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2Pacalypse Now
2Pac 2Pacalypse Now ALBUM COVER
Back Cover – Booklet – CD
Studio solo album by 2Pac
Released November 12, 1991
Recorded June – Sept 1991
Starlight Sound Studios
(Richmond, California)
Length 53:00
Label TNT / Interscope
Producers Atron Gregory (exec.), Big D the Impossible, Jeremy, Live Squad, Raw Fusion, Shock G, Underground Railroad
Singles from 2Pacalypse Now
  1. Brenda’s Got a Baby
    Released: October 9, 1991
  2. If My Homie Calls
    Released: December 20, 1991
  3. Trapped
    Released: September 25, 1992
Chart Info / RIAA certification
Chart Highs: #13 R&B, #64 Pop
Certified Gold: April 19, 1995
HipHopDOA Album Rating
4 out of 5

Album Lyrics

1) Young Black Male
2) Trapped
3) Soulja’s Story
4) I Don’t Give a Fuck
5) Violent
6) Words of Wisdom
7) Something Wicked
8.) Crooked Ass Nigga
9) If My Homie Calls
10) Brenda’s Got a Baby
11) Tha Lunatic
12) Rebel of the Underground
13) Part Time Mutha

2Pacalypse Now Album Info: (from HipHopDOA.com)

2Pacalypse Now is the debut album by Tupac Shakur (2Pac), released on November 12th 1991 on Jive/Interscope/Priority Records. Although the album was originally released on Jive Records, Priority Records, and Interscope, since Tupac’s death Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, has gained the rights to it. The album’s name is a reference to the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, which is about the Vietnam War.

The record never achieved the same success as many of Tupac’s later albums owing in part to it’s rough construction, but it was important in showcasing his political conviction and lyrical talent. Although the album did generate significant controversy stemming from then vice president Dan Quayle’s public criticism after a youth in Texas shot a state trooper and his defense attorney claimed he was influenced by 2Pacalypse Now and its strong theme of police brutality. Quayle made the statement, “There’s no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society.”

As is the case with many of Tupac’s albums there was a lot of recordings for this album that were unused tracks, some of which have been released on his posthumus albums, but most of which remain still unreleased at the time of editing this article (2011).


Three tracks that were originally recorded for this album were later released on 2Pac’s Loyal To The Game album in 2004. Upon there eventual release all tracks recieved “tweaking” or remixing of some kind or lyrics were partially included in songs on the album. Such tracks include “Crooked Nigga Too” which was remixed on Loyal To The Game (the original version featured rapper Stretch)

“”Ghetto Gospel”, the track that enjoyed huge success in the UK upon it’s 2004 release was also recorded around the time of this album and was remixed for it’s inclusion on Loyal To The Game……
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