Only God Can Judge Me is the kind of song that makes me realise why 2Pac has remained so iconic all these years. As they fade out, I realise that I have no idea what their lyrical content is. But songs like No More Pain and Heartz of Men grab and keep my attention for their beats and flow. Sure, that’s probably a result of me having very little in interest in, and a very short attention span for, lyrics. It’s funny, for the most famous victim of the gangsta rap lifestyle and the poster by of the East Coast / West Coast feud of the 90s, 2Pac and All Eyez on Me seems fairly light on gangsta violence and general hip hop self aggrandizing. But they’re not good enough to get me excited about 25 more tracks and two plus hours of All Eyez. Ambitionz Az a Ridah and All About You (featuring Snoop Dogg) are better than average songs. In my experience, almost all double albums are great single albums that get stretched into mediocrity over their bloated running times. The first thing I noticed about All Eyez on Me, before I even pressed play, is that it’s a double album. So for Swansong Week, I think the last album released in Pac’s lifetime qualifies, not the stuff that has come since. Too many third parties and people not named Tupac Shakur have had their grubby hands on those. So there are half a dozen or more albums newer than All Eyez on Me, but as a music fan in general, I can’t count them as true 2Pac records.
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