Compilation - The Rarities (Radio versions & Soundtracks)

  • Compilation of alternate radio versions and classical songs published in soundtracks and compilations.

 
 
### Here is a homemade compilation of radio/video versions and tracks that were published in official soundtracks, compilations and in Greatest Hits (1998, Death Row). None of these tracks were released in the 2Pac's albums, and neither in the unreleased projects we gathered. If you listen carefully to these radio/video versions, the mix or the lyrics have interesting differences. We haven't included the late released tracks (like "Troublesome" from 92 for How To Be A Player OST in 1997, which is exactly in its original form included in Troublesome 21 and Thug Life Demo Tape). ###


DISC ONE :
1. Same Song (Nothing But Trouble OST) [radio edit] feat. Digital Underground
2. If My Homie Calls [radio version]
3. Brenda's Got A Baby [radio version] feat. Roniece & Dave Hollister
4. Call It What U Want [radio version] feat. Above The Law & Money B
5. I Get Around [radio version] feat. Digital Underground
6. Keep Ya Head Up [radio version] feat. Dave Hollister
7. Definition of a Thug Nigga (Poetic Justice OST)
8. Freestyle At Madison Square Garden (Restricted Mix) feat. The Notorious B.I.G.
9. Papa'z Song [radio version] feat. Wycked of W.A.T.M. (Mopreme)
10. Pain (Above The Rim OST) feat. Stretch
11. Loyal To The Game (Above The Rim OST) feat. Treach & Riddler
12. Poor Out A Little Liquor (Above the Rim OST) [radio mix]
13. Runnin' (One Million Strong) feat. Dramacydal, Stretch, The Notorious B.I.G. & Radio
14. How Long Will They Mourn Me [radio version] feat. Thug Life & Nate Dogg
15. My Block (The Show OST)
16. Throw Ya Handz Up (Pump Ya Fist)
17. Me Against The World (Alternate Chorus) (Bad Boys OST) feat. Dramacydal & Puff Johnson
18. High'Til I Die (Sunset Park OST)
19. It Don't Stop [radio version] (by Thug Life & Y?N-Vee)
20. California Love [radio long version] feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman

DISC TWO :
1. Troublesome '96
2. Changes [death row version] feat. Talent
3. Life Is A Traffic Jam feat. Eight Mile Road
4. Out The Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom) feat. Snoop Dogg & LBC Crew
5. Never Had A Friend Like Me
6. Hit 'Em Up feat. Outlawz
7. Life's So Hard [death row version] feat. Snoop Dogg
8. How Do You Want It [radio version] feat. K-Ci & Jojo
9. Staring Through My Rearview feat. Outlawz
10. Life Goes On [radio version] feat. Stacey Smallie
11. Made Niggaz feat. Outlawz
12. 2 of Akerikaz Most Wanted [video clean version] feat. Snoop Dogg
13. Unconditional Love feat. Eboni Foster
14. Wanted Dead Or Alive feat. Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Val Young
15. All Bout U [video version] feat. Nate Dogg & Snoop Dogg
16. Lost Souls feat. Outlawz
17. I Ain't Mad At Cha [radio version] feat. Danny Boy




DETAILED TRACKLIST

DISC ONE :

01. Same Song feat. Digital Underground (Nothing But Trouble OST) [radio edit] / Shock G
  • 1990. Published in Same Song (12'') (1991, Reprise) / Nothing But Trouble OST (1991, Tommy Boy / Reprise). This short version is the one that was on radio and TV.
02. If My Homie Calls [radio version] / Big D The Impossible (?)
03. Brenda's Got A Baby [radio version] feat. Roniece & Dave Hollister / Big D The Impossible
  • 1991 (1992 for the mix). Released in If My Homie Calls / Brenda's Got A Baby (12'') (1992, Interscope). Different mix from the LP version.
05. I Get Around [remix radio version] feat. Digital Underground / Shock G
  • 1992 (1993/04/9 for the remix). Published in I Get Around (12'') (1993/06, Interscope).
06. Keep Ya Head Up [radio version] feat. Dave Hollister / DJ Daryl
07. Definition of a Thug Nigga (Poetic Justice OST) / Warren G
  • 1993/11. Published in Poetic Justice OST (1994, Epic). Slightly different from the og (it lacks a recurrent noise).
08. Freestyle At Madison Square Garden (Restricted Mix) feat. The Notorious B.I.G. / ?  
  • 1993. Recorded in the summer 1993. Published - the full version - in Mister Cee's Best of Notorious B.I.G. (1995, Tape Kingz). 
09. Papa'z Song [radio version] feat. Mopreme & Poppi / Big D The Impossible
10. Pain feat. Stretch / Stretch
  • 1993/12. Released in Above the Rim OST (1994, Death Row), but only published in the vinyl and cassette editions and as a b-side of Regulate single (1994, Death Row).
11. Loyal To The Game feat. Treach (Naughty by Nature) & Riddler (DBG'z) / Reginald Heard
  • 1993/12. Released in Above the Rim OST (1994, Death Row). Published in the vinyl and cassette editions of the album and as a b-side of the single Regulate (12'') (1994, Death Row) from the same soundtrack. Riddler has egually released an album with his group DBG'z P'hissed Off ! (1993, Bust it Records). He will also participate to Crucial Conflict's Good Side Bad Side (1996, Pallas Records / Raw Dope)
12. Poor Out A Little Liquor (Above the Rim OST) [radio mix] / Johnny J
  • 1993 (1994 for the radio version). Released in Poor Out A Little Liquor (12'') (1994, Interscope) and in .
13. Runnin' (One Million Strong) feat. Dramacydal, Stretch, The Notorious B.I.G. & Radio (chorus) / Easy Mo Bee & Moe-Z
  • 1993 (1994/08/12 for the chorus and the final mix by Moe Z). Published in One Million Strong (1995, Mergela / Solar). Pac’s verse is the same than the first version recorded in late 93 with Lil' Vicious for his solo Out on Bail / Street Fame (1993). The ragga chorus is made by Radio, a Long Beach rapper who sometimes sings in a dancehall style. Moe Z mainly produced his first album Recognize Da Real (1994, Interscope) where you can also hear G-Money. Radio re-used his Runnin' hook in his '98 song "Dem Can't Get None" in his second album. The name of the singer has often be mistaken due to his name and the confusion with the common censored version being called "radio version". I long time thought it was Red Foxx at the chorus, voice being more or less similar.
14. How Long Will They Mourn Me (Radio Version) feat. Thug Life & Nate Dogg / Warren G
  • 1994. Published in How Long Will They Mourn Me/Str8 Ballin' (12'') (1995). The verses are slightly different than the LP version.
15. My Block / Easy Mo Bee
  • 1994/09. Published in The Show OST (1995). To the hook, we have one different guest speaking in the background for each chorus. I think I recognize Richie Rich at the end, maybe Too $hort or MC Breed at the beginning, but I'm not sure (voices are higher in the alternate demo version).
  • Sample : Isley Brothers – Don’t Say Goodnight
16. Throw Ya Handz Up feat. Killa (chorus) / Moe-ZMD
  • 1994/10. Published in Pump Ya Fist (Hip-Hop inspired by the Panthers) (1995).
17. Me Against The World (Alternate Chorus) feat. Dramacydal & Puff Johnson (chorus) / Soushock & Karlin
  • 1994/09/24. Released in Bad Boys OST (1995, Work). This version is probably the original version of the song (and of the chorus), because it was included in the first promo tapes of the OST in 1994.
18. High'Til I Die / Tony Pizarro
  • 1994/03/19. Published in Sunset Park OST (1996).
19. **it Don't Stop (Moe-Z Version) (by Thug Life & Y?N-Vee) / Stretch REMXED by Moe-Z
  • 1995. Published in Shit Don't Stop/Str8 Ballin' (12'') (1995). It is a totally new version recorded while 2Pac was incarcerated. 2Pac only gives some words from jail through the phone at the beginning.

BONUS TRACKS 

20. California Love (Radio Long Version) feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman / Dr. Dre

  • 1995. Published in Greatest Hits (1998, Death Row). In some editions of All Eyez on Me, there was the short radio version at the end of the second disc.



DISC TWO :

01. Troublesome '96 / Johnny J
  • 1996/04/08 (second mix ?). Published in Greatest Hits (1998, Death Row). This mix is known as the second mix of the song with 2Pac singing at the chorus, strangely incorporating behind the first verse a hided verse known as "Criminal Timez". This is the follow up of a 92 leftover song and project. In 1996, he recorded this song for his second Death Row solo album, then planned to release it in Outlawz first album, eventually called Troublesome, Tha Secretz of War. The song is almost untouched but slightly shortened. In the released single, Death Row also gave a short alternate mix of the song probably made during One Nation sessions or in the beginning of July '96 (cf One Nation sessions).
02. Changes [Death Row version] feat. Trackmasters (backing) & Talent (chorus) / Big D The Impossible REMIX Trackmasters
  • 1991/12/25 - 1998 (?) (new mix, new chorus). This is a remixed version of a Dec. '91 recorded song with a new chorus and a slowed Pac voice for making him sound as old as in All Eyez on Me. The original song appeared nowhere in any Tupac's handwritten papers. Nobody knows why this song has been recorded for, why 2Pac recorded some verses of it for "I Wonder If Heaven's Got A Ghetto" a few months later. At the time, 2Pac was planning a side project called Ghetto Gospel with a group of young rappers (cf. The Kidz sessions) and was considering his second solo album (cf Troublesome 21 / Fragile sessions).
  • Samples : 
    • "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
    • "Set it Off" by Strafe.
 03. Life Is A Traffic Jam feat. Eight Mile Road / Medusa
  • Published in Gridlock'd OST (1997, Death Row). Eight Mile Road was the name of the group formed by the three actors who were playing in the movie : 2Pac, Tim Roth and Thandie Newton. They recorded at least another song for the movie, "Ain't No Hiding", who is played during the movie, but 2Pac does not give any other verse.
04. Out The Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom) feat. Snoop Dogg, Bad Azz, Soopafly, Techniec & Tray Deee / LT Hutton, Soopafly & Snoop Doggy
  • Published in Gridlock'd OST (1997, Death Row). This was a track for the first LBC Crew's album Haven't You Heard. It normally features all members of the LBC Crew but in this remix version, 2Pac has replaced the original verse from Lil' C-Style at the end.
05. Never Had A Friend Like Me / Johnny J
  • 1996/02/4. Published in Gridlock'd OST (1997, Death Row).
06. Hit 'Em Up feat. Hussein, Kadafi & Edi / Johnny J
  • Published as the b-side of How Do U Want It (12'') (1996, Death Row) and also in Greatest Hits (1998, Death Row).
07. Life's So Hard [Death Row version] feat. Snoop Dogg (backing) / Daz
  • 1994. Recorded for Murder Was The Case OST but finally not used. Published in Gang Related OST (1997, Death Row).
08. How Do You Want It (Radio Version) feat. K-Ci & Jojo / 
09. Staring Through My Rearview feat. Edi & Kadafi / Hurt M Badd
  • 1996/05/2. Published in Gang Related OST (1997, Death Row).
10. Life Goes On (Radio Version) feat. Stacy Smallie / 
11. Made Niggaz feat. Napoleon, Hussein, Edi, Kastro & Kadafi / Johnny J
  • 1996/04/23. Published in Gang Related OST (1997, Death Row).
12. 2 of Akerikaz Most Wanted [video clean version] feat. Snoop Dogg / Daz
  • 1996/03/21. This is a whole new recording with different beat and softer lyrics for the video clip.
13. Unconditional Love feat. Eboni Foster (chorus) / Johnny J
  • 1996/02/02. Me Against the World pt. 2 sessions. This song is often mistakely considered as a reference for MC Hammer because 2Pac finally sold the song to him. But the song was one of his title track, maybe considered by him for a single, for his second Death Row album, appearing in many tracklists, and having many mixes (you don't make 4 mixes just to give a reference to somebody else...). The song is almost untouched.
14. Wanted Dead Or Alive feat. Snoop Dogg / Daz
  • 1996/05/?. Published in Gridlock'd OST (1997, Death Row).

15. All Bout U [video version] feat. Nate Dogg & Snoop Dogg / Johnny J

  • 1996/8/13. Seems to have been re-recorded. Contains a Pac's third new verse.
16. Lost Souls feat. Young Noble & Edi / QD3
  • 1996/07/8. Published in Gang Related OST (1997, Death Row).
17. I Ain't Mad At Cha [radio version] feat. Danny Boy / Daz
  • 1996/09/15 ??. Fully re-recorded with a live band and a Pac's new final verse.

 

BONUS TRACKS :

. Gotta Get Mine [radio video version] feat. MC Breed / Warren G
  • 1993. Published in MC Breed's Gotta Get Mine (12'') (1993, Wrap). It includes a short introduction from 2Pac.

.  Smile For Me Now feat. Scarface & Johnny P (chorus) / Mike Dean & Tone Capone

  • Published in Scarface's Untouchable (1997, Rap-A-Lot).







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