However brash he appeared on the outside, Pac was struggling internally, watching helplessly as his new workplace crumbled around him, as acts quickly defected when they disagreed with the direction Suge was taking the label, the most prominent being label co-founded Dr. To do so without arousing suspicion, Shakur became, for the most part, Suge Knight's right-hand man, an aggressive, diminutive pit bull who would attack any artist who would have the audacity, the gall, the stones to disrupt Death Row's day-to-day operations, which explains why Pac sounded much more volatile upon his release from prison than he did on Me Against The World, his third album, which was recorded prior to and released during his sentence. Sensing he was in a bad situation, though, 2Pac set about recording as many songs as he possibly could, as he wanted to get out of his contract quickly. I've gone into detail before about how Pac was sprung from the bing thanks to Marion 'Suge' Knight's pocketbook, and how he agreed to a three-album deal with Death Row Records in return for the gratitude. This association was most certainly intentional, since it caused his fans to later assume that Pac had faked his death to gain control over his enemies, as that is one of many subjects that Machiavelli has mentioned in his writings but the one thing most relevant to keeping 2Pac alive in the hearts and minds of many. It was recorded and released under Shakur's newly-acquired alias Makaveli, which was adapted from Italian philosopher and politician Niccolo Machiavelli, whose work Skakur became very familiar with during his stint in prison.

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the final album that Pac would record as a cohesive project everything else that has dropped since his untimely passing is the result of third parties (and oftentimes Pac's own mother) compiling unreleased tracks in the hopes of catching lightning in a bottle. Feel old yet? You will: this means that, as of tomorrow, there will be actual adults wandering around the planet that have lived in a world without Pac their entire goddamn lives. Tomorrow will mark eighteen years since Tupac Amaru Shakur was whisked away to the Bahamas killed, passing away after being the victim of a shooting on the Las Vegas strip following a boxing match.

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