Greatest Hits (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Keep Ya Head Up - (from "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.") ~ 2Pac

2. 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

3. Temptations - (from "Me Against The World") ~ 2Pac

4. God Bless The Dead - (previously unreleased) ~ 2Pac

5. Hail Mary - (as Makaveli, from "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory") ~ 2Pac

6. Me Against The World - (from "Me Against The World") ~ 2Pac

7. How Do U Want It - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

8. So Many Tears - (from "Me Against The World") ~ 2Pac

9. Unconditional Love - (previously unreleased) ~ 2Pac

10. Trapped - (from "2Pacalypse Now") ~ 2Pac

11. Life Goes On - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

12. Hit 'Em Up - (single, from "How Do U Want It") ~ 2Pac

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Troublesome 96 - (previously unreleased) ~ 2Pac

2. Brenda's Got A Baby - (from "2Pacalypse Now") ~ 2Pac

3. I Ain't Mad At Cha - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

4. I Get Around - (from "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.") ~ 2Pac

5. Changes - (previously unreleased) ~ 2Pac

6. California Love - (original version, from "How Do U Want It") ~ 2Pac

7. Picture Me Rollin' - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

8. How Long Will They Mourn Me - (from "Volume 1", with Thug Life) ~ 2Pac

9. Toss It Up - (as Makaveli, from "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory") ~ 2Pac

10. Dear Mama - (from "Me Against The World") ~ 2Pac

11. All About U - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

12. To Live & Die In L.A. - (as Makaveli, from "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory") ~ 2Pac

13. Heartz Of Men - (from "All Eyez On Me") ~ 2Pac

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dru Down, Top Dogg, Syke, CPO, The Outlawz (rap vocals); Val Young, Nate Dogg, The Black Angel, Danny Boy, K-Ci & JoJo, Dave, Roniece, Roger Troutman (vocals); Eric "Kenya" Baker (guitar); The Piano Man (keyboards); Puff Johnson, Thug Life, Digital Underground, Stretch, Stacey Smallie, Shock-G (background vocals).
	Producers include: D.J. Daryl, Dat Nigga Daz, Easy Mo B, Hurt-M-Bad, Dr. Dre.
	Samples include "Computer Love" (as performed by Zapp), "A Dream" (E. Jordan), "Winter Sadness" (as performed by Kool & The Gang), and "Friends" (as performed by Whodini).
	"Changes" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
	Though posthumous albums are often only a record company's vision of how to make more money, 2PAC's GREATEST HITS is just what it promises; a collection of all his hottest tracks, chart toppers, and street jams. Tracks from his time spent on both Interscope Records and Death Row Records are included, as are three previously unreleased tracks, "Unconditional Love," "God Bless the Dead" and "Troublesome '96."
	Among the numerous hits from 2PAC on this generous two-CD set are "Brenda's Got a Baby"; "Keep Your Head Up"; "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted," featuring Snoop Dogg; and "How Do You Want It," featuring K-Ci & JoJo. Among the other standouts are "I Get Around," featuring Digital Underground; "California Love," featuring Dr. Dre; and "Dear Mama." 2PAC's GREATEST HITS leaves you with the sad feeling that one of the world's greatest performers left the planet way too early.
Musical Guests
	Dr. Dre
	Snoop Dogg
	K-Ci & JoJo
	Roger Troutman
	Thug Life
	Digital Underground
	Nate Dogg
	Dru Down

Artist Overview

Beginning his career in the early 1990s as a member of the Oakland rap-funksters Digital Underground, 2Pac rose to become perhaps the single most controversial figure in rap music, easily equal in popularity and notoriety to Snoop Dogg on the West Coast and sometime rival Notorious B.I.G. out East. Taking his moniker from a South American revolutionary, 2Pac managed to embrace themes of black self-determination and social conscience without dulling the edge of his thug image. Achieving almost unrivalled popularity while alive, 2Pac had a penchant for religious and iconic motifs, ensuring his status as a rap martyr after his murder in 1996.

Compilation Appearances

	Cocktails (Explicit Version)
	Show (Explicit Version)
	Vol. 2-Collection (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
	My Homies (Explicit Version)
	Thug Love-Swishahouse Mix (Explicit Version)
	Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7
	Very Best Of Death Row (Explicit Version)
	Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
	Death Row Ghetto Mix / Various(Explicit Version)
	Freedom Writers (Explicit Version)
	A Different Me
	Thuggin Without A Cause(Explicit Version)
	Trill Og
	Trill Og(Explicit Version)
	Trill Og (Screwed Chopped)(Explicit Version)
	Dremixx Vol 1(Explicit Version)
	Django Unchained (Ost)(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

	Don Killuminati
	Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [Edited] ~ Don Killuminati
	Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [Edited] ~ Don Killuminati
	Funky Aztecs
	Original Soundtrack
	Scarface
	Sure!, Al B.
	Trapp

Technical Info

	Release Date : 11/24/1998
	Original Release Date : 1998
	Catalog ID : AAINTD290301
	Label : Interscope (USA)
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00606949030124

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (12/11/98, p.80)
- "...this career-spanning collection is truly vital for painting a complete picture of rap's symbol of martyrdom....[GREATEST HITS] depicts a fascinationg portrait of an artist unafraid to be--or unable not to be--complicated." - Rating: A-

Vibe (12/99, p.164)
- Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

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Greatest Hits (Explicit Version) (1998)

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