2Pac News!

[Kain]

On September 20th, a number of hip-hop and R&B’s top artists will take a brand new approach to using Tupac Shakur’s poetry in song, paying tribute to the late rapper in his own words on The Rose, Vol. 2 – Music Inspired by Tupac’s Poetry.

Unlike its predecessor, The Rose, Vol. 2 is not a spoken word album – instead, each musical artist has taken inspiration from one of the poems in Tupac’s The Rose that Grew from Concrete book and used portions of the poems to build their own original songs, with Tupac’s poetry serving as their muse.

Released by Amaru Entertainment, The Rose, Vol. 2 features 15 fresh tracks from an array of genres, including rap, hip-hop, soul and R&B offerings.

The guest artists on The Rose, Vol. 2 include Ludacris, Lyfe Jennings, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, The Outlawz, Memphis Bleek, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, and Shock G, among others.

Perhaps the most unexpected appearance comes from Digital Underground’s Shock G (AKA Humpty Hump), the man most responsible for launching 2Pac’s solo career, by giving him his first prominent introduction and then allowing him the chance to perform his own verse on the Underground’s smash hit single, “Same Song.”


The track listing for The Rose Vol. 2 is as follows:

01. Intro feat. Black Ice
02. Power of a Smile feat. Bone Thugs N Harmony
03. The Eternal Lament feat. Celina
04. Fallen Star feat. Talib Kweli
05. In The Depths of Solitude feat. Ludacris
06. Movin On feat. Lyfe Jennings
07. Life Through My Eyes feat. Memphis Bleek & Tupac
08. When Ure Heart Turns Cold feat. The Outlawz
09. Black Woman feat. Jamal Joseph & Che Davis
10. Only 4 The Righteous feat. Yoyo
11. Where There is a Will… feat. Boot Camp Clik
12. When Ur Hero Falls feat. Impact Kids
13. And 2morrow feat. Shock G
14. If I Fail feat. Dead Prez
15. Poetry by Amber & Morgan of Pacskids


The timing of the CD’s release corresponds with the 9th anniversary of Tupac’s untimely death (September 13th, 1996), and with the unveiling of the new bronze Tupac Memorial Statue in Atlanta on September 13. The statue will be located in the 6-acre Peace Garden at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. The Center just recently opened Phase 1 of its 3-stage construction in Atlanta.

Proceeds from sales of The Rose, Vol. 2 will go to benefit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which – along with fan and corporate donations – is raising the $3 million needed for the completion of the Center, which will serve as Tupac’s ultimate legacy: providing a safe place where youths from all backgrounds are free to express themselves creatively through the arts.
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Credit - WWC

Looks interesting, hopefully Eminem's not the one at the controls of this one though. Would much rather see these artists work with their own producers on this rather then Em on each track. Maka.... "SHOCK G!"

[Makaveli]

Shock G Fo' Sure my Kainenite...

I dont recognize half those names but I am loving Bone Thugz and the Outlaws inclusion...I do wonder where Yukmouth, and maybe Tech is...Oh well, Sweetness...Ludacris isnt bad but hes out of place.

Good stuff, Ill buy it.

[Kain]

Bone Thugs N Harmony, Talib Kweli, Ludacris, Lyfe Jennings, Memphis Bleek, The Outlawz, Boot Camp Clik, Shock G, Dead Prez

Those are the only ones I have heard of, and yes, Yuk, Tech and the others that knew and was cool with Pac missing does leave a bit of a question mark. The only ones on there that I know knew and did stuff with Pac would be Shock G, Outlawz, Boot Camp Clik and BTNH. The rest? Dunno.

[Freehuey]

That Dead Prez song should be great. I'll have to check it out.

[Makaveli]

Yeah, I think there may be some sort of reason this is happening. Strange that Eminem is on the same label as 50...Tech is tight with Yukmouth last I heard...The Yuk and 50 beef is still going...Hmm? Techs track was removed from LTTG...*Looks at Eminem*

[Kain]

Actually, that's a funny situation. Tech was not originally on Thugs Get Lonely Too. Pac did the song himself. Then Pac died and QDIII (one of Pac's main producers) called up Tech and was like, "Yo, I know Pac was cool which you and wanted to hook up eventually, why don't you come through and lay something down for this track I got."

And thus, Tech's verse was added but never released. It was later leaked, but never officially released on a Pac or Tech album.

So when you look at it, Em never officially removed Tech from the track. But that's where things get interesting. Tech and Yuk have been cool since back in 96 when Tech was living out in LA with QDIII. And that is a major reason that he is an Original Member of the Regime. And really only the 3rd remaining of the original (Yuk, Tech and Poppa LQ) the rest have fallen out with Yuk at one point or another.

Tech has ALSO been cool with Eminem since he was doing the Wake Up Show and they did The Anthem for the show. In fact, they have wanted to hook up for something since then but it just hasn't worked out. Which brings me to my next point.

Maka, you know the track 'She Devil' off of AP? It features D-12 but there's no Eminem. That's because Eminem was originally planned to be on it, but he was busy doing post preduction and the soundtrack for 8 Mile at the time and if Tech waited on him, he would have missed his deadline for his Album to be submitted. Though now, it's almost confirmed that Em WILL be on Everready on the song with Tech and Lynch.

So it's not really anything to do with Tech being down with Yuk and Yuk having beef with 50... but it is a little questionable as to why Em didn't take the version with Tech on it and remix that instead of the original. Dunno, maybe he was answering to Afeni, or maybe those two members of the Outlawz that where the over see'rs of the product to make sure Pac was represented right... WOW, what a job they did