1991 - Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP

• 1990-1991 : leftover tracks from 2Pacalypse Now sessions.
• 2Pac kept the project of an E.P. companion throughout the elaboration process of his first album, containing outtakes and alternate versions, with various titles : EP Extra Cuts, Straight From The Underground, Underground Railroad EP and Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP.
  
• "Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A." was also the title of a Tupac's notebook at the time of 2Pacalypse Now recordings.
• Why not released ? when an album sequence was finally submitted to Interscope, there were too many leftover songs for just an EP, and 2Pac decided to work on a whole sequel album titled 2Pacalypse II which quickly turned into a new album titled Troublesome 21, and then Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..
• Source : handwritten papers.
  

### WORK IN PROGRESS. There are many E.P. / Bonus tracks tracklists but they enlist only a couple of unreleased tracks. The purpose of Tupac at the time was to release a good first single extended play with complementary tracks unreleased in the album. We chose to follow an early 2Pacalypse Now tracklist, the one with the Underground Railroad drawing because it gathers most of 2Pacalypse Now early outtakes. ###

TRACKLIST - LISTEN IN YOUTUBE

1. Hymn of the 90's N.I.G.G.A. ? I Thought U Knew feat. Ryan D *
2. Trapped (Original) Trapped (Live) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks
3. Scared Straight feat. Ray Luv
4. What You Won't Do For Love
5. Tearz of a Clown
6. Rap Pack (7 Mad Mics) feat. Mac Mone, Money B, Del The Funky Homosapien, TMD, Mocedes & Pee Wee - snippet
7. Words of Wisdom (Original Mix) ? Brenda's Got A Baby (Live) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks
8. Dopefiend's Diner
9. Revenge of The Lunatic
10. Resist The Temptation
11. Violent (Original Mix) ? Funky Freestyles feat. Debbie D, Money B & Del The Funky Homosapien
12. Backstabbas (Original) ? Neva Surrenda (Live) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks
    
    Bonus Tracks :
    
    
13. Use Me It Ain't Necessarily So feat. Shock G
14. Revenge Remix Young Black Male (Original Version) - snippet
    Nuttin' Nis Funky Freestyle (Live at Apollo) feat. Shock G (hosting), Gold Money & Treach
15. Rebel of The Underground (Alternate Outro) - snippet
16. Brain on a 40 Pass the 40 feat. Pee Wee, Saafir, Money B, Stretch, Mac Mone, Bulldog & D The Poet 151 *

• Producer - The Underground Railroad : Shock G (4,7,13,14,14,15), DJ Fuze (1,3,16), Pee Wee (1,2,6,8co,12), Deon "Big D The Impossible" Evans (5,7,8,9,10,11,15co)
• Chorus - Schmoovy Schmoov (4, 5?), Angelique (13, 15?)
• Bold : tracks enlisted in the "Underground Railroad" drawing tracklist of 2Pacalypse Now.
• * Tracks appearing in an early tracklist but not in the tracklist with the "Underground Railroad" drawing circa March of 1991.
  

Bonus Force One Remix Disc :

1. Static (Ragamuffin' Original) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks
2. If My Homie Calls (Turbo Street Mix) 
   
3. Let Knowledge Drop (Force One Remix) feat. Ray Luv
   
4. I Saw Your Girl (Chopmaster J Remix)
   
5. Minnie The Moocher (Alternate Version) (snippet)
   
6. My Burnin' Heart (Force One Remix) 
7. Panther Power (Force One Remix) feat. Ray Luv & Tasha Lambert
8. Dayz of a Criminal (Klark Gable Remix)
9. U Don't Wanna Battle (Klark Gable Remix) feat. Ryan D
   
10. Same Song (Around The World Mix) feat. Digital Underground  
11. Static (Extended Mix)
12. Static (Silent Mic)
    

2Pac as featured artist : 

. #1 With a Bullet - Raw Fusion feat. 2Pac

. The DFLO Shuttle - Digital Underground feat. Pee Wee & 2Pac 

 

From Victor Hall's photoset used for 2Pacalypse Now booklet

 

 Tupac's notebooks covers 90-91, containing lyrics, tracklists & drafts

From Strictly Dope to the release of 2Pacalypse Now 

Among the handwritten papers of 2Pac, we can find many occurrences of following unreleased tracks :

"Hymn of the 90's Nigga", "Scared Straight", "Do For Love", "Tearz of a Clown", "Funky Freestyles", "Dopefiend's Diner", "Revenge of a Lunatic", "Resist the Temptation", "Fade Away", "I Thought U Knew", "7 Mad Mics / Rap Pack" (probably also "Fever in Funkhouse"). 

And also from many unleaked tracks : "Revenge Remix", "Never Surrender", "Backstabbas", "Use Me", "2FLY4ME" (first version of "Don't Call Me Bitch" ?), "Brain on a 40 Once", "Fever in the Funkhouse" (is it "Rap Pack" ?), "Got a Thing 4 U", "Uplift the Race" (another title for "Panther Power")... Do these tracks exist somewhere ? 

We chose to follow for our home compilation the handwritten tracklist which had the Railroad drawing on it.

Money B, Tupac, Saafir 

The Underground Railroad - 2Pac's producing team

If you look at the 2Pacalypse Now's booklet, you'll notice that all songs are produced by the Underground Railroad. The group was including Raw Fusion (Money B, DJ Fuse & Chopmaster J), Live Squad (Stretch & Majesty), Deon "Big D The Impossible" Evans, Pee Wee of Gold Money, Jeremy "JZ" Jackson, and Shock G of Digital Underground. Digital Underground's influence is here clearer than in the album. At this time, Randy « Stretch » Walker of the Live Squad was already a friend of 2Pac, but they seem to have started to work together at an advanced state of the album.

This collective received his name after the famous network of clandestine routes and safe houses in the United States to help the slaves to runaway and escape to free states or to Canada.

 

Victor Hall's photoshoot

Tupac with Queen Latifah from the Flavor Unit

Timeline of 2Pacalypse Now

1. c. June of 1990. "2PACALYPSE NOW" with Strictly Dope songs.

This tracklist contains only 2 songs that will end up in 2Pacalypse Now : "Words of Wisdom" and "They Claim I'm Violent", surely not recorded yet like almost everything here... except maybe "Case of the Misplaced Mic" and "I Thought U Knew" which could have been freshly recorded and so placed as first and last tracks.

It includes 3 tracks from Strictly Dope sessions : "My Burnin Heart", "Panther Power" and "The Case of the Misplaced Mic". But credits indicate that 2Pac intended to have 3 new mix or re-recorded versions of these songs. "My Burnin Heart" features "Girl" so probably a singing chorus. "Panther Power" is subtitled "Uplift the Race", so maybe 2Pac wanted a new version of the song without Ray Luv's short verse (what could finally had turned into the "female remix" with a slightly alternate mix and an added chorus). At last, "The Case of the Misplaced Mic" does not have a Ray Luv featuring so it corresponds to the second version of it (where Ray is only backing) (cf. Lost Tapes).

It contains "I Thought U Knew" but with no mention of Ryan D. Forgotten ? or was 2Pac hoping for a new version (what maybe became the Klark Gable Remix with a female chorus singing "U don't wanna battle..."). Was the song not recorded yet ?

"Neva Surrenda" lyrics were written down later that year circa November. 2Pac will play a verse of it live for the African Liberation Day in May 1991 (it has the same beginning than "Don't Call Me Bitch" 3rd verse).

Eponymous song "2Pacalypse Now" and "Backstabbas" will appear in many tracklists but both will change their credits of producers and guests (so very likely not recorded at that time for sure). The second one will even reappear in 2Pacalypse II early tracklists and eventually be recorded with DJ Daryl or turn into "Don't Call Me Bitch", song which uses an O'Jay's "Back Stabbers" sample.

"Rollin Out To Forsy the Country" (maybe it became a Mocedes song for his solo project titled "I'm Too Big 4 The Small Shit", cf. 2Pacalypse II), "Phrases of Prophecy", "All That I Live 4", "Ruthless Tongue" (early concept for "Scared Straight"), "Freeflow" are very probably short lived concept titles, not recorded.

2. c. September of 1990. "Trapped" entrance.

 

In this tracklist, the pen later additions are more interesting than the tracks listed initially.  A first concept for "What U Won't Do 4 Love" appears as "What I Would Not Do" retitled "I Got A Thing 4 U".  "Phrases of Prophecy" concept is definitely dropped. 

But the most interesting is the later addition with a blue pen : 2Pac has probably just brought back the lyrics Ray Luv threw away for the song titled "Trapped".

3. Oct. 7 of 1990. "Tearz of a Clown" entrance.

2Pac scratched all Strictly Dope tracks and only "Uplif The Race" remains but not subtitled "Panther Power" anymore. We can see with the ideas of guests for "Violent" that the song is not recorded yet. "Straight from the Underground" is an early concept for "Rebel of The Underground" which will appear a bit later in two tracklists.

"Trapped" is for sure recorded. The writing credit recalls that the song was partially written by Ray Luv (at least first verse), and that it was eventually his idea. The legend says he threw the lyrics into the trash and 2Pac picked them up, tried them (eventually wrote other verses to complete the song). 2Pac already intended to have the song as first single (what will be), thought with "Funky on a Freestyle as B-Side ; Ramone being the first name of Pee Wee of Digital Underground/Gold Money.

"Tearz of a Clown" is probably yet just a project song (wrong credit says Pee Wee as producer in the #6 "Updated" tracklist), but 2Pac already thought to have it as his 3rd single so maybe the lyrics of the song were written down... Is the early "Funky on a Freestyle" also recorded (early concept for "Rap Pack (7 Mad Mics)") ? Was it initially planned to be a B-side for Trapped single ? The name of "Dion" (Deon Evans aka Big D) at the end of the page could mean that 2Pac already has that recording session with Big D recorded or about to be...

The Mocedes feat to "Rollin Out To Forsy The Country" reminds of the existance of an early solo project by Mopreme (titled I'm Too Big 4 The Small Shit), who made his first disc appearance in May 1990 (earlier than 2Pac's "Same Song") in Tony! Toni! Tone!'s second album The Revival. 

An interesting thing to notice about "I Got A Thing 4 U", it says featuring Schmoovy Schmoov of the Digital Underground and Tasha Lambert, a vocalist from Kwamé & A New Beginning who had their first successful album The Boy Genius in 1989 (Kwamé being two years younger than 2Pac and having released his first album 2 years before him !). Tasha is known to be featured in "Panther Power (Force One Remix)"... We can't hear no woman's voice in "What U Won't Do 4 Love" so maybe the planned session with her became the remix of "Panther Power"...

4. October 9 and 10 of 1990.

These two tracklists are very similar. "Rollin Out To Forsy the County" was violently dropped and biffed in the first one... And the concept of "Last 5 1/2 Minutes of Breath" with T.N.T. Posse is replaced by a later hand with a different black pen by "Pass The 40", probably freshly recorded instead of the planned concept. 

It gives two Posse songs, one by side... what you have to add Ryan D feature for "I Thought U Knew", Treach for "Violent" and Money B for "Backstabbas".

5. & 6. c. late 1990. "Updated" and "Tha Rebel of the Underground" tracklists.

"Rebel of the Underground" replaced its early concept "Straight From The Underground") and has probably been recorded. As well as "Dopefiend's Diner" by same producer Shock G.  

The planned X-Clan or Paris producing credits neither indicate "Words of Wisdom" nor "Uplift The Race" are been recorded yet. Neither "I Got A Thing 4 U" nor "2Pacalypse Now" : Sir Jinx and Queen Latifah unfortunately never produced anything for 2Pac.

Treach is featured on "Violent" and no Ryan D on "I Thought U Knew" lead to think both tracks are not recorded neither... "Rap Pack" - an existing song - enters the updated tracklist (but without guests names nor producing credits, so probably not recorded yet).

Interesting thing to notice : 4 bonus tracks include "Funky on a Freestyle" (no guests so...), "Backstabbas" with Money B (?) and "Daze of a Criminal" featuring the Jungle Po$$e... The song was supposed to be the main title of a EP project with the Bay Area group (Dank, Playa-Playa, Wiz, with the addition of tracks with Ray Luv and Yonnie aka Mysta, cf. Dayz of a Criminal EP) but it is said that they never recorded their parts. So maybe 2Pac was still thinking they could do it...

7. c. Jan. 1991 (~). The scratched tracklist

This time, "Word of Wisdom" (Shock G) and "Violent" (Fuze) are are probably recorded, as well as "Tearz of a Clown" (Big D)

The titles checked are presumably the recorded tracks. "2Pacalypse Now", which was expected to be recorded with Jinx in the previous state, is scratched and given up unrecorded (and unfortunately Jinx confirmed that, even if they were about to do a song together the day the L.A. riots started in April of 92 - maybe with Kool G Rap who was recording his West Coast album with Jinx at that time... what a pity !).

"Revenge of The Lunatic" has already its two versions (Shock G / Big D versions) and 2Pac will always hesitate between the two until... he chose to record "Tha Lunatic". After 2Pacalypse Now being released, looking like a sequel, this "revenge" will reappear in 2Pacalypse II early tracklists. The song re-using a verse of "I Thought U Knew", the track is then dropped.

"What U Won't Do 4 Love" has finally been produced by Shock G. "Resist The Temptation" (Big D), "Scared Straight" (Fuze / Shock G), indicate that main sessions have been made with Big D and Digital Underground, after the Shock G/Pee Wee sessions at the end of 1990. "Funky Freestyles" was initially thought as the song with Money B, Del & Deb-E but it could still be the "Rap Pack" with Mopreme, Pee Wee, Money B, Del, Mac Mone and TMD.

"Violent" being initially supposed to feature Treach, 2Pac thought to a new song with his friend. The concept "This is ure Brain on a 40" sounds similar to "Pass The 40", already recorded. It surely turned into "20 Drunken Styles" in next tracklists, probably only recorded much later in 1992 as "5 Venom Styles"... (cf. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.)

7.b. "Straight From The Underground EP" tracklist (copy).

Probably more or less from these times... The title reminds of the early concept of "Rebel of The Underground" (cf. 1st Oct. 90 tracklist) but the three first tracks are the same than those of the 12 inch companion of the scratched tracklist. Could be just before 2Pac changed his mind and biffed "remix" from the 12 inch and added it into the album. The incomplete side two presents what is probably an early concept for "Crooked Ass Niggas". 

8. c. Feb. 1991. The Underground Railroad drawing tracklist.

Same songs than previous tracklist except of course "2Pacalypse Now" replaced by "Hymn of the 90's N.I.G.G.A.". The fact the song is between commas tend to say it was just recorded, what led 2Pac to write down the new tracklist... But the fact guest lyricists are not written at the end for that song indicates there could be an unleaked early state of the song without Mocedes nor Mouse Man (they announce 92 in that version so it was probably recorded later).

The drawing indicates 2Pac found the name of his producing team. It refers to the historical network who helped black slaves to escaped and to make their way to the Northern states who had abolished the slavery.

9. c. Feb. 1991. With EP or Extra cuts.

This tracklist replaced "Funky Freestyles" by "7 Mad Mics" what is also titled "Rap Pack" (it has the same 6 guests in a further tracklist), what let us guess that it could be the exact same song with various titles... "Drunken Styles w/ Treach" also replaces the previous concept "This is your Brain on a 40".  

It also includes the new concept "I Shot The Sheriff", referring to the famous Bob Marley's song (2Pac will also give love to the reggae king by using a sample of "No More Trouble" in "When I Get Free I", cf. 2Pacalypse II).

It is clear again here that 2Pac had the intention to release a companion EP (no title here) with leftover songs initially recorded for the album.

10. c. March 1991. "On T.N.T. Records" + "The Underground Railroad" EP.

Almost same songs than previous state, especially if we add the Underground Railroad EP. Kay Gee is the DJ / producer and a member of Naughty By Nature. Was the track ""20 Drunken Styles" ever recorded ? 

The track "2Pacalypse Now" mysteriously re-entered the list, instead of "Rebel of The Underground", this time supposedly being produced by Big D... Was it finally recorded ?

10b. E.P. - The Underground Railroad E.P.

That EP tracklist could be from that time with "Revenge of a Lunatic (Remix Clean)" whereas the original is on the album tracklist and both "Use Me" and "Backstabbas" were just dropped from the album ("Use Me" was still inside the album in the previous sequence).

11. c. April of 1991. "The Album" + "Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP"

"20 Drunken Styles", "I Shot The Sheriff", "2Pacalypse Now" left the tracklist. Only "Brenda's Got A Baby" entered. "Fever In The Funkhouse" could be another alternate title for "Rap Pack".

There are still no mentions of any guests for "Hymn of the 90's N.I.G.G.A." : the Mopreme & Mouse version is said to be a re-recorded thing in the beginning of 1992 (when Mouse Man met up 2Pac).

"Crooked Ass Niggas" and "Crooked Nigga Too", two Stretch featurings entered the EP tracklist - the second one being probably not recorded (just some lyrics were written down). "2Fly4Me" could eventually be an early concept for "Don't Call Me Bitch", so kind of replacing "Backstabbas" (was it really recorded ?)...

12. c. June 1991. "New Album Idea".

"Fade Away" and "Young Black Male" entered the tracklist, and "Rap Pack" returns with exact same guests than "7 Mad Mics" earlier.

13. c. June 1991. 10 Tracks Detailed credits.

 

"Something Wicked" has been recorded with Jeremy JZ Jackson (who will produce "Troublesome" and many songs for The Kidz... and also later for Saafir). And "I Don't Give A Fuck", also featuring Pee Wee's voice enters the tracklist.

Strange tracklist with the two versions of "Revenge" following one another. "Hymn of the 90's N.I.G.G.A.", "Scared Straight" and "Rap Pack" are dropped. "Scared Straight" could have been transferred to his early project of a follow up (2Pacalypse II), "Hymn of a 904s N.I.G.G.A." could have been given to Mopreme who was maybe recording his solo project around that time...

14. c. June 1991. Unknown Tracklist

UNLEAKED

It is said there is an unknown tracklist which would be very similar to the previous yellow one with a slightly different track order.

15. c. June 1991. Incomplete 12 tracks.

This time, "Tearz of a Clown", "Revenge of a Lunatic", "Revenge Remix" and "Dopefiend's Diner" are dropped. The latest is given to The Kidz. The others will maybe enter the 2Pacalypse II project.

"Crooked Ass Niggas" is also off but considering it could have been a bonus track, it could still be thought like that.

16. c. August 1991. "2 Standby". Final ?

New songs "If My Homie Calls" and "Tha Lunatic". "Crooked Ass Niggas" finally entered. But "Words of Wisdom" and "Scared Straight" are out.

Two new songs noted "in standby" will soon enter the sequence to replace "Do 4 Love" and "Temptation". And finally, 2Pac will take back "Words of Wisdom" and "Rebel of The Underground" to replace "Fade Away" and achieve the final 2Pacalypse Now tracklist we all know.

Victor Hall's photoshoot. 

This picture has been used for "If My Homie Calls / Brenda's Got A Baby" Single Front Cover. 

At that time, 2Pac is very close to Money B

DETAILED TRACKLIST

(Special thanks to Bomb1st members Filla and Dominator for samples credits)

01. Hymn of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. / Pee Wee ? - UNCONFIRMED

• 1991/02-03 (~). 
• Story. The song appears precisely in the tracklist with the "Underground Railroad" drawing on side (the one we chose for this leftover compilation). It will stay from circa February to June in 5 tracklists, giving a strong feeling that it was recorded. It was possibly then given to Mocedes (Mopreme) who was recording a solo project during that time and they recorded another version of the song with Mouse Man (cf. 2Pacalypse II).

01. I Thought U Knew feat. Ryan D / DJ Fuze (?) OR Klark Gable (?)

• 1989 (~) OR 1990/06-11 (?). Remixed in 51.50 Illegally Insane's 1999 re-edition of 1992 Game People Play.
  
• Story. Enlisted in earliest 2Pacalypse Now tracklists (cf. Tales of 90's N.I.G.G.A.), it is possibly the very first recorded song for the album after having signed a deal with Interscope... Consequently appearing as track #1 in tracklist #1. This is a kind of freestyle battle song which will be given and remixed as "U Don't Wanna Battle", probably circa 1991-1992, by Klark Gable for Ryan D & 51.50 Illegally Insane's first album Games People Play (but the song is only included in the 1999 re-edition as a hidden bonus track...). It is said the song would have been recorded at Ryan D's mother house (but it could be another first One Nation Emcees version). A funny thing to notice is that the beat is very similar to "Smooth Yet Hard" by 45 King, Lakim Shabazz and Apache of the Flavor Unit (cf. Rhythmical Madness) and to J Rock's "The Pimp" produced by... DJ Premier (for J Rock's Streetwize album in 1991). So 2Pac kind of rapped over a DJ Premier beat ! and for the first song recorded for his first album ! The song will be dropped from the album when 2Pac recycled one verse of it in "Revenge of a Lunatic" in early 1991.
• Samples :
• James Brown - "Take Some, Leave Some" (melody, bass)
• S.O.S. Band - "No One's Gonna Love You" (melody, vocals interpolation)
• Biz Markie - "Vapors" (vocals : "Nothing can save ya")
  
• Run DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme" (vocals : "D that's me")
  
• The D.O.C. - "It Is Funky Enough" (vocals : "Here comes the 2")

02. Trapped (Original Version) / Pee Wee UNLEAKED

• 1990/10/03. Early cassette date. A second cassette dated from November 29 could contain same, advanced mix of it or even the retail version.
• Story. Banned of Bomb1st confirmed that there are many alternate mixes from that track, mostly close to the retail version, maybe even one with Ray Luv vocals (there is a snippet but it is a later recording with an older Ray's voice). 2Pac gave live versions of the song in May 1991 at the African Liberation Day and in 1992 at the Glam Slam. The beat sounds different on these performances, what could give an idea of an eventual alternate first mix. Maybe Shock G added his chorus later in a second time circa March 1991 for the track "Trapped (Remix)" appearing in "Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. E.P." 2Pacalypse Now tracklist.
• Samples (?) : 
• Southside Movement - "Save The World" (drumline)
  
• James Brown - "The Spank" (melody interpolation)
  
• James Brown - "Funky President" (drumroll)
  
• Tom Browne - "Her Silent Smile" (melody, bassline interpolation)

02. Trapped (Live at the African Liberation Day) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks / Pee Wee, mixed by DJ Fuze (turntables)

• 1991/05/25 (live). Recorded at the African Liberation Day in Sacramento.
• Story. Wicked J(ulian) Brooks is one half of The Mod Squad. With Cooley Ranks they could have formed an early lineup for a Force One Crew shelved project led by Chopmaster J, with "Static (raggamuffin original)", maybe lost in his house studio firestorm, what provokes the split of the group and the end of the project...
  

03. Scared Straight '91 feat. Ray Luv (Strictly Dope) / Dj Fuze & Shock G

• 1990/12/19 (?). Remixed on Pac's Life (2006, Amaru) as a japan bonus track.
• Story. This track features his old partner from Strictly Dope (cf. The Lost Tapes). Firstly appearing as "Scared Straight '91", this may be a second version of a 89-90's unleaked Strictly Dope original song. The track also appears in a later promo cassette sampler with an added speaking intro and only two verses, alongside other incomplete versions "No Part of Dis", "Changes" and "Tearz of a Clown (Remix)", so maybe the song was for a time intended to 2Pacalypse II project.
  
• Samples : 
• Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" (drumline)
  
• X Clan - "Grand Verbalizer, What Time Is It ?" (vocals : "fighting wars in the street")
  

04. What You Won't Do 4 Love feat. Schmoovy Schmoov (Digital Underground) (chorus) / Shock G

• 1990/12 (~). This song has been re-recorded in 1994 for Me Against The World / F.T.W. album as "Sucka 4 Love", version which was brightly remixed by Soulshock & Karlin for R U Still Down (1997). 
• Story. Alternate titles are "I Got A Thing 4 U" and "Live in the Lobby". The song recycles a verse of "My Burnin' Heart" (cf. Strictly Dope's Lost Tracks). Circa October of 1990, this one retitled "What I Would Not Do" is replaced by "I Got A Thing 4 U". It sounds like they recorded the song one drop in the studios, as a party track, so maybe circa new year evening.
• Instruments : Shock G (piano)
• Samples : 
• Barry White - "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby" (drums, piano interpolation) 
• Bill Withers & Grover Washington Jr. - "Just The Two of Us" (melody inspired)
  
• Bobby Caldwell - "What You Won't Do For Love" (vocals interpolation)
  

05. Tearz Of A Clown feat. Schmoovy Schmoov (chorus) / Big D The Impossible

• 1991/01 (~).
• Story. Common leaks have 4 verses but with a change of quality after the first one (of very poor quality), it is not impossible that 2Pac re-recorded the song with a new first verse ("start from the intro", mention to Mandela's freedom) instead of the third one ("to live the life I live, I have to be positive"), or the reverse like "R U Still Down (Raise Em Up)" (cf. Exodus). The song appears in late '90 tracklist but with a Pee Wee producing credit... It seems the song replaced the political content of "Panther Power (Uplift Tha Race)" firstly intended.
  
• Samples : 
• The Isley Brothers - "Coolin' Me Out" (main melody)
  
• Bill Withers - "Kissing My Love" (drumline)
• Southside Movement - "Save The World" (drumline) 
• Grover Washington Jr. - "Black Frost" (melody)
  
• Kool & The Gang – "Too Hot" (melody)
• Wilson Pickett - "Engine N°9" (vocals : "Owww !")
  
• Public Enemy – "Shut 'Em Down" (vocals : "Come on !")

06. Rap Pack (Funky Freestyles by 7 Mad Mics) feat. Mac Mone, Money B, Del The Funky Homosapien, TMD, Mocedes & Pee Wee / Pee Wee - SNIPPET

• 1990/09/23. REEL Date.
  
• Story. The song firstly appears as "Funky on a Freestyle" in the same "Oct. 7" tracklist than "Trapped", like a B-Side for it. Then it appears in many 2Pacalypse Now tracklists until June, but under various titles like "Rap Pack", "Funky Freestyles" , "7 Mad Mics" and maybe "Fever in the Funkhouse". There was a confusion with the Deb-E song also titled "Funky Freestyles" where 2Pac, Money B and Del are also featured - which was leaked long time ago. The featured artists on this song could also been called the T.N.T. Posse : Money B, Pee Wee, Mocedes, Mac Mone, D.E.L. the Funky Homosapiens and TMD (who is also featured in 2Pac/Funky Aztecs' '92 "Salsa con Soulfood"). The song has probably no hook/chorus, what allows the various titles of it.
• Samples : 
• The Commodores - "Assembly Line" (drumline)

07. Words of Wisdom (Original Mix) / Shock G - UNCONFIRMED

• 1990/10/03 (~). There could be a very early demo 2Pac would have recorded around the time he recorded "Trapped", over a Pee Wee beat.
  

07. Brenda's Got A Baby (Live at African Liberation Day) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks / Big D MIXED By DJ Fuze (turntables)

• 1991/05/25 (live). Recorded at the African Liberation Day in Sacramento.
• Story. Wicked J tells 2Pac made a recent song titled "Brenda". It is known the song was kind of inspired when he went to film Juice movie in March 13 - April (~). So 2Pac possibly recorded the song circa April.

08. Dopefiend's Diner / Big D The Impossible & Pee Wee (piano)

• 1991/01 (~). Remixed in Best of 2Pac, Part 2:Life (2007, Amaru). 
• Story. Shock G also gave a remix version, probably around 98. Tupac here tells a tragic story and is almost singing. It is said the song was later given to The Kidz for the Ghetto Gospel mini album project. The rap accompanied from a piano reminds of "What U Won't Do 4 Love".
• Instruments : Pee Wee (piano)
• Samples : 
• Suzanne Vega & DNA - "Tom's Diner" (melody, bassline, drumline)
• Biz Markie - "Pickin Boogers" (drumline)
  
• Public Enemy - "Night of The Living Baseheads" (vocals : "The fiends are fiending")
  

09. Revenge of the Lunatic feat. Mac Mone & Money B (backing) / Big D The Impossible

• 1991/01-02 (~).  
• Story. First version of "Tha Lunatic". It contains the verse of "Funky Freestyles (for Deb-E)" and one from "I Thought U Knew", the Ryan D/2Pac battle song recorded in late 1989 or in mid 1990 (cf. The Early Years). There are two leaked versions : one with only two verses and the second version, 7 min long, with 4 verses. In handwritten papers, 2Pac also speaks about a clean version and a Shock G remix (which could feature Stretch). The song will re-appear in 2Pacalypse II / Troublesome early tracklists but with a DJ Daryl producing credit (probably never made).
  
• Samples : 
• Average White Band - "Work To Do" (melody)
• Rose Royce - "Daddy Rich" (melody)
  
• Detroit Emeralds - "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" (drumline)
  
• The D.O.C. & N.W.A. - "The Grand Finale" (vocals : "what's left is a mutherfucker dead in the alley")
  

10. Resist The Temptation / Big D The Impossible

• 1990/12/22 (~). Remixed on Best of 2Pac, Part 1: Thug (2007, Amaru).
• Story. Appears in most of 2Pacalypse Now tracklists. The lyrics are dated from December 22 but the recorded song could be from a later date... It is known as the very first song produced by Big D for 2Pac.
• Samples :
• Bill Withers - "Kissing My Love" (melody, drumline interpolation)
• Bloodstone - "Everybody Needs Love" (melody) 
• Quicy Jones & Bill Cosby - "Hikky Burr" (bassline)
  

11. Violent (Original Mix) / ? - UNCONFIRMED

11. Funky Freestyles feat. Deb-E, Money B & Del The Funky Homosapien / Big D The Impossible

• 1990/12/22-31 (~). Unreleased Deb-E Drop The Grease promo single.
• Story. This title is enlisted in many 2Pacalypse Now tracklists but the verse is also used in "Revenge of a Lunatic", included in same sequences. In fact, that "Funky Freestyles" title corresponds to "Rap Pack" in 2Pac's tracklists. And this song was specifically recorded for Deb-E single project (what is obvious when you listen to the song), around the time of Raw Fusion's "Pass The 40" (Money B's lyrics about "lips" and 2Pac about "niggaz on my dididick"), circa late December, after 2Pac started to work with Big D (it is said Big D was in love with Deb-E, he kinda offered her a featuring with 2Pac, Money B and Del as a christmas gift !). The eponymous song A-Side of this Deb-E promo was also produced by Big D and features a Dave Hollister & Roniece chorus, which is said to have been re-used for "Brenda's Got A Baby" a few months later. That could be the reason why 2Pac also recorded "Break'em Off Somethin'" in 1992 with Money B and Deb-E, WC instead of Del, new verses but the same beat revised (cf. 2Pacalypse II). Could Deb-E be Deborah Hooper aka Debbie D from Beat Street OST ? Doubtful... This is the second combination between 2Pac & Del before Del released his own first solo album I Wish My Brother George Was Here, 21 days before the release of 2Pacalypse Now).
  
• Samples : 
• The Leading Zone - "Can I Dedicate" (piano)
• The Fatback Band - "Love Spell" (bassline interpolation)
  
• Melvin Bliss - "Synthetic Substitution" (drumline)
  

12. Backstabbas feat. Money B (?) / Pee Wee ? - UNCONFIRMED

• 1990/10-12 (?). The song appears very early in 2Pacalypse Now tracklists and always with the same Money B featuring. It will stay until the April-May tracklists with "Tales of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP", what gives the impression it was recorded. The song will then appear in a 2Pacalypse II tracklist as a DJ Daryl produced song, with also handwritten lyrics for it and that version was kind of confirmed by Banned of Bomb1st. Is the first version exist ? The topic of the song will then turn into "Don't Call Me Bitch" for Troublesome 21, a song which also re-uses a verse of "Neva Surrenda"...

12. Never Surrenda (Live at the African Liberation Day) feat. Wicked J & Cooley Ranks (chorus) / Pee Wee (?) MIXED by DJ Fuze (turntables)

• 1990/11 (~) - 1991/05/25 (live). Played at the African Liberation Day, Sacramento. The original song has probably been recorded earlier in mid-late 1990 and didn't originally feature Cooley Ranks & Wicked J. It appears in 2Pacalypse Now early tracklists. The lyrics will partially be re-used in "Don't Call Me Bitch" third verse.

BONUS TRACKS :

 

13. USE ME / ? - UNCONFIRMED

• 1991/02-03 (?). Nothing is known about this song, if it was really recorded or not. But it appears in many tracklists what gives the idea it was.

13. It Ain't Necessarily So feat. Shock G & Angelique (chorus) / Shock G - [re-captured]

• 1991/02/11. Leftover song from Digital Underground's Sons of the P (1991).
• Story. The song can be heard in a video from Tupac in New-York, probably during the recording of Juice movie later in 91. 2Pac is listening to the song in his car, talks and overdubbed it. It is said to be a Digital Underground's leftover from their second album Sons of The P, because it doesn't appear nowhere in Pac's handwritten tracklists. Banned of Bomb1st once said it was Tonni who made vocals on the song. Another time, he says it was Angelique who was credited for singing and will be credited for backing vocals in "Part Time Mutha", whereas there is only a rap part... when Yonnie is credited for a backing vocals in "Rebel of The Underground" where there is only a girl singing... But Angelique could be Angie (cf. 2Pacalypse Now commented tracklist), a Richtown girl rapper (like Yonnie, with same kind of rap style) who released the good Deadly Ground EP with her group Badd Grlz and Seagram as featured artist.
  
• Samples : 
• Jackie Robinson - "Pussyfooter" (drums, melody)
• London Philharmonic Orchestra - Porgy And Bess (1989) (vocals interpolation)
  

. Sega (skit) / - 

• 1991 (?). Unknown source. 2Pac is spitting some lines of "It Ain't Necessarily So". Maybe it comes from the same source.

14. Revenge of a Lunatic (Shock G Remix) feat. Stretch (?) / Shock G - UNLEAKED

• 1991/02 (~). 2Pac recorded two versions of this song, a long version, the original re-using old verses of "I Thought U Knew" and "Funky Free Style" for Deb-E, and a "remix", possibly a very different version, with supposedly some Stretch vocals, who will also record in late February a verse for "Family of The Underground" for the second Digital Underground album Sons of the P.

. Young Black Male (Original Version) / - SNIPPET

• 1991/06 (~). Snippet leaked by Banned from Bomb1st forum.
• Samples : 
• WAR - "Where Was You At" (melody) 
• Funkadelic - "Good Old Music" (drumline)
  
• Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - "I Got To Have It" (vocals : "I stay hard like an errection")
• Ice Cube - "Dead Homiez" (vocals : "ain't shit to fool with")
• Ice Cube - "The Product" (vocals : "young black male")

14. Nuttin' Nis Funky Freestyle (Live at Apollo Theater) feat. Shock G, Bigg Money Odis, Pee Wee & Treach / Shock G & DJ Fuze

• 1991/07/16 (Live).
  
• Story. 2Pac specifically wrote lyrics for that freestyle but he finally dropped his verse from "Young Black Male". Bigg Money Odis from Gold Money was already featured in the album song (Pee Wee's group, also signed in TNT Recordings). This night at the Apollo, Ice Cube opened the concert, then Naughty By Nature carried on, then Digital Underground and finally Yo-Yo. It was very probably an awesome event... Digital Underground surely played songs from their recent E.P., "Same Song" with 2Pac and "Nutthin' Nis Funky" with Bigg Money Odis, after what DJ Fuze extended the beat and Shock G invited his guests to come on stage to give a freestyle.

Lyrics 2Pac was supposed to drop for the Apollo live with Digital Underground

15. Rebel of The Underground (alternate outro) / Shock G, co-prod. Big D (?) - SNIPPET

• 1990/12/19-22 (~). Released in 2Pacalypse Now in a shorter version.
• Story. Snippet leaked by Banned from Bomb1st forum. Is that long outro contains some unknown vocals from 2Pac ? from Yonnie who is credited in the retail song but is apparently nowhere ?... Big D is credited in that song as a writer...
• Samples : 
• Bootsy Collins - "The Pinocchio Theory" (melody)
• Parliament - "Theme From The Black Hole" (kick, snare)
• Honey Drippers - "Impeach The President" (drumline)

16. Brain on a 40 feat. Treach / ? UNRECORDED

• Appearing circa February of 1991, the concept was supposed to feature Treach of Naughty By Nature. He was initially supposed to be featured in "Violent" but the song was recorded without him. The concept will soon turn into "20 Drunken Styles", "5 Drunken Styles" but apparently unrecorded until "5 Deadly Venomz". Treach will only record some vocals with Digital Underground in late February (intro of "Family of the Underground" with 2Pac) and his name disappears of tracklists circa April-May.

16. Pass The 40 feat. Pee Wee, Saafir, Money B, Stretch, Bulldog, D The Poet 151 & Mac Mone / Dj Fuze

• 1990/12 (~). Released in the Promo compilation Hollywood Records Sampler (1992, Hollywood Basic). 
• Story. The song appears in a an early 2Pacalypse Now tracklist from October 10 of 1990, but with a different pen, so possibly added later that year, maybe close to Christmas and new year's evening, considering the alcool and posse party ("We came to party"). On that early tracklist, it is labelled featuring "T.N.T. Posse", what was the name of the label held by Atron Gregory. Pee Wee of Gold Money and 2Pac have only small parts in this, so they kind of introduce their friends. The song could have then been given to Raw Fusion for their album, before being given to Hollywood Records Sampler. Saafir will also appear in Force One Network album The MME Program 1 (1992, Qwest) and will be a Digital Underground member in their 93 album The Body-Hat Syndrome.
• Samples : 
• Sly & the Family Stone - "Sing A Simple Song" (vocals interpolation : "Ya ya yaaa", "heeyy everybody")
  

BONUS DISC : Force One Remix Project

01. Static (Raggamuffin Original Version) feat. Cooley Ranks & Wicked J (Julian Brooks) / Willi Mac

• 1991/06 (?). 
• Story. It was long time thought that this was only a remix until "Fade Away" was leaked with the same lyricists... Julian Brooks from The Mod Squad (who had the album People's Park published in 1992 also with TNT records) confirmed to us through his Youtube channel that he recorded this song and "Fade Away" with 2Pac and Cooley Ranks. The three of them also sang together for the African Liberation Day the 25th of May, 1991, notably singing unleaked "Neva Surrenda". Maybe they were the first incarnation of the group Force One Network before each one goes his own way and Chopmaster J formed a new lineup with Dave Hollister maybe after he lost part of his material in a firestorm of his house studio (so circa summer of 91...?).
• Samples :
• Digital Underground - "Same Song" (vocals : "2Pac go ahead and rock this")  

02. If My Homie Calls (Turbo Street Version) / Big D The Impossible REMIXED by Greg Beasley

• 1991/06/27 (~) - 09-12 (?) (remix). 
• Story. Possibly intended for the single If My Homie Calls released in February of 92 (but finally including "Brenda's Got A Baby", instrumentals or radio versions). The Radio Version of the song was made in October 1991. This version is slightly different than the "Turbo R&B Mix" in which 2Pac is saying "well it's 92" in the beginning of his third verse. So this one could be a first mix of it... If the song didn't appear in the 2Pacalypse II tracklists, it fits however well the project... Greg Beasley is known for his remix work as "Metro Mix" on many mixtapes and especially for MC Hammer, Ziggy Marley, Public Enemy ("Party For Your Right to Fight" Metromixx) and Domino ("Ghetto Jam").
• Samples : 
• Ronnie Laws - "Friends And Strangers" (sax interpolation)
• Digital Underground - "Same Song" (vocals : "2Pac go ahead and rock this")

03. Let Knowledge Drop (Force One Network Mix) feat. Ray Luv / Chopmaster J REMIX by Darrell Savage (?) or Willi Mac (?)

• 1991 (?). Original version released in The Lost Tapes (2000).
• Story. Eventually made for Force One Network's project around the time of "Static Playa Mix" before Chopmaster lost many materials in the firestorm of his house and started a new project with Dave Hollister.

04. I Saw Your Girl (Chopmaster J Remix) / DJ Plain Terror REMIX Chopmaster J (?)

• 1988 - 1991 (?). Acapella of the song was unofficially leaked with other Born Busy 1988 material in Born Busy Sessions (2007)
• Story. Is it a real remix from that time or a later thing ? Born Busy was the name of a group 2Pac had with Mouse Man, Ace Rocker and DJ Plain Terror at the time he was living in New Jersey and studying in Baltimore school of arts, before his mother sent him to Marin City in 1988.

05. Minnie The Moocher (Alternate Version) / Chopmaster J & DJ Fuze REMIX By Darrel Savage (?) - SNIPPET

• 1989 - 1991 (?). Alternate Strictly Dope version released in The Lost Tapes (2000).
• Story. Nothing is known about this "original" or "alternate" version. It could be a One Nation Emcees early recording as well as Strictly Dope alternate version re-recorded for 2Pacalypse Now, but maybe more likely a Force One remix from 1991 (the song not appearing in 2Pacalypse Now early tracklists).

06. My Burnin' Heart (Force One Remix) / Chopmaster J & DJ Fuze REMIX By ?

• 1989 - 1990/10-12 (?) (remix). Original Strictly Dope version released in The Lost Tapes (2000).
• Story. The song appears in early 2Pacalypse Now tracklists circa Sept. - Nov. '90. 2Pac very likely thought to include a refreshed mix and not the original, like for "Misplaced Mic I (Force One Remix)" (the II (Original Version) sounds really dated).

07. Panther Power (Force One Remix) feat. Ray Luv & Tasha Lambert / Chopmaster J & DJ Fuze (?)

• 1989 - 1990/10-12 (?) (remix). Original Strictly Dope version released unofficially in 1 in 21 (1997) and then in The Lost Tapes (2000).
• Story. This new mix adds some background elements and a singing chorus that make the song sounding a bit like Force One Network's first album. Tasha Lambert was a member of A New Beginning, backing band of Kwamé. They released together the successful album The Boy Genius in 1989. In an early 2Pacalypse Now tracklist, she was supposed to be featured in "I Got A Thing 4 U" alongside Schmoovy Schmoov, early concept for "Wha U Won't Do 4 Love". We can think that instead of this song, she finally recorded vocals for the remix of "Panther Power". 2Pac really appreciated the song he initially rapped with Ryan D & One Nation Emcees (cf. The Early Years), the song was included in early 2Pacalypse Now tracklists with the subtitle or under the title of "Uplift The Race" and even later in an early tracklist of 2Pacalypse II.
  
• Samples :
• Kool & The Gang - "Jungle Jazz" (drumline)
• Public Enemy - "Rebel Without A Pause" (vocals : "panther power") 

08. Daze of a Criminal (Klark Gable Remix) / DJ Klark Gable

• 1990 - 1991-1992 (?) (remix). Unofficially published in The Here After (1999, ZYX). 
• Story. Is it a real remix from the old times by Klark Gable from One Nation Emcees & 51.50 Illegally Insane (like he seems to have also remixed "U Don't Wanna Battle"), or a later remix by Hitworks (but there is another version that sounds more modern) ? The song appears once in a 2Pacalypse Now early tracklist "Updated : subtitled Tha Rebel of The Underground") as a bonus track. It was initially supposed to feature the Jungle Po$$e : D$ aka Dank, Wiz & Playa-Playa (that we can hear in 2Pacalypse Now background vocals), but it is said they never came to record their verses the day the studio was booked. Maybe at a time, 2Pac thought about inviting them again to record the song, or to include the remix of his reference track in his album...
• Samples : 
• Ice-T - "Colors" (bassline, melody interpolation)
  

09. U Don't Wanna Battle (I Thought U Knew Remix) feat. Ryan D (51.50 Illegally Insane) & Popcorn (chorus) / DJ Klark Gable (?)

• 1990 - 1991-1992 (?) (remix). Released in the Ryan D/51.50 Illegally Insane's album of 1992 Game People Play (but only in the 1999 re-edition as a hidden bonus track). 
• Story. This is a remixed version of the battle song "I Thought U Knew" 2Pac recorded with his old partner Ryan D of One Nation Emcees (cf. The Early Years). The title "I Thought U Knew" appears a few times in early 2Pacalypse Now tracklists but it is probably the original version 2Pac planned to include in his album and finally gave to Klark Gable.
• Samples :
• S.O.S. Band - "No One's Gonna Love You" (melody, chorus interpolation)

10. Same Song (Around The World Mix) feat. Digital Underground / Shock G & CJ Mackintosh

• 1990 - 1991 (?) (remix). Released in Hardcore Uproar compilation (1991) in a shorter edit and in some European versions of Digital Underground's This Is An E.P. Release (1991, Tommy Boy) or in "Same Song" or "Nuttin Nis Funky" promo singles.
• Samples : 
• Aerosmith - "Walk This Way" (drumline)
• Rick James - "Mary Jane" (melody)
  
• Parliament - "Theme From The Black Hole" (vocals interpolation)  
  

11. Static (Extended Club Remix) / Chopmaster J & Willi Mac (Force One Network)

• 1991 - 1992 (remix). Released in 1997 in Force One Network second album compilation Soul Force Network II (Blue Dolphin) and in 1 in 21 - A Tupac Shakur Story (Blue Dolphin, unauthorized). Shorter mix released in The Lost Tapes (2000).
• Story. Remix initially supposed to be included in Force One Network album The MME Program 1 (1992), finally leftover maybe in reason of Chopmaster J's house firestorm (also the studio where Strictly Dope recorded their songs). Chopmaster J said in the back cover of The Lost Tapes that he long time believed he had lost 2Pac old material in the fire before finding the recordings elsewhere probably at the death of 2Pac. This "extended mix" was aimed for the clubs and for a single version.
  
• Samples :
• Digital Underground - "Same Song" (vocals : "2Pac go ahead and rock this")  

12. Static (Silent Mic Instrumental) / Chopmaster J & Willi Mac (Force One Network)

• 1992 (remix). Released in 1997 in 1 in 21 - A Tupac Shakur Story. Instrumental, probably aimed to be a B-side of a Force One Network first album.
• Samples :
• Digital Underground - "Same Song" (vocals : "2Pac go ahead and rock this") 

RELEASED FEATURINGS FROM THAT TIME 

. The DFLO Shuttle feat. Digital Underground / Shock G

• 1991/05/01. Published in Digital Underground's Sons of P (1991, Tommy Boy / TNT). Digital Underground's album was out before Pac's one.

. #1 With A Bullet feat. Money B (Digital Underground) / Dj Fuze

• 1991/07 (~). Published in Raw Fusion's Live From The Styleetron (1991, Hollywood Basic). 
  Story. The Money B / Dj Fuze album has been out the exact same day than 2Pacalypse Now. This song contains some elements from "Nuttin' Nis Funky Freestyle" Live at Apollo from July 16 of 91.
  

Unleaked or unrecorded (as we can see on the tracklists and elsewhere) :

Confirmed

• "Trapped (Original Mix)" ==> Banned confirmed that there are alternate mixes of it, but mostly close to the released version.
  
• "Never Surrenda" (prod. Pee Wee ?) (5x) ==> Early tracklists. Maybe one of his earliest recorded songs for the album with of course "I Thought U Knew". 2Pac played it live in late April with Julian Brooks & Cooley Ranks (at the Liberation Day, late April 1991) so the song was not totally dropped and maybe simply replaced or re-recorded as "Backstabbas"...
• "Revenge of Tha Lunatic Remix" (prod. Shock G) (5x) ==> Very probably recorded. Could be a clean version of the leaked Big D version, supposed to be the B-side. The song also appears once in 2Pacalypse II / Troublesome early tracklists, but with a DJ Daryl prod. 
  

• "Trapped Remix" (1x) ==> appears scratched, only once in "Tales of A 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP" tracklist (c. April 1991). In fact, it is very probably the retail version with a Shock G hook and a slightly different mixdown. Shock G and 2Pac finally recorded a '92 version for 2Pacalypse II / Troublesome 21.

 May eventually exist

• "Hymn of a 90's N.I.G.G.A. (Solo Version)" (x5) ==> Not really confirmed but the track appears many times. 2Pac probably gave the thing to Mocedes after having dropped it from his album.
• "2Pacalypse Now" (5x) ==> Maybe a lost version, even if we heard a story about the song being stolen during a studio break-in (according to Banned from Bomb1st) / Sir Jinx says he never have recorded it, but the last occurrence of that song seems to be credited to Big D (in "On T.N.T. Records" tracklist, c. March 1991). 
• "Backstabbaz (Original Mix)" (4x) ==> May exist in two versions. Could be an early version of "Don't Call Me Bitch". May feature Money B (prod. Big D). The song also appears 3 times in 2Pacalypse II / Troublesome early tracklists, with a DJ Daryl prod. Handwritten lyrics for the song exist but for this second version... So either the first one does not exist, or 2Pac re-wrote the lyrics which could be eventually be a bit like "Neva Surrenda"...
• "Crooked Cop Killer" (0x) feat. Ice-T ==> It is a legendary title. Some people say it exists but it could be just an alternate title or an early version of "Crooked Nigga Too" which was later rejected with Troublesome 21 album because of its violent lyrics. Another song titled "Crooked with a Crown" could also correspond to this title.
• "Crooked Wit a Crown" (0x ; handwritten lyrics) feat. Stretch (?) and Shock G (?). An unknown snippet could fit to this song...
• "Rollin Out 2 Forsy the County" (2x) feat. Mocedes (?) ==> Nothing is sure. It may have become a Mocedes song for his album...
• "Uplift The Race" (3x) ==> Concept of a new version of "Panther Power". It probably turned into the Force One Remix with Tasha Lambert. Another version could also exist especially because the track appears in 2Pacalypse II.
  
• "Use Me" (3x) ==> Nothing is known about it...

 Alternate titles

• "20 Drunken Styles" (2x) feat. Treach (prod. Kay Gee) & Treach  (2x) ==> The concept very probably turned into "5 Deadly Styles" one year later.
• "This is the brain on a 40 once" feat. Treach (2x) ==> Early concept turned into "20 Drunke Styles". The concept seems to be linked to the early posse track "Pass The 40"...
  
• "2Fly4Me" (1x) ==> Probably unrecorded. Appears only once in "Tales of A 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP" tracklist (c. April 1991). Could be an early concept for "Don't Call Me Bitch"...
  
• "7 Mad Mics" (2x) ==> Alternate title for "Rap Pack" (same 6 guests). 
  
• "All That I Live 4" (1x) ==> appears only in the earliest tracklist, when no songs were recording yet.
• "Brothers N Arms" (1x) feat. Stretch ==> Early concept turned into "Crooked Ass Nigga".  
  
• "Fever in The Funkhouse" (1x) ==> Appears only once in "Tales of A 90's N.I.G.G.A. EP" tracklist (c. May of 1991). It is simply a new title for "Rap Pack".
  
• "I Got A Thing 4 U" (2x) ==> "Supposedly an unheard, early version of "What U Won't Do 4 Love"/"Live in the Lobby" (Filla, Bomb1st) Probably unrecorded.
• "I Shot The Sheriff" (2x) ==> Only a concept title (according to Banned of Bomb1st). Maybe 2Pac reused the idea of working with a Bob Marley's vibe in "When I Get Free I" (cf. 2Pacalypse II)

Very probably concept titles

• "Ready 2 Rip" (1x) ==> appears only in the earliest tracklist, when no songs were recording yet.
• "Ruthless Tongue" (1x) ==> appears only in the earliest tracklist, when no songs were recording yet. 
• "Freeflow" (1x) ==> appears only in the earliest tracklist, when no songs were recording yet.