MAKAVELI THE DON KILLUMINATI: THE 7 DAY THEORY LYRICS

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Back Cover – Booklet – CD
Studio album by Makaveli (2Pac)
Released	November 5, 1996
Recorded	August 1996 Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, L.A., California)
Length	59:24
Label	Death Row Records / Interscope
Producers	Simon (exec.), Darryl Harper, Hurt-M-Badd, Makaveli, Reggie Moore, Dametrius Ship, Kevin Lewis
Singles from The Don Killuminati
Toss It Up Released: September 26, 1996 To Live & Die in L.A. Released: July 7, 1997 Hail Mary Released: February 11, 1997
Chart Info / RIAA certification
Chart Highs: #1 R&B, #1 Pop Certified Platinum: Jan 10, 1997 Certified 4x Platinum: June 15, 1999
HipHopDOA Album Rating
4.5 out of 5

Album Lyrics

1) Bomb First (My Second Reply)
2) Hail Mary
3) Toss It Up
4) To Live & Die in L.A.
5) Blasphemy
6) Life of an Outlaw
7) Just Like Daddy
8.) Krazy
9) White Man’z World
10) Me and My Girlfriend
11) Hold Ya Head
12) Against All Odds

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Info: (from HipHopDOA.com)

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the final album finished before 2Pac’s untimely death and but was also the first album to be released after his death. Tupac chose to release this album under the alias Makaveli, a pseudonym derived from the Italian political writer Niccolò Machiavelli. Tupac planned to alternate between 2Pac and Makaveli with releases of each of his future albums. Shakur was inspired by Machiavelli’s works, including The Prince, and, The Art of War, which he had read whilst in prison.

The album was completely finished and ready for release in an amazing seven days, written and recorded at the Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California during the month of August of 1996. The albums lyrics were written and recorded in only three days, with the mixing took up the additional four days. One of his most well known songs on the album, “Hail Mary”, was written and recorded in only 30 minutes, all of which is astonishing when you have heard the full final product.

During the three days in which tracks were written 20 songs were completed, 12 of which made the final product. The album did not feature the star-studded guest list that 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me did, instead most of the guest verses are supplied by Shakur’s group The Outlawz. The only verse that was not from one of the Outlawz was from rapper Bad Azz. The album has also gained praise for its production, and despite many of Shakur’s usual producers not been involved in the project, the producers still managed to come through. The only producer Tupac had worked with prior to this

album was QD3, the son of Quincy Jones and brother of Shakur’s fiance Kidada Jones. Shakur also co-produces three tracks on the album. The other two producers were Hurt M Badd and Darryl “Big D” Harper.

The album was released almost two months after Pac’s death, on November 5th, 1996, but it is not a true posthumous album in the way that the later 2Pac albums are, since he completed the album before his death. Tupac had complete creative input on the album from the name of the album, to the design….
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