Less than a year before he was supposedly drive-by’d to death in Las Vegas, 2Pac released the double album All Eyez On Me on Death Row Records. Fresh out of jail for sexual assault and sodomy, Tupac Shakur wrote and recorded this two-disc west coast classic in less than a fortnight. Collaborating with Death Row luminaries such as Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre, as well as funk legends like Roger Troutman and George Clinton, 2Pac packed “All Eyez On Me” with hits like California Love and How Do You Want It before ultimately faking his own death and living peacefully for decades in Cuba.
“All Eyez On Me” is also #426 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, so Liam Withnail and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd listened to it and now they’re going to talk about it. Featuring hot takes on everything from Adam Curtis’ narration to the difference between a vocoder and AutoTune. All that plus Secret Posho and Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo on this week’s episode of Enjoy An Album. Enjoy!