Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

=== ''Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...'' ===
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Shakur's second album, ''Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...'', was released in February 1993.<ref name="Albumism">{{Cite web |title=Revisiting 2Pac's 'Strictly 4 My N.*.*.*.*.Z...' (1993) {{!}} Retrospective Tribute |url=https://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-25-years-of-2pac-strictly-4-my-niggaz |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=Albumism |language=en-US}}</ref> A critical and commercial success, it debuted at No. 24 on the pop albums chart, the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/2pac/chart-history/tlp/|title=2Pac – Album chart history|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}</ref> An overall more hardcore album, it emphasizes Tupac's sociopolitical views, and has a metallic production quality. The song "Last Wordz" features [[Ice Cube]], co-writer of [[N.W.A|N.W.A's]] "[[Fuck tha Police]]", who in his own solo albums had newly gone militantly [[Political rap|political]], and [[gangsta rap]]per [[Ice-T]], who in June 1992 had sparked controversy with his band [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]]'s track "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]".<ref name="Albumism" />

In its vinyl release, side A, tracks 1 to 8, is labeled the "Black Side", while side B, tracks 9 to 16, is the "Dark Side".{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} The album carries the single "[[I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)|I Get Around]]", a party anthem featuring Digital Underground's [[Shock G]] and [[Money-B]], which became Shakur's breakthrough, reaching No. 11 on the pop singles chart, the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="Billboard" /> The album also carries the optimistic compassion of another hit, "[[Keep Ya Head Up]]", an anthem for [[women's empowerment]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2011 |title=The Feminism of Tupac |url=https://www.epl.org/the-feminism-of-tupac/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=Evanston Public Library |language=en-US}}</ref> The album was certified [[Platinum certification|Platinum]], with a million copies sold. As of 2004, among Shakur albums, including posthumous and compilation albums, ''Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...'' was 10th in sales at about 1,366,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title={{Not a typo|Remebering}} Tupac: His Musical Legacy and His Top Selling Albums |url=http://atlantapost.com/2010/09/16/tupacs-album-sales-and-his-persisting-legacy56988/ |publisher=Atlantapost.com|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220212220/http://atlantapost.com/2010/09/16/tupacs-album-sales-and-his-persisting-legacy56988/ |archive-date=February 20, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref>