Shortly before his death, Tupac Shakur was on the verge of creating a genre-shifting record, according to veteran actor Bokeem Woodbine.
The Emmy-nominated thespian, who also starred in ‘Pac’s “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” music video, says the late rapper shared the details of the record while they were on set filming of the All Eyez on Me single.
He explained that the record, which Tupac informed him to keep secret, would have featured the Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, and other East Coasters, and may have put an end to their beef.
“He had a plan to put everybody together on one record and just squash the beef,” Woodbine said in a new interview with The Fader. “He wanted to take the power away from the labels that were exploiting the situation. It angered him that they were profiting; he wanted to stop the cash flow. It wasn’t something I was supposed to tell people about, you know what I’m saying? I honored that, and I just waited for that record to come out. But unfortunately, as you know, it never did.”
News of the mega-record comes years after Lil Cease revealed that Tupac and Biggie would have settled their differences with one another if they had the opportunity to do so. The 1996 rivalry spawned below-the-belt (and fan favorite) records such as “Hit ‘Em Up” and “Drop a Gem on ‘Em” but Biggie’s former hypeman believes all that would have been forgiven.
“I think if him and B.I.G. would’ve saw each other and chopped it up after that Source Awards shit, the situation would’ve been different,” Lil Cease said, during an interview with ThisIs50 in 2012. “We saw him on numerous occasions, and nothing happened. We had little words, but nothing happened. He knew B.I.G. I just think the wrong people got in his ear; the wrong people were feeding him shit. And he ran with it. At the end of the day, I think it was all love between them. I think it was just the two…niggas had batteries in their backs, and it pushed them in the wrong direction.”
In addition to sharing the details of the record Tupac had up his sleeve, Bokeem Woodbine also discussed working with Forest Whitaker, possibly winning an Emmy for his role as Mike Milligan in FX’s Fargo series, and more, during his interview with The Fader.
Relive the “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” video down below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRtBgB1nCaU
This story seems a little far fetched, i’m not sure if i believe Pac wanted to Squash it because then why was he dissing everyone on Bomb First & Toss it up & Against all oddz
Yeah, the only confirmed squashed beef was the one with Nas.
And Keith Murray
The makaveli album was recorded right when 2pac got out of jail and signed with death row but wasnt released until after he died
@Roadrunna1up You are not correct. Makaveli was finished months before he died. The Makaveli album featured different producers than All Eyez On Me because Pac was searching for a different sound. The album was mixed after he died and released shortly after. There are plenty of interviews on The Making of Makaveli that speaks to all of this in great detail from the producers who worked with him. The same time he was recording Makaveli, he was recording the One Nation album with other East Coast emcees to show the world it wasn’t East vs West; it was only about the real vs the suckas aka Bad Boy. Any reconciliation with Big would have happened way later after the One Nation album would have been released. I have trouble believing this article.
Y’all niggas act tough like Bokeem Woodbine until you get slapped like Penny from Good Times.
You cant trust someone name bookeem
Dat Ruck Line took I to another place…..R.I.P. Tawl Sean aka Sean Price……(no disrespect to dis article…comment/post just took I mentally and emotionally some other place)……Duck Down/Boot Camp Clik/RuckDown/BTU souljah 4 life!!!!
Pac was down with the BCC as well. But I’m sure you knew that already.
Pac’s main thing was with puff , he knew puff was playing big and being extorted which a lot of this info is coming out from puffs ex bodyguard.
You right on ☺
This is probably the album he was working on with Bootcamp Click. They probably would have been features on it. A few of the songs were released online after he died.
Nah, remember BCC had drama with BIG
suicide iz da answer. fuck da world!!!
Can we just put Puffy In a room playing Forever on loop until he gives in and confesses?
Prodigy confirmed this years ago.
reason these dudes got merked, contracts were up, they wre gunna start a label together and put out a triple/quadruple album that was gunna sell like 20 mill
If y’all never saw Fargo…. Bookeem killed it!!!!!!
Definitely a must see!
I love bookeem. Need to see more of you. I’m still watching caught up. Lol. love you. R.i.p. pac. You were great. Love always
this is common knowledge. it was the One Nation project.
‘I just wanna sell records’ – 2Pac when the pressure was on.