== 1995 - ME AGAINST THE WORLD ==

  •  march 14, 1995

 
 
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1. Intro
2. If I Die 2Nite
3. Me Against The World feat. Dramacydal
4. So Many Tears
5. Temptations feat. AB Money
6. Young Niggaz feat. Killa & Milia
7. Heavy In The Game feat. Richie Rich & Lady Levi
8. Lord Knows feat. Natasha Walker
9. Dear Mama
10. It Ain't Easy
11. Can U Get Away feat. Eboni Foster
12. Old School
13. Fuck The World
14. Death Around The Corner
15. Outlaw feat. Dramacydal
 
 
 
DETAILED TRACKLIST 
(Special thanks to Bomb 1st members Filla and Dominator for sample credits)
 
1. Intro / Tony Pizarro & Jill Rose
  • 1995/01/15. Mentioning the shooting at Qad studios, it is probably the last thing recorded for the album. Considering this, you could say that Me Against the World album was in Tony Pizarro's hands after Pac's incarceration.
  • Samples :
    • Al Hudson & One Way - "It's You" (melody)
2. If I Die 2Nite / Easy Mo Bee
  • 1994/08/30 - final mix (?). These are the second sessions of 2Pac and Easy Mo Bee (after "Temptations"/"Out on Bail", "Runnin"). They recorded "My Block" the same day that ended up in The Show OST in 1995.
  • Samples : 
3. Me Against The World feat. Dramacydal & Puff Johnson / Soulshock & Karlin
  • 1994/09/24. It was the title of the solo album, even before recording the song (just before the album became "Stay True"), then a title for a clean version of Fuck The World album (like Mr. Middle Finger/Nothing To Lose in 93). Interscope will give a slightly different version of the song to Bad Boys OST (March of 1995) with an alternate chorus. Later in 1995, as a b-side for Temptations 12'' Soulshock & Karlin gave the Soul Power remixes of the song. Puff Johnson will also record "U Can Call" and "Ratha Be Ya Nigga" for "All Eyez on Me". Soulshock & Karlin will also record songs for Dramacydal album in beginning of 95 and in 1997, they will be responsible for remixing head tracks for R U Still Down album : "Do 4 Love" and "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto".They are well known for having remixed songs from Sting, Toni Braxton, Brandi, TLC, Madonna, Jon B, Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince...
  • Samples :
4. So Many Tears / Shock G
  • 1994/08-09 (~) - Edited in 1995/01 (?). Original version had a verse by Stretch but consequently to the shooting at Qad studios and Tupac suspecting him, they edited his verse off of the song. There is also an Easy Mo Bee remix version that contains that Stretch verse. cf. Exodus (alternate & b-sides).
  • Samples :
    • Stevie Wonder - "That Girl" (melody)
    • Quincy Jones - "The Dude" (guitar interpolation)
    • The Bible, Psalm 23 (quote interpolation : "Though I walk through the valley of death")
5. Temptations feat. AB Money / Easy Mo Bee
  • 1993/10/26 - final mix 1994/06/30. This version is very similar to the original recorded during Easy Mo Bee sessions. There is second mix of the song maybe produced in first half of 94 or in May-June (still by Easy Mo Bee ?), that is included in Stay True mixtape, but they finally chose to release the original. We long time thought it was G-Money singing the chorus, a Moe-Z regular teammate, but Moe-Z started to work with 2Pac only in summer of 94... G-Money is only singing in the Moe-Z remix of the song.
  • Samples :
6. Young Niggaz feat. Killa & Milia / Moe-ZMD & Le-Morrious "Funky Drummer" Tyler
  • 1994/09-10 (~). It is said that a clean version of the song good have been recorded. Nothing is known about Le-Morrious Tyler except he also recorded the song "Blinded" with Dramacydal...
  • Samples :  
7. Heavy In The Game feat. Richie Rich, Lady Levi & Eboni Foster / Mike Mosley & Sam Bostic
8. Lord Knows feat. Natasha Walker / Brian G, revised by Tony Pizarro, remixed by Moe-ZMD
  • 1993/10 (~) - new mix 1994/09 (~). Initially titled "If I Wasn't High" in its unleaked original form in Mr. Middle Finger scrapped album. 
  • Samples : 
9. Dear Mama feat. Reggie Green & Sweet Franklin / Master T, remixed by Tony Pizarro
  • 1993/10/26 (vocals) 1994/07/14 (new mix, chorus). Easy Mo Bee sessions original version is way different especially with an alternate chorus with scratched sentences : "It Would be a damn thing" by Yo-Yo and "What did you say about my mother ?".
  • Samples : 
10. It Ain't Easy / Tony Pizarro
  • 1994/07 (~). Tony Pizarro tried another version with Natasha Walker of Y?N-Vee singing at the chorus but they finally chose this version close to the very first original demo without any chorus.
  • Samples :
11. Can U Get Away feat. Eboni Foster / Mike Mosley
  • 1994/09/20. Original version of the song is known as "Hot Mix".
  • Samples :
12. Old School / Soulshock & Karlin
13. Fuck The World / Shock G
14. Death Around The Corner / Johnny J
  • 1994/02 (~). Thug Life Original unleaked version recorded in beginning of 93 was a very different song over the same instrumental. The song has an interlude known as "Bitchin' interlude" as an introduction also recorded in 1994, maybe for Thug Life Volume 1 original or for Stay True mixtape. 
  • Samples : 
15. Outlaw feat. Dramacydal / Moe-ZMD
  • 1994/08/31. Probably the first collaboration of Moe-ZMD with 2Pac. Maybe 2Pac had previously heard the single "Groovin" by Radio, DarQ & Rock Chill (with also a remix by DJ Battlecat who had already remixed Pac songs). The original is a bit longer and has an outro by reggae singer Rah Rah (cf. Exodus). In addition of the numerous unreleased and remix songs he made for 2Pac, Moe-ZMD also produced many songs for Dramacydal's scrapped album (cf. Dramacyde).
 
 
 
 
 

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