this about E.B.B.T.G

Posted: 06 May 2017 04:32 PM PDT

A$AP Mob - Yamborghini High (feat. Juicy J)

Posted: 06 May 2017 06:41 AM PDT

[FRESH MUSIC VIDEO] Meek Mill- Litty ft Tory Lanez

Posted: 06 May 2017 12:22 PM PDT

Maxo Kream - 1998 (feat. Joey Bada$$)

Posted: 06 May 2017 05:26 PM PDT

Damian Liliard Calls Kendrick Lamar's DAMN Album Hard & Shouts Out Sway In The Mourning

Posted: 06 May 2017 04:36 PM PDT

About to Lil B in LA for free right now. Nobody's here

Posted: 06 May 2017 12:36 PM PDT

Just saying, if anyone wants to see him and doesn't know about it, he's preforming at the geffin in DTLA in a few hours. You have to RSVP to get in. Look up NTS @ MOCA w/ B&O PLAY and you'll find the details

Edit- also sun araw, who did some of the music on hotline Miami and one paper platoon used one of his songs to make a spark master tape song (he might actually not be here, saw a set list and he wasn't on it)

E2- he still hasn't come on, my guess is he'll be on around 4-5. They've only had one performer so far, and a DJ between. Also free drink ticket at the door, unless they stopped that.

E8- lil b was everything I thought he could be. Spit a freestyle off the dome at the end, gave away his designer shades and dew rag, and gave a few inspirational speeches. What more could a man ask for?

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The Internet - Palace/Curse (feat. Steve Lacy & Tyler, the Creator)

Posted: 06 May 2017 06:04 PM PDT

Flatbush ZOMBiES - This Is It (3001: A Laced Odyssey)

Posted: 06 May 2017 10:26 AM PDT

An Argument For Every Single Kanye West Album As His Best

Posted: 06 May 2017 02:24 AM PDT

What albums that have been released in the 2010s will be remembered in 15 years, and why?

Posted: 06 May 2017 08:11 PM PDT

[FRESH] Meek Mill x A$AP Ferg "$lay"

Posted: 06 May 2017 11:28 AM PDT

Frank Ocean - Nights (Last Verse Pitched Down)

Posted: 06 May 2017 10:11 AM PDT

[SHOTS FIRED] $crim (of $uicideboy$) calls out Bones

Posted: 06 May 2017 06:36 PM PDT

Kid Cudi - King Wizard

Posted: 06 May 2017 02:35 PM PDT

13 Year Old Rapper with 2 albums

Posted: 06 May 2017 06:30 PM PDT

Yo everyone, I'm 13 years old, a rapper, and already have two mixtapes/albums out. I like to think of myself as very different from other rappers my age. Anyways, constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.

Edit: I also produce all of my own beats

https://soundcloud.com/devinsweatpants

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Captain Murphy - Children Of The Atom (prod. by Madlib & Flying Lotus)

Posted: 06 May 2017 12:05 PM PDT

[FRESH Album] Apathy & Celph Titled - Demonology

Posted: 06 May 2017 05:19 PM PDT

Gucci Mane's Instagram Story inferring his tape with Metro Boomin is complete

Posted: 06 May 2017 07:58 PM PDT
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