Makaveli returns All Eyez on Me....this is for all the 2Pac Lovers Out there that believes 2pac Amaru Shakur lives On...Top #10 2pac's songs Of All time, I didn't want to be biased so I went on a deep research and this is my result:
#No 10: To Live&Die in LA....to live&die in LA is the second single from tupac shakur's final album he worked on during his Life, ''The Don killuminati":The 7day theory. It was recorded in July 7, 1996 and produced by QD3 son of producer Quincy Jones.
Track can be downloaded here
#No 9: I wonder if heaven gotta ghetto...the song is the first posthumous single by 2pac. It appears on his album R u still down? (Remeber me). Rapper Nas Sampled ''I Wonder If heaven's got a ghetto'' in his song ''Black president" on his untitled 2008 album, the line '' And though it seems heaven sent/we aint ready to have a black President" is used repeatedly as the chorus
Track can be downloaded here
#No 8: Better dayz.....better dayz is from the album titled ''Better dayz". better dayz album is the fifth posthumous studio album by Tupac Shakur, the fourth to be released without the artist's creative input and the last so far to be a double album. On Jan 3,2013, it was certified 2x Platinum in the U.S. The album was also certifed 3x platinum in Canada May 2003.
Track can be downloaded here
#N07: Hit 'Em Up...hit dem up is a diss song by 2pac featuring his group the Outlawz from the album all eyez on me...the song lyrics contain vicious insult to several east coast rappers. Among them is shakur's former friend nd rival, the Notorious BIG also know as biggie smalls....Hit dem Up is said to have played a part in exacerbating the East Coast-West coast hiphop rivarly. The controversy surrounding the song Is due in part of shakur's murder only three months after its release "Hit dem up'' is considered to be the greatest diss song of all time...
#No 6: I aint Mad at Cha...''I aint madt at cha''. Is a song released as the sixth single from his album ''All eye On me although the album was released shortly after his death. This song is a heart felt tribute possibly to his friend Napoleon who had converted to Islam. The song did well in the United kingdom reaching number 13 on the Uk singles chart. It was not released as a single in the United states(due to chart rules at that time) but reached number 18 & 58 in the R n B and pop airplay charts respectively. It also reached number two on the new zeal and singles chart.
Track can be downloaded here
#No 5: Life goes on......''Life goes on'' is the fifth Single on 2pac's All eyes on Me album. It is a tribute song to his friend Kato. It also talks about his own death and his funeral. "Life goes on" was put on 2pac's greatest hits album in 1998. A remix of the song was also featured on the album nu-mixx klazzics in 2003. Rapper bizzy bone made his own ''Life goes on" song tribute to 2pac. The song was recorded for heaven's movie,but it didn't make the album
Track can be downloaded here
#No 4: Until the End of Time....is a posthumous single from a 2001 2pac album of the same name. The song was very successful and was a big contributor to the album going 3x platinum. The song features R.L. Huggar from the R&B group Next. An alternate version features Mr Mister's lead singer and bassist Richard Page on vocals & bass. The music video for the song contains a compilation of unreleased footage of Shakur. It charted At #52 on the bill board hot 100. The song's beat is a sample of Mr Mister's popular 1985 #1 song ''broken wings''
#No 3: Changes.....Changes is a hiphop song by 2pac, the song was originally recorded during his tenure at interscope records in 1992 and was produced by shock G. The song was #1 hit in Norway & the Netherlands and reached the top ten in the single charts of several other countries, including #3 in the United kingdom. The song talks about all the different issues that were related to 2pac's era of influence-notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. "Changes" was nominated for best rap solo performance at the grammy awards of 2000 and remains the only posthumous Song to be nominated in this category. The song refers to the possibility of a black president in the united states ''we aint ready for a black president" only if 2pac was alive today to witness the obama regime...
Track can be downloaded here
#No 2: California love.... Ft Dr Dre. & Roger Troutman; was released as 2pac's comeback single upon his release from prison in 1995. This is perhaps 2pac's best known song and his most successful, reaching number one on the billboard hot 100 for two weeks the song was nominated for a posthmous grammy award as a best rap solo performance & best rap performance by a Duo or group ( with Dr Dre and Roger Troutman) in 1997. "California love" was Shakurs only entry on rolling stone's 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, ranked #346 and #51 on VH1's countdown of the 100 greatest songs of the 90s The song has sold over 5,800,000 digital copies despite being released almost a decade before the digital era.
Track can be downloaded here
#No 1: Dear Mama....."Dear Mama was released on Feb 21, 1995 as the first single for the album "me against the world". The song was written by 2pac as an ode to his mother Afeni Shakur..The song is considered by critics, fans and purists as one of the greatest hip hop songs of ''All Time" and one of 2pac's best songs in particular, being ranked number four on about.com's top 100 rap songs.
It was announced on june 23 2010 that the library of congress was preserving ''Dear Mama'' along with 24 other songs in the National recording registry for their cultural significance. The song topped the billboard hot rap singles chart for five weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles for one week and peaked at number 9 on the Hot 100. It also topped the hot dance music maxi-singles sales chart for 4weeks. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA on july 13 1995.
It is Considered by many to be 2pac's most emotional and most respected song and is praised by many artists ( eminem mentions it as his favourite song) ''Dear Mama'' was selected as one of many songs you must hear and download in the musical refrence book 1001 songs you must hear before you die and 10,001 you must download.
Track can be downloaded here
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