The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

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Makaveli is arguably Tupac Shakur's greatest record. Released just a few months after his untimely death, and featuring some of the most disturbing lyrics from this man who supposedly went mad after he was shot 5 times the first time. But to me, that shooting just opened his eyes. Extremely prophetic and poetic with so many references to death and him calling out the fake busters which really made no sense back then but makes perfect sense today. (Jay-Z fell off the worst and Mobb Deep went straight soft, Dr. Dre is really showing signs of his other side with his appearance although he still makes tight beats, Nas is the only one that has maintained his illness.) The production if I must say is excellent. Tupac's flow is sick the whole way through, opting for his slow flow a little more on this album. Me & My Girlfriend; one of Pac's greatest songs, is a chilling metaphor about his gun. I didn't catch on to the metaphor until someone actually pointed it out to me, but that makes that song so much more special. He disses and dismisses Jay- Z, Nas and Mobb Deep on Against All Odds-another chilling battle track packed with anger and lyrical adeptness, and Bomb First. These three artists are now all mysteriously beefing... Tupac takes stabs at Dr. Dre as well on Toss It Up and To Live & Die In LA.

On this album you could tell that his patience was wearing thin and his trust for others except his real friends had already faded. This is one of the most open portraits of this misunderstood troubled man. Krazy, White Man'z World, Hold Ya Head are all classics and drop knowledge. Tupac really was a special person and it is a shame he had to take the thug way to his demise. He was one of the few that could drop thug lyrics about killing and mean it, and then on the next song drop knowledge about the school systems, education, and enlightenment, politics, treating of females and other positive things and mean it. The guy was believeable and behaved just like a real person; not just a straight thug unloving women hater but not no biatch softie crybaby either. He was extremely introspective and observant and for that alone Makaveli is a classic. But add in all the elements of a classic such as tight beats, potent lyrics, flawless flows, nice melodies and good choruses and you have yourself a masterpiece.

2pac with the don killuminati, delivers a few of his best songs: Hail Mary, Live n Die in LA, Toss it Up, (all 3 are on his greatest hits album) but this album can NOT compete wit some of earlier work. If you really want to experience the BEST pac has to offer, cop yourself "All Eyez On Me" - one of the best rap albums ever made, "Me Against the World" - Pac's first classic or "Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A." - a very strong album 1st before you get this one. The don killuminati is held back by the constant rage of 2pac, its basically song after song after song of attackin' all the big names of east coast rap.

His posse, the Outlawz, who i personally like a lot, does NOTHING to help the album, in fact they make it a bit worse. If Pac was still alive to make more songs, revise and work on this album, it could have been another masterpiece, but its not, its only above average.

So, bottomline: "the don killuminati" above average/good album, but get the 3 i mentioned first, if you really wanna know what Pac is all about.

Interesting sidenote, if you turn the volume up REALLY loud, on the 1st song of the intro of this cd, before the 1st bell rings (in the song), you can hear Pac say: "Suge shot me" as in Suge Knight, the deathrow record producer, the same man who was driving the car when pac was killed....................