That felt like a swan song and funeral of sorts since 2Pac was dead and entered Makaveli. And of course "Against All Odds" is one of my top disses(check the article) and the perfect song to end that wild ride of an album. The arch of the album leads with joints like "Krazy" and " Just like Daddy", which are catchy but still dark. "Toss It Up", which has the all of the 90s R&B guys on there with hilarious verses, for example the legendary K-Ci and Aaron Hall. "Hail Mary" itself is still haunting like it was made this year and still so relevant today.
"Blasphemy" is so sinister and menacing, an all timer for sure. But the reason I give the edge to Makaveli is because of the aggression. "So Many Tears" is another song that molded me into a man for real. Pac has me damn near in tears everytime I hear "It Ain't Easy", which is my favorite song on the album and on my top 10 songs of his. This tears me up because I LOVE Me Against the World as well.
Both are his best albums released while he was living( All Eyez On Me is slightly overrated IMO). But, again, Me Against The World takes this are classics. Now, I'm the guy who gives love to all of Pac's projects, so this one was kind of tougher than most "this or that" DAR roundtables. However, Me Against the World gets my vote here because it has something for everyone without going overboard in length or getting bogged down within its own mythos. And, when compared to the bloated All Eyez on Me, its conciseness makes for one of the best albums you can hear if you want an introduction to hip-hop or Tupac. And "Hail Mary" is, quite possibly, one of my favorite Tupac tracks of all-time. Yes, we got classic tracks such as "Hail Mary" from it. However, Makaveli, sadly, feels less like a complete album when compared to Me Against the World, for obvious reasons. So, on the surface, I'd say that Makaveli wins out. One angry black revolutionary a sucker for a well-thought out concept album. From "Bomb First" to "Against All Odds", Pac created a masterpiece that represented his true self. You could just hear the rage and intensity in almost every track. A coast that Pac felt had did him dirty on that night in 1994. Going at Nas, Mobb Deep, Biggie, basically the entire East Coast with reckless abandon. All of his albums put into one to kick the realest shit he ever wrote. He even had a "party track" with Toss It Up, along with mellow tracks like "To Live and Die in LA" as well. You'd think Pac would be spitting nonsense but with tracks like "Blasphemy" and "White Man'z World", it seemed like Pac never lost a step. Being fueled by anger and channeling it into a a thought provoking album is respectable. This was a time where Pac was angry and ready to attack anyone in his way. Now when it comes down to which is better? In my opinion, it's the 7 Day Theory. No, it's not All Eyez On Me, it's those two albums. Two classic albumsm and Pac's best work in my opinion.
Against All Against the World and The 7 Day Theory(Makaveli).