2Pacalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now
2Pacalypse Now
Studio album by 2Pac
Released	November 12, 1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Starlight Sound (Richmond, CA)
Genre	Political hip hop
Length	55:07
Label	TNT; Interscope;
Producer	Atron Gregory (exec.); Big D the Impossible; J-Z; Live Squad; Pee-Wee; Raw Fusion; Shock G;
2Pac chronology
Singles from 2Pacalypse Now
	"Trapped"; Released: September 25, 1991; "Brenda's Got a Baby"; Released: October 20, 1991; "If My Homie Calls"; Released: February 25, 1992;

2Pacalypse Now is the debut solo studio album by American rapper 2Pac. It was released on November 12, 1991 through TNT Recordings and Interscope Records.^[1] Recording sessions took place at Starlight Sound Studio in Richmond, California. Production was handled by members of Digital Underground production team The Underground Railroad, namely Big D the Impossible, Shock G, Pee-Wee, DJ Jay-Z, Raw Fusion and Live Squad. It features contributions from Stretch, Angelique, Dave Hollister, Pogo, Poppi, Ray Luv and Shock G among others. The album's title is a reference to the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now.

In the United States, the album reached number 64 on the US Billboard 200, number 13 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 3 on both the Heatseekers Albums and Catalog Albums charts. On April 19, 1995, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 copies. In commemoration of its twenty-fifth anniversary, it was re-released on vinyl and cassette on November 11, 2016,^[2] which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart.

The album produced three singles with accompanying music videos: "Trapped", "Brenda's Got a Baby" and "If My Homie Calls". The second single off of the album, "Brenda's Got a Baby", made it to No. 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 3 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales. The song "I Don't Give a Fuck" from the album was included in 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in-game radio station Radio Los Santos.

^ McAdams, Janine (November 30, 1991). "2Pac Files Claim Against Oakland" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 48. New York, NY, USA: BPI Communications, Inc. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2023. Details were revealed at a Nov. 12 press conference..."2Pacalypse Now," was released the same day as his press conference.
^ Walker, Angus (November 13, 2016). "Tupac's "2Pacalypse Now" Released On Vinyl For The First Time". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 2, 2024.