

Tupac himself sounds uninterested in the music, which makes the conventional, unimaginative music all the more listless. All Eyez on Me proved that Tupac was continuing to grow as a musician and a human being, but Don Killuminati erases that image by concentrating on nothing but tired G-funk beats and back-biting East Coast/West Coast rivalries. Pheli Makaveli (Intro) 25K: 3:58: 2: Blarofornia (feat. Naturally, the appearance of Don Killuminati so shortly after Tupac's death led many conspiracy theorists to surmise the rapper was still alive, but it was all part of a calculated marketing strategy by Death Row - the label needed something to sustain interest in the album, since the music here is so shoddy. Released only eight weeks after Tupac Shakur died from gunshot wounds, Death Row released this posthumous album under the name of Makaveli, a pseudonym derived from the Italian politician Niccolo Machiavelli, who faked his own death and reappeared seven days later to take revenge on his enemies.

It was released on November 5, 1996, almost two months after his death, and was released through Death Row Records, Makaveli Records and Interscope Records. See Also / Tupac Photoshoot by Danny Clinch. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the fifth studio album and first posthumous album by American rapper Tupac Shakur, credited as the alias Makaveli. The tracklist includes Watch Ya Mouth, Lost Souls, Friends and When Thugz Cry which later were removed from the album by Tupac. Everything about The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory smacks of exploitation. On July 22, 1996, Tupac drafts a version of his upcoming Makaveli album.
