Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

===Posthumous albums===

At the time of his death, a fifth solo album was already finished, ''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]'', under the stage name Makaveli. It had been recorded during the summer of 1996 and released that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12056616 |title=Music News, Interviews, Pics, and Gossip: Yahoo! Music |publisher=Ca.music.yahoo.com |date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327075641/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12056616 |archive-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>''XXL Magazine'', October 2003.</ref> The lyrics were written and recorded in three days, and mixing took another four days. In 2005, MTV.com ranked ''The 7 Day Theory'' at No. 9 among hip-hop's greatest albums ever,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2005/greatest_albums_0505/index3.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507152454/http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2005/greatest_albums_0505/index3.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 7, 2005 |title=The Greatest Hip-Hop Albums Of All Time |publisher=MTV.com |date=March 9, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> and by 2006 a classic album.<ref name="mtv greatest">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2006/emcees/index10.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413234303/http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2006/emcees/index10.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2006 |title=The Greatest MCs Of All Time |work=MTV.com |date=March 9, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> Its singular poignance, through hurt and rage, contemplation and vendetta, resonate with many fans.<ref>''XXL Magazine'', October 2006.</ref>

According to George "Papa G" Pryce, Death Row Records' then director of [[public relations]], the album was meant to be "underground", and was not intended for release before the artist was murdered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05imWUtMazM |title=Tupac The Workaholic. (MYCOMEUP.COM) |publisher=YouTube |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226224815/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05imWUtMazM |archive-date=February 26, 2013}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2024}} It peaked at No. 1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart and on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r241166/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''The Don Killuminati''] chart peaks on [[AllMusic]].</ref> with the second-highest debut-week sales total of any album that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-14-ca-64364-story.html |title=All Eyes on Shakur's 'Don Killuminati' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 23, 1997 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915073805/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-11-14/entertainment/ca-64364_1_don-killuminati |archive-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref> On June 15, 1999, it was certified 4× Multi-Platinum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |access-date=February 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104132513/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>

Later posthumous albums are archival productions, these albums are:

* ''[[R U Still Down? (Remember Me)|R U Still Down?]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Greatest Hits (2Pac album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Still I Rise (album)|Still I Rise]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)|Until the End of Time]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Better Dayz]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Loyal to the Game]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Pac's Life]]'' (2006)<ref>

The [[2008 Universal Studios fire|2008 fire sustained by University Music Group lost]], among archives of hundreds of other artists, some of Tupac's [Jody Rosen, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html "Here are hundreds more artists whose tapes were destroyed in the UMG fire"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123010002/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html |date=November 23, 2019 }}, ''The New York Times'', June 25, 2019].</ref>