Mar 24, 2020

2Pac -1999- Still I Rise (with Outlawz) (Interscope)

This picture shows the group with 2Pac around August of 96
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  1. Letter To The President (Remix) feat. Outlawz & Big Syke / QD3
  2. Still I Rise (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Johnny J
  3. Secretz of War (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Johnny J
  4. Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up 2) (Remix) feat. Outlawz / 2Pac, Soulshock & Karlin
    => same sample than original which was unfinished with no Outlawz verses.
  5. As The World Turns (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Darryl Harper
  6. Black Jesuz (Remix) / 2Pac, L Rock Ya
  7. Homeboyz (Remix) feat. Young Noble / Daz Dillinger
    => original is unleaked but would have the same beat, but no Noble verse.
  8. Hell 4 A Hustler (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Damon Thomas
  9. High Speed (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Darryl Harper
  10. The Good Die Young (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Darryl Harper
    => close to the original but with different Outlawz verses.
  11. Killuminati (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Tony Pizarro
  12. Teardrops And Closed Caskets (Remix) feat. Outlawz / QD3
    => close to the original
  13. Tattoo Tears (Remix) feat. Outlawz / Kurupt
  14. U Can Be Touched (Remix) / Johnny J
  15. Y'all Don't Know Us (by Outlawz) / Quimmy Quim, Reef
 
Tracks 1,2,7,12 were recorded for Outlaw Immortalz : Thug Life Volume 2 (95/10 - 96/01)
Tracks 3,4,14 were recorded for Outlawz : Troublesome, The Secretz of War (96/04 - 06)
Track 11 was recorded for Makaveli : Mr Killuminati (96/07)
Tracks 5,6,8,9,10,13 were recorded in summer of 96 for Outlawz : Ghetto Starz (96/06 - 08)


This second posthumous project after R U Still Down, is also a fair attempt to release original 2Pac's projects. 2Pac tried to release three different projects with his friends Outlawz while he was in Death Row : Thug Life Volume Two (with Outlaw Immortalz consisting of Thug Life + Dramacydal & Fatal N Felony, around the end of 95) ; Troubesome, Tha secretz of War (almost fully Johnny J produced, around March-June of 96) ; Ghetto Starz (around August-September of 96). So this album compiles songs from these three projects.
 

Outlawz re-recorded verses (except for Kadafi, Big Syke and Storm)

The main problem with this compilation is that Outlawz wanted to record new verses instead of their original ones, maybe because the were young and less good at that time. Instead, they sound patched and not at their place, and even less good that during Pac's lifetime when there was some kind of magic alchemy with his patronage even if they were sometimes clumsier in their verses.



DETAILED TRACKLIST

1. Letter To The President (Remix) feat. Edi, Kastro & Big Syke / QD3 REMIXED by QD3
2. Still I Rise (Remix) feat. Kastro, Kadafi, Napoleon, Young Noble & Ta'He (chorus) / Johnny J REMIXED by Johnny J
3. Secretz of War (Remix) feat. Edi, Kadafi & Young Noble / Johnny J REMIXED by Johnny J
  • 1996/04 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Immortalz 1st LP sessions / One Nation, Volume 1 sessions. Only 2Pac, Kadafi and Val Young parts are original.
4. Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up 2) (Remix) feat. Edi, Young Noble & HEAT (chorus) / Johnny J (?) & 2Pac REMIXED Soulshock & Karlin 
  • 1996/04 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Immortalz 1st LP sessions / One Nation, Volume 1. The beat is close to the original. The og having no guests, Outlawz verses are obviously new.
5. As The World Turns (Remix) feat. Young Noble, Napoleon, Kadafi, Edi & Darryl Harper (chorus) / Darryl Harper REMIXED by Darryl Harper
  • 1996/08 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Ghetto Starz LP sessions. Pac & Kadafi verses are original. The beat is similar.
6. Black Jesuz (Remix) feat. Kadafi, Storm, Young Noble, Kastro & Val Young / 2Pac REMIXED by L Rock Ya
  • 1996/08 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Ghetto Starz LP sessions. 2Pac, Kadafi, Storm & Val Young parts are original.
7. Homeboyz (Remix) feat. Young Noble / Daz Dillinger REMIXED by Daz Dillinger
  • 1996/01 (?) - 1999 (?) (Noble added). Thug Pound sessions. Original version is still unleaked. The beat could be the exact same (like often with Daz posthumous songs). It was somewhere written that the original has Napoleon instead of Noble but Napoleon can be heard in the backing of the chorus so it could be a 2Pac solo song unfinishe finally dropped maybe because 2Pac recorded "Me & My Homies" with Nate Dogg instead (same thema).
8. Hell 4 A Hustler (Remix) feat. Edi, Young Noble & J. Valentine (chorus) / Damon Thomas REMIXED by Damon Thomas
  • 1996/09 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Ghetto Starz LP sessions. New Outlawz verses.
9. High Speed (Remix) feat. Kadafi & Edi / Darryl Harper REMIXED by Darryl Harper
  • 1996/08 - 1999 (new beat). Outlawz' Ghetto Starz LP sessions. Has original verses (Edi re-recorded his). Beat is close to the original.
10. The Good Die Young (Remix) feat. Napoleon, Young Noble, Edi, Kastro & Val Young / Darryl Harper REMIXED by Darryl Harper
  • 1996/07 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Ghetto Starz LP sessions. Pac  and Val Young original vocals. Beat is close to the original.
11. Killuminati (Remix) feat. Edi, Kadafi, Kastro & Quierra Davis-Martin (chorus) / Tony Pizarro REMIXED by Tony Pizarro
12. Teardrops And Closed Caskets (Remix) feat. Outlawz, Nate Dogg & Val Young / QD3
  • 1995/12 - 1999 (remix, Val Young added). Thug Life : Volume 2 sessions. Has original verses and chorus (but Outlawz could have re-recorded some parts). Val Young's hook was added. Beat is close to the original.
13. Tattoo Tears (Remix) feat. Young Noble, Napoleon, Kadafi & Kastro / Edi & Kurupt REMIXED by Edi & Kurupt
14. U Can Be Touched (Remix) feat. Napoleon, Edi, Kastro, Young Noble & Kadafi / Johnny J
  • 1996/04 - 1999 (new verses, new beat). Outlawz' Immortalz 1st LP sessions. Pac & Kadafi original verses.
15. Y'all Don't Know Us (by Young Noble, Napoleon & Edi) / Quimmy Quim, Reef
  • 1999. New song recorded by the Outlawz to promote their actual activity.

 

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