“Keep Ya Head Up” is as uplifting a song as has ever been recorded in hip-hop history. The duality of 2Pac drove his idiosyncratic artistry and persona, codified on “Strictly” with the inclusion of two of his most famous songs, two songs that couldn’t be any more diametrically opposed: “Keep Ya Head Up” and “I Get Around.” On the other hand, he was engulfed in an urban plight that plagued many Black communities. On the one hand, he was raised under the umbrella of the Black Panthers and Black Liberation Army movement via his mother (Afeni Shakur), stepfather (Mutulu Shakur), and godfather (Geronimo Pratt). It’s important to remember that 2Pac is a product of dueling influences from his formative years. This album should be more revered than it is. Album DescriptionDigable Planets’ first album, ‘Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)’ just turned 30.

See More Your browser does not support the audio element. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo More info There are enough hidden gems to make R U Still Down? worthwhile for hardcore 2Pac fans. As for the music itself, it's pretty much standard-issue gangsta rap that never deviates from the course. For the most part, Shakur sounds good, spinning out rhymes that are alternately clever or startling, although he eventually begins repeating himself. Culled from 2Pac's unreleased Interscope recordings between 19, 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.

She founded the Amaru label and released the double-disc R U Still Down? (Remember Me) in late 1997. 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.

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. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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