Makaveli is arguably Tupac Shakur's greatest record. Released just a few months after his untimely death, and featuring some of the most disturbing lyrics from this man who supposedly went mad after he was shot 5 times the first time. But to me, that shooting just opened his eyes. Extremely prophetic and poetic with so many references to death and him calling out the fake busters which really made no sense back then but makes perfect sense today. (Jay-Z fell off the worst and Mobb Deep went straight soft, Dr. Dre is really showing signs of his other side with his appearance although he still makes tight beats, Nas is the only one that has maintained his illness.) The production if I must say is excellent. Tupac's flow is sick the whole way through, opting for his slow flow a little more on this album. Me & My Girlfriend; one of Pac's greatest songs, is a chilling metaphor about his gun. I didn't catch on to the metaphor until someone actually pointed it out to me, but that makes that song so much more special. He disses and dismisses Jay- Z, Nas and Mobb Deep on Against All Odds-another chilling battle track packed with anger and lyrical adeptness, and Bomb First. These three artists are now all mysteriously beefing... Tupac takes stabs at Dr. Dre as well on Toss It Up and To Live & Die In LA.

On this album you could tell that his patience was wearing thin and his trust for others except his real friends had already faded. This is one of the most open portraits of this misunderstood troubled man. Krazy, White Man'z World, Hold Ya Head are all classics and drop knowledge. Tupac really was a special person and it is a shame he had to take the thug way to his demise. He was one of the few that could drop thug lyrics about killing and mean it, and then on the next song drop knowledge about the school systems, education, and enlightenment, politics, treating of females and other positive things and mean it. The guy was believeable and behaved just like a real person; not just a straight thug unloving women hater but not no biatch softie crybaby either. He was extremely introspective and observant and for that alone Makaveli is a classic. But add in all the elements of a classic such as tight beats, potent lyrics, flawless flows, nice melodies and good choruses and you have yourself a masterpiece.

2pac, Makaveli, The Don Killuminati, whatever he calls himself the fact remains that he is the greatest rapper of all time. This was his last masterpiece, a must-have for any true 2pac fan. The Intro is very harsh, 2pac attacks several east coast rapper's including Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, and Jay-Z. Next comes "Hail Mary" which is one of 2pac's greatest songs ever, that's why you can find it on his "Greatest Hits" album. "Toss it Up" is more of a party track with a bumpin' beat and lots of R&B singing. Next is my favorite song on the album "To Live & Die in L.A." a laid back track with a very nice beat where 2pac tells us why he loves L.A. so much. "Blasphemy" is kind of a dark track with a lot of emotion. On "Life of an Outlaw" 2pac & the Outlaws rap with a lot of energy that is balanced by a nice laid back R&B chourus. "Just Like Daddy" is a slower song where 2pac talks about treating women just like a daddy would. "Krazy" is a very good song with a laid back vibe. "White Man'z World" is a very powerfull track with an obvious message. The next track "Me and My Girlfriend" is great song, just ask Jay-Z. "Hold Ya Head" is a song that 2pac sends out to everbody in prison, telling them to keep their heads up. The last song "Against All Odds" is another diss record dedicated to the east coast (Puff Daddy is added to the hit list). Overall this is a classic album with no filler every song has a meaning.

this is eazily his greatest album. only would have been better if he would have had a couple more tracks. like Hit 'Em Up, Never Had A Friend Like Me, Wanted Dead Or Alive, My Block, & Smile, would have made it better than it was or thugs mansion, lil homies, r u still down.but even though they werent it was still his best, NO DOUBT.

1. Bomb First 10.0/5.0 he killed biggie, an i got love 4 biggie but pac burryed him on this track, an on hit em up, but i like this one more then hit em up.

2. Hail Mary 10.0/5.0 he poured his heart on this track, beat perfect, lyrics even better, ("I ain't a killer but don't push me, Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pu**y")

3. Toss It Up 4.2 good but not realy temptations, or how do want it, allright.

4. To Live And Die In L.A. 10. this song never gets boring the beats f***in bomb an the lyrics are str8 kooked like krack ("it wouldnt be L.A. without MEXICANS? BLACK LOVE, BROWN PRIDE and the sets again")

5. Blasphemy 5.0 GREAT rhymes on this ("There's ten rules to the game, but I'll share with you two, Know, ni**az gon' hate you 4 whatever you do, Now rule one get your cash on, M.O.B.

That's Money Over Bi****s, cause they breed envy".) They say Moses split the Red Sea, I split the blunt and rolled a fat one, I'm deadly, Babylon beware.

6. Life Of An Outlaw 10./5.0 great beat, great lyrics, great chorus, Noble matched pac on this one,("A yo, Makaveli, give me them bullets that was left up in ur belly. And let me bust back to them ni**as till they old & sweaty")

7. Just Like Daddy 5.0 this 4 tha ladies though.

8. Krazy 10./5.0 people say this is a filler, no fillers in this album espeacialy on this one. the rhymes r laced with purp, this is bad azz's best track ever.

9. White Man'z World 10. if people say pac didnt show enough love 2 woman, then they need 2 hear this one. espeacialy if they black, proud, independant, woman.

10. Me And My Girlfriend 5.0 i think this song would have been hella better if the chick wasnt str8 outa san andreas, f***in G.T.A. Bi**h.

11. Hold Ya Head 10 aside from dear mama this is my 2nd favorite 2pac song, i think this track is the MOST OVERLOOKED 2PAC SONG OF ALLTIME, way better than CHANGES.

12. Against All Odds 5.0 real hard, i feel bad 4 nas,

NOT, that fool got in a situation he should have never been in. same thing 2 jigga, i got love 4 them but i didnt see why they where in the mix, maybe it was just pac & not them, it didnt help moob sleeps pu**y clit, jay smashed on their fairy dresses, HA, gangsta midgets barely livin, dont even have any bank 4 sickle cell, so they signed with 50 cent, the wanna b pac dont EVEN make cents, just talk's on a track, got crossedover so he switched like a trick, 2 assume the position, he didnt wanna end up missin, so he started snitchin.WHAT

I have been privileged to be a 2Pac fan for only four years, and it seems not a day goes by where, just when I think I can consider myself a "true fan" of 2Pac, something else is either thrown out or I stumble upon something that tells me that I am nowhere near as "true" of a fan as I was.

After buying this CD, however, I had never felt more strongly about this. Anyone who calls themselves a 2Pac fan cannot be without this album. Before I had heard this, I had considered All Eyez On Me to be one of the best albums that I had ever heard, and yet and still there were several flaws I could point out on that album, namely the overabundance of guest-stars and the sense that 2Pac had changed his style too abruptly from his "Pre-Death-Row" days.

But all those fears are quelled on this album, by far the most flawless and comprehensive album I have had the honor of hearing. Comprehensive, in the sense that 2Pac has thrown elements of everything into this album. With the party banger "Toss It Up," there is a song you can move to, something 2Pac seemed to master on All Eyez On Me. With songs such as "Against All Odds" and "Bomb First," 2Pac's scathing disses are kept alive and well.

However, this album has a lot more of what "All Eyez..." lacked...for one, there are more songs that deal with societal issues, something that Tupac was the master of before All Eyez on Me, where it seemed as if this was thrown into the back burner for the "Gangsta Image" he had to don. "White Man'z World," "Hold Ya Head," and "Krazy" all signal that 2Pac will never put commercial "gangsta" over what made him famous in the first place, his raps about the world's problems.

But the other thing that this album has that cannot be found on any other rap album is the general sense of bizarreness, weirdness, and oddness...not in a bad way at all, but intriguing, by creating the sense of eerieness that is complemented by the fact that this album was his last to be completed during his life, and the first to be released after his death...songs such as "Hail Mary," with its eerie beats (and video!!!), "Blasphemy," with creepy altered Biblical verses, and "Me and My Girlfriend," the now-overly [imitated] rap about his "girlfriend." Also, on the cover 'Pac is posing as Christ on the cover, ironically 2 months after his death...

Only God knows what 2Pac would have produced if his future albums were like this or better. I can honestly say that anything that is released now has to be everything that 2Pac decided to NOT release during his lifetime, the only reason it is being released is so that Suge/Afeni get some $ and we as fans get new 'Pac. But unless he is alive, fans must realize that although this was the last of 2Pac, the 7 day theory is a treasure that gives us 2Pac at the height of his abilities, at his most flawless, something that no compilation of unreleased works will ever be able to match...

The man we know as Tupac Shakur (aka Makavelli) is a genius he created an album so deep, dark, and eerie it makes us Chill every time we listen. Many people belive because of this album Tupac is alive and I belive that as well. Because If you listen closely he gives clues to his downfall. The clues were in such songs as "Bombs First", "Hail Mary", and "Blasphemy". Here is an in depth description of the so called "clues" on the album...

"Bombs First": In the first few seconds of the song a voice quietlty whispers "Suge Shot Me"

"Hail Mary": In the video there is gravestone that says Makaveli cracked with a hole in front of it which means he will be ressurected like Jesus. Also if you Listen you will notice he is speaking in the past tense.

"Blasphemy": If you listen to the biblical quote in the intro you will hear if It doesnt happen in the next seven days it will happen in 7 years, and then you hear Tupac whisper YES.

Other Misc Clues:

In the 1998 Video for the song "Changes" you see Tupac wearing the 98 Air Jordans which obviously if he were dead he wouldnt be wearing.

On the inside cover It says Exit: 2pac Enter" Makavellu

Makavelli who is 2pacs alter ego is acuatlly a 16th century War stragesist named Nicholas Maciovelli who faked his death for seven years to avoid his enemies.

On September 7, 1996 when 2pac was supposdely killed he supposdely died 7 days later.

On September 8th Las Vegas Police received 700 calls that people had seen Tupac in Haiti.

2pac said they he wanted to be buried at a large funeral but all memorial and funeral services were canceled.

2pac was allegeidaly cremated the day after his death but cremation is illegal without an autopsy when a homicide is involved.

YOU WILL SEE 2PAC RETURN ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2003