2Pacalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now
Studio album by 2Pac
Released	12 November 1991
Recorded	June - September 1991 at Starlight Sound Studios in Richmond, California
Genre	Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, political hip hop, conscious hip hop
Length	53:00
Label	Interscope, Atlantic Records
Producer	Big D the Impossible, Atron Gregory (exec.), Jeremy, Pee-Wee, Raw Fusion, Shock G, Stretch, The Underground Railroad

2Pac chronology
Next	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993)

2Pacalypse Now is the debut studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur, released in 1991 on Interscope Records. The album was recorded while Shakur was a member of the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, and thus features production and appearances from Digital Underground members Shock G, Money-B, DJ Fuze and Pee-Wee.

Though less polished than his later studio albums, 2Pacalypse Now is Shakur's most overtly political work. In it, he address social issues surrounding American society, such as racism, police brutality, poverty, and teenage pregnancy. 2Pac generated significant controversy after a Texas youth claimed he was led to shoot a state trooper after listening to the album. Then-U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle made the statement, "There's no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society."

The album peaked at #64 on the Billboard 200, and #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. "Brenda's Got a Baby" was its only charting single. The album has sold 1,350,000 copies as of 2019.

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Young Black Male"	2Pac	Allen, Brown, Clinton, Dickerson, Evans, Jordan, Miller, Oskar, Scott, Shakur	Big D the Impossible	2:35
2.	"Trapped"	2Pac	Gooden, Tyson, Shakur	The Underground Railroad	4:44
3.	"Soulja's Story"	2Pac	Evans, Hayes, Shakur	Big D the Impossible	5:05
4.	"I Don't Give a Fuck"	2Pac, Pee-Wee	Gooden, Shakur	Pee-Wee	4:20
5.	"Violent"	2Pac	Brooks, Elliot, Parker, Shakur	Raw Fusion	6:25
6.	"Words of Wisdom"	2Pac	Hancock, Jacobs, Shakur	Shock G	4:54
7.	"Something Wicked"	2Pac	Jackson, Shakur	Jeremy	2:28
8.	"Crooked Ass Nigga"	2Pac, Stretch	Shakur, Walker	Stretch	4:17
9.	"If My Homie Calls"	2Pac	Christian, Evans, Hancock, Shakur	Big D the Impossible	4:18
10.	"Brenda's Got a Baby"	2Pac	Evans, Shakur	The Underground Railroad	3:55
11.	"Tha' Lunatic"	2Pac, Stretch	Banks, Clinton, Jacobs, Shakur	Shock G	3:29
12.	"Rebel of the Underground"	2Pac	Evans, Shakur, Tyson	Shock G	3:17
13.	"Part Time Mutha"	2Pac, Poppi	Evans, Shakur, Wonder	Big D the Impossible	5:14

Notes

• Track 2 features background vocals performed by Shock G, and additional vocals on the outro performed by Playa-Playa, Dank Wiz and 2Pac.
• Track 4 features telephone voices performed by Mickey Cooley, Rooney Cooley and Pogo.
• Track 5 features background vocals performed by Money-B, DJ Fuze, Mac Mone and 2Pac.
• Track 7 features background vocals performed by Pee-Wee.
• Track 8 features keyboards performed by The Piano Man.
• Track 9 features vocals performed by Dave Hollister and Roniece.
• Track 12 features background vocals performed by Ray Luv, Yonni, Di Di and Shock G.
• Track 13 features background vocals performed by Angelique.

Credits

• Engineer: Darrin Harris, Steve Counter, Marc Senasac, Matt Kelley
• Mastered by: Kenneth K. Lee, Jr.
• A&R Direction: Tom Whalley
• Project Coordinator: Leslie Gerald-Smith
• Art Direction: Kevin Design Hosmann
• Photography: Victor Hall
• Photographic Prints; David Provost

Album liner notes

Thank U 2 God, Afeni Shakur And the whole Shakur Tribe. Uncle Tom and the whole Cox-Lesane Family, the Fula Family, The Cooleys, The Jungle, Oaktown, Richtown, Jada and family, BSA, the New Afrikan Family, Mouse and Family and Peace 2 those forgotten. The Underground is here.

Fuck all Police, Skinheads, Nazi whatever!!

Thanks 2 Digital Underground, Raw Fusion, Bad Company, Live Squad, Big Deon and the Evans Family, Digital D and Naughty By Nature.

Extra love to Shock-G (a real Nigga)

Thanks 2 TNT Recordings and Management (Lisa, Suzi and Sleuth)

Thanks 2 Interscope Records
Jimmy Iovine
Lori Earl
Steve Berman
Lisa Brown
Leslie Gerard Smith
Special thanks to Ted Field and Tom Whalley for believing in me.
Last but not least thanks to The Group and The Steve Rifkind Co. for their help and support.

Tupac Shakur
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now • Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... • Me Against the World • All Eyez on Me • The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Posthumous albums	R U Still Down? (Remember Me) • Still I Rise • Until the End of Time • Better Dayz • Loyal to the Game • Pac's Life
Collaborative albums	Thug Life: Volume 1
Live albums	2Pac Live • Live at the House of Blues
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits • The Rose That Grew from Concrete • The Prophet: The Best of the Works • Nu-Mixx Klazzics • Tupac: Resurrection • The Rose, Vol. 2 • The Prophet Returns • Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991 • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 • Best of 2Pac
Singles	"Trapped" • "Brenda's Got a Baby" • "If My Homie Calls" • "Holler If Ya Hear Me" • "I Get Around" • "Keep Ya Head Up" • "Papa'z Song" • "Dear Mama" • "So Many Tears" • "Temptations" • "California Love" • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" • "How Do U Want It" • "All Bout U" • "I Ain't Mad at Cha" • "Life Goes On" • "Toss It Up" • "To Live & Die in L.A." • "Hail Mary" • "Wanted Dead or Alive" • "Made N*ggaz"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" • "Do for Love" • "Changes" • "Unconditional Love" • "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" • "Who Do U Believe In" • "Until the End of Time" • "Letter 2 My Unborn" • "Thugz Mansion" • "Still Ballin'" • "Runnin' (Dying to Love)" • "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" • "Thugs Get Lonely Too" • "Ghetto Gospel" • "Untouchable" • "Pac's Life" • "Playa Cardz Right"
Featured singles	"Call It What U Want" • "Gotta Get Mine" • "Slippin' Into Darkness" • "Be the Realist" • "Smile" • "World Don't Take Me Personally"
Other songs	"Same Song" • "I Don't Give a Fuck" • "Cradle to the Grave" • "Pour Out a Little Liquor" • "Runnin' (From tha Police)" • "Hit 'Em Up"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac • Tupac: Resurrection • Tupac: Assassination
Related articles	Death of Tupac Shakur • Digital Underground • Discography • East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry • Outlawz • Thug Life