History Music / TheDonKilluminatiThe7DayTheory

** Xzibit

* {{Horrorcore}}: "Hail Mary", a minimalist, yet chilling beat filled with funeral bells and creepy synths, layered with some of the darkest verses Tupac had wrote up to that point. Its music video ups the horrorcore vibes by essentially being a short-form slasher flick.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Toss It Up", though only in the first verse.
* LocationSong: "To Live and Die in LA.", in which Tupac sings the praises of Los Angles, and why it's the perfect place to live and die, from the gangs to the city's various immigrants.
* SpecialGuest: Besides Pac's crew, Outlawz, The album features guest spots from [[Music/{{Guy}} Aaron Hall]], [[Music/{{Jodeci}} K-Ci & JoJo]], Bad Azz, Val Young, Prince Ital Joe, and Danny Boy.
* TakeThat: While disses towards Music/TheNotoriousBIG and his associates were to be expected, Tupac took it further by either directly or subliminally dissing ''anyone'' who was remotely connected to Biggie, or he felt had slighted him, regardless of coast. This list (excluding Biggie and co.) includes:

** Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond, Jacques "Haitian Jack" Agnant, and Walter "King Tut" Johnson.[[note]]All three men were accused by Tupac of orchestrating his 1994 Quad Studios shooting, along with Puff Daddy.[[/note]]

Upon release, the album was a commercial success, topping the Billboard charts, and eventually getting a 4x Platinum certification from the RIAA. ''The Don Killuminati'' made Tupac the first rapper to have two #1 albums in a calendar year; a feat that would be matched by fellow rapper Music/{{DMX}} two years later.

Unlike the bright, groovy G-Funk that made up the majority of ''All Eyez On Me'', ''The Don Killuminati'' went into the complete opposite direction, showcasing much darker production and lyricism than any other 2Pac album up to that point; with a heavier focus on death, violence, and even religion. Also notable was the near-complete dearth of features from Death Row artists or other notable rappers. Of all the guests on the album, only Danny Boy and [[Music/{{Jodeci}} K-Ci & JoJo]] were the only ones to return from ''All Eyez On Me''. And, of course, Tupac left plenty of room for him to throw barbs at not only Music/TheNotoriousBIG and Creator/BadBoyRecords, but also Music/DrDre, who had defected from Death Row that same year after growing sick of the label's violent practices, and started his own label, Aftermath. New York emcee Music/{{Nas}} was also the recipient of a verbal attack from Shakur on "Bomb First". He and Tupac had already squashed their beef before the song's release, but the latter was murdered before he could remove the insults off the record.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''And how!'' even compared to [[Music/TupacalypseNow his debut]] or ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld'', ''The Don Killuminati was darker than anything Tupac had ever recorded in his career, and just downright eerie at times.

** Music/JayZ[[note]]Jay recorded a response, but opted not to officially release it [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead out of respect for Tupac's death]]. Humorously, Nas would use a portion of said diss years later in his own Jay-Z diss, "Ether".[[/note]]

* Horrorcore: "Hail Mary", a minimalist, yet chilling beat filled with funeral bells and creepy synths, layered with some of the darkest verses Tupac had wrote up to that point. Its music video ups the horrorcore vibes by essentially being a short-form slasher flick.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''And how!'' even compared to [[Music/TupacalypseNow his debut]] or ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld'', ''The DonKilluminati was darker than anything Tupac had ever recorded in his career, and just downright eerie at times.