Most hail All Eyez On Me to be Pac's best album, but I disagree. Production-wise, it's the tops. But Me Against The World has some of the best and most intelligent rap lyrics you'll ever hear. Pac just seems so much more focused on this CD than on any of his other ones.

Before I knew what Tupac was all about, I liked All Eyez On Me the best (like millions of others). But compare the lyrics. Me Against The World is filled with so much emotion and depth. This is the album which basically sums up the life of Tupac. All Eyez On Me has some excellent songs backed with amazing beats, but as far as song-writing goes, this one beats it hands down. I read somewhere that Tupac said his songs were meant to be listened to. They're spiritual. You're supposed to take them in. He said it's cool if you rock out with them, but it's not the point of his albums. I concur.

It'd be redundant to make a list of the album's best songs, because they're all great. But the standout is "Dear Mama," which is my favorite Tupac song ever. This is the deepest and most personal song he's ever written. Most other rappers would think twice before writing a sweet ballad about their mother for fear of what it could do to their reputation. But Tupac had always rapped about what was on his mind. He kept it real, which is why so many people loved his music. Including me.


2pac- Me against the World   November 27, 2002
 23 out of 26 found this review helpful

Tupac Shakur's 4th album "Me against the World" released in 1995, is arguably the illest rap album ever. When Hiphops most loved, most controversial legendary MC dropped this album, he showcased to the world more than ever his intellectual and poetic ability. The media liked to portray him as a violent thug, but in truth it was never like that, first and foremost Tupac was a musician with a message for the world, who never held back from displaying emotion whether it be anger, love, sadness etc, even if it meant he was going to be hated for it. Every track on this album is nice, some of my favourites (among many) include "Me against the World", "So Many Tears" and "Dear Mama" one of the realest tracks Pac ever wrote. Pac seemed to know that death was in his cards, and he gives indication of this on some of the tracks, throughout this album. Music on this album covers many different topics and many different emotions, as one person wrote "If there's a facet of the human experience that's left uncovered on this release, I can't think of it". It wasnt just Pacs lyrics, beats, versatility or production that made him the best, it was that real raw emotion, he put into his works that made him Hiphops most loved. "Me against the World" is one of the best albums of the 90s, essential for anyone who loves good music.


IT DON'T GET MORE TRU THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!   August 15, 1999
 15 out of 17 found this review helpful

this is my second favorite album by the one and only, the never replacable and realest rapper ever to live,without a doubt...2Pac. this is so well done. all eyez on me is only one that is better than this by far from him. the way he is so str8 up, this is who i am on this album makes it better. every song comes from his heart he had nothing to hide. seems a lil' normal for the only album to ever go #1 on the charts while it's creator of it was in jail. this shows just how real he was. one great example of it is the song that tells all, f*** the world. it is him in the prime thugged out. my favorite songs on here are the title song (probably my 2nd favorite 2Pac song!) and temptations (which had a hella good video). i'm highly recomending this album cause it shows 2pac before most learned to know him and before the death row dayz. RIP to the king of the thugs who will never be forgotten. show your love & buy this, it's really worth it!!!!!!!!


This is one of the best albums ever!!!   September 2, 1999
 15 out of 17 found this review helpful

This was definetely one of Tupac's best albums. It shows the trials, tribulations, hopes, joys and fears of this often misunderstood man. Tracks like "If I Die 2 Nite" and "Outlawz" come with some hardcore, but not like that you hear from DMX or Master P. It still has a reflective touch. "F**K The World" does show his anger at the stuff that has happened, which, considering what was going on, {he had just been shot and was headed for jail} is understandable. But for sure, tracks like "Lord Knows", "So many Tears", "Me Against The World", "It ain't easy", and the haunting "Death Around the Corner", which forsaw what would be Tupac's tragic ending, make this album so great. These tracks reflect on the difficulties of ghetto life and especially Pac's life. "Dear Mama" is one of the most touching songs ever made, and the cautionary tale "Young Niggaz" is great. Beats are not as good as what you hear on albums he did on Death Row, like All Eyez On Me, but he still comes through beatwise on tracks like "Dear Mama", "Young Niggaz", and "Lord Knows." If you only buy one rap album, buy this one! RIP Pac


This "mtv supporter" is a straight up comedian.   January 22, 2006
 12 out of 13 found this review helpful

Look,I try my best to not comment on other people's reviews, but guys like this loser below me just make it way too hard for me not to. I understand that everyone has their own opinion and their own taste in music.Not everyone is going to like or appreciate or be a fan of Tupac, I get that, I except that, I even respect that, But I am now convinced that this "mtv supporter" is one of or all of three things; a very sad and lonely person who desperately seeks attention, a complete joker,or, in the words of Stephen A. Smith, quite frankly,the biggest freaken MORON on the face of this earth.I dont give a good two sh*ts weather you like tupac or not,but when you start saying that hes garbage or saying he has no talent, you pretty much eliminate yourself from knowing what your talking about.And This is also coming from a guy who apparently thinks 50 cent and J.Lo are musical geniuses,yes,that 50 cent and J.Lo.,yet He has dissed Ray Charles,not to mention Pac, and oh yeah, thinks that Jimi Hendrix might be the worst gutarist of all time.Telling people who might read your review,if you dare call it that, to just simply consider the source, would really be a severe understatement.seriously dude, you deserve to get your a** thoroghly kicked for some of stuff you say.No one likes you,and you average about 1 or 2 helpful votes in all your reviews,so clearly little to no one respects or "supports" what you have to say either. You probably also think Michael Jordan is the worst Basketball player of all time.Or that Muhammad Ali is the worst boxer of all time.Or that Tom Hanks is the worst acter you've ever seen in your life. What is it you have against 2Pac anyway? What has he ever done to you? And if you hate him so much, why are you even wasting your time writing about him?Instead shouldn't you be whatching TRL or a rerun of Made or Pimp My Ride or something .Come on "Supporter"! and by the way,you doubley deserve to get your a** kicked for being an mtv "supporter".In fact admitting as much really makes you even more pathetic.

Now that I got that bull s**t out the way,heres what I thought about this album. This, along with 7 day theory, is by far 2Pacs deepest,most intellegent,most personal, and most significant album hes ever made.I just wish people would stop saying that this was his "best" album though. This album was great,no question about it, but A.E.O.Me was clerly his "best" album. Either way, my favarite Tracks on this CD were of course "Dear Mama", "So Many Tears",the title track(Persnal favarite),"Old School",and "Death Around The Corner". The beats are a little outdated but if your a real 2Pac or Hip Hop fan, then it won't really matter.

Despite what my good friend below me thinks, to me, Tupac represents everything thats RIGHT with not only Hip Hop, but music in general.He made music staight from the heart&soul, Not afraid to speak his mind, not afraid to speak out on injustices,not afraid of calling out powers that be,not afraid of having a voice and using it.Tupac may not be the "best" rapper of all time(their is no "best" rapper of all time by the way),but damned if that man isn't the most influential and greatest songwriting M.C. of all time.