The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics] [Original recording remastered]

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For this release, Tupac Shakur adopted the pseudonym "Makaveli" in honor of the philosopher Machiavelli, author of the devious politician's handbook The Prince. Contractually his final effort for Death Row, it was recorded in seven days and was released on schedule in October 1996, despite Shakur's death a month earlier. Shakur was unparalleled at balancing the upbeat and the morbidly grim, and tracks like "Toss It Up" are such wonderfully catchy pop songs that the nasty lyrical digs at his then-current crop of enemies seem almost subliminal. Not so with album closer "Against All Odds," in which Shakur spells out very explicitly who he thinks was responsible for his ambush shooting in New York City. Overall, the Makaveli album feels so much like one man's complete exorcism of an overload of pent-up personal and professional pressures that it's hard not to believe that Shakur had all eyes on a new direction for the future. --Gregg Turkington

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Average customer rating: 2Pac's Darkest Album Favourite 2Pac album I just had to bring him back Perfect way to end Pac's career Tupac Black Jesus

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli Manufacturer: Death Row Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: All Eyez on Me Me Against the World R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. ASIN: B00005AQGH Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)
2. Hail Mary
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live & Die In L.A.
5. Blasphemy
6. Life Of An Outlaw
7. Just Like Daddy
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me And My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head
12. Against All Odds

Customer Reviews:

2Pac's Darkest Album.......2007-07-19

i'd have to say that this is one of my favorite 2Pac albums he comes with straight fire on this album his lyrics are deep and dark this album has some great 2Pac hits me and my girlfriend to live and die in l.a hail mary toss it up & a great diss track against all odds if your a fan of hip/hop cop this album

Favourite 2Pac album.......2007-05-12

"Watchin time fly I love my people do or die
But I wonder why we scared to let eachother fly" - Krazy

That's real from the realest MC, 2Pac - RIP.

I just had to bring him back.......2007-04-23

Dont get me wrong. I love All Eyez On Me. It was one of the best albums of 96 but it was missing the political side of Pac. The conscious side. On this album you get Pac's anger at other rappers but you also get some insight like White Man's World, Blasphemy and Krazy. Its unfortunate to hear the diss tracks like Bomb First and Against All Odds get more mention over White Man's World and Krazy but I understand where most people's heads are at. Standout tracks: BOMB FIRST, HAIL MARY, TOSS IT UP, TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA, BLASPHEMY, LIFE AS AN OUTLAW, KRAZY, WHITE MAN,S WORLD, ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND and AGAINST ALL ODDS. Filler: I never felt Just Like Daddy. Bottom Line: In 96, Pac droppped to classics, All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati. Pac's rhymes were great, the production was different but good. All in all it was a great album.

Perfect way to end Pac's career.......2007-04-10

It does seem more of a compilation than an album to me. It basically has songs for everything he had done in his career so far, for introspective we have "Krazy" and "Hold Ya Head", for political we have "White Man'z World", for outlaw we have "Life Of An Outlaw, for diss songs we have "Bomb First" and "Against All Odds" and so on. All in all its a classic album though ranks as my third favourite (behind Me Against The World and All Eyez on Me) The production shines once again and Pac never dissapoints. Highly recommended to all Pac fans who don't already own this

Tupac Black Jesus.......2006-09-01

First of all it would not make any sense for suge to have tried to kill Pac come on that little money he owed pac is nothing compared to what he's getting sued for now so all you idiots hush with that noise. Anyway this album is timeless you could listen to this in 2059 and it will still be relevant. True LEgend

Average customer rating: One of Pac's more interesting releases Pac Sets the Game Straight Rap At Its Pinnacle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Will Go Down In History As One Of The Best Ever Great album from the the G.O.A.T.

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Eyez on Me Me Against the World All Eyez on Me 2Pacalypse Now Until The End Of Time ASIN: B000001Y16 Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

1. Intro / Bomb First (My Second Reply)
2. Hail Mary
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live And Die In L.A.
5. Blasphemy
6. Life Of An Outlaw
7. Just Like Daddy
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me And My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head
12. Against All Odds

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For this release, Tupac Shakur adopted the pseudonym "Makaveli" in honor of the philosopher Machiavelli, author of the devious politician's handbook The Prince. Contractually his final effort for Death Row, it was recorded in seven days and was released on schedule in October 1996, despite Shakur's death a month earlier. Shakur was unparalleled at balancing the upbeat and the morbidly grim, and tracks like "Toss It Up" are such wonderfully catchy pop songs that the nasty lyrical digs at his then-current crop of enemies seem almost subliminal. Not so with album closer "Against All Odds," in which Shakur spells out very explicitly who he thinks was responsible for his ambush shooting in New York City. Overall, the Makaveli album feels so much like one man's complete exorcism of an overload of pent-up personal and professional pressures that it's hard not to believe that Shakur had all eyes on a new direction for the future. --Gregg Turkington

Customer Reviews:

One of Pac's more interesting releases .......2007-05-22

'The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory' is one of 2pac's more interesting releases, yet like most of his albums it also happens to be incredibly overrated. I can see why others like it, but I wasn't feeling it as much as most were.

It opens blazingly with the incredible intro ' Bomb First (My Second Reply)', but the next two tracks, the hit single 'Hail Mary' and 'Toss it Up' get boring and monotonous quick, unfortunately. On 'To Live And Die In L.A.' 2pac sends some love out to the city he lived in, and that's one of the albums highlights. 'Blasphemy' is more of the typical "thug life" 2pac you've heard a million times before, and although it's not a terrible track, it fails to impress. 'Life Of An Outlaw' is one of the stronger tracks on this album, and the Outlawz safe it from becoming monotonous. 'Just Like Daddy' is a great track with deep, personal lyrics, and 'Krazy' is alright, but highly overrated just like the next track. The next two tracks are decent, although the obnoxious woman on 'Me And My Girlfriend' make the song hard to take seriously. 'Against All Odds' is a diss track, and just like the intro, 'Bomb First', it closes the album with a bang.

Some of 2pac's best work can be found here, but the "dark and moody" atmosphere feels forced and not genuine. The lyrics are mostly good, although they're repetitive on a few tracks. Overall, if you like 2pac you'll like this, but I wasn't blown away by it like most people were.

Pac Sets the Game Straight.......2007-02-01

This album is truly phenomenal. Basically the last album Tupac himself put together before he died, he sets the entire rap industry upside down in the opening track. The way this album opens up is truly crazy. He sends a straight shot message to big nas n mobb that he had the balls to take the violence to the level that eventually killed him... freaking insane... after the hairs on my neck settled he stops to pray, his "hailmary," and adds 10 more bone chilling tracks to a classic that will live on forever...

Rap At Its Pinnacle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-10-07

I don't know what to say. Pac just goes into the studio and whips up a classic in like 7 days! Now that is what I call skill. Oh and might I add that this is easily the best rap album of all time! Pac was an amazing man he just got beter with every album (until his very unfortunate death). Every album he made while he was alive was a classic, he just had rap star written all over him. Its just such a huge shame that he died and we now have to put up with such garbage so called rappers like Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Nelly and Chingy. Onto the content of the album, there is 12 tracks, every one of them classic from The violent intro/Bomb First to the classic diss Against All Odds. During the album we have the dark yet emotional tracks Hail Mary and Blasphemy, the song for the ladies Just Like Daddy, the interesting Me And My Girlfriend where he talks to his gun like its his girlfriend, the weed smoking song Krazy, the sex song/Diss Toss It Up, the second California Love To Live And Die In L.A., the Life Of An Outlaw and Hold Ya Head and White Man'z World which bring back memories of his 1991-1995 era. If your a rap fan than you better have alredy copped this but if your new to rap than no questions, get money and run to the record store as fast as you can.

This Will Go Down In History As One Of The Best Ever.......2006-09-04

The last true release from 2pac a.k.a. Makaveli in my opinion on of the ten greatest rap albums of all time. The latter releases contain studio material not necessarily meant for release or retouched versions and remixes but this was a true release with every track meant to be heard. From beginning to end this is hit after hit after hit - put it on loop and let it play for days, weeks, months, years, - forever. It is that good.

Great album from the the G.O.A.T........2006-09-02

This album is unbelievably untouchable. You will never ever get tired of this album because the lyrics are so deep that you'll wonder why you listen to all the fake rappers today. Tupac clearly exhibits his intelligence and amazing talent on this album. Ratings of tracks:
1) Bomb First 9/10- Excellent intro. Tupac destroys his enemies lyrically with a killer beat. I would be scared if I was Biggie! This track would be a 10 but the Outlaw's weak talent weaken the song just a bit as usual.
2)Haily Mary 10/10 - One word:CLASSIC even if the outlaws don't complement pac well.
3) Toss it Up 7/10- Possibly the weakest song on the album. If you want a good club song to listen to by Pac, listen to How Do You Want It.
4) To Live and Die in L.A. 8/10- Awesome dedication to L.A. I like the lyrics but the background vocals and beat of the chorus keep me from giving this song a 10.
5)Blasphemy 10/10- Amazing song. So many biblical allusions that aren't readily understood. Very deep song. Its incredible that Pac came up with a song like this.
6)Life of an Outlaw 9/10- Excellent song with an excellent beat. I won't give it a 10 because of the Outlaws. However, I love Napoleon's verse since it complement's Pac's style.
7) Just like Daddy 8/10- The Outlaws do a decent job in this one. Pac shines as usual.
8) Krazy 10/10 - Amazing beat with amazing lyrics. Very emotional song that will touch anyone who hears it. Bad Azz does a great job in this song. I can listen to this song all day.
9) White Man'z World 10/10- The socially and politically aware Pac is back and once again reaches the emotional depths of people's hearts. Another classic.
10) Me and My Girlfriend 9/10- Excellent song with a very clever metaphor. The background phrases of the woman were very annoying. Still a great song.
11) Hold ya Head 10/10 - Excellent song that is underrated by many due to the widespread airtime of Keep Ya Head Up. This song is different because it addresses all people and not just black women.
12) Against All Odds 8/10- Biggie probably peed in his parents when he heard this one. Another amazing assault on Pac's enemies. Beat could have been better.
Overall: Get this album. You will never, ever get tired of it.

Average customer rating: makaveli Dual Disc albume

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Eyez on Me R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Me Against the World Until The End Of Time Better Dayz ASIN: B000BL39GA Release Date: 2005-11-22

Tracks:

1. Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply) - E.D.I., Makaveli, Young Noble
2. Hail Mary - Makaveli, Outlawz
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live & Die in L.A. - Makaveli, Val Young
5. Blasphemy
6. Life of an Outlaw - Makaveli, Outlawz
7. Just Like Daddy - Makaveli, Outlawz
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me and My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head - Makaveli, Tyrone Wrice
12. Against All Odds

Customer Reviews:

makaveli Dual Disc albume.......2005-11-28

This makaveli cd contains on one side the original makaveli albume and on the other side contains the entire album in enhanced stereo plus 2 music videos hail mary and to live and die in L.A.If you do not have the original makaveli album that was released in 1996 and 2001 I would deffinetly get this album its worth it.

Average customer rating:

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli Manufacturer: Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Death Row All Eyez on Me ASIN: B0008237BO Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply) - E.D.I., Makaveli, Young Noble
2. Hail Mary - Makaveli, Outlawz
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live & Die in L.A. - Makaveli, Val Young
5. Blasphemy
6. Life of an Outlaw - Makaveli, Outlawz
7. Just Like Daddy - Makaveli, Outlawz
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me and My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head - Makaveli, Tyrone Wrice
12. Against All Odds

Average customer rating: Best CD Ever!

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 2Pac Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Me Against the World R U Still Down? (Remember Me) All Eyez on Me Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Still I Rise ASIN: B0008237BY Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. Bomb First (My Second Replay)
2. Hail Mary
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live & Die In L.A.
5. Blasphemy
6. Life Of An Outlaw
7. Just Like Daddy
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me And My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head
12. Against All Odds

Customer Reviews:

Best CD Ever!.......2006-02-07

In my opinion, this is the best hip hop/rap cd ever released. It's better than Paid In Full, Ready To Die, or Illmatic. Sure, those albums are all considered classics but this album is still better. It has so much truth and heart, how could it not be the best? Any rapper can use multisyllabe flows, or paint vivid descriptions, but few could speak from the heart like 2pac could. This album shows people that 2pac wasn't just the weary remorseful rapper on Me Against The World nor was he completely the thug rapper on All Eyez On Me. This a great example of the duality of man and how we all feel different feelings. Few rappers could so easily describe feeling sad to angry to in love to suicidal like 2pac could. This is what makes this album better than all other hip hop/rap albums released.

Average customer rating: REMEMBER "2PAC Im sorry Makaveli" Best Rap Cd Ever!!!??? Best hip-hop album, ever. Period. 2 good 2 good

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 2Pac Manufacturer: Death Row Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Me Against the World All Eyez on Me Life After Death ASIN: B00005AQGJ Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)
2. Hail Mary
3. Toss It Up
4. To Live & Die In L.A.
5. Blasphemy
6. Life Of An Outlaw
7. Just Like Daddy
8. Krazy
9. White Man'z World
10. Me And My Girlfriend
11. Hold Ya Head
12. Against All Odds

Customer Reviews:

REMEMBER "2PAC Im sorry Makaveli".......2005-05-22

Tupac Shakur hmmmmm. Poet,writer,actor,artist,philosopher,and dopest rapper ever!This album is definitely the best rap album in history I bet.Every song is great and deep.Except of course toss it up,but thats one of the best songs.You will not soon be forgotten 2pac. Rest in peace.

Best Rap Cd Ever!!!???.......2003-11-21

When someone asks you what is the best Rap CD ever you prolly say the the newest CD that you got or downloaded. But think deeper and if your the true Rap fan then you know The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is prolly the top rap CD of all time. All eyez on me is 2pac's 2nd best CD but you could put it in front because it is a double disc. All the songs on here and really deep and show the best side of tupac ever. Hail Mary is a classic as is bomb first. This is a rare Cd where you can listen to every song and not skip songs. All in all this is a great CD. This is a true piece of history, but the question is still up, is this the best rap CD of all time, Nas's Illmatic is a sicc CD, but there is a CD not a lot of people know about and that is, Brotha Lynch Hung Season Of Da Siccness which is a tie with tupacs 7 day theory CD. Check out the Season of da Siccness and you will be blown away, in my oppinion BLH is the best rapper out period, he is underground, but get his CD off amazon right now, what are you waiting for go and get it

Best hip-hop album, ever. Period........2003-08-28

Some people will say Nas's "Illmatic" is the best hip-hop album, or NWA, or something along that line. Even though those were good albums and raised the game up for its time - Nothing has made a more serious change to the rap game then this album here.
But you know why this album is special? Because it can't be copied. No other raper has tried to in ANY way reproduce/copy/expand anthing in this album. Because they can't. Not even Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem.. no rapper can even reach this level that this album stands on.

People often refer to this album as "its own pedistool" - it's just ranked in its own leauge, and it will always be there.
Heres a few reasons why, in my opinion:

1. This is the best production I have ever heard in any rap album. Period. Not even Dre could come close to something like this. The beats are raw - not overley done - not overley mastered and loud - and are just... raw. Hard. Eerie. Spooky. (Bomb First, Hail Mary, Life of an Outlaw, Against all Odds)

2. The lyrics are just awesome. Imagine "Illmatic" but at a whole new different level. The metaphors in this album are just incrediable (Me and my Girlfriend, Blasphemy). There intese, angry, and poetic at the same time. Makaveli in this first track, our-right calls out rappers. Saying they are phoney, and just need to leave the rap game before he puts them out. This man had honestly no fear. He would go at anyone - they were all fake in his eyes.

3. Like I said earlier in my review - nothing in this album can be reproduced. I have yet to hear any other rapper try to put out something this deep. Oh sure... there are some pretty intelligent rappers out there - but they are not emotionally deep like Pac was. This album was (and probably still is) WAY beyond its time. It was beyonds it time for 2pac, and beyonds it time for hip-hop in general. It's not a popular album. Its not a commercialised album either - Because this is an album that is way ahead of that. It's a personal album, that you have to listen to.

2 good.......2003-05-07

this album is dope period its probably pacs 2nd or 3rd best cd all the tracks are hot this is definitely a classic rap album if you dont even like pac that much you should still go cop this album then you will love him!

2 good.......2003-05-07

this album is dope period its probably pacs 2nd or 3rd best cd all the tracks are hot this is definitely a classic rap album if you dont even like pac that much you should still go cop this album then you will love him!

Dance Music:

1. The Gift [Explicit Lyrics]
2. The Hip-Hop Violinist [Explicit Lyrics]
3. The Icy DETails [Explicit Lyrics]
4. The Yin and the Yang [Explicit Lyrics]
5. The Yin and the Yang [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Thru Ya City [CD-single] [Import]
7. Thug By Nature [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Thug By Nature [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Thug Lord: The New Testament [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Twista Presents New Testament 2K: Street Scriptures [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

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Dance Music

Rajaz [Import]

Weber: Freischütz excerpts

Unbreakable Heart

Respect [Import]

Red Is the New Black and Blue

Trying To Believe

This Is America

Unsere Highlights 96/97

Unreasonable

Time After Time

Varadero Blues

The Ultimate Chick Flick Love Songs [Import]

Un Angel a Mi Lado

Grainger: Works for Chamber Ensemble 2

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