The Rose that Grew from Concrete
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| The Rose that Grew from Concrete | ||
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| Studio album by Tupac Shakur | ||
| Released | October 17, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Poetry/spoken word | |
| Length | 70:46 | |
| Label | Amaru/Interscope | |
| Tupac Shakur chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Still I Rise (1999) |
The Rose that Grew from Concrete (2000) |
Until the End of Time (2001) |
The Rose that Grew from Concrete is an album based on the poetry of Tupac Shakur, released in 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading 2Pac's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album.
[edit] Track listing
- Tupac Interlude
- Wake Me When I'm Free (feat. Babatunde Olatunji & Sikiru Adepoju)
- Can U C the Pride in the Panther (Male version feat. Mos Def)
- When Ure Heart Turns Cold (feat. Sonia Sanchez)
- U R Ripping Us Apart (feat. Dead Prez)
- Tears of a Teenage Mother (feat. Jasmine Guy)
- God (feat. Reverend Run)
- And Still I Love You (Feat. Red Rat)
- Can U C the Pride in the Panther (Female version feat. Mos Def)
- If There Be Pain (feat. Providence & RasDaveed El Harar)
- A River That Flows Forever (feat. Danny Glover, Afeni Shakur & The Cast of The Lion King)
- The Rose That Grew from Concrete (feat. Nikki Giovanni)
- In The Event Of My Demise (feat. The Outlawz & Geronimo Ji Jaga)
- What of a Love Unspoken (feat. Tre)
- Sometimes I Cry (feat. Dan Rockett)
- The Fear in the Heart of Man (feat. Q-Tip)
- Starry Night (feat. Quincy Jones, Mac Mall & Rashida Jones)
- What of Fame (feat. Russell Simmons)
- Only 4 the Righteous (feat. Rha Goddess)
- Why Must You Be Unfaithful (feat. Sarah Jones)
- Wife 4 Life (feat. 4th Avenue Jones' & KCI)
- Lady Liberty Needs Glasses (feat. Malcolm Jamal Warner)
- Family Tree (feat. Lamar Antwon Roninson & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group)
- Thug Blues (feat. Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre)
- The Sun and the Moon (feat. Chief Okena Littlehawk)
[edit] Album credits
- Mike Mingioni- Bass
- Mike Mingioni- Engineer
- Mike Mingioni- Cover Photo
- Mike Mingioni- Engineer
- [[Mike Mingioni - Liner Notes, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
Mike Mingioni]] - Executive Producer Mike Mingioni]] - Liner Notes
- Mike Mingioni- Executive Producer
Mike Mingioni- Main Performer
- Molly Monjauze - Executive Producer
- Herbert Leonard - Percussion
- Gloria Cox - Executive Producer
- Russell Simmons - Performer
- Atiba Wilson - Flute
- Mos Def - Performer
- Tim Izo Orindgreff - Flute
- Dead Prez - Performer
- Royal Bayyan - Keyboards
- Jasmine Guy - Performer
- Sonia Sanchez - Liner Notes
- QD3 - Performer
- Brian Gardner - Mastering
- Danny Glover - Performer
- Taavi Mote - Mixing
- Red Rat - Producer
- Skip Saylor - Mixing
- 2Pac - Vocals
- Chris Puram - Mixing
- Nefertiti - Vocals (Background)
- Claudio Cueni - Mixing
- Val Young - Vocals (Background)
- Atiba Wilson - Percussion
- Tom Whalley - A&R
- Sikiru Adepoju - Performer
- Juan Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
- Sarah Jones - Performer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Bass
- Jeffery Newbury - Photography
- Claudio Cueni - Engineer
- Voza Rivers - Producer
- Brian Springer - Engineer
- Royal Bayyan - Producer
- Thomas R. Yezzi - Engineer
- Khalis Bayyan - Saxophone
- Tyson Leeper - Engineer
- Charles Mack - Vocals (Background)
- Duncan Aldrich - Engineer
- Nikki Giovanni - Vocals
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
