That's much better than the music itself, which is pretty much standard-issue gangsta rap that never deviates from the course. For the most part, Shakur sounds good, spinning out rhymes that are alternately clever or startling, but he eventually begins repeating himself and running out of ideas. Culled from 2Pac's unreleased Interscope recordings between 19, including several tracks that have had backing musical tracks 'reconstructed,' R U Still Down? doesn't have the aura of exploitation that haunts the Makaveli album, but it isn't much better, either. She founded the Amaru label and released the double-disc R U Still Down? (Remember Me) in late 1997. Death Row released the record, and shortly afterward, 2Pac's mother, Afeni Shakur, gained the rights to all of his unreleased recordings from both the Interscope and Death Row labels.
Shortly after 2Pac died, there were rumors that hundreds of unreleased songs remained in the vaults a mere two months after his death, the first posthumous record, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, appeared.
