The album served as one of Shakur's most positively reviewed albums, with many calling it the magnum opus of his career, and is considered one of the greatest and most influential hip hop albums of all time. This made Shakur the first artist to have an album debut at number one on the Billboard 200 while serving time in prison. Me Against the World, released while Shakur was serving a jail sentence for sexual assault, made an immediate impact on the charts, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. It was his impending prison sentence, troubles with the police and Shakur being poor which many believe might have contributed to Shakur's artistic re-emergence on record. The album was composed of un-used tracks from the ' Thug Life era', and from other studio sessions from early-to-mid 1994. Me Against the World is the third studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur, released in 1995 on Interscope Records. Sam Bostic, Brian G, D-Flizno Production Squad, DF Master Tee, Easy Mo B., Ezi Cut, Jay-B, Johnny 'J', Mike Mosley, Moe Z.M.D., Moses, Tony Pizarro, Jill Rose, Shock G, SoulShock & Karlin, Le-morrious 'Funky Drummer' Tyler The project was Tupac’s most positively reviewed album and has been called the magnum opus of his career.Enterprise Studios, Unique Studios, Soundcastle, Pure Studios, Mobboss Studios, Echo Sound, Encore Studios, 12 Trak Studios, Westlake Audio and Quad 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.

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