Nu-Mixx Klazzics [PA]

Performer: 2Pac
Artist: Crooked-1; K-Ci & JoJo; The Outlawz; Syke; Danny Boy; Aaron Hall
Engineer: Tommy "D" Daugherty
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel includes: 2Pac, Crooked I, K-Ci & JoJo, the Outlawz, Syke, Danny Boy, Aaron Hall. Producers: Suge Knight, Tha Row Hitters. Compilation producer: Carl "Butch" Small. Recorded at Track Record Studios, North Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Soren Baker. Personnel: Tracy Hardin (vocals, background vocals); Danny "O.M.B." Devoux (guitar); Michael Blade (flute); Josh "Kash" Andrews, Darren Vegas (keyboards, drums); Carl "Butch" Small (percussion). Audio Mixers: Tommy "D" Daugherty; Tha Row Hitters; Suge Knight. Liner Note Author: Soren Baker. Recording information: Track Record Studios, N. Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Ken Nahoum. Poor 2Pac. Since his unfortunate passing away in 1996, his catalog was pillaged annually. Every holiday season brought with it another posthumous release, often courtesy of Suge Knight or 2Pac's own mama, Afeni Shakur. Sure, it was fascinating to hear all the unreleased recordings the rapper left behind as his legacy, and a few gems like "Thugz Mansion" and "Until the End of Time" surfaced; however, these posthumous releases were generally disappointing when you considered what could have been. Suge and Afeni were good at marketing 2Pac's posthumous catalog, no doubt, but they certainly weren't Dr. Dre -- put frankly, they were terrible music-makers, marring otherwise brilliant vocal tracks with outsourced second-rate production. As a result, none of the numerous posthumous albums even approached the quality of those 2Pac made while alive, not even by a long shot. These posthumous productions actually did 2Pac's legacy a disservice, muddling his once solid catalog with an abundance of crap. This unfortunate reality became all the more apparent with the release of Nu-Mixx Klazzics, surely the most frivolous posthumous release to date. Here Suge and his Row Hitters remix ten previously released 2Pac songs, most of which are culled from All Eyez on Me. While this is a plausible idea, it's fumbled here as these "nu-mixxes" are downright dreadful. The vocals of canonical songs like "How Do You Want It" and "Ambitionz az a Ridah" are pasted, as is, over B-grade beats. In fact, make that C-grade -- tha Row Hitters sound more like a middle-of-the-road smooth jazz band with a drum machine than credible gangsta rap producers. Even the harder-hitting tracks like "Hail Mary" and "Hit 'Em Up" sound feeble. It's quite startling, really, how ruinous these remixes are. You have to wonder whether Suge just has bad taste or just doesn't care. Either way, Nu-Mixx Klazzics is pure opportunism -- a brief, unimaginative release intended to cheaply capitalize on 2Pac's continued popularity, especially in the lead up to the highly anticipated Tupac: Resurrection film. Nonessential in every sense of the word. ~ Jason Birchmeier Poor 2Pac. Since his unfortunate passing away in 1996, his catalog was pillaged annually. Every holiday season brought with it another posthumous release, often courtesy of Suge Knight or 2Pac's own mama, Afeni Shakur. While it's fascinating to hear all the unreleased recordings the rapper left behind as his legacy, and a few gems like "Thugz Mansion" and "Until the End of Time" surfaced, these posthumous releases were generally disappointing when you considered what could have been. Suge and Afeni were good at marketing 2Pac's posthumous catalog, no doubt, but they certainly weren't as good at producing 2Pac asDr. Dre. As a result, none of the numerous posthumous albums even approached the quality of those 2Pac made while alive. With the release of Nu-Mixx Klazzics, Suge and his Row Hitters remix ten previously released 2Pac songs, most of which are culled from All Eyez on Me. "How Do You Want It" and "Ambitionz az a Ridah" are here, along with "Hail Mary" and "Hit 'Em Up," among others. ~ Jason Birchmeier Despite his brief existence, NYC-born rap legend Tupac Shakur left a thick musical catalogue that would shadow most rappers' lifetime work. Indeed, six years after his death by gunfire, the 2Pac estate is still unveiling albums of remaining, lost, and unfinished recordings. However, NU-MIXX KLAZZICS is something a bit different. For this release, rap mogul Suge Knight has gathered many popular tracks, (most of them from the epochal ALL EYEZ ON ME, the final record 2Pac would release during his life), lifted the vocal tracks, and furnished them with entirely new beats. To accentuate the remixes, special guests drop by to provide new vocals, including Aaron Hall, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz. NU-MIXX KLAZZICS offers fans a different perspective from which to view 2Pac's legacy, pairing the twisted, poetic lyrics of the prodigal genius with pared-down, dirtier, darker beats. For instance, "Hail Mary" is taken out of its original DON KILLUMINATI shell of church bells and tympanies and placed in a more sinister world of drones and sirens. 2Pac's legacy extends throughout the hip-hop world, and NU-MIXX KLAZZICS is yet another example of how much he had to offer. Despite his brief existence, NYC-born rap legend Tupac Shakur left a thick musical catalogue that would shadow most rappers' lifetime work. Indeed, six years after his death by gunfire, the 2Pac estate is still unveiling albums of remaining, lost, and unfinished recordings. However, NU-MIXX KLAZZICS is something a bit different. For this release, rap mogul Suge Knight has gathered many popular tracks, most of them from the epochal ALL EYEZ ON ME (the final record 2Pac would release during his life), lifted the vocal tracks and furnished them with entirely new beats. To accentuate the remixes, special guests drop by to provide new vocals, including Aaron Hall, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz. NU-MIXX KLAZZICS offers fans a different perspective from which to view 2Pac's legacy, pairing the twisted, poetic lyrics of the prodigal genius with pared-down, dirtier, darker beats. For instance, "Hail Mary" is taken out of its original DON KILLUMINATI shell of church bells and tympanies and placed in a more sinister world of drones and sirens. 2Pac's legacy extends throughout the hip-hop world, and NU-MIXX KLAZZICS is yet another example of how much he had to offer.

Beginning his career in the early 1990s as a member of the Oakland rap-funksters Digital Underground, 2Pac rose to become perhaps the single most controversial figure in rap music, easily equal in popularity and notoriety to Snoop Dogg on the West Coast and sometime rival Notorious B.I.G. out East. Taking his moniker from a South American revolutionary, 2Pac managed to embrace themes of black self-determination and social conscience without dulling the edge of his thug image. Achieving almost unrivalled popularity while alive, 2Pac had a penchant for religious and iconic motifs, ensuring his status as a rap martyr after his murder in 1996.

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