The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
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 Tupac Shakur, released in 1996 on Death Row Records. Released under the new stage name Makaveli and almost two months after Shakur's murder, it was his 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
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum	300,000
United States (RIAA)	5x Platinum	5,000,000