Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [39] | US R&B [40] | US Rap [61] | NLD [9] | ||||||||||
"Same Song" (Digital Underground featuring 2Pac) | 1991 | This Is an EP Release | |||||||||||
"Call It What U Want" [62] (Above the Law featuring 2Pac and Money-B) | 1992 | — | — | — | — | Black Mafia Life | |||||||
"Gotta Get Mine" (MC Breed featuring 2Pac) | 1993 | 96 | 61 | 6 | — | The New Breed | |||||||
"Wussup wit the Love" [63] | The Body-Hat Syndrome | ||||||||||||
"Slippin' into Darkness" [64] (Funky Aztecs featuring 2Pac) | 1996 | — | — | — | — | Day of the Dead: Dia de Los Muertos | |||||||
"Smile" (Scarface featuring 2Pac and Johnny P) | 1997 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — |
| The Untouchable | ||||||
"Thug Luv" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring 2Pac) | — | — [I] | — | — | The Art of War | ||||||||
"Stop the Gunfight" (Trapp featuring 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G. and May Seal) | 77 | 35 | 9 | — | Stop the Gunfight | ||||||||
"Be the Realist" (Trapp featuring 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G. and C.H.) | — | 65 | 14 | — | |||||||||
"Homies & Thuggs" [66] (Scarface featuring Master P and 2Pac) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | My Homies | |||||||
"Are U Still Down" (Jon B. featuring 2Pac) | — | — | — | — |
| Cool Relax | |||||||
"Worldwide" (Remix) (Outlawz featuring 2Pac, Bosko and T-Low) | 2001 | — | — | — | 56 | Novakane | |||||||
"California" (Remix) [68] (Sly Boogy featuring Mack 10, Jayo Felony, E-40, Kurupt, Crooked I, Roscoe and 2Pac) | 2003 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||
"Hip Hop" (Inspiration Remix) [69] (Royce da 5'9" featuring Big Pun, Big L, The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac) | 2004 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Playa Cardz Right" (Keyshia Cole featuring 2Pac) | 2008 | 63 | 9 | — | — | A Different Me | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US R&B [70] | FRA [7] | HUN [71] | RUS [72] | |||||||||||
"Can U Get Away" | 1995 | — [J] | — | — | — | Me Against the World | ||||||||
"Ambitionz az a Ridah" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | All Eyez on Me | ||||||||
"All Eyez on Me" (featuring Big Syke) | — | — | — | 22 |
| |||||||||
"Hit 'Em Up" | — | — | 38 | — |
| "How Do U Want It" single | ||||||||
"Who Do You Believe In?" (featuring Yaki Kadafi and Big Pimpin' Delemond) | 1999 | 53 | — | — | — | Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 | ||||||||
"Thug Nature" | 2000 | 56 | — | — | — | Too Gangsta for Radio | ||||||||
"Unchained (The Payback / Untouchable)" (with James Brown) | 2012 | — | 120 | — | — | Django Unchained soundtrack | ||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
---|---|---|---|
"#1 with a Bullet" [73] | 1991 | Raw Fusion | Live from the Styleetron |
"Salsa Con Soulfood" [74] | 1992 | Funky Aztecs, Money-B, T.M.D. | Chicano Blues |
"Gaffled Like That" [75] | The Governor, Richie Rich | Governor's Taxin' | |
"Pass the 40" [76] | Raw Fusion, Saafir, Bulldogg, D the Poet 151, Mac Mone, Stretch, Pee-Wee | Hollywood Records Sampler | |
"Comin' Real Again" | 1993 | MC Breed | The New Breed |
"Definition of a Thug Nigga" [77] | none | Poetic Justice (soundtrack) | |
"Where Brooklyn At (Live Freestyle)" | The Notorious B.I.G., Shyheim, Big Scoob, Big Daddy Kane | — | |
"Gangsta Team" [78] | 1994 | South Central Cartel, MC Eiht, Ice-T, Spice 1 | 'N Gatz We Truss |
"Let's Get It On" [79] | Eddie F, The Notorious B.I.G., Heavy D, Grand Puba, Spunk Bigga | Let's Get It On: The Album | |
"Skank Wit' U" [80] | Don Jagwarr | Faded | |
"Jealous Got Me Strapped" [81] | Spice 1 | AmeriKKKa's Nightmare | |
"We Do This" [82] | 1995 | Too Short, MC Breed, Father Dom | Cocktails |
"Dusted 'n' Disgusted" [83] | E-40, Spice 1, Mac Mall, Levitti | In a Major Way | |
"Po Nigga Bluez" [84] | The Governor, The House of Reps | Floss Mode | |
"Throw Your Hands Up" [85] | — | Pump Ya Fist: Hip Hop Inspired By the Black Panthers | |
"P.Y.T. (Playa Young Thugs)" [86] | Smooth | Smooth | |
"My Block" [87] | — | The Show (soundtrack) | |
"High 'Til I Die" | 1996 | — | Sunset Park (soundtrack) |
"Got 2 Survive" [88] | Young Lay, Ray Luv, Mac Mall | Black 'n Dangerous | |
"Million Dollar Spot" [89] | E-40, B-Legit | Tha Hall of Game | |
"Mo' Money" | Federalistic, Bad Newz | Kill or Be Killed | |
"Niggaz Done Changed" [90] | Richie Rich | Seasoned Veteran | |
"Too Late Playa" | MC Hammer, Danny Boy, Big Daddy Kane, Nutt-So | Too Tight | |
"Outro" | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Tha Doggfather | |
"Never Had a Friend Like Me" [91] | 1997 | none | Gridlock'd (soundtrack) |
"Out the Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom)" [91] | Snoop Doggy Dogg, Soopafly, Techniec, Bad Azz, Tray Deee | ||
"Life Is a Traffic Jam" [91] | Eight Mile Road | ||
"Big Bad Lady" [92] | The Lady of Rage, Kevin Vernando | Necessary Roughness | |
"4 tha Hustlas" [93] | Ant Banks, Too Short, MC Breed, Otis & Shug | Big Thangs | |
"Real Bad Boyz (Westside)" [94] | Dee tha Mad Bitch, DJ King Assassin | Hitworks, Volume One | |
"Mass Murderin'" (Remix) [94] | DJ King Assassin, Mischief, Rich G | Hitworks, Volume Three | |
"Life's So Hard" [95] | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Gang Related (soundtrack) | |
"Starin' Through My Rear View" [95] | Outlawz | ||
"Made Niggaz" [95] | |||
"Lost Souls" [95] | |||
"Playaz Dedication" [96] | Rappin' 4-Tay | 4 tha Hard Way | |
"Homies & Thuggs" (Remix) [97] | 1998 | Scarface, Master P, Doracell | My Homies |
"Initiated" [98] | Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Outlawz | Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back | |
"Me & My Homies" [99] | Nate Dogg, Nanci Fletcher | G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 | |
"Real Bad Boys" [100] | DJ King Assassin | 3 Beam Circus | |
"Words to My First Born" [101] | Nutt-So | The Betrayal | |
"I Can't Turn Back" [102] | Young Akayser, Spice 1 | Cellblock Compilation II: Face/Off | |
"World Don't Take Me Personally" [103] | Young Swoop G, 2 Scoops | World Don't Take Me Personally | |
"Raise Up Off These Nuts" [104] | Akil, Sylk E Fyne, D'wayne Wiggins, Ashley, JoJo | Heat | |
"Dayz of a Criminal" [105] | none | Playas Association Vol. 2: Full Time Hustlin' | |
"Gotta Get Mine" (Remix) [106] | 1999 | MC Breed | It's All Good |
"Gaffled" [107] | 3X Krazy, Eklipze, B.N.T. | Immortalized | |
"Ghetto" [108] | Mike Mosley, Tammi | Platinum Plaques | |
"Live Freestyle" [109] | Funkmaster Flex, Big Kap, The Notorious B.I.G. | The Tunnel | |
"You Don't Wanna Battle With Me ('99 Remix)" | 51.50 | Illegally Insane | |
"Deadly Combination" [110] | 2000 | Big L | The Big Picture |
"Friends" [111] | none | Too Gangsta for Radio | |
"Thug Nature" [111] | |||
"So Much Pain" [112] | 2001 | Ja Rule | Pain Is Love |
"Untouchable" [113] | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | Supernova | |
"Don't Stop" [114] | Tha Dogg Pound | 2002 | |
"The Pledge" (Remix) [115] | 2002 | Irv Gotti, Ashanti, Nas, Ja Rule | Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes |
"Me and My Boyfriend" | Toni Braxton | More Than a Woman | |
"Street Soldiers" | 2003 | The Game, 50 Cent | Live In Compton |
"Game Tight" | Krayzie Bone | The Legends Underground Vol. 1 | |
"Change My Ways" [116] | 2004 | Young Buck | Welcome to the Hood |
"U Gotta Take It (One Day at a Time)" [117] | Spice 1, LP, Headstrong | The Ridah | |
"I C Dead People" [118] | Redman, Big L, Big Pun, The Notorious B.I.G. | Ill At Will Mixtape Vol. 1 | |
"Jawz Tight (OG Cypher)" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Outlawz, Boot Camp Clik | Son Rize Vol. 1 | |
"Run All Out" [119] | Yaki Kadafi | ||
"Killing Fields" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Young Thugz | ||
"They Don't Give a Fuck" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal | ||
"First 2 Bomb" (Remix) [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Fatalveli | ||
"Get Worried" [119] | Yaki Kadafi | ||
"Secretz Rearranged" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal, Kastro | ||
"Where Will I Be?" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Young Thugz | ||
"Home Late" [119] | Yaki Kadafi | ||
"Who Believes?" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Fatalveli | ||
"Unborn Letters" [119] | Yaki Kadafi, Rizz, The Kidz | ||
"Part 2" [120] | Jon B., Johnny J | Stronger Everyday | |
"Trying to Make It Through" [121] | 2005 | Benzino, Freddie Foxxx | Arch Nemesis |
"Momma" | Keyshia Cole, Eminem | Team Invasion Presents Keyshia Cole | |
"Stay True" [122] | Mopreme Shakur, Stretch | Evolution of a Thug Life N.I.G.G.A. Vol. 1.1 | |
"Shit Don't Stop" [122] | Mopreme Shakur, Big Syke | ||
"Playa Cardz Right" [122] | Mopreme Shakur, Big Syke | ||
"What Goes On" [122] | Mopreme Shakur, Mouse Man | ||
"N.I.G.G.A." (Berocke A.K.A. BME Remix) [122] | |||
"What's Next?" [123] | Mopreme Shakur, Big Syke | Evolution of a Thug Life N.I.G.G.A. Vol. 1.2 | |
"My Homeboys (Back to Back)" [124] | Kurupt, Eastwood | Against the Grain | |
"Bad Boy" [125] | Eko Fresh, Young Noble | Fick Immer Noch Deine Story | |
"Living in Pain" [126] | The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Nas | Duets: The Final Chapter | |
"Us Against The World" [127] | Lil Eazy-E, The Notorious B.I.G. | Compton for Life, Vol. 1 | |
"Had to Be a Hustler" [127] | Lil Eazy-E, Eazy-E, Dresta, Lil' ½ Dead | ||
"Thugs Up In the Club" [127] | Lil Eazy-E, The Notorious B.I.G. | ||
"Rise" [128] | Young Dre the Truth, Lina | Revolution in Progress, The Movement | |
"Heaven" [129] | Richard Raw, Na' Fear | My City (A Place Where Somebody Can Be Nobody) | |
"Still Busting" [130] | 2006 | Muszamil, H-Ryda | Reparation Is Due |
"Interlude" / "Political Soldiers" [130] | |||
"Deadly Combination (Remix)" [131] | Big L, The Notorious B.I.G. | The Archives 1996–2000 | |
"Better Dayz (O.F.T.B. Remix)" [132] | 2007 | O.F.T.B., Big Syke | The Missing D.R. Files |
"World Wide (Time After Time)" [132] | O.F.T.B., Yaki Kadafi, Kurupt | ||
"Against All Odds" [133] | Trae | Life Goes On | |
"Stop the Music" [134] | Layzie Bone, Thin C | Startin' from Scratch: How a Thug Was Born | |
"Have Heart Have Money" [135] | Mopreme Shakur, Macadoshis, Big Syke, Taje | Black & Brown Pride | |
"Shock G'z Outro" / "Hidden Track" [135] | Shock G, Ray Luv, DJ King Assassin | ||
"Ghetto Blues" [136] | Grand Daddy I.U., Early B | Stick to the Script | |
"We Can't Stop" [137] | Kutt Calhoun | Flamez Mixtape | |
"Ready 4 Whatever" (Remix) [138] | Big Syke | Reincarnated Volume 1 | |
"I'm Losin' It" (September 7 Remix) [138] | Big Syke, Spice 1 | ||
"Money On My Mind" | Big Syke, 50 Cent | ||
"In the Streets" [139] | 2008 | Roccett | Corporate America |
"Killa" [140] | Bumpy Knuckles, Benzino | Crazy Like a Foxxx | |
"All Eyez on Me (The Truth)" [141] | Young Dre the Truth, BJ the Chicago Kid | NBA Live 10 soundtrack | |
"Did It All B4" [142] | 2009 | Outlawz, Lloyd | Outlaw Culture, Vol. 2: The Official Mixtape |
"One Hood" [143] | Down AKA Kilo, Erik Tucker | Cholo Skate | |
"My Homeboyz (Back 2 Back) (Remix) | Kurupt, Eastwood, Petey Pablo | Row Ryda | |
"Right Now" [144] | 2010 | Bun B, Pimp C, Trey Songz | Trill OG |
"American Gangsta" [145] | Nutt-So, Hussein Fatal | Outkasted Outlawz | |
"Rollin' & Smokin'" [146] | Spice 1, Scarface, Devin the Dude | none | |
"Can't Turn Back" [147] | Spice 1, Blackjack | ||
"Ya Hear Me" [148] | 2011 | Kanchi | Valvet Chipset |
"Army All by Myself" [149] | June Summers, Nipsey Hussle, Jay Rock | Hookman for Hire | |
"All In" | Knoc-turn'al | ||
"Unchained (The Payback / Untouchable)" [150] | 2012 | James Brown | Django Unchained soundtrack |
"All by Myself" | Jah Cure | World Cry | |
"Hit 'Em Up" [151] | 2013 | Tyga, Jadakiss | Hotel California |
"From the Gutter" | Hussein Fatal, Young Noble, Suicide Ru | The Interview: It's Not a Gimmik 2 Me | |
"Worldwide (OG Remix)" | 8Ball, Pimp C, Lloyd | O.G. Est. 1992 | |
"Out in a Blaze" | 2014 | The Outlawz, Young Buck | Jerzey Giantz |
"Mortal Man" | 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly |
"On Me" | 2016 | Gucci Mane | Non-album single |
"Both Worlds" | 2017 | Krayzie Bone & Young Noble | Thug Brothers 2 |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
"Brenda's Got a Baby" | 1992 | The Hughes Brothers [152] |
"If My Homie Calls" | Allen Hughes | |
"Trapped" | ||
"Holler If Ya Hear Me" | 1993 | Stephen Ashley Blake [153] |
"I Get Around" (featuring Digital Underground) | David Dobkin [152] [154] | |
"Keep Ya Head Up" (featuring Dave Hollister) | ||
"Papa'z Song" (feat. Wycked) | 1994 | James Micheal Marshall |
"Pour Out a Little Liquor" | 2Pac | |
"Cradle to the Grave" | Ricky Harris [155] | |
"How Long Will They Mourn Me?" (featuring Nate Dogg) | — | |
"Dear Mama" | 1995 | Lionel C. Martin [152] |
"So Many Tears" | ||
"Temptations" | David Nelson [156] | |
"California Love" (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) | 1996 | J. Kevin Swain [157] |
"California Love" (Remix) (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) | — | |
"All About You" (featuring Dru Down, Hussein Fatal, Yaki Kadafi, Nate Dogg and Snoop Doggy Dogg) | Marlene Rhein [158] | |
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) | Tupac Shakur, Gobi Nejad [158] | |
"How Do U Want It" (featuring K-Ci & JoJo) | Ron Hightower [159] | |
"How Do U Want It" (Alt. Ver.) (featuring K-Ci & JoJo) | J. Kevin Swain [160] | |
"Hit 'Em Up" (featuring Outlawz) | ||
"Made Niggaz" (with Outlawz) | Gobi Nejad, Tupac Shakur [161] | |
"I Ain't Mad at Cha" (featuring Danny Boy) | Tupac Shakur, J. Kevin Swain [162] | |
"Toss It Up" | Lionel C. Martin | |
"Toss It Up" (Alt. Ver.) | ||
"To Live & Die in L.A." (featuring Val Young) | 1997 | J. Kevin Swain [163] |
"Hail Mary" | Frank Sacramento [164] | |
"Wanted Dead or Alive" (with Snoop Doggy Dogg) | Scott Kalvert [165] | |
"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" | Lionel C. Martin [166] | |
"Do for Love" (featuring Eric Williams) | 1998 | Bill Parker [167] |
"Changes" | Chris Hafner [168] | |
"Unconditional Love" | 1999 | Rob Johnson [169] |
"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" (with Outlawz) | 2000 | J. Jesses Smith [152] |
"Until the End of Time" (featuring R.L.) | 2001 | Chris Hafner [152] |
"Letter 2 My Unborn" | ||
"Thugz Mansion" (featuring Nas and J. Phoenix) | 2002 | David Nelson [152] |
"Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.) | 2003 | Philip G. Atwell |
"Ghetto Gospel" (featuring Elton John) | 2005 | Nzingha Stewart [152] |
"Pac's Life" (featuring T.I. and Ashanti) | 2006 | Gobi Nejad [152] |
"Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable)" (with James Brown) | 2013 | — |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
"Same Song" (Digital Underground featuring 2Pac) | 1990 | Scott Kalvert |
"Call It What U Want" (Above the Law featuring 2Pac & Money-B) | 1992 | Marty Thomas |
"Gotta Get Mine" (MC Breed featuring 2Pac) | 1993 | Unknown |
"Wussup wit the Love" (Digital Underground featuring 2Pac) | Unknown | |
"Smile" (Scarface featuring 2Pac & Johnny P) | 1997 | Paul Hunter [170] |
"Are U Still Down" (Jon B. featuring 2Pac) | 1998 | Tim Story |
"The Pledge" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring 2Pac, Ashanti, Nas & Ja Rule) | 2002 | Irv Gotti [152] |
"Playa Cardz Right" (Keyshia Cole featuring 2Pac) | 2008 | Benny Boom [152] |
Me Against the World is the third studio album by American rapper 2Pac. It was released on March 14, 1995, by Interscope Records and Out da Gutta Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. 2Pac draws lyrical inspiration from his impending prison sentence, troubles with the police, and poverty.
Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac, released by Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, Interscope Records, and Jive Records on November 24, 1998.
Tupac: Resurrection is a soundtrack album for the Academy Award-nominated documentary of the same name. It was released on November 11, 2003, by Amaru Entertainment and Interscope Records.
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the fifth studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur, his first posthumous album and the last released with his creative input. Recorded in July and August 1996, it was released on November 5, 1996, almost two months after his death, under the stage name of Makaveli, through Death Row Records, Makaveli Records and Interscope Records.
Loyal to the Game is the ninth studio album and fifth posthumous studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur. The album was produced by Eminem and consists of remixes of previously unreleased music recorded by Tupac before his death in 1996. Released in the United States on December 14, 2004, Loyal to the Game debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. It was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"Ghetto Gospel" is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur, which was released as the lead single from his 2004 posthumous album Loyal to the Game. The song was produced by American rapper Eminem and features a sample from Elton John's 1971 song "Indian Sunset".
"Changes" is a song by American rapper 2Pac. It was recorded in 1992 before being remixed and released as a single from Shakur's Greatest Hits compilation on October 13, 1998. The song features Talent, an R&B trio from Kansas City consisting of Marlon “Castor Troy” Hatcher, Keith “Casino” Murrell and Ernest “Bishop” Dixon that was active from 1998 to 2005. The song makes references to the many wars in the Middle East, the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, racism, the reconciliation between the black and white people in America, the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghetto.
"Keep Ya Head Up" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his second studio album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993). It was released on October 28, 1993 by Interscope Records as the album's third single, peaking at numbers 12 and 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100.
"Dear Mama" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his third studio album, Me Against the World (1995). It was released on February 21, 1995, as the lead single from the album. The song is a tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur. In the song, Shakur details his childhood poverty and his mother's addiction to crack cocaine, but argues that his love and deep respect for his mother supersede bad memories. The song became his first top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine. It also topped the Hot Rap Singles chart for five weeks. As of March 2021, the song is certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA.
"Runnin' (Dying to Live)", is a posthumous song by American rapper 2Pac, with an additional posthumous verse from The Notorious B.I.G. It was released as the first single from the soundtrack album Tupac: Resurrection on September 30, 2003.
"Hail Mary" is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). It was released after his September 1996 murder under the Makaveli stage name as the album's third single. Hail Mary features rap verses by Kastro, Young Noble and Yaki Kadafi of the Outlawz rap group and vocals from reggae musician Prince Ital Joe. A music video was shot for the song and can be found on the DualDisc of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.
"To Live & Die in L.A." is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). Released in Europe and parts of Oceania under the Makaveli stage name as the album's second single, it featured vocals from Val Young. The song peaked at number ten on the UK Singles chart and number 2 on the UK R&B chart.
"I Ain't Mad at Cha" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from Shakur's fourth studio album, All Eyez on Me (1996). It was released on September 15, 1996 two days after Shakur's death as the album's fourth and final single. The song features contemporary soul singer Danny Boy providing vocals for its hook and was written by Shakur, Danny Boy and Daz Dillinger, who produced the song using a sample from DeBarge's "A Dream". The lyrics focus on Shakur reminiscing about past friends, love interests and associates he has lost touch with. The song is widely considered one of Shakur's best with Cheo Hodari Coker calling it "possibly the best song 2Pac has ever recorded". In 1998, The Source ranked the song's three verses second in its category of "dopest verses" in the history of hip-hop.
"Temptations" is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur (2Pac) from his third studio album, Me Against the World (1995). It was released as a single in the US on August 29, 1995, and was released as a CD, cassette, and 12" promo. While rapping is solely performed by Shakur, Erick Sermon and producer Easy Mo Bee are also featured in the song primarily as background vocalists. The song uses the bassline from "Computer Love" by Zapp, and the theme focuses on relationship and infidelity issues. Debuting at number sixty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100, the song did fairly well in the United States. It was also well received by critics, with many writers commenting on its romantic tone.
"Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix)" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur. The song was released as a remix by Swizz Beatz and Krayzie Bone and was used to promote the 2006 posthumous album Pac's Life. Tupac recorded the song in June, 1996, just prior to the Makaveli recording sessions. The original version has never been officially released. In the Swizz Beatz remix, rapper Krayzie Bone replaces the original featured artists, recording his part sometime in 2005. As the song was released as a promotional single only, no official music video for the song was created. The song contains lyrics similar to other Tupac songs, such as "Killuminati", "Untouchable (Freestyle Version)" and "Capture The Flag".
"Pac's Life" is a single written and performed by American rappers Tupac Shakur and T.I and R&B singer Ashanti, produced by L. T. Hutton for Shakur's posthumously released album of the same name. It is a hip hop and R&B song; the second Tupac verse was recycled from a song titled "This Life I Lead". T.I. said in an interview that working on the song was an honor, as he idolized him while growing up.
All Eyez on Me is the fourth and final studio album by American rapper 2Pac to be released during his lifetime. Released on February 13, 1996, just 7 months before his death by Death Row and Interscope Records, the album features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Redman, Method Man, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, E-40, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz, among others.
"Runnin'" is a 1995 song written and performed by rappers 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Stretch, Dramacydal and reggae superstar Buju Banton. Recorded in 1993, the song holds significance as one of the few songs 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. recorded together prior to hostility arising between the two rappers. The song, originally slated to appear on 2Pac's 1993-1994 shelved solo album that later turned to be Me Against The World, then on Thug Life's 1994 debut album, Thug Life, Volume I, was scrapped both times due to varying controversies. It was later featured on the 1995 One Million Strong compilation album. It charted at #81, #57 and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks & Hot Rap Singles charts, respectively.
The discography of K-Ci & JoJo, an American R&B duo made up of Cedric and Joel Hailey, consists of five studio albums, five compilation albums, fifteen singles, and fifteen music videos. K-Ci & JoJo were originally the lead singers of the R&B group Jodeci before signing a record deal with MCA Records. In 1997, they released their debut album, Love Always. In the United States, Love Always peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, the album reached the top 50 on the Swiss, Canadian, and Australian Charts, and appeared on the UK and Swedish Albums Chart. The album produced four singles, including the multi-national number-one song, "All My Life".
"Toss It Up" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). Released under the stage name Makaveli, the song served as the lead single to the posthumous album. It was first released in the United States just under two weeks after his death, peaking at number thirty-three on the R&B singles chart. The song is known for including a diss toward Dr. Dre and instrumentally being very similar to the production on the song "No Diggity". It features vocals and singing from Aaron Hall, Danny Boy, and K-Ci & JoJo.
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