The lyrical content may be less original, but the sound is better. “What’d I tell ya I was gonna do, nigga, when I got out of jail?” he calls out on the introductory “Heartz of Men.” “I’s gonna start diggin’ into these niggas’ chests.”īut if 2Pac has traded in his complex persona for a place in the Death Row camp, the payback, as they say, has been a muthafucka. There’s no equivalent to “Dear Mama” on this record, unless you count the vaguely affectionate “Wonda Why They Call U Bytch.” Now everything’s about (expensive) booze, bitches, cash, cars and contempt for his enemies. Rendering himself a cardboard cutout of a “playa,” 2Pac has surrendered wholesale to his thug side. Sadly, those intriguing conflicts have now vanished. He wrote some of the most woman-positive songs in rap, “Keep Your Head Up” and “Dear Mama,” while throwing down rhymes about ho’s and bitches. What made him interesting in the past was his contradictory nature: He would play the thug one second and exude vulnerability the next. Most important, All Eyez on Me marks 2Pac’s new allegiance with the West Coast’s powerhouse rap dynasty, Death Row Records.Īll this drama was bound to affect 2Pac’s music. It comes barely a year after he was shot. This two-disc set comes just four months after he was released on bail pending appeal on his conviction for sexual assault. He left a legacy that will not be forgotten and has inspired many artists today.The title of 2PAC’s fourth album, All Eyez on Me, is not just a reflection of his usual arrogance and paranoia - people are watching 2Pac. His music portrays struggles of growing up in poverty and dangerous areas, and he was able to demonstrate a sense of unity in his music. Tupac Shakur was a very influential person in the rap industry and even in the world in general. The album also references the fact the Tupac Shakur is under the attention of many fans, due to the fact that it is the uprising of Tupac once more after coming out of prison. The album themes represent the ideology of an unapologetic celebrations of living the “Thug Lifestyle”, they allude to the feeling of being watched and Tupac Shakur makes it known that he feels the presence of surveillance, most notably by the police.
He is practically stating that it’s him against the world. Everybody’s looking to see what I am going to do now so All Eyez on Me”. I got the jealous homeboys and I got the homies that roll with me. I got the females that want to charge me with false charges and sue me and all that. Tupac states, “I got the police watching me, the Feds. Tupac Shakur states that this album cover and his music in this album demonstrate how I feels about everything that is happening to him. The purpose of this album cover is to demonstrate that Tupac Shakur was ready to make a comeback to the music industry after being sent to prison. In an odd way we can compare this album cover with Sofonisba Anguissola painting “Self-portrait with Bernardino Campi by Sofonisba Anguissola” because both subjects of the painting are looking directly back their audience, which creates a powerful message. If we take into consideration the lighting of this photo, we see that it is all placed on Tupac Shakur, this can only be due to fact the photographer of this image wants Tupac Shakur to be the main focus. Below him we see in red lettering “All Eyez on Me” which is very interesting for this album cover, because he wants us the audience to realize that he is the main focus and he wants to state that it is his time to take over the music industry.
Tupac Shakur is looking directly at the audience and he has certain posture that correlates with what he represents.
It is safe to assume that Tupac Shakur is the focus of this cover for many obvious reasons. This album’s cover art consists of Tupac Shakur, an infamous rap artist in the 1990’s, and he is in the middle of the album cover behind a black backdrop, with the linguistic message “All Eyez on Me”.
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