Makaveli - Hold Ya Head (Explicit)

Released: May 26, 2006
℗ 2006 Death Row Records) Tupac Shakur's final album was written and recorded over just seven days in August of 1996. Unlike its predecessor, All Eyez On Me, Don Killuminati is lean and focused. The only guests present are members of Tupac's crew, the Outlawz. Most of the beats were crafted by Hurt-M-Badd, an underutilized Death Row R&B producer, and by Tupac himself. The accelerated nature of its recording gives Don Killuminati has an emotional urgency and directness that makes it one of Tupac's most arresting works. Explosions of anger segue into pleas for peace, and celebrations of the street lifestyle. Amidst all the paranoia and aggression, Pac has premonitions of his own death. "I'm a ghost in these killin' fields," he says on "Hail Mary." No one can be certain that Tupac intended this to be his last will and testament, but there is that aura about this album. The final two songs epitomize the conflict that burned in Pac's soul. "I hope for better days," he says in "Hold Ya Head." Then, in "Against All Odds," he turns around to blast all of his peers, like a kamikaze pilot on a final suicide mission. The album's final words linger like an uncanny echo: "Now I want war."

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[kmg4601]

Pac didn't have just one song that was the best all of his music was tight.RIP Pac

[bgarry77]

easily one of his best songs

[MrDutchesnyak]

@GameParodyGuy i be tryin to tell niggaz pac was lyrical, tracks like this open fire, thug style, and r u still down, and wordz of wisdom and soldier's story, the list goes on, if i die tonite, all that shit

[treasurefull]

god, man he was an amazing artist!

[602pdubz412]

realist mofo to be put on track. believe that! R.I.P. 

[GameParodyGuy]

Last verse on this song is so fucking passionate and the realest shit I've ever heard!!! Can't be argued!!! Not just that but his lyrical ability really shows in that verse, I think he is underrated in that aspect. Too many people are quick to say he wasn't very lyrical but that's bullshit, just listen to the verse and you'll see. Anyone who thinks Biggie is better...just listen to that verse, or this whole song and it's end of discussion!!!! No way biggie is better after hearing that verse!

[phattvids]

This is truly one of my favorites, that's how I'll put it ! R.I.P. Pac, we could use you in these troubled times.

[MaLLyMusicTV]

@bgarry77 Man you aint neva lied.. I was 10 when this came out and I still listen to it...

[kmg4601]

Pac didn't hav