5/5 Champagne Bottles. Best listened to: Driving down the Strip at sunset. Windows down. Bass up.
That is Tupac. He was the thug with a diary. The revolutionary who loved champagne. The man who rapped about "Thug Life" but also quoted Machiavelli. All Eyez on Me
Released on February 13, 1996, this wasn't just an album; it was a statement. It was the sound of a man who knew he was living on borrowed time—and decided to live twice as large because of it. To understand the album, you have to understand the context. Pac had just been released from prison after serving 11 months on a sexual assault charge. Suge Knight, the head of Death Row Records, famously bailed him out in exchange for a three-album deal. Pac walked out of jail and into a studio full of Dr. Dre beats, Snoop Dogg features, and bottomless bottles of Hennessy. 5/5 Champagne Bottles