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"Tupac Shakur is one of the most revered rappers to ever live &amp;#x2013; and as he proved on legendary tracks like the Dr. Dre-assisted &amp;quot;California Love,&amp;quot; he was also a brilliant collaborator. But his most mind-blowing alliance never came to fruition: In a recently unveiled handwritten letter likely written in the mid-Nineties, Shakur tells a friend about a planned &amp;quot;group album&amp;quot; called ONE NATION that would have featured Outkast, Scarface, E-40, Buckshot, the Outlawz, Greg Nice and Smif-n-Wessun, Okayplayer reports.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;ll be out in the late summer,&amp;quot; Shakur writes to a friend. &amp;quot;WHAT TAPEZ U NEED? I&amp;apos;ll try 2 get some new material 2 U when I can.&amp;quot; The implications of this collaboration are enormous, as it would have united emcees from the country&amp;apos;s oft-rivaled East, West and South factions.&amp;#xA0;\r\nWhile the ONE NATION project sounds too epic to be true, Okayplayer confirmed the album&amp;apos;s original plan with drummer-producer Questlove, who says the Roots were also approached to take part in this all-star LP during the mid-Nineties.\r\n\r\nWhile ONE NATION is the clear revelation, the letter also provides a fascinating glimpse into Shakur&amp;apos;s creative headspace, relationship with friends and complicated rivalry with rapper Notorious B.I.G. &amp;quot;My record sold 5 million, so I love it like that,&amp;quot; he writes. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m tearin B.I.G. a new ass! :)&amp;quot; The rapper signs off on the note with &amp;quot;The World Iz Ourz&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;West Side IV Life.&amp;quot;\r\nAn assortment of Shakur&amp;apos;s handwritten notes, lyrics, poems, interview footage, clothing and more are on display as part of &amp;quot;All Eyez on Me: The Writings of Tupac Shakur,&amp;quot; an exhibit that opened February 2nd at Los Angeles&amp;apos; Grammy Museum.&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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