2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
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| "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" | ||
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| Song by 2Pac featuring Snoop Dogg | ||
| From the album All Eyez on Me | ||
| Released | May 1996 | |
| Format | Airplay (TV) | |
| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 4:05 (5:31 video version) | |
| Label | Death Row Records | |
| Writers | Tupac Shakur Calvin Broadus Delmar Arnaud |
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| Producers | Suge Knight / Dat Nigga Daz / Tracy Robinson / Gobi | |
| Director | Gobi | |
| Reviews | SOHH - Talkin' Videos MTV interview on 2Pac fan page |
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| Chart positions | N/A | |
| 2Pac video chronology | ||
| "California Love" feat. Outlawz (1996) |
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (1996) |
"How Do U Want It" (1996) |
| Snoop Dogg video chronology | ||
| "Doggy Dogg World - feat. The Dramatics & Tha Dogg Pound" (1994) |
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (1996) |
"Snoop's Upside Your Head" (feat. Charlie Wilson) (1996) |
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" is a rap song by 2Pac with Snoop Dogg from the 1996 album All Eyez on Me and was that album's second single. It features Krayzie Bone on the chorus' background vocals.
Dr. Dre had left Death Row Records and was not included in the writing or producing credits.
Its sample, some of the lyrics and the video concept was integrated into the Wanted Dead Or Live tribute track released on the official music from the motion picture of Gridlock'd.
The song was later included on 2Pac's Greatest Hits in 1998. A remix of the song was also featured on the album Nu-Mixx Klazzics in 2003.
[edit] Music video
The original video director was drop back the assignment because of 2Pac's disdainful behaviour towards him. So it was up to Gobi's production company to take charge in the filming process and finish the video.
The video was filmed four months before Tupac's death. The prelude for the video shows a parody of Biggie Smalls and Puff Daddy in discussion with Tupac Shakur while abasing themselves. Many consider this an outrageous moment that had been followed by the "Hit 'em up" diss video and after led to the fatal shooting incident on September, 1996. Although Pac says "I ain't gonna kill you, Piggie" and "Once we're homeboys, we're always homeboys", because of the ironic manner in which he says this, came through as an offense, and remained one of his diss songs. However an uncut (probably uncensored) version of the video shows 2Pac and his guards pulling out pistols from their jackets ready to shoot, while the intro suddenly ends. Apart from that, the song is about Snoop and 2Pac's arraignment, while 2Pac was just out of jail, Snoop's trial was about to come to a head, so a court scene was inserted into the video. There is also a guest appearance by Tha Dogg Pound.
[edit] Credits
- Engineer : Dave Aron
- Assistant engineer : Alvin McGill
- Mixing : David Blake
- Featuring (Rap) : Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Video Direction : Gobi
[edit] External links
Studio albums: 2Pacalypse Now · Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. · Thug Life: Volume 1 · Me Against the World · All Eyez on Me · The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Posthumously created studio albums: R U Still Down? (Remember Me) · Still I Rise · Until the End of Time · Better Dayz · Loyal to the Game · Pac's Life
Other albums: Greatest Hits · The Rose that Grew from Concrete · Nu-Mixx Klazzics · Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack) · 2Pac Live · The Rose, Vol. 2 · Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
Singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby" · "If My Homie Calls" · "Trapped" · "I Get Around" · "Keep Ya Head Up" · "Papa'z Song" · "Holla If Ya Hear Me" · "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" · "Pour Out A Little Liquor" · "Cradle to the Grave" · "Dear Mama" · "Old School" · "So Many Tears" · "Temptations" · "California Love" · "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" · "How Do U Want It" · "Hit 'Em Up" · "All Bout U" · "I Ain't Mad at Cha" · "Life Goes On" · "Toss It Up" · "To Live & Die in LA" · "Hail Mary" · "Wanted Dead or Alive" · "Made Niggaz" · "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" · "Do For Love" · "Changes" · "Runnin'" · "Happy Home" · "Unconditional Love" · "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" · "Until the End of Time" · "Letter 2 My Unborn" · "Thugz Mansion" · "Still Ballin" · "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" · "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" · "Thugs Get Lonely Too" · "Ghetto Gospel" · "Untouchable" · "Pac's Life"
Filmography: Nothing But Trouble · Juice · Poetic Justice · Above the Rim · Bullet · Gridlock'd · Gang Related · Tupac: Resurrection · Live 2 Tell
Documentaries: Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal · Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV) · Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw · Biggie & Tupac · 2Pac 4 Ever · Tupac: Resurrection · Tupac vs. · Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV) · So Many Years, So Many Tears · Notorious (TV)
Books: The Rose that Grew from Concrete · Tupac: Resurrection · Inside a Thug's Heart · 2Pac Lives The Death of Makaveli / The Resurrection of Tupac Amaru (Volume 1) · Tupac Shakur Legacy
Companies: Non-Stop Productions · Joshua's Dream Corporation · Thug Nation · 24/7 Productions · Out Da Gutta Records · Amaru Entertainment
Shakur family: Afeni Shakur · Geronimo Pratt · Mutulu Shakur · Assata Shakur · Mopreme
Related articles: Feuds · Timeline · The 7 Day Theory · Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts · Thug Life · Outlawz · West Side Boys
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| Singles |
| "Who Am I" • "Gin and Juice" • "Doggy Dogg World" • "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" • "Vapors" • "Tha Doggather" • "We Just Wanna Party with You" • "Still a G Thang" • "Snoop Dogg" • "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" • "Beautiful" • "Drop It Like It's Hot" • "Let's Get Blown" • "Signs" • "Ups & Downs" • "Real Soon" • "Vato" • "That's That Shit" • "I Wanna Love You" • "Candy" • "Boss' Life" |
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