![]() It topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for three weeks in the United States. The album sold 549,000 copies in its first week, and reached multi-platinum status under a month. The album airs his views on life from a time before he became involved in the controversial East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. This album contains previously unreleased material from the time period of his albums Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Thug Life: Volume 1 and Me Against the World. After the release of his first posthumous album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory in late 1996, Afeni Shakur gained the rights to all of his unreleased recordings from both the Interscope and Death Row labels. Shortly after 2Pac was murdered in 1996, there were rumours that hundreds of unreleased songs remained in the vaults. This was the first release from Afeni's imprint Amaru Entertainment, a label that was set up to control 2Pac's posthumous releases. It is the first album by 2Pac to be finished without his creative input, and was overseen by his mother Afeni Shakur. R U Still Down? (Remember Me) is the seventh album and second posthumous album by American rapper 2Pac, released in 1997 on Amaru Entertainment, Jive and Interscope Records. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996) Album Description1997 (Production, guest vocals and mixing)ĢPac, Akshun, Choo, Def Jef, DJ Daryl, Johnny "J", Live Squad, Levant Marcus, Mike Mosley, Natures Fynest Productions, Tony Pizarro, QDIII, Quimmy Quim, Chris Rosser, Conrad Rosser, Ricky Rouse, Afeni Shakur (exec.), Lisa Smith-Putnam (exec.), Soulshock & Karlin, Warren G, We Got Kidz Productions (also exec.) 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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