(Hip-Hop, Rap) [LP] [24/192] 2Pac - Me Against the World (2 LP) - 1995, FLAC (tracks)

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Analyzed: 2Pac / Me Against the World
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR12      -3.28 dB   -17.49 dB      1:39 01-Intro
DR15      -0.79 dB   -16.95 dB      4:01 02-If I Die 2Nite
DR13      -1.80 dB   -17.09 dB      4:40 03-Me Against the World (feat. Dramacydal)
DR12      -2.89 dB   -17.34 dB      4:00 04-So Many Tears
DR12      -4.96 dB   -18.28 dB      5:01 05-Temptations
DR13      -2.50 dB   -17.16 dB      4:52 06-Young Niggaz
DR12      -0.92 dB   -15.55 dB      4:24 07-Heavy in the Game (feat. Richie Rich)
DR13      -3.18 dB   -18.16 dB      4:31 08-Lord Knows
DR12      -1.95 dB   -15.21 dB      4:39 09-Dear Mama
DR12      -2.45 dB   -16.56 dB      4:54 10-It Ain't Easy
DR14      -0.87 dB   -16.29 dB      5:46 11-Can U Get Away
DR13      -1.62 dB   -16.37 dB      4:40 12-Old School
DR13      -0.89 dB   -16.09 dB      4:13 13-Fuck the World
DR11      -1.04 dB   -13.31 dB      4:08 14-Death Around the Corner
DR12      -1.39 dB   -16.65 dB      4:31 15-Outlaw (feat. Dramacydal)
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Number of tracks:  15
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           4912 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Recorded following his near-fatal shooting in New York, and released while he was in prison, Me Against the World is the point where 2Pac really became a legendary figure. Having stared death in the face and survived, he was a changed man on record, displaying a new confessional bent and a consistent emotional depth. By and large, this isn't the sort of material that made him a gangsta icon; this is 2Pac the soul-baring artist, the foundation of the immense respect he commanded in the hip-hop community. It's his most thematically consistent, least-self-contradicting work, full of genuine reflection about how he's gotten where he is -- and dread of the consequences. Even the more combative tracks ("Me Against the World," "Fuck the World") acknowledge the high-risk life he's living, and pause to wonder how things ever went this far. He battles occasional self-loathing, is haunted by the friends he's already lost to violence, and can't escape the desperate paranoia that his own death isn't far in the future. These tracks -- most notably "So Many Tears," "Lord Knows," and "Death Around the Corner" -- are all the more powerful in hindsight with the chilling knowledge that he was right. Even romance takes on a new meaning as an escape from the hellish pressure of everyday life ("Temptations," "Can U Get Away"), and when that's not available, getting high or drunk is almost a necessity. He longs for the innocence of childhood ("Young Niggaz," "Old School"), and remembers how quickly it disappeared, yet he still pays loving, clear-eyed tribute to his drug-addicted mother on the touching "Dear Mama." Overall, Me Against the World paints a bleak, nihilistic picture, but there's such an honest, self-revealing quality to it that it can't help conveying a certain hope simply through its humanity. It's the best place to go to understand why 2Pac is so revered; it may not be his definitive album, but it just might be his best.