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Critical reception

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Upon release

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1996 professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Tribune[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
The Guardian[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME9/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin7/10[7]
USA Today[8]

Upon release, All Eyez on Me received widespread acclaim from critics. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Cheo Hodari Coker praised the album: "All Eyez on Me, a 27-song, 133-minute gangster's paradise, finds the rapper even more venomous than he was before his 11-month incarceration for sexual abuse. He displays no remorse for his tough life, and even less feeling for his enemies. The only thing jail time did for 2Pac was make his creative fires burn even hotter—he raps here with a passion and skill matched in gangsta rap only by Snoop Doggy Dogg and the Notorious B.I.G. And with such producers as DJ Pooh, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre and Johnny "J" laying down the tracks, he finally has a musical team worthy of his talent."[4] Roger Morton of NME praised the album's themes and guest appearances and noted the album is "a grittier, bloodier, nastier, more twisted and more gripping record" than "Me Against the World". He went on to particularly praise Ambitionz Az a Ridah, Got My Mind Made Up, No More Pain and the range of Shakur's persona on the album. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly praised the production in particular and remarked that "even on this booty-shaking album, he’s watching his back throughout the entire bash".

Laura Jamison of Rolling Stone praised the production as "brilliantly varied" and concluded her review by saying that Shakur indeed deserves "all eyez and all ears on him". Spin magazine gave it a 7 out of 10 and commented positively on the album's "honesty and pleasurably twisted scenarios".

Some reviewers were less impressed. The Guardian gave the album only two stars out of five and declared it "one of these angry recriminatory discs would have been more than enough, thanks" and found that "too much of the two hours is consumed by self-justifying rants like Only God Can Judge Me and Skandalouz". Laura Jamison noted the lyrical content as "less original" than Shakur's previous releases.

Retrospective appraisal

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Pitchfork9.4/10

Live performances

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Shakur performed this song during his Saturday Night Live appearance on February 17, 1996. He also performed the song on his House of Blues concert and it is included on the Live at the House of Blues live album.

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 44
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 21
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[11] 6

Credits

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  • (T. Shakur, G. Jacobs, R. Walker, E. Baker, S. Wonder; Joshua's Dream/Interscope Pearl Music/Warner-Tamerlane
  • Publishing Corp./ Grand Imperial Thug Music/Pubhowyalike Music, BMI/Triboy Music Publishing/Black Bull
  • Music/Jobete Music Co., ASCAP.)
  • Produced by D-Flizno Production Squad for Stayin' Biznizzy Productions
  • Engineered by Mike Schlesinger & Tim Nitz
  • Recorded and Mixed at Soundcastle Studios
  • Background Vocals: Thug Life, Digital Underground (appears courtesy of Tommy Boy Records) & Stretch
  • Keyboards: The Piano Man
  • Guitar: Eric "Kenya" Baker
  • Contains a sample from "That Girl" (Stevie Wonder; Black Bull Music/Jobete Music Co., Inc., ASCAP), as recorded by Stevie Wonder, under license from Motown Records. During the chorus, a slowed-down harmonica solo is heard.

Track listing

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Maxi-single
  1. "So Many Tears"
  2. "So Many Tears" (Key of Z Remix)
  3. "So Many Tears" (Reminizim' Remix)
  4. "Hard to Imagine" by Dramacydal
  5. "If I Die 2Nite"
Promo single
  1. "So Many Tears"
  2. "So Many Tears" (Key of Z Remix)
  3. "So Many Tears" (Reminizm' Remix)
  4. "If I Die 2Nite"

References

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  1. ^ "2Pac: All Eyez on Me (Death Row/Interscope)". Chicago Tribune. March 14, 1996.
  2. ^ Browne, David (March 8, 1996). "All Eyez on Me". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  3. ^ CS (March 1, 1996). "This week's Pop CD Releases". The Guardian. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b Coker, Cheo Hodari (February 11, 1996). "2Pac: Bitter, Remorseless, Brilliant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Morton, Roger (March 2, 1996). "2Pac – All Eyez On Me". NME. London. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  6. ^ Jamison, Laura (April 4, 1996). "All Eyez on Me". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  7. ^ Cummings, Sue (May 1996). "2Pac: All Eyez on Me". Spin. 12 (2). New York: 106–07. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "2Pac keeps controversial 'Eyez' on the ball". USA Today. February 12, 1996.
  9. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.


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Personal Life

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Sociopolitical views

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Shakur never professed to follow a particular religion, but he had a strong belief in God. God was a recurring theme in his work and especially in songs such as Ghetto Gospel, Blasthemy, Hail Mary and Only God Can Judge Me and poems such as The Rose That Grew from Concrete. Many analysts currently describe him as a deist.[1]

Although he never voiced his support for a particular political party, Shakur's songs and his public statements suggest he was a liberal.[citation needed] During his time in art school, Shakur became affiliated with the Baltimore Young Communist League USA. [2][3]

Personal relations

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Shakur's friends would range from Mike Tyson[4] and Chuck D[5] to Jim Carrey[6] and Alanis Morissette, who in April 1996 said that she and Shakur were planning to open a restaurant together.[7][8] Shakur also developed a close friendship with TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, which reportedly was a source of tension for her relationship with Andre Rison [9] and socialized with Maya Angelou, who recalls the rapper weeping after Angelou reminded him of "how important he was" on the set of the 1993 film Poetic Justice. [10]

Shakur briefly dated Madonna in 1994.[11][12] On April 29, 1995, Shakur married his then girlfriend Keisha Morris, a pre-law student.[13][14] The marriage was annulled ten months later.[15] In a 1993 interview published in The Source, Shakur berated record producer Quincy Jones for his interracial marriage to actress Peggy Lipton.[16] Their daughter Rashida Jones responded with an irate open letter.[17] Years later, Shakur apologized to her sister Kidada Jones, whom he was dating at the time of his death in 1996.[18]

Activism, philanthropy and other ventures

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Shakur was a promising activist through his music and also in his own philanthropic ventures, which included financing a at-risk-youth center and setting up a telephone helpline for young people with problems. [18] In 1993, Shakur renamed his publishing company from Ghetto Gospel Music to Joshua's Dream after a terminally boy named Joshua, whose last wish was to meet Shakur, met Tupac at a basketball game and died shortly after. [19]

Civil cases

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1991 Oakland Police Department lawsuit

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In October 1991, Shakur filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department for allegedly brutalizing him over jaywalking. The case was settled for about $43,000.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Josh Nisker (2007). "Only God Can Judge Me and lyrical Subversion" (PDF). The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. 14 (2). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  2. ^ Farrar, Jordan. (May 13, 2011) "Baltimore students protest cuts" Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Peoples World, Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "'And Still I See No Changes': Tupac's legacy 15 years on" Archived May 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Green Left Weekly(October 16, 2011). Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  4. ^ Meara, Paul (November 4, 2015). "That Time Tupac Visited Mike Tyson in Prison". BET. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Grow, Kory (June 23, 2014). "Read Tupac Shakur's Heartfelt Letter to Public Enemy's Chuck D". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016.
  6. ^ Smithfield, Brad (February 4, 2017). "Jim Carrey wrote humorous letters to Tupac to cheer him up while in prison". Vintage News. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "2Pac – KMEL 1996 Full Interview with Sway". YouTube. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "What Happened (Interview by Sway)". genius.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "LISA "LEFT EYE" LOPES AND JADA PINKETT SMITH BOTH LOVED TUPAC, BUT DID YOU KNOW..." The Source.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "How Maya Angelou met Tupac Shakur". Washington Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Madonna confirms that she once dated Tupac Shakur". NME. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  12. ^ Grow, Kory (July 11, 2019). "Tupac's Private Apology to Madonna Could Be Yours for $100,000". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  13. ^ Golus, Carrie (August 1, 2010). Tupac Shakur: Hip-Hop Idol. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7613-5473-4.
  14. ^ "Tupac's Ex-Wife Does Interview". Tupac-online.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  15. ^ "Love is Not Enough: 2Pac's Ex-Wife, Keisha Morris". XXL. New York City: Townsquare Media. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  16. ^ Williams, Kam (March 12, 2009). "Rashida Jones: The I Love You, Man Interview". LA Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  17. ^ Freeman, Hadley (February 14, 2014). "Rashida Jones: 'There's more than one way to be a woman and be sexy'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
  18. ^ a b Anson, Robert Sam (March 1997). "To Die Like A Gangsta". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  19. ^ "Tupac and Joshua". Ball is Life.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt-obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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