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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Xenon
Salesrank: 27291
Released: January 15, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s most notorious and controversial icons. His untimely death at the age of 25 sent a shock wave through the music world. Now the true events of his final tumultuous year, including his assassination, are documented on film by the man who witnessed them. Frank Alexander, Tupac’s personal bodyguard, presents Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake from Xenon Pictures.
This film details Tupac’s encounters with the law; an examination of the chaotic events surrounding his death, including the reaction from Death Row Records president "Suge" Knight; an interview with homicide detective Brent Becker of the LVPD; commentary from Rev. Jesse Jackson, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Russell Simmons. Also included are a foreword and interview with Prof. Michael Eric Dyson (author of Holla If You Hear Me: Why Tupac Shakur Matters), original interviews with Tupac himself, and footage of the recording sessions for the posthumous album Until the End of Time. This is Tupac up close and personal as you have never seen him before… and may never see him again.
Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake Reviews:
Great DVD 
2009-08-08 - I loved the dvd, it had all that Frank could put in there for his safety and of course 2Pac was an amazing man and artist and he will forever live in my heart with "Unconditional Love"!!!
Before I wake- Better than Thug Immortal. 
2009-06-14 - This is better than Thug Immortal. Presents questions and Doubts regarding what Happen. Such a Sad thing to Happen such a talented person.
For The Serious Pac Fan
2004-06-17 - If you really have an interest in Tupac Shakur, and you REALLY want to know who is possibly responsible for his murder, then get Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake. Out of all the Tupac documentaries, this is the only one that followed his shooting in a step by step format. Frank's part is a little long, but he takes you on a step by step journey of Pac's last year of his life. It was good seeing Easy E in the doc, some people act like he never existed. Done by true Pac fans and fans of hip hop.....I can tell, can you??
TUPAC
2004-02-18 - Tupac was and always will be a person to remember. even tho Tupac Amaru Shakur broke the law alot he was a lot of peoples role model take me and my friend jake we LOVE tupac and we look up to him and we live by his words. we look up 2 him cuz everything he said or did was true and he did or say in his life.
R.I.P Tupac Amaru Shakur
WE LOVE YOU
Good documentary on the G.O.A.T.
2004-01-21 - I just finished watching this piece on my all-time favorite rapper 2Pac. It's probably the best documentary I have ever seen except for the beginning. Once 2Pac's former bodyguard, Frank Alexander, begins his version of the year leading up to Pac's death, the whole thing is great. I didn't want to miss one word from this. I felt I had a lot to learn about Tupac's death, and I feel that I have learned quite a bit from "Before I Wake". Before seeing this, I was 100% positive that 2Pac had faked his death, but seeing this, I'm not so sure anymore. I also believed that Suge Knight had a part in the death of Pac, but everyone (from detectives to bodyguards to journalists) believe that Suge had no part in it. This was a great movie because it explains how Pac felt about things, and some of his responses to adversity (such as the rape charges he faced). Make sure to check this out and Frank Alexander's book "Got Your Back: Protecting Tupac In The World Of Gangsta Rap".
