2Pacalypse Now - 2016 European Interscope label 13-track 2LP Set Reissue

2Pac 2LP

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2016 reissue of 2Pac's commentary on contemporary social issues - originally issued in 1991 - dealing with the troubled and sometimes mean side of existence and the American society - racism, police brutality, poverty, black on black crime, and teenage pregnancy - recorded with Big D(eon Williams) The Impossible, the crowd in and atound Digital Underground and Raw Fusion and Queens, NY collaborators Live Squad a.o.

The album spawned three singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped", and "If My Homie Calls"

2 Pacalypse Now is pressed onto 180 gram vinyls - gatefold picture cover featuring the original 1991 artwork.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Young Black Male (Morris Dewayne Dickerson, Charles Miller, Deon Evans, George Clinton, Jr., Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Papa Dee Allen) 2:35
2. Trapped (Ramone "Pee-Wee" Gooden, Ray Tyson) 4:44
3. Soulja's Story (Deon Evans, Isaac Hayes) 5:05

Side 2:
4. I Don't Give a Fuck (Ramone Gooden) 4:20
5. Violent (David Elliott, Ronald Brooks, Maceo Parker) 6:25
6. Words of Wisdom (Gregory Jacobs, Herbie Hancock) 4:54

Side 3:
7. Something Wicked (Jeremy Jackson) 2:28
8. Crooked Ass Nigga - featuring Stretch (Randy Walker) 4:17
9. If My Homie Calls (Arlester Christian, Deon Evans, Herbie Hancock) 4:18
10. Brenda's Got a Baby (Deon Evans) 3:53

Side 4:
11. Tha' Lunatic - featuring Stretch (George Clinton, Jr., Gregory Jacobs, Ron Banks)    3:29
12. Rebel of the Underground (Deon Evans, Ray Love) 3:17
13. Part Time Mutha - featuring Poppi (Deon Evans, Stevie Wonder) 5:13

 

All songs written by Tupac Shakur - co-writing credits noted at relevant track

Recorded March – August 1991 a Starlight Sound Studios, Richmond, California


Credits:    
Dank, Playa-Playa and Wiz - Additional Vocals on "Trapped"
Shock G - Background Vocals on "Trapped"
Mickey Cooley, Rodney Cooley and Pogo - Telephone Voices on "I Don't Give ..."
2Pac, Raw Fusion, and Descaro "Mac Mone" Moore - Background Vocals on "Violent" 
Pee-Wee - Background Vocals on "Something Wicked"
The Piano Man - Keyboards on "Crooked ..."
Shock G, Ray Luv, Yonni & Di-Di - Background Vocals on "Rebel of the Underground"
Angelique - Additional Vocals on "Part Time Mutha"

Technical Credits:

Big D the Impossible, Pee-Wee, Raw Fusion, Stretch/Randy Walker, Shock G/Gregory Edward Jacobs - Producers

 

Sample Credits:

Young Black Male:
"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
"Where Was You At" by War
"The Product" and "Dead Homiez" by Ice Cube
"I Got to Have It" by Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs

Trapped:
"The Spank" by James Brown
"Holy Ghost" by The Bar-Kays
"Her Silent Smile" by Tom Browne
"Save the World" by Southside Movement

Soulja's Story:
"No Name Bar" by Isaac Hayes
"Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott and the L.A. Express
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
"Let the Bass Go"[11] and "Mind Blowin'" by The D.O.C.

Violent:
"Pirates Theme" by Home T, Cocoa Tea and Shabba Ranks
"City Under Siege" by Geto Boys
"Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy
"Any Colour You Like" by Pink Floyd[11][12]
"Halloween Theme Song" by John Carpenter[11]

Words of Wisdom:
"Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock

Something Wicked:
"Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy
"It's Funky Enough" by The D.O.C.

Crooked Ass Nigga:
"Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad
"Kool is Back" by Funk, Inc.
"Straight Outta Compton", "Gangsta Gangsta" and "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A

If My Homie Calls:
"Let a Woman Be a Woman - Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke & the Blazers
"Fat Mama" by Herbie Hancock
"I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by Wattsax
"I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by The Soul Children and Jesse Jackson
"Around the Way Girl" by LL Cool J
"Prelude" by N.W.A
"Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament

The Lunatic:
"One of Those Funky Thangs" by Parliament

Rebel of the Underground:
"Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
"The Pinocchio Theory" by Bootsy Collins
"Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament

Part Time Mutha:
"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder feat. Luther Vandross
"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
"Part Time Suckers" by Boogie Down Productions

Artist 2Pac
Media 2LP
Katalog nummer 00602527949857
Land Europe
Label Amaru Entertainment/ Interscope Records/ Universal Music
Udgivelsesår 2016
Grading New/Still Factory Sealed
Genre Hip Hop
Sub Genre 1 Gangsta Rap
Sub Genre 2 West Coast Rap
Condition New