Friday, February 12, 2010

2pac: R U Still Down? (1997)




Shortly after 2Pac died, there were rumors that hundreds of unreleased songs remained in the vaults; a mere two months after his death, the first posthumous record, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, appeared. Death Row released the record, and shortly afterward, 2Pac's mother, Afeni Shakur, gained the rights to all of his unreleased recordings from both the Interscope and Death Row labels. She founded the Amaru label and released the double-disc R U Still Down? (Remember Me) in late 1997. Culled from 2Pac's unreleased Interscope recordings between 1992 and 1994, including several tracks that have had backing musical tracks "reconstructed," R U Still Down? doesn't have the aura of exploitation that haunts the Makaveli album. For the most part, Shakur sounds good, spinning out rhymes that are alternately clever or startling, although he eventually begins repeating himself. As for the music itself, it's pretty much standard-issue gangsta rap that never deviates from the course. There are enough hidden gems to make R U Still Down? worthwhile for hardcore 2Pac fans.

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1. Redemption - 2Pac
2. Open Fire - 2Pac
3. R U Still Down? (Remember Me) - 2Pac
4. Hellrazor - 2Pac
5. Thug Style - 2Pac
6. Where Do We Go From Here (Interlude) - 2Pac
7. I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto - 2Pac
8. Nothing to Lose - 2Pac
9. I'm Gettin Money - 2Pac
10. Lie to Kick It - 2Pac
11. Fuck All Y'all - 2Pac
12. Let Them Thangs Go - 2Pac
13. Definition of a Thug Nigga - 2Pac
14. Ready 4 Whatever - 2Pac
15. When I Get Free - 2Pac
16. Hold on Be Strong - 2Pac
17. I'm Losin' It - 2Pac
18. Fake Ass Bitches - 2Pac
19. Do for Love - 2Pac
20. Enemies With Me - 2Pac
21. Nothin but Love - 2Pac
22. 16 on Death Row - 2Pac
23. I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto [Hip-Hop Version] - 2Pac
24. When I Get Free II - 2Pac
25. Black Starry Night (Interlude) - 2Pac
26. Only Fear of Death - 2Pac




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