The theme of the song, as can be assumed from the title, is about how Tupac feels that his chances for success in life are constantly up against the odds of failure, and the pressure and stress from the ghetto and the media. Utilizing a distorted guitar sample from Isaac Hayes' "Walk on By" and the beat from Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love," the instrumental creates a sensation of hopeless self-destruction. The track of the same name of the album, Me Against the World, quite possibly has one of the best verses of Tupac's career. However, whenever I hear the famous Julius Caesar quote issued in the opening, I still get chills crawling up my spine. "If I Die 2Nite," the first song on the album, which contains somewhat strong lyrics, is unfortunately brought down by the lackluster instrumental. On top of a gloomy and bleak background instrumental, the voices of different journalists, whether radio broadcasters or TV news anchors, are heard stating news reports about the controversy surrounding Tupac. The project was Tupac’s most positively reviewed album and has been called the magnum opus of his career.Beginning with a short introduction track, which Tupac and many other rappers placed in their albums to set the mood of the album, the listener immediately is thrown into the drama surrounding Tupac's life at the time in early 1995. In the year after its release, the album received the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album. Along with being #1 in the US, the album also ranked #23 in Germany and #20 in Sweden. Debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album has been certified double platinum selling over 3.5 million copies in the United States alone. The realism of this album brought a ridiculous amount of commercial success. Much less high energy than the tracks from his previous album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…, this album showed genuine reflection on his life and career path as an artist along with shining light on some of his personal struggles with paranoia and self-loathing.
The subject matter and tone of this project were a lot more serious and introspective than anything he had previously released.
This album was nothing like the music that gave him his “thug life” gangster image and street credentials.
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