It's June 16, 2024, 07:13:51 AM
I remember knowing that it was coming out. And I had heard on the radio that dre's line in Been There Done That "Ain't tryin to wait around for Illuminati" was a diss to Pac. Not sure if that's true or not. But I can remember at the time when 2pac died, he was kind of everywhere for a year or 2 after. They were still playing videos from All Eyes on Me on TV, Hail Mary video, Scarface "Smile" video, Videos from Gridlockd and Gang Related. I also remember Nas' It Was Written Album was out around the same time, and Westside Connection "Bow Down". So there was a lot of stuff coming around at the same time. So 7 Day theory didn't have as big of an impact as All Eyez On Me (At least where I was). Bow Down was a way bigger album and it definitely got more attention from me at the time. I think I definitely took the album for granted. I liked All Eyes on Me more, and still listened to that when I had 7 Day Theory. When 2Pac died, I think I lost interest a bit. I didn't buy R U Still Down, I had moved on. Years later I went back and picked it all up.
In some ways, it felt like a return to MATW. My favorite tracks were Krazy, White Mans World, and To Live and Die in LA. I didn’t feel the anti-Dre disses, and I didn’t like a few tracks. Overall, I thought it was a step below MATW (my fav Pac album) and AEOM…and thought it was his third best album. That’s still how I feel
I remember buying the CD and then listening to it and not feeling the same as I did when I first heard AEOM...my mom an pop store got it a few days early on a Saturday this was when albums were released on Tuesdays...Bomb First was a great first track, it got me immediately hyped and Hail Mary sounded unbelievable when I first heard it...but the rest of the album was kind of hit or miss to me, it wasn't until a week later when I bought Doggfather and was disappointed I went back to 7 Day Theory and it really started to grow on me...I now to this day think it Pac's best work and I don't think he had peaked yet when he passed
When I first bought it and popped the cassette in, I was like WTF is this trash! I was expecting the more POP style he had on AEOM. I was disappointed. I just bever understood what it was. However, a couple months later I realized that this is what he meant in the liner of the AEOM album "to my true fans, in 96 it will be rectified." I felt AEOM was for everyone more polished and POP and friendly for the ladies. But on the "7 Day Theory" He was really saying some deep stuff. It grew on me and I loved it. Below is my list of top 4 Tupac albums.1-MATW2-7 Day Theory(The Don KILLilluminati)3-AEOM4-Thug Life
probably his best album being from LA, i remember they were playing “to live & die in LA” heavy on the radio and that was my introduction before getting the albumi really related to that song and fell in love wit the sunny vibes in the music and the video the album sounded less polished so it wasn’t really as catchy as all eyez on me.. as a kid, i was diggin it, but like u, didn’t really wrap my head around it til laterhail mary was another cut that got mad radio play and actually was the most catchy on the album, so those songs you can’t avoid loving as a child .. i remember when prince ital joe part came on i thought it sounded weird and like it wasn’t really part of the song.. like the radio dj was talking over the end or something … the rawness of that album is still unmatched til this very day .. the only other album that comes close in rawness is mac dre’s “heart of a gangsta”classix
you guys are miracle!after 2 decade u can remember your 1st impression?! i cant remember yesterdays lunch...