Talk:2Pacalypse Now

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Spam?[edit]

Alleyezonme.com seems to be linked from every 2pac related page going, is this "right"?

Corrections[edit]

Herbie Hancock is credited on the main song "Words of Wisdom" - one supposes he therefor played at least a part in the production.

Importantly: Tupac doesn't rap about "police brutality". I don't think he ever did. He doesn't rap that police brutality is bad. He raps that police are bad, period. He is politically against the police, not emotionally against violence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.254.81.209 (talk) 17:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All the lyics should be removed.[edit]

It is spam from the website.

This album is amazing, everyone should buy it! - That's at least, people who like Hip-Hop.

There are no links to lyrics License2Kill 06:49, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I should think people who like Hip Hop would hate this. Tupac never really mentions hip hop. Hip hop is a label, and Tupac was against that. Rap is about all you can categorize Tupac as, by mainstream definitions. there is a notable absence of the word "hiphop" in Tupacs recordings. And hiphop is really a commercial label. reality doesn't require anything more than "rap". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.254.81.209 (talk) 17:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amaru Entertainment[edit]

It is an Amaru Entertainment album, look at the back cover. License2Kill 00:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amaru logos were added in 1998 and onwards for this album and also for Strictly, Me Against The World and Thug Life Volume 1 and on R U Still Down. A reissue from 1998 through Jive/BMG shows Amaru logos and another reissue in 2011 through Interscope shows the Amaru logo as well. Moonlightfocus (talk) 08:33, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record (no pun intended) looking at the back of CD covers isn't a reliable way to discern an albums label. They often put a subsidiary's logo and Tupac is inevitably on a major. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.254.81.209 (talk) 08:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amaru didnt exist until after 2pac was dead and his mother afeni gained control of all his material and reissued it under amaru. The original issue was TNT and interscope. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.80.175.196 (talk) 11:03, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

I changed the name from 2Pac to Tupac Shakur because not all of Tupac's albums are released under the name 2Pac and it may be confusing to some License2Kill 01:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You sure? Because the title 2Pacalypse Now gives an impression that he'd rather 2Pac over Tupac.

His real name is Tupac Shakur, "2Pac" is his stage name. License2Kill 04:03, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Singles chronology[edit]

Are the release dates of the single releases listed here correct? If so then then chronology implied at Trapped (2Pac song) and If My Homie Calls isn't. I'm afraid I don't know a good resource for single release dates myself. --Amalthea 16:51, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Recording date[edit]

As of today, this article states that 2Pac began recording 2Pacalypse Now in June 1989 but I'm sure that's not true. In the "Early life" section of 2Pac's article, it says, "That same year [1989], Steinberg organized a concert with a former group of Shakur's, "Strictly Dope"; the concert led to him being signed with Atron Gregory. He set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the hip hop group Digital Underground in 1990.", and then in the "1987–93: Beginnings and rise to fame" section in the same article, it says 2Pac's professional career didn't begin until the early 90's, so clearly 2Pacalypse Now wasn't recorded until at least 1991. If anyone can provide a reliable source for the recording dates of June 1989–September 1991, please feel free to respond. Why would 2Pac even be spending more than a year making a record? 2602:306:BDA9:8610:8CCC:CE18:ADE0:DEEA (talk) 17:06, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]