Shakur himself considered it a “blues record” and if you examine the etymology of the word “blues”, he’s right. The themes he attacks on Me Against the World means the album clocks in at almost 70 minutes. Recorded primarily as he was waiting to serve a jail sentence for sexual assault, the lyrics portray a more reflective Tupac with considerably less bravado than he prior albums. And whatever mistakes I make, I make out of ignorance, not out of disrespect to music or the art.” “Me Against the World was really to show people that this is an art to me. Even more, he wanted to be taken seriously. He did take rap seriously, he did take life seriously.

Shakur let the world know that he was more than what he was being tagged or portrayed as. Me Against the World put the industry on notice. For some it’s at 19, others it’s 31 for Tupac it was 23.

There comes a point in everyone’s life where they have to put their bullshit behavior behind them. He willingly revealed a mature and more sensitive approach to his craft. How’d that happen?Īt just 23 years old, 1995’s, Me Against the World was the album where Tupac showed that he was more than just a rabble-rouser. It’s also hard to believe this album is now 25 years old. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Tupac Shakur to not only hip-hip but to music. 19.June.2020 2Pac Me Against the World 1995

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