Editing 2Pacalypse Now (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Marisa |title=2Pacalypse Now 2Pac|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/2pacalypse-now-mw0000676677 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McCann |first=Ian |date=April 1997 |title=Q Reviews: reissue reviews |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''RapReviews''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref name="RR">{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Emilee |date=February 24, 2009 |title=2Pac 2Pacalypse Now|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2009/02/2pac-2pacalypse-now-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_2pacalypse.html |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=RapReviews |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=2Pacalypse+Now&pg=PA830 |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8 |editor-last=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-link=Nathan Brackett |edition=4th |location=New York |pages=830–832 |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David |editor-link2=Christian Hoard |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]'' 
| rev5score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm1}})<ref>{{cite web |last=Hull |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Hull (critic) |date=August 3, 2015 |title=Grade List: 2Pac |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=2Pac |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=tomhull.com}}</ref>
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''2Pacalypse Now'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Although the album's political messages, lyrics and his storytelling were praised, Tupac Shakur's debut album was criticized for its production. In a retrospective review, ''RapReviews'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said: "It's not an extraordinarily long album, but it is a dense and heavy listen that will take a lot out of you if you pay close attention to the persistent theme. The beats overall fail to make much of an impression, but perhaps that is as it should be, since nothing should be allowed to outshine this kind of lyrical performance. Tupac's vitriol is carried by his sincerity and charisma, both of which would emerge as key traits of the figure that blossomed in the years to come. Over the course of Tupac's career, the political got suffused by the personal and receded from the central position it occupied on his debut."<ref name="RR"/>