TUPAC SHAKUR - "ALL EYEZ ON ME BOOK II" ANNOTATED CD MASTER
A fantastic, one of a kind Shakur relic, a CD-R master for Disk Two of Shakur's final album before his death, "All Eyez on Me", featuring hand-written annotations by Shakur himself. The jewel case for the CD contains a paper insert from Bernie Grundman Mastering, the legendary Hollywood production studio, listing the artist as "2Pac", and the contents as "All Eyez on Me, Death Row Records, Book II", with the date "01/12/96". The reverse of this insert lists the tracks featured on the disk, in the same position as those of the final release. Adjacent to this, Shakur has added a hand-written alternate thirteen-song track list in black ink, featuring eleven songs from both disks of the final album, plus two tracks that are not present on the final release. The disk itself is labeled "2Pac, 'All Eyez on Me', Book II", most likely by the technician in charge of mastering the recording, probably Grundman himself. The entire package is in very good condition. According to our consignor, once Grundman completed mastering, the music needed only a final "touch-up" by master engineers before release. Tupac was very specific about song titles and order. This is an early master for a CD that sold nine million copies, with the song listing in Tupac's own hand! Consigned by an intimate friend and relative of Tupac Shakur who was also personally mentored by the great rapper. The consignor remains very active in the music and film industry. His signed and notarized letter of provenance accompanies this item.