I won't go deep into detail on each song as almost all of them will be familiar to most Tupac fans. Even though Part 1: Thug and Part 2: Life are sold separately, they are meant to be part of one compilation, as evidenced by Afeni Shakur's little open letter inside.

If you're just getting into Tupac, and you're seeking a compilation, it's better to the "Greatest Hits" 2-CD compilation from 1998, as it's a good, solid overview of Tupac's work, having most of the tracks Tupac fans will need in a 2-CD set.

The problem with this new compilation (and Part 2: Life) is that they mostly offer songs already available on other Tupac CDs. There are some "unreleased" tracks offered, only two or so, and they're not worth the price of purchase. There are other officially unreleased tracks that should be here, such as "Life's So Hard."

So, unless you're a Tupac fan that has to have everything get the two, otherwise you can skip them.

(P.S., the "How You Want It" is like the one on "Greatest Hits," it censors out C. Delores Tucker's name)

If you are a true 2Pac fan this CD will not disappoint you as you listen and remember the art of a gifted artist.

I purchased this for my husband at his request, and I found I really like the music! I wasn't sure what to expect from 2pac, but he has some nice music and some sensitive and meaningful lyrics. Pleasantly surprised.

Great cd for music and Tupac lovers, and came before the estimated date, no problems out of the cd at all.

2pac was a good rapper one of the best but he died young and everybody and their mama wanna cash in somehow on his death. anyway it's a shame all his enemies who he beefed with became larger and richer you know deep down puff, nas, lil kim, jay z, ll, and dre was laughing at pac saying yeah you deaD AND WE LIVING LARGE WE GOT OUR OWN LABELS WE GOT CLOTHEs, making more money thaN HE EVER DID. sometimes i think 2pac died for nothing and everybody benefitted and got paid off it we know puff benefitted more when big died but still it's messed up hearing his original recordings it's like what a loss he's on the level of hendrix, bob marley and even the underrated eddie hazel.