![]() I recently sat down with the Compton-based artist who painted it, Ronald “Riskie” Brent. Killuminati’s cover art depicting Tupac on a cross is the perfect match for such an unusual and mysterious album. Killuminati has a timeless sound, nothing before or since sounds quite like it. Instead of replicating All Eyez On Me’s commercial G-funk sheen, Tupac worked primarily with two unknown Death Row producers ( Tyrone “Hurt-M-Badd” Wrice and Darryl “Big D” Harper), who kept him supplied with unpolished gems. Allegedly completed in just seven days, Killuminatiexhibited every facet of Tupac’s musical personality: the general, the player, the lunatic, and the griot. Killuminati was released under Tupac’s Outlaw alias, Makaveli, and contrasted sharply with his previous record, the sprawling double album, All Eyez On Me. At the time, few knew what to make of it. Because of Tupac’s superhuman work ethic, listeners were blessed that day with the “realest s- ever wrote,” the most provocative album he ever recorded, better known as The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. Tragically, however, Tupac had been murdered less than two months prior by an unknown assassin ( widely believed to be South Side Compton Crip Orlando Anderson) and was, therefore, unavailable for comment.ĭespite the absence of rap music’s most quotable icon, the Hip Hop press had a lot to be excited about on November 5th as well. Bob Dole! / You’re too old to understand the way the game’s told,” on his number one single, “How Do U Want It,” earlier that year. ![]() After all, he had taunted, “Mistaking me for Bill Clinton, Mr. Had rap superstar Tupac Shakur lived to see that day, he surely would have had something to say about the candidates. It was Election Tuesday – “Slick Willie” Clinton vs. Ronald "Riskie" Brent explains the happenings behind his iconic cover of Tupac's "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" on the classic album's 19th anniversary.ĥth November 1996 was a banner news day for the mainstream media.
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