Product Description

Even after Tupac Shakur was tragically gunned down in Las Vegas, his legacy continued to live on through his music. In addition to the 2pac albums we all love and have become familiar with, there are posthumous testaments to his talent like R U STILL DOWN, which contains songs that were unreleased at the time of his death. Having left a large body of work behind, 2Pac continues to voice his opinion and is still among the most powerful rappers, even after his untimely passing.
The first release on his own Amaru Records, R U STILL DOWN? [REMEMBER ME] was overseen by 2Pac's mother, Afeni Shakur. This album features a younger, more inexperienced 2Pac, and it airs his views on life from a time before he became involved in the controversial east coast/west coast rivalry. His lyrics ironically foreshadow his death in songs like "Open Fire" and "Thug Style". Yet another look at the slain rapper, R U STILL DOWN? [REMEMBER ME] gives fans more of 2Pac to remember him by.

Track Listing

1. Open Fire
2. R U Still Down (Remember Me)
3. I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto
4. Fuck All Y'all
5. Fake Ass Bitches
6. Hellrazor
7. Nothing To Lose
8. I'm Gettin' Money
9. Lie To Kick It
10. Crooked Nigga Too
11. Don't Make Enemies With Me
12. Is It Cool To Fuck
13. Ready 4 Whatever
14. When I Get Free (Souljah's Revenge)
15. Hold On Be Strong
16. I'm Losin' It
17. Thug Style
18. What You Won't Do For Love
19. Po' Nigga Blues
20. Thugs 4 Life
21. Nothin' But Love
22. 16 On Death Row
23. Let Them Thangs Go
24. When I Get Free II
25. Only Fear Of Death

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #94117 in Music
• Released on: 1997-11-24
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Customer Reviews

A REALLY GOOD PAC ALBUM
Shortly after 2Pac died, there were rumors that hundreds of unreleased songs remained in the vaults; a mere two months after his death, the first posthumous record, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, appeared. Death Row released the record, and shortly afterward, 2Pac's mother, Afeni Shakur, gained the rights to all of his unreleased recordings from both the Interscope and Death Row labels. She founded the Amaru label and released the double-disc R U Still Down? (Remember Me) in late 1997. Culled from 2Pac's unreleased Interscope recordings between 1992 and 1994, including several tracks that have had backing musical tracks "reconstructed," R U Still Down? doesn't have the aura of exploitation that haunts the Makaveli album, but it isn't much better, either. For the most part, Shakur sounds good, spinning out rhymes that are alternately clever or startling, but he eventually begins repeating himself and running out of ideas. That's much better than the music itself, which is pretty much standard-issue gangsta rap that never deviates from the course. There are enough hidden gems to make it worthwhile for hardcore 2Pac fans, but it doesn't necessarily bode well for the Amaru label's series of unreleased recordings. If this mediocre mess is the top of the heap, they'll truly be hurting for strong material once they reach the bottom of the allegedly hundreds of unreleased 2Pac recordings.

cavs
ive had this album 4 longer than i can remember now and im so passionate about it that i just had 2 come on here and review it i hear sum people whining and complaining bitching and moaning coz they think the production value is sloppy well so what if it is its in its raw unedited form and thats when pac is at his best when people aint editing his music and altering it 4 there own gain anyway althogh this was a post death release its not under his makaveli alias this is from the thug life erra most are theese songs are from around the 93 94 period the stand out tracks 4 me on disc 1 are hellrazor which is classic energetic track that wont dissapoint i wounder if heaven got a ghetto there are 2 versions of this on the album nothing 2 lose is by far 1 of pacs best songs at least in my opinion it captures his spirit and raw unfiltered emotion to a t and talks 2 you fu#k all yall is another great track and definition of a thug nig#a originaly from the poetic justice o.s.t is another of my all time favourote pac songs on disc 2 hold on be strong is another song i play regulourly nuttin but luv is the nuts as is 16 on deathrow which is the tale of a teen on deat.......well the title is self explanotory most of you probably know do 4 love and i wounder if heaven got a ghetto hip hop version so i wont go in to the details u know the score and u know there worth the price of the album alone in fact most of theese songs are maybee if your more of a casual listner you will dissagree but 4 all u hardcore pac fans out there who havent got this yet....are you crazy have you lost your mind get this now r.i.p pac your only dead in the physical form