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The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

THE REVIEW

The impression that often manifests when listening to a 2pac CD is that this rapper was taken from us too soon, while he still had much more to say.

Starting from "Me Against The World" through to "All Eyez On Me" and up to "Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory", Tupac's albums showed an evolution. While it's practically impossible to say which of the three is the best, each of them saw Tupac adding a new element to his skills on the microphone.
In "Me Against The World," 2pac spoke directly from his heart; in "All Eyez On Me," he made songs that glorified the Gangsta-LifeStyle; in "The 7 Day Theory," he returns to addressing social issues like in the early days, this time with more awareness than before.

"Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" is the last album 2Pac personally worked on, and the first released after his death. He completed the writing and recording of the tracks in just three days, but it took another four to finish everything with the mixing (hence the name The 7 Day Theory).
The album cover helps to understand how 2pac felt at the time, crucified by the Media for voicing the truth through his songs.

The CD starts with "Bomb First", a song that shows the CD's only flaw: anger. At the time of the 7 Day Theory recordings, of course, 2pac was still deeply involved in numerous beefs with other rappers, and all of this is clearly present in the CD.
"Bomb First" also shows 2pac's Achilles' heel: the Outlawz. While Pac's verses are always explosive and never boring, the verses of the Outlawz, except for Khadafi, are just trash that lowers the overall quality of the album's tracks.
We continue with "Hail Mary", considered by many a true Hip-Hop classic. In this song, we find Tupac at a very high level on a very dark theme, also supported by a beat that almost feels like a Hip-Hop funeral.
In deeper songs like "Krazy", maturity is manifested, unseen in previous albums:

Hopin God hear me, I entered the game; look how much I changed / I'm no longer innocent - casualties of fame / Made a lot of money, seen a lot of places / And I swear I seen a peaceful smile on my mama's face / when I gave her the keys to her own house, this your land / Your only son done became a man

In the CD, 2pac attacks Jay-Z and mObb Deep ("Bomb First") as well as Nas ("Against All Odds") and takes a few jabs at his former friend Dre ("Toss It Up", "2live And Die In L.A.").

All in all, it is an album that leaves a bitter taste, there are clear signs of maturity and change in most of the CD's lyrics, who knows where they would have led if 2pac had survived to this day.