1996 - Gridlock'd Original Soundtrack

  • May 1996. Johnny J's left, 2Pac is mainly recording his project with Hurt-M-Badd, Darryl Harper.
  • No specific tracklist.

### - WORK IN PROGRESS. This tracklist is made of songs appearing in handwritten papers and known sequences of the album, with the addition of songs eventually recorded around that project. ###

Disc One : The Rap Side

  1. Thug In Me (Johnny J Remix) feat. K-Ci & Jojo
  2. Staring Through My Rear View (Movie Mix) feat. Outlawz
  3. Too Late feat. MC Hammer, Big Daddy Kane, Nutt-So & Danny Boy
  4. 2 My Unborn Child (Short Mix) feat. Natasha Walker
  5. Teardrops and Closed Caskets (Short Mix) feat. Outlawz & Nate Dogg 
  6. Good Life (Bass Mix) feat. Big Syke & Edi
  7. Happy Home (Rough Mix) feat. Michel'le
  8. Just Watchin' (Rough) feat. Snoop Dogg, Dogg Pound & Hurt-M-Badd
  9. World Wide Stampede feat. O.F.T.B., Kadafi, Kurupt & Tangi Forman
  10. Letter 2 The President (Short Mix) feat. Outlawz & Big Syke
  11. Things R Changing feat. Warryn Campbell (?) & Dionne Knighton (?)
  12. They Don't Give A Fuck About Us (Daz Mix) feat. Outlawz 

    Bonus Tracks :

  13. Storm - Wild Child feat. Medusa (?)  
  14. Outlawz - Novakane (Rough Mix)
  15. Rock On (Original Big Bad Lady) feat. Lady of Rage
Producer - Johnny J (1,7, 10), Hurt-M-Badd (2), Kevyn Lewis (3), Mike Mosley & Rick Rock (5), Daz (6, 10), Darryl Harper (8), QD3 (4,9),

Disc Two : The Soul Side

  1. Darryl Harper - Consider Me
  2. Doja - Sexy Thing feat. Kurupt
  3. 6 Feet Deep - Too Many Things
  4. Hugg - Miss Well To Do 
  5. Jewell - Everybody Needs Love (Short Mix)
  6. Jon B - Are You Still Down feat. 2Pac
  7. Danny Boy - A Change Is Gonna Come
  8. Nate Dogg - Never Leave Me Alone (Rough Mix) feat. Snoop Dogg
  9. Hurt-M-Badd (B-Rezell) - In The Rain
  10. Chelle - Borrowed Times feat. 2Pac

    Bonus Tracks : 
  11. Eight Mile Road - Ain't No Hiding (Movie Version)
  12. 6 Feet Deep - Talk To Me
  13. Darryl Harper - Because of You (Shouldn't I) 
  14. Eight Mile Road - Life Is A Traffic Jam (Movie Version) feat. 2Pac 
Not added because released :

. 2Pac - Never Had A Friend Like Me -
. 2Pac - Dear Mama (Acoustic Version)  
. 2Pac - I Ger Around (Remix)
. 2Pac - How Do U Want It (Daz Remix)

Disc Three : Rock, Folk, Soul & Jazz inspiration - Listen in Youtube

(these tracks appear in Gridlock'd handwritten tracklists but are not Death Row material)
 
  1. Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul (Live at USTV, 1996)
  2. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Live at David Letterman, 1995)
  3. Bush - Glycerine (Live at the MTV Spring Break, Panama City, 1996)
  4. The Sundays - Wild Horses Here's Where The Story Ends (Live at The Moore Theater, Seattle, 1993) *
  5. Everything But The Girl (EBTG) - Get Me (Live at the Lighthouse, 1994) - alt link
  6. Joan Osbourne - St Teresa (Live at David Letterman, 1996)
  7. Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough (Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1995)
  8. Sara McLaughlin - Ice Cream (Live At MTV, 1995)

    (following tracks appear in other 2Pac's soundtrack handwritten projects like "Fragile" soundtrack project in early 93)
  9. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Live at Saturday Night Special, 1996) 
  10. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Live at the Kiel Opera, St Louis, 1965)
  11. James Brown - It's A Man Man's World (Live at Olympia, 1966)
  12. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (Live at Cleveland, 1967)
  13. Don McLean - American Pie (Live at BBC, 1971) 
  14. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (Live at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967)
  15. Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free (Live, 1972) 
  16. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Live in Atlanta, 1974) 
  17. Stevie Wonder - All Is Fair In Love (Live Gala du Midem, 1974) 
  18. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Live at Beat Club, 1972)

 





Gridlock'd pre-project

For Gridlock'd soundtrack project, 2Pac at a point (circa mid April / May) thought to release a double compilation soundtrack with one CD with many soul singers and another CD with half solo album and half rap compilation. We can see that the rap part contents 7 tracks taken from his solo album project (cf. 100% Black Gold), but not the Outlawz songs ("Hit Em Up", "Made Niggaz"). So the solo album probably split in two different things : the Outlawz LP project (cf. Troublesome, Tha Secretz of War) and the Gridlock'd Soundtrack project. 

The 2nd of April, he recorded "Borrowed Times" with Chelle over a Johnny J beat for that soundtrack. Maybe "Are You Still Down" (the 15th of April) and "Rock On" the 30th with Lady of Rage could initially be for the project. Nothing says if "Ghetto Star" could also be considered for it.

Gridlock'd 1st list - May 24th, 1996 - #PO316417

Soul side :
6 Feet Deep - Consider Me
Chelle - Borrowed Time feat. 2Pac
Nate Dogg - Never Leave Me Alone feat. Snoop Dogg
 
Rap side :
2Pac - Never Had A Friend Like Me - included 
2Pac - Staring At The World Through My Rearview feat. Outlawz
2Pac - They Don't Give A Fuck About Us feat. Outlawz

Probably unlisted : 
Jon B - Are You Still Down pt. 2 feat. 2Pac
2Pac - Wordz 2 My First Born feat. Nutt-So

This list could indicate the time where "Staring At The World" and "They Don't Give A Fuck About Us" left the Outlawz LP tracklist... (cf. Troublesome, Tha Secretz of War).

Gridlock'd - August 19th, 1996

Soul Side :
Danny Boy - I Can't Get Enough - included 
Danny Boy - Change Gone Come - freestyle
Theresa Griffin - Ain't No Way
6 Feet Deep - Consider Me - Darryl Harper version ?
Everybody Needs Love
I Belong To You ??
Hugg - Miss Well To Do - leaked
Doja - Sexy Thing feat. Kurupt - leaked
?? - There'll Never Be
?? - Interlude/This Is Jazzmatix
?? - Ain't Nowaday (TV Mix)
?? - The Message
 
Rap Side : 
J-Flexx & Lady of Rage - Lady Heroine - included
O.F.T.B. - Body & Soul - included
Storm - Wild Child - leaked
Redrum 781 - Pipe Dreams
J-Flexx - Billboard Dreams 

 


Gridlock'd DAT posthumous additions

Soul Side :
Charlie Wilson - Off The Hook feat. Snoop Dogg & Val Young) - included   
Bgoti - Tonight It's On - included 
8 Mile Road - Traffic Jam feat. 2Pac - included 
Anonymous - Deliberation - included  
Nate Dogg - Why  - included
Danny Boy - It's Over Now - included 
 
8 Mile Road - There's No Hiding - leaked
6 Feet Deep - For All Good Things
Bgoti - Mirror, Mirror

Rap Side :
Lady of Rage - Sho Shot - included
Snoop Dogg & 2Pac - Wanted Dead Or Alive (Daz Remix) feat. Charlie Wilson & Val Young - included
Don't Try To Play Me (by Daz) - included
Snoop Dogg - Out The Moon (2Pac Version) feat. LBC & 2Pac - included
Storm - I Will Rize - included 

Outlawz - Novakane
Dogg Pound - Locked Out Hood
Dogg Pound - Initiated feat. 2Pac & Outlawz
Bad Azz - Way Too Major
Tray Deee - I'd Rather Lie 2 You
Kurupt - Drift With Me
 
 
  


GRIDLOCK'D - THE RAP SIDE

01. Thug N U Thug N Me (Johnny J Remix) feat. K-Ci & Jojo / Johnny J

  • 1996/03/19 (?) or 04/19 (?). Released in K-Ci & Jojo's X (2000) and then in Until The End of Time (2001, Death Row) in slightly different version. 
  • Story. This is an original remix from the Me Against The World pt. 2 track with K-Ci & Jojo replacing Jewell. It has possibly been recorded around the day 2Pac recorded "How Do U Want It" Music Video with K-Ci & Jojo. If in April, 2Pac was announcing his solo album the same day in an interview given to Sway. Maybe they immediately made the remix because they were said the original sample of "Liberian Girl" by Michael Jackson would be impossible to clear...

02. Starin' Through My Rearview (Movie Rough Mix) feat. Edi & Kadafi / Hurt-M-Badd & 2Pac

  • 1996/05/02 - 05-08 (?) (new mix). 
  • Story. The song was originally recorded for Outlawz' Immortalz album, appearing in early tracklists, but it was soon transferred to Gridlock'd Soundtrack, listed in an early sequence of it. This mix is often called "Movie version" because you can hear it in the movie Gang Related (October 8th, 97) and it has the Phil Collins sample playing during the hook, replayed in the Gang Related Soundtrack version.
  • Samples : 
03. Too Late Playa feat. MC Hammer, Big Daddy Kane, Nutt-So & Danny Boy / Kevyn Lewis (?)
  • 1996/03/08-16 (~). 
  • Story. In an interview, Big Daddy Kane explained how they were in Las Vegas and Suge invited him to come and record at Death Row... And that night they recorded two songs with 2Pac and Hammer, and he wrote a song for Hammer that he recorded... But according to his words, it would be the night after the fight between Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno, the 16th of march... But "Where Ever U R" was clearly recorded circa the 8th. And lyrics and concerns of "Too Late" are quite similar to "Thug In Me" (recorded the 11th)... According to recent info, the song could have been produced - or remixed - by Kevyn Lewis in May... Could they have recorded a first version with Kane in March ? "Too Late" was a concept planned by 2Pac before All Eyez On Me (cf. prison drafts project), initially thought to be produced by Warren G. So it was in no way a One Nation song. So 2Pac recorded his own concept and gave it to the MC Hammer album, but it is not impossible that the song was planned to be in the two projects.
  • Samples : 
    • Junior – "Too Late" (melody interpolation, vocals interpolation)

04. Letter To My Unborn (Short Mix) feat. Natasha Walker  / Johnny J

  • 1995/11/14 - 27 (final mix). Remixed in Until The End of Time (2001, Amaru).
  • Story. Originally intended for All Eyez on Me (cf. November Demo). Maybe not in the same kind of vibe than the rest of the album, the song was presumably transferred to another project.
  • Samples : 

05. Tear Drops & Closed Caskets (Short Mix) feat. Edi, Kastro, Napoleon & Nate Dogg / QD3

  • 1995/12/11 - 96/02/22 (?) (new mix). Fairly remixed in Still I Rise (1999, Interscope). 
  • Story. The song was initially recorded for Thug Life : Volume 2 project. It can be seen as a follow up to "How Long Will They Mourn Me" from Thug Life : Volume One : same funeral topic and a same soulful chorus by Nate Dogg. After April and Syke having left Death Row, the Thug Life : Volume 2 project was buried but some tracks were presumably transferred to the new project of soundtrack to Gridlock'd, and then to Gang Related.
  • Samples :
06. Good Life (Bass Mix) feat. Big Syke & Edi / Mike Mosley
  • 1996/03/31. Released in Until The End of Time (2001, Amaru). 
  • Story. Is that version with many instrumental effects a really audacious mix ? More probably a work in progress, first take when Ricky Rouse was freestyling with his bass, before the final mix. It is played in a studio footage video with also images of "Hit Em Up (Demo)" recording, in the background of Mike Mosley, E-40, Rick Rock and Ojetunde interviews...
07. Happy Home (Rough Mix) feat. Michel'le (chorus) / Johnny J (?)
  • 1996/04/02. Remixed for Until The End of Time (2001).
  • Story. It has been said to be dedicated to his sister Sekyiwa Shakur, but it is more likely about his love, commitment and family projects with Keisha Morris, who he got married with in jail and get divorced right after being freed... If so, it could also be seen as a remaining of the original prison project concept album...
  • Samples :  
    • Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers – "Just the Two of Us" (drums, melody interpolation)
08. Just Watchin' (Rough Mix) feat. Snoop Dogg, Dogg Pound & Hurt-M-Badd (chorus) / Daz
  • 1996/02/26. 
  • Story. This song is said to have been recorded for Snoop's Tha Doggfather (1996, Death Row) but it clearly sounds like other 2Pac songs from that time with a strong instrumental vibe (thanks to Ricky Rouse). Snoop Dogg's verse mentions their recent trip to Cabo where they shot images for Danny Boy's video "Slip N Slide". It was firstly said the chorus was by Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band but he denied. It is more likely from Tyrone Wrice aka Hurt M Badd.
  • Samples : 

09. World Wide Stampede (Time After Time) feat. OFTB, Kurupt, Kadafi & Tangi Forman (chorus) / Derrell (OFTB) & Darryl Harper

  • 1996/03/31. Presumably recorded for OFTB shelved second album I Come Up Hard and finally released in OFTB's The Missing D.R. Files (2007, WIDEawake). 
  • Story. It was long time thought Michel'le was the singer on it but it would be in fact Lisa Left Eye's cousin Tangi Forman. It is said the Darryl Harper's beat was originally intended for Lady of Rage's album but she didn't want it because it was from the "wack room". So it was given to OFTB. Then Kurupt made a hook, and Kadafi and 2Pac added a bit later during that studio session.

10. Letter To The President (Short Mix) feat. Edi, Kastro & Big Syke / QD3

  • 1995/12/11 - 02/22 (?) (new mix). Remixed in Still I Rise (1999, Amaru). 
  • Story. Like for "Teardrops and Closed Caskets", an alternate known date of 96/02/22 coul to be an error or the date of an advanced mix of the song.

11. Things R Changing (Wordz 2 My First Born Remix) feat. Warryn Campbell and Dionne Knighton (?) (chorus) / DJ Quik

  • 1996/03/08 - 04/13 (?) (chorus added). Included in DAT PO389561 (with "Borrowed Time" and "When Thugz Cry"). Remixed in Until The End of Time (2001).
  • Story. Initially recorded with Nutt-So for Me Against The World pt. 2. In "100% Black Gold" tracklist, whereas other guests are written down, the name of Nutt-So is scratched. So 2Pac decided in the last moments of this project, to include the recently made solo version, instead of the Nutt-So version which he wanted for the soundtrack (cf. "All New Heat" tracklist brackets). This chorus version could have been made for a B-side of the album, or directly for the soundtrack (considering the singing chorus). The song was often mislabeled as "Things Are Changing" because of that chorus, which reminds of "Changes", a topic very present in all the songs of the album and in Dave LaChapelle photoset shower topic. Singers are unconfirmed but somebody said it could be Warryn Campbell and Dionne Knighton, who regularly worked with DJ Quick at that time.
  • Samples : 

12. They Don't Give A Fuck About Us (Daz Violin Mix) feat. Edi, Kastro, Kadafi & Napoleon / Johnny J REMIXED By Daz

  • 1996/04 - 05-08 (?) (Daz mix). Released in Makaveli & Dillinger (1999), original keys mix in Better Dayz (2002). 
  • Story. This track was originally recorded for Immortalz album, appearing as "Us" in an early tracklist, but was soon transferred to Gridlock'd soundtrack, listed in an early sequence. Because of the dispute between Johnny J and Suge Knight, maybe 2Pac asked Daz to remix the song, what could explain Daz had the song in his stolen material. Then it was again transferred to Gang Related soundtrack.
  • Samples : 
BONUS TRACKS :
 
13. Storm - Wild Child feat. Medusa (speaking ?) / Hurt-M-Badd
  • 1996/08/29. The kind of instrumentation and the speaking voice reminds of the MC/producer Medusa who is credited as a producer and writer for "Life Is A Traffic Jam" in Gridlock'd soundtrack, maybe she could have a role in this song too. It is also said Storm herself could sing the chorus in this song... 

14. Outlawz - Novakane (Rough Mix) / Hurt-M-Badd

  • 1996/09/20. Released in Outlawz Retribution album (2006) in a slightly renewed version. Appears in a Death Row DAT marked "Gridlock'd".
15. Dear Mama (Acoustic Version) / Master T, Tony Pizarro REMIX ??

GRIDLOCK'D - THE SOUL SIDE

01. Darryl Harper (?) - Consider Me (reference for 6 Feet Deep ?) / Hurt-M-Badd & Darryl Harper

  • 1996/04/30. The song is included in Gridlock'd Sept. 96 DAT # PO308711. Released in The Ultimate Death Row Compilation (WIDEAwake, 2009) but credited as 6 Feet Deep (and with a slowed pitch). 2Pac is also announcing in an interview that 6 Feet Deep recorded the song... Are they all wrong ? It is possible Darryl Harper was recording a reference track for testing the instrumental he made... Maybe after that 6 Feet Deep let him the song (or their version is still unleaked)... Maybe Darryl Harper was at a time a potential complementary member of 6 Feet Deep... Either 2Pac first believed it was them singing and after he learnt it was Darryl he decided to work with him more... Darryl Harper will produce many songs for 2Pac in June for One Nation Part One and Part Two, as well as for Makaveli and Outlawz Ghetto Starz albums. Unfortunately Darryl Harper is just singing on "White Man'z World" and maybe on "Smile (Original)" and Damon Thomas Remix (an unknown 816 is credited but the voice sounds similar and he is the original producer).
 02. Doja - Sexy Thing feat. Kurupt / ?
  • 1996/02/23. The song is included in Gridlock'd Sept. 96 DAT # PO308711. Nothing is known about this female singer.
03. 6 Feet Deep - Too Many Things / ?
  • 1996. Is it the same song than "All Good Things", song listed in advanced Gridlock'd tracklist ? The track is also a part of 6 Feet Deep album project in 1996, eventually titled "2, 6, 8, 9", unfortunately totally unleaked/unreleased... There is a reference in Death Row inventory with a 12 tracks CD.

04. Hugg - Miss Well To Do / ?  

  • 1996/06/08. Few is known about this male singer. He will also be featured with Danny Boy in "This Chrismas" in Christmas on Death Row (1996), as well as 6 Feet Deep, Bgoti, Nate Dogg and Michel'le.

05. Jewell - Everybody Needs Love / Johnny J

  • 1996/01/04 - 03/13 (final mixdown). The song is included in Gridlock'd Sept. DAT # PO308711. Initially recorded in January and produced by Johnny J (?), it could have been originally intended for Thug Pound.

06. Jon B - Are You Still Down pt. 2 (Original) feat. 2Pac / Johnny J

  • 1996/04/15 (?). Released in Jon B's album Cool Relax (1997, Yab Yum). It has been recorded over the same music than "Tongue Kissing", it seems just a few days after. 2Pac dropped his song as a result. But maybe he was already thinking to give up his full solo album project. Some early leaked versions given as "original" in Makaveli bootlegs (1997-2000) were blends made over Luniz' "I Got Five" and Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise". 

07. Danny Boy - A Change Is Gonna Come / ?

  • 1996/05-08 (?). The song is included in Gridlock'd Sept. DAT # PO308711. Was also announced in Gridlock'd early DAT in May (but it could be the Snoop's song from the same title... There is also an outro with that title listed in Outlawz' LP tracklist (cf. Immortalz). Danny Boy also sang it live at the Brotherhood Crusade the 15th of August 96 (cf. One Nation pt. 2).

08. Nate Dogg - Never Leave Me Alone feat. Snoop Dogg / ?

  • 1996/03 (~). Released in Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 (1997). Listed in early Gridlock'd soundtrack tracklist and included in Gridlock'd DAT from the 24th of May 96 (#PO316417).

09. Hurt-M-Badd - In The Rain / Hurt-M-Badd (?)

  • 1996/06-07 (?).

10. Chelle - Borrowed Times feat. 2Pac (speaking) / Johnny J

  • 1996/04/02. Included in Gridlock'd DAT from the 24th of May 96 (#PO316417). 2Pac is only speaking here (or telling a poem). In July it still appears 2Pac thought to produce an album for Chelle but it is the only remaining of it. Did Chelle make anything after that ?
11. Eight Mile Road - Ain't No Hiding (Movie Version) / Medusa (?)
  • 1996/05. The song is played during a scene of the movie Gridlock'd (1997). Is the singer the main actress of the movie, Thandie Newton, or is she dubbed by Medusa (credited as writer of "Life Is A Traffic Jam") ? Is it also Tim Roth on the keyboards like in the movie ? The song is short and fall down brutally... Why the fu** Tupac wouldn't give a verse at the end !?
12. 6 Feet Deep - Talk To Me feat. ? / ?
  • ?.
13. Danny Boy - A Change Is Gonna Come (Freestyle at Brotherhood Crusade) / - FREESTYLE
  • 1996/08/15. The song is announced in Gridlock'd early DAT in May. Suge asked him to sing that song live acapella that day. 2Pac also planned to have an outro titled "A Change Gonna Come" in one of the Outlawz Immortalz tracklist. It could be a proof that Danny Boy recorded a version of the famous Sam Cooke's song between May and July.
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15. Darryl Harper - Shouldn't I (Because of You) / Hurt-M-Badd & Darryl Harper
  • 1996/05 (?). There is a video where we can see him and Hurt-M-Badd working in the studios with many people around. Darryl Harper said he had a third song he recorded circa August where he dedicates to 2Pac at the end, just some days before he got shot... 
16. Eight Mile Road - Life Is A Traffic Jam (Movie Version) feat. 2Pac / Medusa
  • 1996/05. The song is played during a scene of fictional live in the movie Gridlock'd (1997). On the screen, the actress Thandie Newton is the singing voice, Tim Roth has the keyboards and Tupac the bass... But do they really do these things ? Medusa credited as a writer could have written the melody and the lyrics - even those of 2Pac - and could even be the singer dubbing Thandie... But nothing for sure.
 
BONUS DISC : ROCK, FOLK, SOUL & BLUES INSPIRATION
 
01. Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul (Live at USTV) / -
  • 1996/01. The song appears in the early Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist. Be careful, it is NOT Jewell but Jewel ! The blond white singer grown up in Alaska. This is an obvious proof - if it was necessary - that 2Pac was in no way a "racist" against white people. When he expresses some kind of trash talking like in "Out on Bail (Live at MTV)", it could be maybe clumsiness, but above all anger against white supremacy, not against white skin people. The song itself was a huge hit single in 1995 so Death Row would pay the right to include the song or to make a remix version.
02. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Live at David Letterman) / -
 
  • 1995/08/17. Alanis Morissette appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist. It has been said, 2Pac, Alanis and Suge have had a project of a restaurant... so even if it is just a virtual joke project they made together, probably they could have record a song together in a easier way ! But maybe Death Row would have simply paid the right to include a well known song like that one, like for Jewel. Alanis is a Canadian grunge/rock singer, what is another proof that 2Pac was very interested in foreign cultures, diversity, musical fusion... and not a racist prick against white people. What a huge vocal performance ! when you listen to that song you perfectly understand what 2Pac could love in her. She has the same kind of total energy deliver.
03. The Sundays - Wild Horses (Stones cover) Here's Where The Story Ends (Live at The Moore Theater, Seattle, 1993) / - 
  • 1993/03/16. The song "Wild Horses" covered by The Sundays appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist. Unfortunately, there is no live from the times (Were there a problem of rights because even the song does not appear in every editions of the 92 album). So we chose to make you listen another huge song from this British Londonian rock band, with lead vocals by... another beautiful young woman named Harriet Wheeler, born in 1963.
04. Bush - Glycerine (Live at the MTV Spring Break, Panama City) / -
  • 1996/03/16. The song appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist.
05. Everything But The Girl - Get Me (Live at the Lighthouse) / -
  • 1994. The song appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist. Death Row would have to paid to get the right to include the song. 2Pac keep on traveling the world. Everything But The Girl is from Great Britain : Ben Watt is Scottish, Tracey Thorn is English. This time, it is impossible to accuse Tupac from being interested in beautiful women... He had love for good music. This song is rockish but the group is usually kind of elctronic-jazz fusion oriented. They were also known to have collaborated to the great 1994 Massive Attack Protection album.
06. Joan Osbourne - St Teresa (Live at David Letterman) / -
  • 1996/08/15. The song appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack handwritten tracklist. Death Row would have to paid to get the right to include the song. Joan Osbourne is a blond Australian female singer, what again proves that 2Pac was very open minded in foreign musical performances and not only into black rap ghetto music. Okay, Tupac had love for women, but including their songs in his soundtrack means much in terms of respect for what they do. We can think that in this draft of soundtrack, Tupac tried to compare himself to great young interpreters, people who got the same type of incarnation in their songs.
07. Sheryl Crowe - Strong Enough (Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music) / -
  • 1995/02/15. The song appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack early handwritten tracklist. Sheryl Crow is a country rock singer from Kennett, Missouri, born in 1962.
08. Sara McLaughlin - Ice Cream (Live At MTV) / -
  • 1995/03/19. The song appears in the Gridlock'd Soundtrack early handwritten tracklist. Sara McLachlan is a Canadian female singer born in 68 who had released 3 albums at that time. "Ice Cream" is from her 93's album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
10. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Live at Saturday Night Special) / -
  • 1996/04/27.
CLASSIC INSPIRATION
 
11. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (Live at the Kiel Opera, St Louis, 1965) / - 
  • 1965/03/19. Another well recommanded version could be the Live at the Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1965, October 16th, with Count Basie under the direction of Quincy Jones ! The father of 2Pac's last girlfriend Kidada Jones.
12. James Brown - It's A Man Man's World (Live at the Olympia, France, 1967) / - 
  • 1966/11/25.
13. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (Live at Cleveland, 1967) / -
  • 1967/12/09.
14. Don McLean - American Pie (Live at BBC, 1971) / -
  • 1971/07/29.
15. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (Live at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967) / -
  • 1967/06/18
16. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Live in Atlanta, 1974) / -
  • 1974/.
17. Stevie Wonder - All Is Fair In Love (Live Gala du Midem, 1974) / -
 
 

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