His best album. I listen to Thug Life more these days, and I think All Eyez On Me has his best vocal delivery as well as beats. But yeah, Me Against the World still holds up and it's the direction that Pac should have continued with instead of getting caught up with Bishop persona. He still had some gangsta tracks but they were outweighed by the positive message and warnings of the rest of the album. Also, there's no filler unless you count "Can You Get Away."
Me Against The World 20th Anniversary
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AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
you know this album was way after Juice, right
how did he get caught up with the "Bishop persona" 4 years after Juice came out
Headcase
The Angry Young Man
One of my favorite Hip-Hop albums, definitely in my top 5 (the other four are ATLiens, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Disposable Arts, and Paul's Boutique)
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
I see death around the corner, gotta stay high while I survive
In the city where the skinny nikkas die
If they bury me, bury me as a G nikka, no need to worry
I expect retaliation in a hurry
I see death around the - corner, any day
Tryin to keep it together, no one lives forever anyway
Strugglin and strivin, my destiny's to die
Keep my finger on the trigger, no mercy in my eyes
In a ball of confusion, I'm thinkin bout my daddy
Madder than a motherfukker, they never shoulda had me
I guess I seen too many murders, the doctors can't help me
Got me stressin with my pistol in my sheets, it ain't healthy
Am I paranoid? - Tell me the truth
I'm out the window with my AK, ready to shoot
Ran out of indo and my mind can't take the stress, I'm out of breath
Make me wanna kill my damn self; but I see death around the corner
And even if I did die young, who'd care
All I ever got was mean mugs and cold stares
Got homies in my head that done passed away screamin, please
Young nikka, make G's
Bustin on them nikkas 'til they gone
How many more jealous ass bytches, comin for my riches
Now I gotta be suspicious when I bone
Cause if I ain't sharp and heartless, them bytches'll start shyt
Excuse me, but this is where we part bytch
No more game for free, please explain to me
Why nikkas trip bytch, who you came to see?
Murder me now but see me later man, that's on my pops
I got homies that will hunt you 'til you drop
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
just realized Richie Rich & Dramacydal (aka the Outlaws) are the only guests on this album 
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
GOAT album
He's the kind of G that everybody knows
He's always G'd up, from head to toe
He always got it blown like Al Capone
He's the downest G I've ever known
Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
@ "arguably my favorite"Greatness
Greatest pac album. Period.
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
that 3rd verse on me against the world brehs
that's one of the GOAT Pac verses
With all this extra stressing
The question I wonder is after death, after my last breath
When will I finally get to rest through this suppression?
They punish the people that's asking questions
And those that possess, steal from the ones without possessions
The message I stress: to make it stop study your lessons
Don't settle for less - even the genius asks his questions
Be grateful for blessings
Don't ever change, keep your essence
The power is in the people and politics we address
Always do your best, don't let the pressure make you panic
And when you get stranded, and things don't go the way you planned it
Dreaming of riches, in a position of making a difference
Politicians and hypocrites, they don't wanna listen
If I'm insane, it's the fame made a brother change
It wasn't nothing like the game
It's just me against the world
you know this album was way after Juice, right
how did he get caught up with the "Bishop persona" 4 years after Juice came out
Yeah, I know he started his rap career around the time Juice came out. But with Me Against the World the subject matter in his music started to mature. When he went to prison, all the interviews while he was in showed someone who had also matured mentally. But when he got out it was like a regression. He fell right back into that persona, which was like the character he played in Juice.
Read the Vibe Interview from jail and watch his prison interview (Tupac in Jail, or 2pac Vs.). Then compare that to the bullshyt he was spewing in his Makaveli interviews where he's asked why he doesn't work with Biggie and he responds, "Yellow M&M's don't move with green M&M's. I mean, you don't put M&M's peanuts with M&M's plain. You hear me?
hiphopfanatic
Pro
Not just a classic. This was the most important album of my youth. It really felt like 2Pac was speaking to me, and everything about it I related to. It's that one album that helped mold me.
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AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
did you not hear the Makaveli album 7 day theory? He speaking about a lot of deep stuff on that album
pointproven214
i speak facts not emotions
obviously he did not just ignore him
pointproven214
i speak facts not emotions
white man'z world hold ya head blasphemy hail mary etc. nothing but profound shyt.