Pac's Life

Pac's Life
Studio album by 2Pac
Released	November 18, 2006 (2006-11-18) (see release history)
Recorded	1991 (Scared Straight) 1995-1996 (2Pac and Kadafi's Vocals) 2005-2006 (Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Genre	West coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Label	Interscope Amaru Entertainment
Producer	Afeni Shakur (exec.), Canei Finch, E.D.I., Karma Productions, L.T. Hutton, QDIII, Salih, Sha Money XL, Swizz Beatz, Tom Whalley (exec.)
2Pac chronology
Live at the House of Blues (2005) Pac's Life (2006) Beginnings: The Lost Tapes (2007)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
About.com	link
Allmusic	[1]
DJBooth.net	link
HipHopDX	link
RapReviews	(6.5/10) link
Rolling Stone	link
The Source

Pac's Life is the eleventh and sixth posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder.

Pac's Life sold 159,000 copies in its first week on the charts.^[2] It has sold 469,639 copies in the United States as of 2011.^[3]

Background

A broad range of artists contributed to the album, including Ashanti, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Papoose, Keyshia Cole, Chamillionaire, Jay Rock,(A-3) Lil' Scrappy, Big Syke, Young Buck, Outlawz, three posthumous appearances by Kadafi, and Jamal Woolard, who became famous for portraying The Notorious B.I.G. in the 2009 biopic Notorious.

The album features guest appearances from Ashanti and T.I., who appear on the title track "Pac's Life." They also participated in the release of the single version of the song, which was filmed at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. The World Premiere of "Pac's Life" was on at 7:30 PM on BET's Access Granted on Wednesday, November 22. The video featured on BET's behind the scenes of the filming of "Pac's Life". Krayzie Bone, appears on the album's first single, "Untouchable".

Album promotion

The album, which was recorded in Van Nuys, California. A week of events was conducted for the celebration of the release. It kicked off on Saturday November 11 at the Vaknin Gallery with "All Eyez On Me: Hip-Hop's Legendary Performers and Photographers," where photographers displayed their material. On Tuesday November 14, at the same venue, a VIP party previewing Pac's Life took place from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. The events were then shifted to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) where coat drives were held on Wednesday, November 15 and Friday, November 17 everyone who brought a winter coat received two admission tickets to the Pac's Life album release party. On Monday November 20, a "Pac's Life Teen Art" competition took place from 6-8 PM, where children ages 13–17 competed in an art exhibit contest.

Reception

Reviews from critics and fans was mixed, with the general consensus being that while 2Pac's vocals were undoubtedly strong, the modern production sounded commercialized. As Allmusic described: "This isn't to say that there is not some great material on Pac's Life, because there is, but the power of 2Pac's words is often lost behind the modern production and new verses from artists like Ludacris, Lil Scrappy, and Ashanti."^[1]

Track listing

Release history

Chart history

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