Better Dayz | ||||
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Studio album by 2Pac | ||||
Released | November 26, 2002 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1994-1996 (2Pac's vocals) 2001-2002 (added guest vocals and reproduction) |
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Genre | Hip hop, Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 112:38 | |||
Label | Amaru/Death Row | |||
Producer | Afeni Shakur, Johnny J | |||
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Better Dayz is the fifth posthumous studio album by late American rapper Tupac Shakur. The fourth to be released without the artist's creative input and the last so far to be a double-album.
It was released in November 2002, debuting at number 5 on the Billboard 200. This album consists of a collection of previously unreleased material by way of remixed songs from Tupac's "Makaveli" period while signed to Death Row Records, and was produced by Johnny "J", Jazze Pha, Frank Nitty, and E.D.I. of Outlawz. Tracks include "My Block (remix)," "When We Ride on Our Enemies," "Catchin' Feelins" and "Never Call U Bitch Again". It also includes "Military Minds" which features Boot Camp Clik members Buckshot and Smif-n-Wessun (credited as Cocoa Brovaz) which was supposed to be part of a collaborative album between Shakur and BCC titled One Nation but was never officially released due to Shakur's death.
It features 23 unreleased recordings including remixes from the period of 1994-1996, with appearances by Nas, Outlawz, Mýa, Jazze Pha, Ron Isley, and Tyrese, among others. The hit single, "Thugz Mansion," comes in two versions: the Nas acoustic version, on which the music video is based, and a hip-hop version featuring Anthony Hamilton. On January 31, 2003, it was certified 2x Platinum in the U.S.[1] The album was also certified 3x Platinum in Canada May 2003.[2] The track "Ghetto Star" has appeared on the soundtrack to the video game 25 To Life.
Contents |
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "Intro" | 7 Aurelius | 0:56 | |
2. | "Still Ballin'" (featuring Trick Daddy) | Johnny J - Remixed by Nitty | 2:50 | |
3. | "When We Ride on Our Enemies" | Johnny J - Remixed by BRISS | 2:54 | |
4. | "Changed Man" (featuring Johnta Austin and T.I.) | Johnny J - Remixed by Jazze Pha | 3:52 | |
5. | "Fuck Em All" (featuring Outlawz) | Johnny J | 4:26 | |
6. | "Never B Peace" (featuring E.D.I. and Kastro) | Johnny J - Remixed by Nitty | 4:59 | |
7. | "Mama's Just a Little Girl" (featuring Kimma Hill) | Johnny J - Remixed by Kip "KP" Wilson | 4:58 | |
8. | "Street Fame" | Daz Dillinger - Remixed by BRISS | 4:30 | |
9. | "Whatcha Gonna Do?" (featuring Outlawz) | Johnny J - Remixed by E.D.I. | 3:39 | |
10. | "Fair Xchange" (featuring Jazze Pha) | Johnny J - Remixed by Jazze Pha | 3:52 | |
11. | "Late Night" (featuring Outlawz and DJ Quik) | DJ Quik | 4:18 | |
12. | "Ghetto Star" (featuring Nutt-So) | Go-Twice | 4:15 | |
13. | "Thugz Mansion (Acoustic Version)" (featuring Nas and J.Phoenix) | Johhny J - Remixed by A. "Pitboss" Johnson, Aulsondro "Novelist" Hamilton, and Claudio Cueni | 4:13 |
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No. | Title | Music | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
1. | "My Block (Remix)" | Remixed by Nitty | Easy Mo Bee | 5:22 | ||||||
2. | "Thugz Mansion" (featuring Anthony Hamilton) | Remixed by 7 Aurelius | Johnny J | 4:07 | ||||||
3. | "Never Call U Bitch Again" (featuring Tyrese) | Johnny J | 4:38 | |||||||
4. | "Better Dayz" (featuring Ron Isley) | Johnny J | 4:17 | |||||||
5. | "U Can Call" (featuring Jazze Pha) | Remixed by Jazze Pha | Johnny J | 3:49 | ||||||
6. | "Military Minds" (featuring Cocoa Brovaz and Buckshot) | Remixed by E.D.I. Mean | Darryl “Big D” Harper | 5:29 | ||||||
7. | "Fame" (featuring Outlawz) | Hurt M Badd | 4:50 | |||||||
8. | "Fair Xchange (Remix)" (featuring Mýa) | Remixed by Troy Johnson | Johnny J | 3:56 | ||||||
9. | "Catchin' Feelins" (featuring Outlawz) | E.D.I. Mean | 4:54 | |||||||
10. | "There U Go" (featuring Big Syke and Outlawz) | Johnny J | 5:30 | |||||||
11. | "This Life I Lead" (featuring Outlawz) | Johnny J | 5:21 | |||||||
12. | "Who Do U Believe In?" (featuring Yaki Kadafi and Big Pimpin' Delemond) | Johnny J | 5:30 | |||||||
13. | "They Don't Give a Fuck About Us" (featuring Outlawz) | Johnny J | 5:08 | |||||||
14. | "Outro" | 0:13 |
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Chart | Peak positions |
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Billboard 200 | #5[3] |
Canadian Charts | #7[3] |
Deutsche Charts | #45[4] |
Dutch Charts | #36[5] |
French Charts | #52[6] |
Irish Charts | #40[7] |
New Zealand Charts | #20[8] |
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | #1[3] |
Switzerland Chart | #60[9] |
UK Chart | #68[10][11] |
If I didn’t have you K2S
Chorus:
I Don’t even know what I’d do If I didn’t have you
I need you in my life
I don’t even know where I’d go without you in my soul
I need you in my life
Verse:
At times I felt so all alone
Broken in pieces lost was my soul
I turned my life away from you
was empty inside my mind confused
my heart was aching unto you I cried
healing my pain you said for you I died
because of what you have done in me
Lord now I know your all that I need
KaBuc verse:
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Why draw close to arech like me
When I was your enemy you were pierced for me willingly
That’s mind blowing
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My heart, my mind, my will is yours
Holy, holy, I love you my heart just yearns
To look into your lovely face when you return
Smooth verse:
There aint enough words to express how I feel
All this joy and happiness Love completely real
A new man is what I am because of you
You took my old ways away and made me brand new
Showing Love when no one else did made me see
How much you cared for a sinful man like me
You’ve been waiting all along with open arms
Made my troubles gone you shielded me from harm
You were my father when he wasn’t there
And when I didn’t care you made me care
You took a man full of sin and hate and rearranged em
You saved em and cleaned his slate and then you gave
him
Life forevermore I can’t wait for the day
When I see the one who changed my life face to face
What a day that will be I wonder why
Love kept you on that tree just for I
I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have you
Maybe dead or in prison maybe broke and confused
All I know is that I’m grateful for what you’ve done in
me
I praise you father God for making me see that…