2pac: Better Dayz (2002)

Though it was released on the eve of the busiest year in 2Pac's posthumous career, Better Dayz shouldn't be overlooked -- and with the schedule including a feature documentary (with soundtrack), plus two books and another double album, it might be easy for this one to slip from the radar. A lengthy two-disc set, it benefits from a raft of still-compelling material by one of the two or three best rappers in history, as well as excellent compiling by executive producers Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother. Organizing the set roughly into one disc of hardcore rap and one of R&B jams makes for an easier listen, and the R&B disc especially has some strong tracks, opening with a remix of 1995's "My Block" and including quintessentially 2Pac material -- reflective, conflicted, occasionally anguished -- like "Never Call U B**** Again," "Better Dayz," "Fame," and "This Life I Lead." Most of the tracks are previously unreleased, the rest coming from scattered compilations like Knight's Chronic 2000: Still Smokin' or 1995's The Show soundtrack. It's 2Pac's best album since his death, and bodes well for future material by, and concerning, rap's most legendary figure.

~John Bush, All Music Guide

1.	Intro - 2Pac
2.	Still Ballin [Nitty Remix] - 2Pac / Trick Daddy
3.	When We Ride on Our Enemies [Briss Remix] - 2Pac
4.	Changed Man [Jazze Pha Remix] - 2Pac / Johnta Austin / Jazze Pha / T.I.
5.	F*** Em All - 2Pac / Outlawz
6.	Never B Peace [Nitty Remix] - 2Pac / E.D.I. / Kastro
7.	Mama's Just a Little Girl [KP Remix] - 2Pac
8.	Street Fame [Briss Remix] - 2Pac
9.	Whatcha Gonna Do - 2Pac / Kastro
10.	Fair Xchange [Jazze Pha Remix] - 2Pac / Jazze Pha
11.	Late Night - 2Pac / DJ Quik / Outlawz
12.	Ghetto Star - 2Pac
13.	Thugz Mansion [Nas Acoustic] - 2Pac / Nas / J. Phoenix
14.	My Block [Remix] - 2Pac
15.	Thugz Mansion [7 Remix] - 2Pac / Anthony Hamilton
16.	Never Call U B**** Again - 2Pac / Tyrese
17.	Better Dayz - 2Pac / Mr. Biggs
18.	U Can Call [Jazze Pha Remix] - 2Pac / Jazze Pha
19.	Military Minds - 2Pac / Buckshot
20.	Fame - 2Pac / Kastro
21.	Fair Xchange [Remix] - 2Pac / Mya
22.	Catchin Feelins - 2Pac / E.D.I.
23.	There U Go - 2Pac / Big Syke / E.D.I. / Kastro / Jazze Pha
24.	This Life I Lead - 2Pac / Outlawz
25.	Who Do U Believe In - 2Pac
26.	They Don't Give a F*** About Us - 2Pac / Outlawz
27.	[Untitled Hidden Track] - 2Pac

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