The Ultimate Bay Area Rap Collection
2Pac
2Pac
Biography
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was a rapper. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In the United States alone he has sold 37.5 million records.
Shakur’s professional entertainment career began in the early 1990s, when he debuted his rapping skills in a vocal turn in Digital Underground’s “Same Song” from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Nothing But Trouble and also appeared with the group in the film of the same name. The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground EP This Is An E.P. Release, the follow-up to their debut hit album Sex Packets. Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons Of The P. Later, he released his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now.
2Pacalypse Now did not do as well on the charts as future albums, spawning no top ten hits. His second record, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., was released in 1993.
In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only record album Thug Life: Volume 1 on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single “Pour Out A Little Liquor” produced by Johnny “J” Jackson, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur’s album All Eyez On Me.
In addition to his career as a top-selling rap artist, he was a promising actor, and a social activist. Most of Shakur’s songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, other social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur began his career as a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.
In September 1996, Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas. He was taken to the University Medical Center, where he died of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest.
Discography |
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2Pac – 2Pacalypse Now |
Interscope Records, Jive | 1991 |
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2Pac – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. |
Interscope Records | 1993 |
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2Pac – Me Against The World |
Interscope Records, Atlantic | 1995 |
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2Pac – All Eyez On Me |
Death Row Records | 1996 |
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Makaveli The Don Killuminati – The 7 Day Theory |
Death Row Records | 1996 |
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2Pac – R U Still Down? [Remember Me] |
Jive | 1997 |
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2Pac – Greatest Hits |
Virgin | 1998 |
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2Pac + Outlawz - Still I Rise |
Interscope Records | 1999 |
Guest Appearances |
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Digital Underground - This Is An E.P. Release |
Tommy Boy Music | 1990 |
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Raw Fusion - Live From The Styleetron |
Hollywood BASIC | 1991 |
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The Govenor – Govenor’s Taxin’ |
Handle Bar Records | 1992 |
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Above The Law - Black Mafia Life |
Ruthless Records | 1992 |
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Funky Aztecs - Chicano Blues |
TNT Records, Par Records | 1992 |
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MC Breed – The New Breed |
WRAP Records | 1993 |
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Spice 1 - AmeriKKKa’s Nightmare |
Jive | 1994 |
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Eddie F. And The Untouchables - Let’s Get It On |
Motown | 1994 |
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Don Jagwarr - Faded |
Priority Records | 1994 |
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South Central Cartel - ’N Gatz We Truss |
G.W.K. Records | 1994 |
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Smooth - Smooth |
TNT Records, Jive | 1995 |
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E-40 - In A Major Way |
Jive, Sick Wid’ It Records | 1995 |
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Too Short - Cocktails |
Jive | 1995 |
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E-40 - Tha Hall Of Game |
Jive | 1996 |
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Nutt-So – The Betrayal |
Paradise Records | 1996 |
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Richie Rich - Seasoned Veteran |
Def Jam Recordings | 1996 |
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Young Lay - Black ‘N Dangerous |
Atlantic | 1996 |
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Assassin - Hitworks |
Liferdef Records | 1996 |
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art Of War |
Ruthless Records | 1997 |
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Funky Aztecs - Day Of The Dead |
Semaphore | 1997 |
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The Lady Of Rage - Necessary Roughness |
Death Row Records, Interscope Records | 1997 |
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Scarface - The Untouchable |
Rap-A-Lot, Noo Trybe Records | 1997 |
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Nate Dogg - G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 |
Interscope, Death Row Records | 1997 |
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Ant Banks - Big Thangs |
Priority Records | 1997 |
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Assassin - Born And Raised In The Bay |
Liferdef Records | 1997 |
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Scarface - My Homies |
Rap-A-Lot Records | 1998 |
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Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back |
Death Row Records | 1998 |
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Spice 1 - Hits |
Jive | 1998 |
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Nate Dogg - G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 & 2 |
Breakaway Entertainment | 1998 |
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Swoop G – World Don’t Take Me Personally |
Handle Bar Records | 1998 |
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Khayree – The Khayree Sessions Vol. 1 |
Don’t Give Up Productions, Young Black Brotha Records | 1999 |
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MC Breed - It’s All Good |
Power Records | 1999 |
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Nate Dogg - Ghetto Preacher |
K-Town Records | 1999 |
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Mike Mosley – Platinum Plaques |
JLM Entertainment | 1999 |
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3X Krazy – Immortalized |
Big Block Records | 1999 |
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Assassin – Worldwide Game |
Liferdef Records | 2000 |
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Big L - The Big Picture 1974 – 1999 |
Rawkus | 2000 |
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Spice 1 – Hits II: Ganked & Gaffled |
Mobb Status Entertainment | 2001 |
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The Outlawz - Novakane |
Outlaw Recordz | 2001 |
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Tha Dogg Pound - Tha Dogg Pound 2002 |
Death Row Records | 2001 |
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Spice 1 – Hits 3 |
Mobb Status Entertainment | 2002 |
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Daz - I Got Love In These Streetz |
DPG Recordz | 2002 |
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Scarface - Greatest Hits |
Rap-A-Lot Records | 2002 |
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The Game - Live From Compton |
Get Low Recordz, Black Wall Street | 2003 |
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Greatest Hits |
Ruthless Records | 2004 |
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Hussein Fatal - Fatalveli, Volume 2 |
Thugtertainment | 2004 |
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Mopreme Shakur - Evolution Of A Thug N.I.G.G.A. |
Moblife Records | 2005 |
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Nate Dogg - Ghetto Preacher & The Prodigal Son |
K-Town Records | 2005 |
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Kurupt - Against The Grain |
Death Row Records | 2005 |
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O.F.T.B. - The Missing D.R. Files |
Death Row Records | 2007 |
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C-Bo Presents Marvaless - Ready Made |
West Coast Mafia, Frisco Street Show | 2007 |
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Assassin & Mopreme Shakur - Black And Brown Pride |
Liferdef Records | 2007 |
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D-Shot – Presidential |
Shot Records | 2009 |
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DJ Daryl – Retro Collection Vol. 1 |
Bomb Shelter Music | 2009 |
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Money B - 4 Tha Funk Of It |
Mandatory Muzik | 2009 |
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Bun B - Trill O.G. |
Rap-A-Lot Records | 2010 |
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Digital Underground - The Greenlight EP |
Jake Records | 2010 |
Compilations |
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Rap Declares War |
Avenue Records | 1992 |
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Poetic Justice Soundtrack |
Epic Soundtrax | 1993 |
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Above The Rim Soundtrack |
Interscope Records, Death Row Records | 1994 |
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One Million Strong |
Pacific West ApS | 1995 |
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Pump Ya Fist |
PolyGram | 1995 |
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Russell Simmons Presents The Show Soundtrack |
Def Jam Recordings | 1995 |
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Bad Boys Soundtrack |
Work, Work | 1995 |
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Sunset Park Soundtrack |
EastWest Records America | 1996 |
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Greatest Hits |
Death Row Records | 1996 |
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Gridlock’d Soundtrack |
Death Row Records | 1996 |
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Heat Compilation |
Boss Records, Swerve Records | 1997 |
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Def Jam’s How To Be A Player Soundtrack |
Def Jam Recordings | 1997 |
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Gang Related Soundtrack |
Priority Records | 1997 |
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Chuy Gomez - Best Of The Bay: Chapter I |
Bay Rider Entertainment | 1997 |
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Cell Block Compilation: Face/Off |
Cell Block Records | 1998 |
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Playas Association: Full Time Hustlin’ |
S2 Records, 40 Ounce Records | 1998 |
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3 Beam Circus |
Swerve Records | 1998 |
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3 Beam Circus 2 |
S2 Records | 1999 |
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N.W.A. - The N.W.A. Legacy Vol.1 |
Priority Records | 1999 |
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Well Connected |
Swerve Records | 1999 |
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Bay 2 L.A.: West Side Badboys |
Snake Pit Records | 2000 |
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Suge Knight Represents Chronic 2000: Still Smokin |
Death Row Records | 2001 |
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Assassin – Unsolved Mysteries |
Liferdef Records | 2001 |
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Too Gangsta For Radio |
Death Row Records | 2001 |
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Ice-T Presents Westside |
Obsessive | 2002 |
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Greatest Hits Volume Two |
Death Row Records | 2003 |
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Yukmouth Presents West Coast Gangsta V.15 |
Siccness.net | 2005 |
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Dubee Presents West Coast Gangsta V.18 |
Thizz Entertainment, Siccness.net | 2007 |