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2Pac  Main Performer

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1 Intro   1:40
2 If I Die 2Nite Clarke/Durham/Easy 4:02
3 Me Against the World Bacharach/David/Rip 4:38
4 So Many Tears Baker/Baker/Jacobs/ 3:58
5 Temptations Clinton/Troutman/Tr 5:00
6 Young Niggaz Tyler/Leftenat/Sing 4:53
7 Heavy in the Game Bostic/Mosley/Two P 4:22
8 Lord Knows Shakur/Two Pac 4:30
9 Dear Mama Two Pac/Sample/Piza 4:39
10 It Ain't Easy Pizarro/Two Pac 4:54
11 Can U Get Away Beverly/Mosley/Mosl 5:46
12 Old School Buchanan/Shakur/Til 4:39
13 Fuck the World Jacobs/Jacobs/Two P 4:13
14 Death Around the Corner Two Pac/Johnny J 4:07
15 Outlaw Moe Z/Two Pac 4:33
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Me Against the World

Audio Compact Disc

Me Against the World

UPC: 012414163622

Release Date: 03/10/1998

Original Release Date: 03/10/1998

Tracks: [Intro, If I Die 2Nite, Me Against the World, So Many Tears, Temptations, Young Niggaz, Heavy in the Game, Lord Knows, Dear Mama, It Ain't Easy, Can U Get Away, Old School, Fuck the World, Death Around the Corner, Outlaw]
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Steve Huey

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. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi