Without double-album hype or a star-studded lineup, 2Pac's final official album left a heavy mark on the rap game. It's the record that even the rappers who got dissed can't stop listening to. Here's an inside look at hip-hop's most controversial classic. Click the image below to read the original article Straight Spittin' from XXL‘s October 2003 issue.

Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in September 1994.
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