DJ M-Rock ( @MRockGotBeats ) x The Best of 2Pac [Mixtape]

DJ M-Rock: The Best of 2Pac [Mixtape]

Here’s a tape I definitely did for his fans. I’ve put a pretty exhausting schedule on myself for the next few weeks, so this is my first tape without a signature M-Rock intro, just because time’s an issue for June. Expect a really big tribute next week, hopefully my biggest yet. Every time I make a tribute mix, I learn interesting things about the artist. I had no idea Dre and Tupac didn’t like each other. I never noticed the line in ‘To Live And Die in L.A.” where he says “California love part 2, without gayass dre”. Kinda crazy actually – California Love was Dre’s track, a joint that would hopefully blow him up again after the Chronic, and Suge made sure he gave it to Tupac strictly because they were labelmates, and at that time, both signed to Death Row. Listen to the Dre-produced “Can’t C Me”. It sounds identical to Snoop’s “What’s my name”, or better yet, a crappy version of the snoop track – it had me thinking Dre gave him a poor effort simply out of spite. It’s weird because throughout my little life battling, DJing, I’ve had small beefs and people biting my work, but I can’t imagine what these guys were feeling. Two of the biggest artists in hip-hop history, working during a time of a silly west-east coast beef, and they didn’t even like each other. Pac sounds like he might have been really difficult to work with in the studio, but he cranked out a lot of work, with a lot of range – Enjoy 80 minutes of everything 2Pac, from his original samples, to Dave Chappelle’s skits about how Pac still lives, to his first joints with Digital Underground. Peace.

p.s. Today I’m DJing at Redbull’s Universal Music MMVA gifting lounge at Redbull 381 Projects, the event is technically called “Friends With Benefits” and I believe I’m on after Justin Bieber’s DJ. Should be fun.

Tracklisting:

1. Ambitionz of a Ridah
2. Can’t Deny It – Fabolous Ft. Nate Dogg ^
3. Life of an Outlaw
4. Body Heat – Quincy Jones *
5. How Do U Want It ft. K-Ci & JoJo
6. Toss It Up
7. Can’t C Me
8. What’s My Name – Snoop Dogg ^*
9. 2 of Amerika’s Most Wanted ft. Snoop Dogg
10. Peep Game ft. Deadly Threat
11. The Humpty Dance
12. I wrote this song in 94 – Dave Chapelle %
13. Same Song – Digital Underground +
14. Atomic Dog – George Clinton *
15. Holler If Ya Hear Me
16. Last Wordz ft. Ice Cube
17. West Coast Poplock – Arthur King & Uncle T. *
18. Dance Floor – Zapp *
19. California Love – Dr. Dre +
20. Garden Freestyle – Notorious B.I.G. & 2pac
21. Get Money Remix – Junior Mafia *
22. Hit Em’ Up
23. Who Shot Ya – The Notorious B.I.G. %
24. Freestyle for Spike Lee – Notorious B.I.G. & 2pac
25. Let’s Get It on – Heavy D, Grand Puba & Notorious Big +
26. All Eyez On Me
27. Street Dreams – Nas ^
28. Thugz Mansion – Nas +
29. Pour Out a Little Liquor – 2pac
30. Me & My Girlfriend
31. Bonnie & Clyde 2003 – Jay-Z ft. Beyonce ^
32. Me Against The World
33. Baby Don’t Cry
34. Gotta Get Mine
35. Y? (Be Like That) (Jay Dee Remix) – The Pharcyde
36. What you won’t do
37. Picture Me Rollin’
38. I Get Around
39. Hold Me – Brian Mcknight
40. All About U ft. Nate Dogg
41. Candy – Cameo *
42. Changes
43. That Girl – Stevie Wonder *
44. So Many Tears
45. My Block
46. Live and Die in L.A.
47. Ooh Child – The Five Stairsteps *
48. Keep Ya Head Up
49. Brenda’s Got A Baby
50. Thugz Get Lonely Too ft. Nate Dogg
51. What You Won’t Do – Bobby Caldwell *
52. A Dream – Debarge *
53. I Ain’t Mad At Cha (ft Danny Boy)
54. Dear Mama

+ Features 2Pac
^ Samples 2Pac
* Sampled by 2Pac
^* Sounds Identical to 2Pac
% About 2Pac

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