2Pac top 40 hits on CD

I noticed there were some missing entries/info on the 2Pac singles in the database. I will attempt to provide as much as I can; however, I own very few of the early singles, since they are very hard to find and/or expensive. If anyone has the actual singles, please add your info.

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"I Get Around" - at least two DJ copies exist (Interscope PRCD 5105 & PRCD 5188), the former having the LP Version as the lead track and the latter having only the "Extra Extra Clean Version."

Also, the version on the clean Greatest Hits cd was not previously issued anywhere else. It is poorly edited and badly compressed.

Some radio stations also played the 7" Remix, which is the same remix found on several CDs in the database.
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"Keep Ya Head Up" - a DJ single was issued (Interscope PRCD 5317) that used the "Edit" as the lead track (4:16). The edit removed parts of the song, as well as added choruses to the end of the song which faded out. This is the version that received radio airplay.
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"Dear Mama" - a DJ single was issued (Interscope PRCD 6093) which uses the "Radio Version" as the lead track.
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"How Do U Want It" - the clean Greatest Hits cd has the correct 45 version. The clean All Eyez On Me cd has a poorly edited version that was not previously released. The clean version of the album was released in 2001, several years after the original release.
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"California Love" - the lead track on the DJ cd single (Death Row DRPS 00001) is the "Short Radio Edit" and is a short version of the original mix. This is the mix that most would consider the "hit" version, since it's the one most commonly heard on the radio, and it's the one used on the video.

Unfortunately, they did not clear the sample rights for Joe Cocker's "Woman To Woman" for the full-length CD release of All Eyez On Me, so the LP version is actually the "Remix" and is labeled as such on the cd tray card.

The "Long Radio Edit" found on many of the CDs listed in the database is another short version of the original mix.
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"Changes" - although the database lists both catalog numbers for Greatest Hits, a comment should probably be listed that the clean LP (Death Row 90307) has censored lyrics. This is the same version found on the DJ single.
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"Thugz Mansion" - there are three versions of this song, not including censored and uncensored versions, and two of them received significant airplay. The first is the original version, which is featured on 2Pac's Better Dayz cd.

The second is the "Nas Acoustic" version, which is also featured on Better Dayz. Both of the previously mentioned versions were the ones receiving significant airplay, and I believe both versions had videos on MTV.

The last version, which is not listed in the database, is found on the Nas cd God's Son (Columbia 86930). It's also the "acoustic" mix, but this version has two verses by Nas and one verse by 2Pac, as opposed to vice versa on the 2Pac release.

Edited by aaronk

Pat, I noticed you recently made modifications to the 2Pac entry for "Dear Mama," which shows DJ info at the top. I wanted to add that the DJ CD single info you have is for the second promo CD issued, which had remixes of the song. The first promo CD issued was PRCD 6093 (Interscope) and had the "Radio Version" as track 1 and the "Extra Clean Version" as track 2.

I do not own the single, so I cannot verify the run time information for track 1; however, TM Century issued the "Extra Clean Version" on HitDisc, and the run time is (4:38), just like the LP version. I would assume that track 1 is the same, but perhaps someone who owns the single can verify.

Guys: Sorry I missed this initial post in '05. I can help a little with promo CD single details:

I Get Around (I never remember us getting in that PRCD 5188 in, although I'm sure it does exist.) As for PRCD 5105:
1-LP Version (listed and actual time 4:19)
2-7" Remix (listed 3:52; actual 3:53)

Keep Ya Head Up (PRCD 5317)
1-Edit (listed 4:12; actual 4:16)
2-LP Version (listed 4:29; actual 4:24)
3-Jibe Tribe Remix (listed 4:33; actual 4:25)

How Do U Want It (DRPD 00005)
1-Clean Version (listed and actual 3:59)
2-Instrumental (listed and actual 4:44)

California Love (DRPD 00001)
1-Short Radio Edit (listed and actual 4:00)
2-Long Radio Edit (listed and actual 4:45)
3-Short Remix Edit (listed and actual 4:03)
4-Long Remix Edit (listed 4:46; actual 4:45)
5-LP Instrumental (listed 4:17; actual 4:11)
6-Remix Instrumental (listed 4:11; actual 4:10)

Dear Mama (PRCD 6093)
1-Radio Version (listed 4:39; actual 4:38)
2-Xtra Clean Version (listed 4:37; actual 4:39)

Dear Mama (Commercial CD single 95774-2)
1-LP Version (listed 4:41; actual 4:38)
2-Instrumental (listed 5:21; actual 4:39)
3-a different track, "Thug Life's Bury Me A G"
4-Moe Z. Mix (listed 5:09; actual 5:16)
5-Instrumental Moe Z. Mix (listed 5:09; actual 5:16)
6-the flip, "Old School" (LP Version) (listed 4:59; actual 4:38)

That's what I got for ya, guys.

Edited by jimct

Brian/Jim - does the "Radio Version" of "Dear Mama" even have any words blanked out? The "LP Version" doesn't have any curse words in it, so it makes me wonder if the "Radio Version" is actually just the "LP Version."

The "Xtra Clean Version" does blank out a couple words, but they aren't necessarily curse words. At (0:58) the word "crack" is muted; at (2:03) the word "slangin'" is muted; and at (2:06) the word "rock" is blanked out. Obviously, these words were blanked out because they are drug references. Are any of these words muted on the "Radio Version?"

edtop40 wrote: does anyone have this pr cd sgl

Unfortunately, no. This is the DJ CD that Pat references in the entry for "Dear Mama," so I'm guessing he has it.