R U Still Down? (Remember Me)

November 25, 1997 marked the arrival of R U Still Down? (Remember Me), a double album released just two months after Tupac Shakur's death. This project stands as the first major posthumous release assembled entirely without his direct creative input or oversight. Quincy Jones III took on the massive task of compiling and organizing hundreds of hours of unreleased material left behind by the rapper. The collection pulls from sessions originally intended for projects like Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Thug Life: Volume 1, and Me Against the World. The sound captures Tupac before the East Coast–West Coast rivalry fully consumed his later years, focusing instead on introspection and West Coast hip-hop rhythms.

The tracklist spans twenty-six songs, offering a mix of aggressive street narratives and softer, inspirational themes. Listeners encounter foreshadowing of his own mortality in tracks like "Open Fire" and "Only Fear of Death." The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, moving approximately 549,000 copies in its first week. It spent three weeks atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and eventually earned Platinum certification from the RIAA. [edit]