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The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
The Don Killuminati
Studio album by Makaveli

Released

5 November 1996

Recorded

August 1996

Genre

Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, G-funk, Conscious hip hop, Hardcore hip hop

Length

59:24

Label

Death Row, Interscope

Producer

Darryl "Big D" Harper, Hurt-M-Badd, Makaveli, Reggie Moore, QDIII, Dametrius Ship, Simon (exec.)

Tupac Shakur chronology

Previous album

All Eyez on Me (1996)

Next album

R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997)

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (commonly shortened to Don Killuminati or The 7 Day Theory and sometimes called Makaveli) is the fifth and final studio album by the legendary Tupac Shakur, released in 1996 by Death Row Records. Released under the new stage name Makaveli and almost two months after Shakur's murder, it was the only album released as Makaveli and his first studio album to be posthumously released. The album was finished in a total of seven days during the month of August 1996, with the lyrics being written and recorded in three days and mixing taking an additional four days. The album was originally going to be released in March 1997, but it was released four months earlier due to Shakur's death.

The album, as opposed to Shakur's previous album All Eyez on Me, is much darker in its content, with lyrics composed of anger, paranoia and hatred. Some songs on the album contain both subtle and direct insults to Shakur's rivals at the height of the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. The album cover, created by Ronald "Riskie" Brent, features Shakur on the cross in an attempt to convey his crucifixion by the media, and is intended to imply an artistic resurrection.

The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, making Shakur the second artist to have a number-one album while deceased. It generated the second-highest debut-week sales total of any any album that year, selling 664,000 copies within its first week in stores in the United States. The album was certified 3x platinum in 1997, and then 4x platinum the following year.

Track listing[]

No. Title Performer(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Bomb First (My Second Reply)" Makaveli, E.D.I., Young Noble Cooper, Greenridge, Shakur Makaveli, Darryl "Big D" Harper 4:57
2. "Hail Mary" Makaveli, Outlawz, Prince Ital Joe Cooper III, Cox, Shakur Hurt-M-Badd 5:09
3. "Toss It Up" Makaveli, Danny Boy, Aaron Hall, K-Ci & JoJo Hailey, Hailey, Hall, Shakur, Steward Dametrius Ship, Reggie Moore 5:06
4. "To Live & Die in L.A." Makaveli, Val Young Shakur, Young QD III 4:33
5. "Blasphemy" Makaveli Shakur Hurt-M-Badd 4:38
6. "Life of an Outlaw" Makaveli, Outlawz Beale, Cooper, Cox, Greenridge, Harper, Shakur, Makaveli, Darryl "Big D" Harper 4:54
7. "Just Like Daddy" Makaveli, Outlawz Shakur Hurt-M-Badd 5:08
8. "Krazy" Makaveli, Bad Azz Shakur Darryl "Big D" Harper 5:15
9. "White Man'z World" Makaveli Shakur Darryl "Big D" Harper 5:38
10. "Me and My Girlfriend" Makaveli Shakur Makaveli, Darryl "Big D" Harper, Hurt-M-Badd 5:08
11. "Hold Ya Head" Makaveli, Tyrone Wrice Shakur Hurt-M-Badd 3:58
12. "Against All Odds" Makaveli Shakur Hurt-M-Badd, Makaveli (co.) 4:38

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 70,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold 7,500
Canada (Music Canada) Gold 50,000
Netherlands (NVPI) Platinum 100,000
South Africa (RISA) Diamond 1,200,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA) 5x Platinum 5,000,000
Tupac Shakur
Studio albums 2Pacalypse NowStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...Me Against the WorldAll Eyez on MeThe Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Posthumous albums R U Still Down? (Remember Me)Still I RiseUntil the End of TimeBetter DayzLoyal to the GamePac's Life
Collaborative albums Thug Life: Volume 1
Live albums 2Pac LiveLive at the House of Blues
Compilation albums Greatest HitsThe Rose That Grew from ConcreteThe Prophet: The Best of the WorksNu-Mixx KlazzicsTupac: ResurrectionThe Rose, Vol. 2The Prophet ReturnsBeginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2Best 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 & TupacTupac: ResurrectionTupac: Assassination
Related articles Death of Tupac ShakurDigital UndergroundDiscographyEast Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalryOutlawzThug Life
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