Original songs that 2pac sampled

masta247 · Jan 3, 2012

I've spent the last few weeks listening to the music that 2pac's producers and 2pac himself took samples from. No wonder that a lot of his songs were so amazing, when original songs were often great too.
I also have to say that his beats were often better than original songs, even if they were more repetetive.
However I want to share a few of these songs with you guys, and leave it to you to find out which 2pac songs they were later used for - most are easy, I might post some harder ones later:

masta247 · Jan 3, 2012

A few more:

(yes, those 2 songs above mixed together is basically "dear mama")

Kobe · Jan 3, 2012

Wildflower = Shorty wanna be a thug
I'd rather be with you = Rather be your nigga
Just the two of us = Happy home o.g (I think?)
Piano in the dark = I HAVE NO IDEA

Don't disturb this groove = Lost souls (which has to be one of my fav tracks)

masta247 · Jan 3, 2012

Just the two of us was "Cause I had to", or "the po Nigga blues". The Shock G version is the most similar since it also contains singing parts.

Piano in the dark was "U can be touched", it's harder to tell since the pace is far different, slower ;-)
Parts of it were also used in "Untill the end of time".
And with both songs I mean remixes.

Kobe · Jan 4, 2012

^I liked that version of 'po nigga blues' until I heard the Scott Storch remix, which I think was better. By the way, I thought 'Until the end of time' remixes only sampled Mister Mister?

Aqua Boogie = S!@t dont stop (I used to love that track)
A dream = I aint mad atcha
Too little in common = I'll let others figure that one out as we discussed it at some point.

Pop quiz for you Masta247:

1) Which other Tupac song sampled 'S!@t don't stop'?

2) Which Tupac song had a similar sample to the one used on this Jermaine Dupri track? Whats the name of the original sample?

masta247 · Jan 4, 2012

1) No idea, which one? Getting money OG sounded similar to me at first but I think it's a different sample.

2) Young N****z, and I had to cheat with the name of the original track

- but it was Cameo - she's strange