Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution – Duets & Remixes is a posthumous remix album by Tupac Shakur. Released on August 14, 2007, by Death Row Records and Koch Records, the album serves as a sequel to the 2003 compilation Nu-Mixx Klazzics . The project primarily features updated instrumentation, modern production, and newly added guest vocals overlaid onto classic tracks from Tupac's iconic albums, All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory . Album Overview and Production
: This track brought together Kurupt and Outlawz member Hussein Fatal to trade bars alongside Tupac's original performance.
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. Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol
Given the copyright maze between Amaru Entertainment (Pac’s mother’s estate) and Interscope Records, has been pulled from most streaming services. Spotify has only four tracks. Apple Music has a truncated version.
Today, Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 is out of print. It’s not on most streaming services due to sample clearance hell. The iTunes exclusive “Why U Turn on Me” has vanished from the store. The ZIP files live on in dusty external hard drives, old Dropbox links, and forgotten Soulseek queues. While his original Death Row catalog was sacred
(feat. The Outlawz) – A rap-rock fusion that adds heavy guitar distortion to the iconic, haunting single.
The Legacy of "Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2": Tracking 2Pac's Posthumous Evolution For the uninitiated
In late 2006, leaked tracklists began appearing on hip-hop forums like and 2Pac-Forum.com . The buzz was seismic. A remix of “Thugz Mansion” featuring Nas ? A version of “Street Fame” with Young Buck ? Most shocking of all: “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” – a remix of the Livin’ it Up demo – now featured The Notorious B.I.G. , stitched together via studio alchemy.
However, many were more critical, viewing the album as a cynical cash grab. A review on Douban.com dismissed it as a "low-level version" of a lucrative scheme to "repeatedly make money off a dead man", and a Last.fm user labeled it one of the "trashy 'Nu Mixx Klazzics' tapes".
In the vast, often chaotic discography of Tupac Shakur, few posthumous releases have sparked as much debate, intrigue, and underground reverence as . For the uninitiated, this is not just another "greatest hits" package. It is a sonic experiment—a hip-hop laboratory project that takes the raw, poetic fury of 2Pac and welds it onto the crunk, hyphy, and Southern hip-hop beats of the mid-2000s.