His burgeoning outlaw mythology helped his 1995 album Me Against the World enter the charts at number one, and it also opened him up to charges of exploitation. By 1994, 2Pac rivaled Snoop Dogg as the most controversial figure in rap, spending as much time in prison as he did in the recording studio. Over the course of one year, his profile rose substantially, based as much on his run-ins with the law as his music. But in 1991, he delivered an acclaimed debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, and quickly followed with a star-making performance in the urban drama Juice. At the outset of his career, it didn't appear that he would emerge as one of the definitive rappers of the '90s - he started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground, joining only after they had already landed their biggest hit. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and achieved quadruple platinum status with support from the singles “Hail Mary,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” and “Toss It Up” featuring K-Ci & JoJo, Danny Boy, and Aaron Hall.2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black America. The lyrics were written and recorded in only three days while mixing and post-production took an additional four days. The album was completely finished in seven days during the first week of August 1996 while Tupac was shooting the movies Gridlock’d and Gang Related. The album was originally due for release in March 1997, but due to 2Pac’s death, Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight released it four months early. These are among the very last songs Shakur recorded before his death on September 13, 1996. Released under his new stage name Makaveli, it was his first studio album to be posthumously released.
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (commonly shortened to The 7 Day Theory or Don Killuminati, and sometimes called Makaveli) is the fifth studio album by Tupac Shakur.
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