Tupac Shakur Vinyl Records

The most urgent voice in hip-hop history. Still moving vinyl.

Tupac Shakur released five studio albums before his death at 25 in September 1996, and the posthumous catalog has kept coming ever since. His 1995 album Me Against the World — recorded while he was incarcerated — debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and remains one of the most emotionally direct rap records ever made.

All Eyez on Me (1996), his Death Row debut, was a double album that moved in two directions at once: raw West Coast party rap on disc one, dense introspective writing on disc two. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory — released under the Makaveli alias just two months after his death — hits differently knowing the timeline.

Death Row Records vinyl is where collectors focus. Original pressings of All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati are increasingly hard to find unscratched. Interscope pressings of his early Jive-era work surface less often. The market is active and prices have climbed steadily.

Essential Records

• 2Pacalypse Now (1991, Interscope)
• Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (1993, Interscope)
• Me Against the World (1995, Interscope)
• All Eyez on Me (1996, Death Row)
• The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996, Death Row)
• R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997, Amaru / Jive)

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