Downloading the as an iTunes zip ensures you get the metadata correctly tagged (Artist: 2Pac, Album Artist: Tupac Shakur, Year: 2007) and the album art embedded at 1400x1400 resolution.

In the mid-2000s, the legacy of Tupac Shakur was a complicated tapestry. While his original Death Row catalog was sacred ground, his mother, Afeni Shakur, and the estate were navigating a new era: the digital download boom. It was an age of ringtones, iTunes gift cards, and the elusive, often-shared ZIP file. In 2007, Amaru Entertainment released Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution – Duets & Remixes , an album that exists as a fascinating, flawed, and forgotten time capsule of that transition.

The album attempts to modernize 2Pac's sound for a mid-2000s audience by adding new guest features and contemporary production.

In the end, Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 isn’t a great album. It’s a great story . It’s the story of a dead legend remixed for a living world, compressed into a ZIP file, purchased with an iTunes gift card, and played through white earbuds. It was evolution—awkward, illegal, beautiful, and lost to time.

August 14, 2007 (Original), July 3, 2007 (Digital/Some Regions) Death Row, Koch, eOne Music Hip Hop, Rap, Rap Rock Total Tracks 12 (Standard) to 15 (with iTunes & Best Buy bonuses) Tracklist & Featured Artists

is undeniably a better, more cohesive effort than the first volume. Bringing in heavy hitters like the Outlawz, Snoop Dogg, and Kurupt helps keep the project tethered to 2Pac's actual legacy. However, it still falls prey to the classic posthumous trap: answering a question that nobody asked.