Me Against The World is often regarded as Tupac’s greatest album. The peak of ‘Pac’s career, the late rapper himself admitted it was an album for the hip-hop heads, one where he displayed his love for the artform in full. Released on March 14th, 1995, Universal Music and Amaru Entertainment are dropping a 2LP vinyl reissue of the album for its 25th anniversary. This arrives shortly after the late rapper’s estate shared new merchandise that was meant to coincide with the milestone date. The double LP is currently available in Japan. 

Heralded for his introspection, Tupac honed into the emotions towards police brutality, the justice system, and his looming prison sentence on All Eyez On Me. It went on to earn ‘Pac immense critical and commercial acclaim. earning him his first number one album on the Billboard 200. It also became the first album released by anyone to top the charts while they were locked up in prison. He also went onto earn Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album as well as Best Rap Solo Performance for his efforts on “Dear Mama.”

Make sure to check out the collection of Tupac merch for the All Eyez On Me 25th anniversary. You can preorder the merch here.

Tupac Shakur’s estate is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his third studio album, Me Against The World, by releasing an exclusive range of merchandise. It’s been a quarter of a century since the legendary late rapper dropped MATW, which he recorded and released in prison in 1995. The line includes items like vinyl copies of the critically acclaimed project, as well as three different graphic T-shirt designs and a pullover hoodie, all with the album’s tracklist emblazoned on the back. The products range from $30-$96, the latter price applying to a bundle offer for an “exclusive and limited” tan-coloured 2LP of the album along with the hoodie. Everything is available for pre-order on Pac’s online store, and is expected to ship next month.

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Me Against The World has been praised by fans and critics alike ever since it was released. The album famously marked his return to music after declaring his “retirement” due to his incarceration for a first-degree sexual assault charge. Tupac on to become the first artist at the time to record and release a #1 album while imprisoned. “Me Against the World was really to show people that this is an art to me,” Pac said in an interview during his time in prison. “That I do take it like that. And whatever mistakes I make, I make out of ignorance, not out of disrespect to music or the art. So Me Against the World was deep, reflective. It was like a blues record. It was down-home. It was all my fears, all the things I just couldn’t sleep about. Everybody thought that I was living so well and doing so good that I wanted to explain it. And it took a whole album to get it all out. It’s explaining my lifestyle, who I am, my upbringing and everything. It talks about the streets but talks about it in a different light. There’s a song on there dedicated to mothers, just a song I wrote just for my mother. And it digs deeper like that. I just wanted to do something for all mothers. I’m proud of that song. It affected a lot of people.”