The song was said to have been recorded in 30 minutes in the summer of 1996, proving that Pac could write and record at a fast pace. The Tupac verses on this song were already enough, but the Outlawz added verses to the track. This song has one of the best Tupac hooks, all while being a braggadocious, paranoid, and religious track.
Though it was released on the eve of the busiest year in 2Pac's posthumous career, Better Dayz shouldn't be overlooked -- and with the schedule including a feature documentary (with soundtrack), plus two books and another double album, it might be easy for this one to slip from the radar. A lengthy two-disc set, it benefits from a raft of still-compelling material by one of the two or three best rappers in history, as well as excellent compiling by executive producers Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother. Organizing the set roughly into one disc of hardcore rap and one of R&B jams makes for an easier listen, and the R&B disc especially has some strong tracks, opening with a remix of 1995's "My Block" and including quintessentially 2Pac material -- reflective, conflicted, occasionally anguished -- like "Never Call U B**** Again," "Better Dayz," "Fame," and "This Life I Lead." Most of the tracks are previously unreleased, the rest coming from scattered compilations like Knight's Chronic 2000: Still Smokin' or 1995's The Show soundtrack. It's 2Pac's best album since his death, and bodes well for future material by, and concerning, rap's most legendary figure.
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Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time having sold over 75 million records worldwide. In 2002, he was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone named Shakur in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Outside music, Shakur also gained considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles as Bishop in Juice (1992), Lucky in Poetic Justice (1993) where he starred alongside Janet Jackson, Ezekiel in Gridlock'd (1997), and Jake in Gang Related (1997), all garnering praise from critics.
The film stars Chevy Chase as financial advisor Chris Thorne who, along with his girlfriend Diane (Demi Moore), takes a wrong turn in a dilapidated backwater. Upon being arrested for speeding, Chris and Diane are taken to a creepy mansion full of strange traps designed by a lecherous judge (Aykroyd). When Chris is forced to marry the judge's daughter, Tupac helps ring in the festivities through song, putting his two best talents on display.
In writer and director John Singleton's Poetic Justice, Janet Jackson plays a soulful poet who goes on a cross-country road trip with her best friend Iesha (Regina King), Iesha's boyfriend Chicago (Joe Torry), and his mailman pal Lucky (Tupac).
In Gridlock'd, Tupac and Tim Roth star as a pair of best friends and heroin addicts desperate to kick the drugs in the wake of a friend's fatal overdose. Upon entering a detox program, Stretch (Roth) and Spoon (Tupac) experience far more bureaucratic trouble than it's worth.
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