
Written facing prison, released from inside it: Me Against the World is 2Pac's most reflective hour — "Dear Mama"'s flawless gratitude, "So Many Tears"' premonitions, paranoia and tenderness sharing every verse. The thug-poet contradiction that defined him is at its most honest here. His best album, by his own measure and most others'.
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