The album topped the charts, selling 664,000 copies in its first week and making it the biggest first week sale number for a rap album in 1996.Ī couple years later, DMX would go on to achieve the same feat with his first two albums debuting on top of the charts – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot sold 251,000 copies in its first weeks and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood sold 670,000.
While lacking the smash hits like “California Love”, the album still featured songs like “Toss It Up”, “To Live & Die in L.A.” and “Hail Mary” that would have moderate chart success. According to people involved in the making of the project, it took seven days to finish the album: Pac wrote and recorded the lyrics in three days, while mixing and mastering took up the rest.Īfter Pac was tragically passed away on September 13, 1996, Death Row released The Don Killuminati in November. He was back in the studio working on his next album by August 1996.Įnlisting outside producers Hurt-M-Badd and Darryl “Big D” Harper to produce the bulk of the album and his Outlawz crew for the majority guest verses, Pac focused on creating a much darker sound with The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. It was certified 5x platinum just two months later.įor most rappers, having two number one songs and a multiplatinum number one album would have been enough for a single year. All Eyez on Me dropped Februand was the first double rap album in history.īolstered by hit singles like “California Love” (which was Pac’s first number one single), “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”, “How Do U Want It” and “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” the album topped the charts, selling 566,000 copies in its first week. Within a matter of months, Pac’s fourth album, and his first for Death Row, was complete. He really had a real vision of what was going on, and he wanted to get a lot done in that short amount of time.” And you could tell he was really one a mission. “He was very hyped, very focused, a lot of energy – mad energy. “He was ready to go,” recalled Dave Aron, a recording engineer who worked with Pac. When he first got out of Clinton Correctional Facility on October 12, 1995, the first place Pac went to was the studio to record “Ambitionz Az A Ridah” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha.” He finished both songs in one night. His legendary work ethic propelled Death Row into the biggest rap label in the world, and created enough material for a dozen posthumous albums. Tupac Shakur was an unstoppable force during his final years.
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