Many public faces criticized sharply his edgy and colorful texts. It was titled 2Pacalypse Now and saw light in 1992, making a lot of noise with the single Brenda's Got A Baby.
Soon Tupac not only danced, but also rapped with the Digital Underground on their disc, composing his own debut work in spare time. In 1990, Shakur got acquainted with the members of the rap band Digital Underground, becoming their back-up dancer. There he went to the Tamaplais High School, but dropped out. However, Tupac did not finish the school as he had to move again with the family because of his mother's drug-addiction. Being a teenager, Shakur managed to enter the prestigious Baltimore School For The Arts, where he studied jazz, ballet and acting, performing in Shakespeare's plays. Tupac's childhood consisted of constant travels along the USA his family had problems with the law and lived in poverty. Only at the age of three months the boy was called by his real name in honor of Indian Tupac Amaru II, who lead the riot of Inks against Spanish invaders and was later convinced to death. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, called him Lesane Parish Crooks at birth, concealing their kin in fear for his life, as Black Panthers had many foes. It's 2Pac's best album since his death, and bodes well for future material by, and concerning, rap's most legendary figure.Tupac Amaru Shakur was the son of two Black Panthers members, who split before his birth. Organizing the set roughly into one disc of hardcore rap and one of R&B jams makes for an easier listen, and the R&B disc especially has some strong tracks, opening with a remix of 1995's "My Block" and including quintessentially 2Pac material - reflective, conflicted, occasionally anguished - like "Never Call U B**** Again," "Better Dayz," "Fame," and "This Life I Lead." Most of the tracks are previously unreleased, the rest coming from scattered compilations like Knight's Chronic 2000: Still Smokin' or 1995's The Show soundtrack. A lengthy two-disc set, it benefits from a raft of still-compelling material by one of the two or three best rappers in history, as well as excellent compiling by executive producers Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother. Though it was released on the eve of the busiest year in 2Pac's posthumous career, Better Dayz shouldn't be overlooked - and with the schedule including a feature documentary (with soundtrack), plus two books and another double album, it might be easy for this one to slip from the radar.
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