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This article is about the 2Pac album. For other uses, see All Eyes on Me (disambiguation).
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All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac, released February 13, 1996 on Death Row Records and Interscope Records. It was the last album released during 2Pac's lifetime, before he died 7 months later on September 13, 1996.

The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music.[3] It has been said that "despite some undeniable filler, it is easily the best production 2Pac's ever had on record".[4] It was certified 5× Platinum after just 2 months in April 1996. The album had two Billboard Hot 100 Number One singles: "How Do U Want It" and "California Love". It featured 5 singles in all, the most of any 2Pac album. Moreover, All Eyez On Me (which was the only Death Row release to be distributed through PolyGram by way of Island Records) made history as the first double-full-length original hip-hop studio album released for mass consumption—in this case, it was issued on two compact discs and a record four vinyl discs.

The album contained the Parental Advisory warning of explicit lyrics. Many of the songs contain obsecenities relating to sex or gang violence.

Background

All Eyez on Me was released after Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, bailed 2Pac out of jail in exchange for signing to Death Row, fulfilling part of 2Pac's brand new contract. This double-album served as the first two albums of his three album contract. He arrived in the studios just hours after being released from prison to begin work on this 27 track hip-hop "tour de force".[citation needed] The rapper finished this album in only two weeks.

The songs on All Eyez on Me are, in general, unapologetic celebrations of living the "Thug Lifestyle". 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. The hit single "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" is a collaboration with Snoop Dogg.

The album features occasional guest spots from 2Pac's regulars, such as former-Thug Life members and the Outlawz, as well as Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, and other guests. The song "Heartz of Men" samples a portion of Richard Pryor's comedy album "That Nigger's Crazy". Most of the album was produced by Johnny "J" and Daz Dillinger, with help from Dr. 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.

Along with his Greatest Hits album, All Eyez On Me is 2Pac's best selling album. The album was certified 5x Platinum in the United States after just 2 months and was later certified 9x platinum.[5]

It was re-released in 2001 as enhanced CDs containing the "California Love" music video. Both discs contained the same data track. It was also re-released as a Dual-Disc in 2005.

Reception

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p. 74) – Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.

Spin (5/96, p. 106) – 7 (out of 10) – "As long as you don't expect philanthropy from him, you'll find honesty and some pleasurably twisted scenarios."

Entertainment Weekly (12/27/96-1/3/97, p. 146) – Ranked #3 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 10 Albums And Singles Of 1996.

Q magazine (12/99, p. 90) – Included in Q magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.

Musician (6/96, p. 90) – "...gangsta rappers pretty much share the values of their Republican detractors: the emphasis on making money, the righteousness of bearing arms, the wonderfulness of consumption, respect for hierarchy and loyalty to one's own as overriding principles..."

Rap Pages (5/96, p. 30) – 7 (out of 10) – "Backed by 'everything we push goes platinum' Death Row Records and a new crew of comrades...the lyrical Jesse James is back to expound on his lengthy dogmas within the infrastructure of his music....[T]his album conveys sudden gleams of brilliance and thick and chunky hits, radio-friendly or not."

NME (3/2/96, p. 47) – 9 (out of 10) – "All Eyez is his angry, end-of-tether, couldn't-give-a-shit meditation....an immense spewing of indignation and provocation, set to a brilliantly varied range of G-funk grooves....Tupac blasts out his non-PC opinions...with a competition-eliminating relentlessness."

Track listing

All lyrics by Tupac, music compositions listed below.

Book 1

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Ambitionz az a Ridah"Daz Dillinger4:39
2."All bout U" (featuring Nate Dogg, Top Dogg, Dru Down & Fatal-N-Felony)Johnny "J" & 2Pac4:37
3."Skandalouz" (featuring Nate Dogg)Daz Dillinger4:09
4."Got My Mind Made Up" (featuring Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Method Man & Redman)Daz Dillinger5:13
5."How Do U Want It" (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)Johnny "J"4:47
6."2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (featuring Snoop Dogg)Daz Dillinger4:07
7."No More Pain"DeVanté Swing6:14
8."Heartz of Men"DJ Quik4:43
9."Life Goes On"Johnny "J"5:02
10."Only God Can Judge Me" (featuring Rappin' 4-Tay)Doug Rasheed and Harold Scrap Fretty for The Bullets Production Team4:57
11."Tradin War Stories" (featuring C-Bo, Dramacydal & Storm)Mike Mosley & Rick Rock5:29
12."California Love (Remix)" (featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)Dr. Dre6:25
13."I Ain't Mad at Cha" (featuring Danny Boy)Daz Dillinger4:53
14."What'z Ya Phone #" (featuring Danny Boy (a song describing in graphic detail a prior sexual encounter with a woman, and her desire to engage in sex again))Johnny "J" & 2Pac5:10

Book 2

The 1996 UK release includes the original version of "California Love" as track 14 on disc 2[citation needed].

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Can't C Me" (featuring George Clinton)Dr. Dre5:30
2."Shorty Wanna Be a Thug"Johnny "J"3:51
3."Holla at Me" (featuring Jewell)Bobby Ervin & DJ Naya4:56
4."Wonda Why They Call U Bitch"Johnny "J" & 2Pac4:19
5."When We Ride" (featuring Outlaw Immortalz)DJ Pooh5:09
6."Thug Passion" (featuring Jewell, Dramacydal & Storm (the title refers to an alcoholic drink of 1 part Alizé and 1 part Cristal))Johnny "J" & 2Pac5:08
7."Picture Me Rollin'" (featuring CPO, Danny Boy & Big Syke)Johnny "J"5:15
8."Check Out Time" (featuring Kurupt, Big Syke & Natasha Walker)Johnny "J"4:39
9."Ratha Be Ya Nigga" (featuring Richie Rich)Doug Rasheed4:14
10."All Eyez on Me" (featuring Big Syke)Johnny "J"5:08
11."Run Tha Streetz" (featuring Michel'le, Napoleon & Storm)Johnny "J" & 2Pac5:17
12."Ain't Hard 2 Find" (featuring C-Bo, D-Shot, B-Legit, E-40 & Richie Rich)Mike Mosley & Rick Rock4:29
13."Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find" (featuring Danny Boy)QD33:58

Unused Tracks

  • Late Night (Used on Better Dayz 2002)
  • Better Dayz (a'capella Used on Better Dayz 2002)
  • U Can Call (a'capella used on Better Dayz 2002)
  • Letter 2 My Unborn (a'capella used on Until The End Of Time 2001)
  • Secretz Of War (a'capella used on Still I Rise 1999)
  • Come With Me (Unreleased Interlude featuring Danny Boy)
  • Run Tha Streetz (Unreleased Verse)
  • When I Get Free (a'capella used On Until The End of Time)
  • Put Tha Mash On (Unreleased)
  • All About U (Unreleased Verse)
  • Got My MInd Made Up (Unreleased Inspectah Deck verse)

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic and CD booklet.[6][7]

Album chart positions

Chart Peak positions
Australian Albums Chart[8] 19
Belgium Charts (Flanders)[9] 44
Belgium Charts (Wallonia)[10] 34
Deutsch Albums Chart[11] 16
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 11
French Albums Chart[13] 99
Irish Albums Chart[14] 61
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] 15
Norwegian Albums Chart[16] 34
Swedish Albums Chart[17] 5
Switzerland Albums Chart[18] 15
UK Albums Chart[19][20] 32
U.S. Billboard 200[21] 1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[21] 1
Singles
Year Single Peak positions[22]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks U.S. Hot Rap Singles U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 U.S. Top 40 Mainstream
1996 "California Love (Remix)" 1 1 — — 2 34
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" — — — — — —
"How Do U Want It" 1 — — 1 23 —
"All Bout U" — — — — — —
"I Ain't Mad at Cha" — — — — — —

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[23] 97

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
March 2, 1996 – March 15, 1996 		Succeeded by
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Accolades

  • The information regarding accolades is adapted from Acclaimedmusic.net,[24]except for lists that are sourced otherwise.
  • (*) signifies unordered lists
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
FNAC France The 1000 Best Albums of All Time 2008 461
Rock & Folk The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999 1999 *
Babylon Greece The 50 Best Albums of the 1990s 7
Hip-Hop Connection United Kingdom The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995-2005 2005 35
The New Nation Top 100 Albums by Black Artists 64
Q The Ultimate Music Collection *
90 Albums of the 90s 1999 *
About.com United States 100 Greatest Hip Hop Albums[25] 2008 80
Best Rap Albums of 1996[26] 1
Entertainment Weekly The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008 87
Tom Moon 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die *
Ego Trip Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980-98 1999 14
Rolling Stone The Essential Recordings of the 90s *

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Kazeem (August 4, 2010). The Complete List Of 5 Mic Hip-Hop Classics. The Source. Retrieved on 2010-12-23.
  2. ^ XXL (2007). "Retrospective: XXL Albums". XXL Magazine, December 2007 issue.
  3. ^ XXLMagazine October 2004, Page 104
  4. ^ All Eyez on Me AMG review
  5. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for All Eyez on Me
  6. ^ "allmusic ((( All Eyez on Me > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  7. ^ "Tupac All Eyez On Me CD". CD Universe. 1996–2006. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  8. ^ "australian-charts.com - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "www.ultratop.be - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "www.ultratop.be - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "musicline.de - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". musicline.de. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "lescharts.com - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "www.chart-track.co.uk - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". www.chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "charts.org.nz - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "swedishcharts.com - 2 Pac - All Eyez On Me". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "2 Pac - All Eyez On Me - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Search Results -- Albums". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/2pac/
  21. ^ a b "allmusic ((( All Eyez on Me > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "allmusic ((( All Eyez on Me > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  23. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A982.htm
  25. ^ Adaso, Henry. [1]. about.com. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
  26. ^ Adaso, Henry. [2]. about.com. Retrieved 2010-09-06.

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