To Live & Die in LA

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"To Live & Die in LA"

Single by 2Pac
from the album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Released	1996
Format	12-inch single
Recorded	1996
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Makaveli Records/Death Row
Writer(s)	Tupac Shakur
2Pac singles chronology
Toss It Up	To Live & Die in LA	Hail Mary

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To Live & Die in L.A. is a single by rapper 2Pac (who at the time went by the name Makaveli) from his album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. It is considered by many to be one of the most memorable songs from the album. The song samples "Do Me, Baby", a song by Prince (musician) from the early '80s. It starts with an interview originally performed on Streetside Radio; The host asks a man what he thinks of 2Pac's new album and he responds by saying he loves it. She then expresses that his music heightens the East/West Coast Feud, most likely referring to 2Pac's personal attack song toward The Notorious B.I.G., Hit 'Em Up. The song then starts as 2Pac reflects on his life, with Val Young singing the chorus.

It was later included on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album in 1998.

[edit] Trivia

In the outro, Shakur refers to the song as "LA, California Love part 2, without gay-ass Dre", referring to their duet "California Love" on his previous album All Eyez on Me.

Tupac Shakur

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Discography

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"

Other

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)