2Pac - Troublesome 21 (1992)

Following the release of his debut album '2Pacalypse Now' in November 1991, Tupak Shakur started to prepare his second official album, which was originally supposed to be called 'Black Starry Night', but as the recording process went on over the next few months, he decided to change the name to 'Troublesome 21'. Although it was pretty much finished, Time Warner scrapped it due to the outcry in the media and political legislatures over the lyrics on albums such as '2Pacalypse Now', and many of the songs from the album remain officially unreleased, although some of them did turn up on b-sides in 1993, while a few of them appeared on his official second album 'Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...', either in slightly reworded form, or taken from the 'Troublesome 21' master tapes. The album stands as a truly historical piece in 2Pac's discography due to the fact these are unreleased or rarely heard songs because of the controversial lyrics at the time. The album was produced by Stretch, Big D the Impossible, Truman Jefferson, Laylaw, and the D-Flow Production Squad, and while there are various track listings online for this album, I've taken it directly from Shakur's handwritten notes for it, which is also included in the folder. 

Track listing

01 Intro
02 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... 
03 The Streetz R Deathrow 
04 I Get Around (feat. Digital Underground)
05 Holler If Ya Hear Me (feat. Live Squad)
06 Don't Call Me Bitch (feat. Shock G)
07 Papa'z Song (feat. The Wycked & Poppi)
08 Crooked Nigga Too (feat. Stretch)
09 Souljah's Revenge (When I Get Free)

10 What Goes On (feat. The Wycked & Mouse Man)

11 Still Don't Give A Fuck
12 I Wonda If Heaven Got A Ghetto
13 Nothin' But Love (feat. Dave Hollister)
14 Troublesome
15 Keep Ya Head Up (feat. Dave Hollister)