Come ha descritto lo studioso accademico Jeremy Prestholdt dell'università di Oxford:'Shakur con album come Me Against The World ha offerto critiche toccanti sulle disuguaglianze contemporanee e così è arrivato a incarnare la disillusione e l'alienazione sociale del dopo Guerra Fredda. È l'album scritto in prigione con più vendite nella storia della musica. L'album, quando Tupac era ancora in prigione, balzò in Top numero 1 superando artisti come Bruce Springsteen e Eagles ed è considerato il miglior album della carriera del rapper. Venne registrato durante il suo ricovero dopo l'agguato subito nel novembre 1994, mentre venne pubblicato quando si trovava in carcere per violenza sessuale. Me Against the World è il terzo album in studio del rapper statunitense Tupac Shakur, pubblicato il 14 marzo 1995 dalla Interscope Records. The project was Tupac’s most positively reviewed album and has been called the magnum opus of his career.Easy Mo Bee, Johnny 'J', Soulshock & Karlin, Tony Pizarro, D-Flizno Production Squad, Jay-B, Stretch, DF Master Tee & Moses, Mike Mosley, Ezi Cut, Shock G, Brian G, Sam Bostic, Moe Z.M.D., Jill RoseĮnterprise Studios Mobboss Studios, Fairfield Pure Studios Quad Studios (Nuova Zelanda) SoundCastle Unique Studios In the year after its release, the album received the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album. Along with being #1 in the US, the album also ranked #23 in Germany and #20 in Sweden. Debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album has been certified double platinum selling over 3.5 million copies in the United States alone. The realism of this album brought a ridiculous amount of commercial success. Much less high energy than the tracks from his previous album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…, this album showed genuine reflection on his life and career path as an artist along with shining light on some of his personal struggles with paranoia and self-loathing. The subject matter and tone of this project were a lot more serious and introspective than anything he had previously released.

This album was nothing like the music that gave him his “thug life” gangster image and street credentials.

2pac me against the world album cover