Another sophomore release comes in at #21, with “These Wicked Streets” by Skull Duggery. One of the least talented rappers on the tank, you’d be hard pressed to find a Skull Duggery fan.
The Oakland duo Steady Mobb’n released their sophomore album with no limit November 24th, making it one of the last albums to drop of the 23 that were released that year.
The lone R&B offering from the tank in 98 came courtesy of the quartet Sons of Funk. The album “Game of Funk” was powered by 2 singles that appeared on soundtracks.
To say the 2 short years in between his 2nd and 3rd albums were eventful, would be a gross understatement. Pac was arrested in October 1993 for shooting 2 off duty police officers in Atlanta, he was shot 5 times in the infamous Quad Studios robbery and he began a prison sentence for his role in an alleged sexual assault in New York.
After being bailed out of jail by Suge knight and Jimmy Iovine in the fall of 1995, Pac signed a new deal with Death Row records, dropping his iconic double album early the following year.
The 1 and only posthumous release in which Pac had creative control over, “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory” is usually referred to as Makaveli which was the alias the project was released under.
What many would consider his breakout album, Pac’s sophomore release is closer in tone to his debut than it would be to anything following it.
Ahhh the sleeper album of the catalog. The first posthumous album to release without any creative input from Pac was 1997’s double disc “R U Still Down.” An album with this same title was set to drop during his 1995 imprisonment but was scrapped due to his early release.
The politically charged debut album from Pac, was a strong but flawed introduction to the rap game. Touching on deep themes like black on black crime, teenage pregnancy, racism and police brutality the album can certainly feel heavy.
Wasting no time dropping another collection of music, Better Dayz released a little over a year after Until the End of Time and consists of more music from Death Row recording sessions.