It featured four singles in all, the most of any of Shakur's albums. The album includes the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles " How Do U Want It" and " California Love". Released on February 13, 1996, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records, It was the only Death Row/Interscope release that was distributed through Island Records/Polygram in the United States. Dre, DJ Bobcat, Dat Nigga Daz, DJ Pooh, DeVante Swing, among others. The album features productions by Shakur alongside a variety of producers, including DJ Quik, Johnny "J", Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, E-40, Redman, Method Man, Nate Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, K-Ci & JoJo, and Roger Troutman, among others. All Eyez on Me features guest appearances from several artists including the Outlawz, Dr. The album also references the fact the 2Pac is under the attention of many fans, being his fourth studio album.All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac and the last to be released during his lifetime. With songs like “Can’t C Me” and “All Eyez on Me”, 2Pac makes it known that he feels the presence of surveillance, most notably by the police. Though there is the occasional reminiscence about past and present friends, it is a definite move away from the social and political consciousness of 2Pacalypse Now and Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…. The songs on the album along with the name of the album itself, allude to the feeling of being watched. The songs on All Eyez on Me are, in general, unapologetic celebrations of living the “Thug Lifestyle”. DJ Quik also produced, mixed and made an appearance on the album, but had to use his real name on the credits because his contract with Profile Records prevented him from using his stage name. Dre on the songs “ California Love“, which he himself appeared in also as an album guest spot, and “Can’t C Me”, which was Clinton’s appearance.
Most of the album was produced by Johnny “J” and Daz Dillinger, with help from Dr. The song “Heartz of Men” samples a portion of Richard Pryor’s comedy album That Nigger’s Crazy. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, and George Clinton, Rappin’ 4-Tay, The Click, Method Man, and Redman among others. The album features guest spots from 2Pac’s regulars, such as former- Thug Life members and The Outlawz, as well as Dr. Fulfilling part of Shakur’s brand new contract, this double-album served as the first two albums of his three-album contract. All Eyez on Me was released following an agreement between Knight and Shakur which stated Shakur would make three albums under Death Row Records in return for them paying his bail. At the time, Shakur was broke and thus unable to make bail himself. In October 1995, Suge Knight and Jimmy Iovine paid the $1.4 million bail necessary to get Shakur released from jail on charges of sexual abuse. The title of this album, “All Eyez On Me,” is the same title used for Tupac’s biopic, released on June 16th, 2017 which would have been Shakur’s forty-sixth birthday.
The album was certified Diamond by the RIAA on July 23, 2014, almost eighteen years after Shakur’s death. The album is among the most acclaimed hip-hop albums of the 1990s. Shakur also won the Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Award posthumously. It was issued on two compact discs and four LPs.Īll Eyez on Me was the second album by 2Pac to chart at #1 on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling 566,000 copies in the first week. Moreover, All Eyez on Me (which was the only Death Row Records release to be distributed through PolyGram by way of Island Records) made history as the second double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption (the first one being IAM‘s 1993 Ombre est lumière album ). It featured five singles in all, the most of any of Shakur’s albums.
The album featured the Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles “ How Do U Want It” and “ California Love“. It was released on February 13, 1996, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac and the last one to be released during his lifetime.
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