Although many of Shakur's usual producers were not involved in the project, the producers still managed to come through for the project. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory has also gained praise for its production. This nigga had so much love in his heart it was ridiculous, and you hear that shit in his music." when I think about 'Pac I don't think about none of that shit, I think about love. Through all that shit, through all the beefing. He loved his family, he loved the kids and he loved black people to death. 'Pac was surrounded by a lot of controversy, and a lot of people be thinking he that way, but that dude was really all about love, yo. 'Cause when the song got just about done, if niggas ain't have no verse, we were scratching that and going to the next song. That was his way of motivating us like, "If y'all ain't ready, then you don't make the song." That's why some songs you might hear one on there or you might hear two or you might hear three. We had already been on a million 'Pac songs. 'Pac was like, "Who got something? Bad Azz you got something?" and it fit perfect, so it was meant for Bad Azz to be on that song. "Time goes by puffing on la got a nigga going crazy." We had started writing the shit and we was taking long. That's one of those classic 'Pac songs, too. And 'Pac threw Bad Azz up on there and I'm glad he did, 'cause Bad Azz did his thing on that muthafucka. 'Pac used to like Bad Azz he had a nice flow. Bad Azz was up in there chilling with us. " We was supposed to be on that song, but we took too long with our verse. The only verse that was not from one of the Outlawz was from Bad Azz. Most of the guest verses are supplied by Shakur's group The Outlawz. The album did not feature the star-studded guest list that All Eyez on Me did.
During those three days 20 songs were completed, 12 of which made the final product. The album was written and recorded at the Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California over 3 days in the month of August 1996. Although Shakur insulted rapper Nas on "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)" and "Against All Odds", rapper Young Noble, who appeared on several songs on The 7 Day Theory, stated in an interview that the Nas song "I Gave You Power" served as a main inspiration for Shakur's "Me and My Girlfriend." Rappers insulted by Shakur include The Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, Mobb Deep, Nas, De La Soul, Jay-Z & Dr. Some songs on the album contain both subtle and direct insults to Shakur's rivals at the height of the East Coast-West Coast feud. Makaveli's style of rapping is still emotional, but is intensified throughout this album. He started once again to return to his commentary on social and political issues. The Don Killuminati is a very dark and intense album containing 2Pac's most passionate and poetic works. The first six are fired during Shakur's speech and the seventh as he begins to rap the verse, therefore literally marking the demise of 2Pac and the renaissance as Makaveli, which happens to be the first word following the shot. On "Bomb First", which serves as the album's introduction, seven shots are heard on the track. 2Pac's long time friend and producer Shock G recounted: "and in the "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)" the first 3 seconds Shakur states "Shoulda shot me," which has been incorrectly reiterated by a certain portion of the hip hop population as "Suge shot me," due to the low volume of the voice." Another 'clue' that sparked the faked death theories was the famous 'Suge shot me' heard at the begining of the CD. This album featured 2Pac on a cross in an attempt to convey his crucifixion by the media, a fact that was interpreted as a hint at a possible resurrection, although it must be said that it was most likely intended to imply an artistic renaissance as opposed to a literal one.
Live." The album's sleeve contains the text, "Exit 2Pac, Enter Makaveli", refering to Shakur's alternate stage name. The chosen words for the chosen people who think with their third eye and feel with they heart. Although The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released almost two months after his death, on November 5, 1996, it is not a true posthumous album in the way that the later 2Pac albums are since he completed the album before his death.ĢPac defined Killuminati as "The prophecy delivered to the lost by the lost. These are among the very last songs he recorded before his fatal shooting on September 7, 1996.
The lyrics were written and recorded in only three days and mixing took an additional four days. The album was completely finished in a total of seven days during the month of August 1996. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the fifth and final studio album by Tupac Shakur, under the new stage name Makaveli, finished before his death and the first to be released after his death.
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