Pac's Life

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Pac's Life is the eleventh and sixth

posthumously released studio album from
the late American rapper 2Pac. The album
was released on November 21, 2006, in the
United States, on Amaru Entertainment. Its
2006 release date was designed to
commemorate the tenth anniversary of his
murder.

Pac's Life

Contents
1 Background
2 Album promotion
3 Critical reception
4 Commercial performance
5 Track listing

Studio album by 2Pac

Released November18,2006
(see release history)

Recorded 1991
(Scared Straight)

6 Chart history

1995-1996

7 Release history

(2Pac and Kadafi's vocals)

8 References

2005-2006
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)

Background
A broad range of artists contributed to the
album, including Snoop Dogg, Outlawz, Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, Ludacris, Papoose,
Keyshia Cole, Chamillionaire, Jay Rock,(A-3)
Big Syke, Young Buck, Ashanti,T.I., Lil'
Scrappy, three posthumous appearances by
Kadafi, and Jamal Woolard, who became
famous for portraying The Notorious B.I.G. in
the 2009 biopic Notorious.
The album features guest appearances from
Ashanti and T.I., who appear on the title track
"Pac's Life." They also participated in the
release of the single version of the song,
which was filmed at the Tupac Amaru Shakur
Center for the Arts. The World Premiere of
"Pac's Life" was on at 7:30 PM on BET's Access
Granted on Wednesday, November 22. The

Genre

West coast hip hop, gangsta rap,

R&B

Length

55:06

Label

Interscope
Amaru Entertainment

Producer Afeni Shakur (exec.), Canei Finch,

E.D.I., Karma Productions, L.T.
Hutton, QDIII, Salih, Sha Money
XL, Swizz Beatz, Tom Whalley
(exec.)

2Pac chronology
Live at the
House of
Blues
(2005)

Pac's Life
(2006)

Beginnings:
The Lost
Tapes
(2007)

Singles from Pac's Life

1. "Untouchable"

video featured on BET's behind the scenes of

the filming of "Pac's Life". Krayzie Bone,
appears on the album's first single,
"Untouchable".

Released: February 18, 2006

2. "Pac's Life"
Released: October 21, 2006
3. "Playa Cardz Right"
Released: October 21, 2008

Album promotion

The album, which was recorded in Van Nuys, California. A week of events was
conducted for the celebration of the release. It kicked off on Saturday November 11 at
the Vaknin Gallery with "All Eyez On Me: Hip-Hop's Legendary Performers and
Photographers," where photographers displayed their material. On Tuesday November
14, at the same venue, a VIP party previewing Pac's Life took place from 7:00pm
10:00pm. The events were then shifted to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts
(TASCA) where coat drives were held on Wednesday, November 15 and Friday,
November 17 everyone who brought a winter coat received two admission tickets to the
Pac's Life album release party. On Monday November 20, a "Pac's Life Teen Art"
competition took place from 6-8 PM, where children ages 1317 competed in an art
exhibit contest.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source

Rating

About.com

link (http://rap.about.com/od/albumreviews/fr/2PacPacsLife.htm)

AllMusic

[1]

DJBooth.net

HipHopDX
RapReviews
Rolling
Stone

link
(https://web.archive.org/web/20091019142605/http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/2pacpacs-life/) at the Wayback Machine (archived October 19, 2009)
link (http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.723/title.2pac-pacs-life)
(6.5/10) link (http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2006_11_pacslife.html)
link (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pacs-life-20061127)

The Source

Reviews from critics and fans were mixed, with the general consensus being that while
2Pac's vocals were undoubtedly strong, the modern production sounded
commercialized. As AllMusic described: "This isn't to say that there is not some great
material on Pac's Life, because there is ..., but the power of 2Pac's words is often lost
behind the modern production and new verses from artists like Ludacris, Lil Scrappy,
and Ashanti."[1]

Commercial performance

Pac's Life sold 159,000 copies in its first week on the charts.[2] It has sold 469,639 copies
in the United States as of 2011.[3]
This is the first and only 2Pac album not to be certified.

Track listing
No. Title
1. "Untouchable" (featuring Krayzie Bone &

Producer(s)
Swizz Beatz

Length
4:16

Hyzad Noorani)

2. "Pac's Life" (featuring T.I., Ashanti, L.T. Hutton L.T. Hutton

3:38

and Hyzad Noorani)

3. "Dumpin'" (featuring Hussein Fatal, Papoose,

Sha Money XL

4:27

Karma Productions

4:33

Salih Williams
Sha Money XL

4:18
4:10

L.T. Hutton

4:01

E.D.I. Mean

3:36

Carl Thomas and Hyzad Noorani)

4. "Playa Cardz Right" (Female) (featuring

Keyshia Cole)

5. "Whatz Next" (featuring A-3 and Jay Rock)

6. "Sleep" (featuring Young Buck and
Chamillionaire)

7. "International" (featuring Nipsey Hussle and

Young Dre the Truth)

8. "Don't Sleep" (featuring Lil' Scrappy, Nutso,

Yaki Kadafi, Stormy, Hyzad Noorani and The
Lady)

9. "Soon As I Get Home" (featuring Yaki Kadafi) QD3

10. "Playa Cardz Right" (Male) (featuring Ludacris Sha Money XL

3:40
4:54

and Keon Bryce)

11. "Don't Stop" (featuring Big Syke, Yaki Kadafi,

L.T. Hutton

5:25

12. "Pac's Life" (Remix) (featuring Snoop Dogg, T.I., L.T. Hutton

3:39

Hussein Fatal, EDI, Young Noble and Stormy)

L.T. Hutton, Chris Starr and The Lady)

13. "Untouchable" (featuring Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Sha Money XL

4:25

Fatal,Gravy, Hyzad Noorani and The Lady)

UK Edition bonus track

No. Title
14. "Dear Mama" (Remix) (featuring Anthony

Producer(s)
Frank Nitty

Length
5:42

Hamilton, Hyzad Noorani and The Lady)

Japanese Edition bonus track

No. Title
15. "Scared Straight"

Length
3:29

Chart history
Chart (2006)

Peak
position

France (SNEP)[4]

83

Ireland (IRMA)[5]

71

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]

62

US Billboard 200[1]

US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[1]

US Billboard Top Rap Albums[1]

Release history
Country

Release date

Australia

November 18, 2006

Europe

November 20, 2006

United States November 21, 2006

Japan[7]

December 13, 2006

References
1. Pac's Life (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r936325/review) at AllMusic
2. Keith Caulfield (2013-06-22). "Album Chart Preview: Kanye West's Lead Over J. Cole Shrinks"
(http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/album-chart-preview-kanye-wests-573662). The
Hollywood Reporter.
3. "Tupac Month: 2Pacs Discography" (http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month2pacs-discography/#2). Retrieved May 27, 2013.
4. Steffen Hung. "2 Pac - Pac's Life" (http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?
interpret=2+Pac&titel=Pac%27s+Life&cat=a). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
5. "GFK Chart-Track" (http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?
c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2007&yea
r=2007&week=6). Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
6. Steffen Hung (2007-09-28). "2 Pac - Pac's Life" (http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?
interpret=2+Pac&titel=Pac%27s+Life&cat=a). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
7. Album Listing (JP) (http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/1213183)

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