Better Dayz(Explicit Version) (2002)

Artist: 2 Pac
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UPC: 00606949707026
Release Date: 11/26/2002
Buy.com Sku: 201986790
Item#: M2NQVY
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Intro ~ 2Pac
2. Still Ballin - (nitty remix, featuring Trick Daddy) ~ 2Pac
3. When We Ride On Our Enemies - (Briss remix) ~ 2Pac
4. Changed Man - (Jazze Pha remix, featuring Jazze Pha/T.I./Johnta Austin) ~ 2Pac
5. F*** Em All - (featuring The Outlawz) ~ 2Pac
6. Never B Peace - (Nitty remix, featuring E.D.I./Kasbro) ~ 2Pac
7. Mama's Just A Little Girl - (featuring Kimmy Hill) ~ 2Pac
8. Street Fame - (Briss remix) ~ 2Pac
9. Whatcha Gonna Do - (featuring Kasbro/Young Noble) ~ 2Pac
10. Fair Xchange - (Jazze Pha remix, featuring Jazze Pha) ~ 2Pac
11. Late Night - (from "Chronic 2000 Still Smokin") ~ 2Pac
12. Ghetto Star - (featuring Nutso) ~ 2Pac
13. Thugz Mansion - (Nas acoustic, featuring Nas/J Phoenix) ~ 2Pac
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. My Block - (Nitty remix, featuring Tyrese) ~ 2Pac
2. Thugz Mansion - (7 remix, featuring Anthony Hamilton) ~ 2Pac
3. Never Call U B**** Again - (featuring Tyrese) ~ 2Pac
4. Better Dayz - (featuring Mr. Biggs) ~ 2Pac
5. U Can Call - (Jazze Pha remix, featuring Jazze Pha) ~ 2Pac
6. Military Minds - (from "The One Nation Album", featuring Coco Brothers/Buckshot) ~ 2Pac
7. Fame - (featuring Kadafi/Kasbro/Napoleon/Young Noble) ~ 2Pac
8. Fair Xchange - (Mya remix, featuring Mya) ~ 2Pac
9. Catchin Feelins - (featuring Mussamill/E.D.I./Napoleon/Young Noble) ~ 2Pac
10. There U Go - (featuring Kadafi/E.D.I/Kasbro/Napoleon/Big Syke/Jazze Pha) ~ 2Pac
11. This Life I Lead - (featuring The Outlawz) ~ 2Pac
12. Who Do You Believe In - (from "Chronic 2000 Still Smokin", featuring Kadafi) ~ 2Pac
13. They Don't Give A F*** About Us - (featuring The Outlawz) ~ 2Pac
14. Untitled - (hidden track) ~ 2Pac

(P) 2002 Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Under exclusive license to Interscope Records
(C) 2002 Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Under exclusive license to Interscope Records

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes; 2Pac, Mya, Jazze Pha, Nas, Outlawz, T.I., Trick Daddy, Tyrese, Anthony Hamilton, Ron Isley.
Producers include: 7 Aurelius, Jazze Pha, KP, Darryl Harper, Briss.
Contains an untitled hidden track following "They Don't Give A **** About Us".
Personnel: 2Pac, Trick Daddy, Jazze Pha, T.I., The Outlawz, Nutso, Nas, J. Phoenix, Coco Brothers, Buckshot, Kadafi, Kastro, Napoleon, Young Noble (rap vocals); Johnta Austin, Anthony Hamilton, Tyrese, Ron Isley, Mya (vocals); 7 Special, BRISS (various instruments); Alex Siff, Shorty B (guitar, bass); Michael Herring, Tim Stewart, Ryan Stuber (guitar); Donavan Henry (organ); Frank Nitty Pimentel, Luis Pimentel (keyboards, programming); Ronnie King (keyboards); Courtney Copeland, Henry Fayson (background vocals).
Producers include: 7 Aurelius, Frank Nitty Pimentel, BRISS, Jazze Pha, Go Twice.
Personnel: R.J., Rob "Fonksta" Bacon, Alex Stiff, G Mack, Shorty B. (guitar); Frank Nitty Pimentel (keyboards, drum programming); Ronnie King (keyboards); Courtney Copeland, Jasmine Wilson, Ellis Taylor (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Ian Boxill; Claudio Cueni; Dexter Simmons; E.D.I.; Johnny J; Leslie Brathwaite.
Audio Remixer: E.D.I.
Recording information: Beats By KP Studios, Pasadena; Can Am, Tarzana, CA; Circle Sound International, Miami, FL; Experimental Studios; Marvin's Room, Hollywood, CA; Patch Werk Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; QD3 Soundlab, Los Angeles, CA; Skip Saylor, Los Angeles, CA; Stankonia, Atlanta, GA; Studio Center, Miami, FL; Teal's Spot, Modesto; The Enterprise II, Burbank, CA; Unique Recording Studios, New York, NY.
Photographers: A. Gobi; Chicu Modu.
Arranger: Johnny J.
Though it was released on the eve of the busiest year in 2Pac's posthumous career, Better Dayz shouldn't be overlooked -- and with the schedule including a feature documentary (with soundtrack), plus two books and another double album, it might be easy for this one to slip from the radar. A lengthy two-disc set, it benefits from a raft of still-compelling material by one of the two or three best rappers in history, as well as excellent compiling by executive producers Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother. Organizing the set roughly into one disc of hardcore rap and one of R&B jams makes for an easier listen, and the R&B disc especially has some strong tracks, opening with a remix of 1995's "My Block" and including quintessentially 2Pac material -- reflective, conflicted, occasionally anguished -- like "Never Call U B**** Again," "Better Dayz," "Fame," and "This Life I Lead." Most of the tracks are previously unreleased, the rest coming from scattered compilations like Knight's Chronic 2000: Still Smokin' or 1995's The Show soundtrack. It's 2Pac's best album since his death, and bodes well for future material by, and concerning, rap's most legendary figure. ~ John Bush
This exercise in rap-from-the-dead is brought to you courtesy of 2Pac's Mom Afeni and label boss and material witness Suge Knight. Hewing to the laws of fame intensified by early death, the pair have ensured that the late and legendary rapper's martyrdom in the East-West Coast rap wars doesn't cramp his style. The resurrected raps on the double CD BETTER DAYZ, just one in a plethora of posthumous 2Pac releases, come rattling out of the speakers in the form of remixes by such rising lights as Jazze Pha and lesser-known talents like 7 Aurelius. All participants make passable efforts at injecting some posthumous pizazz into the proceedings, notably the coruscating "Never a Peace" and the sweet-and sour Spanish guitar-accompanied "Mama's Just a Little Girl." So just sit back and enjoy the artistry, and most of all the essential humanity of 2Pac's particular flavor--and the artful smoke and mirrors of the remixers as they reassemble these fragments and sketches into listenable tracks.

Engineer: Ian Boxill; Claudio Cueni; DJ Quik; Asif Ali; Keston Wright; Kevin Crouse; Leslie Brathwaite; Ian Blanch

Musical Guests
Mya
Jazze Pha
Nas
The Outlawz
Ronald Isley
T.I.
Trick Daddy
Tyrese
Johnta Austin
E.D.I.
Kasbro
Kimmy Hill
Young Noble
Nutso
J Phoenix
Anthony Hamilton
Mr. Biggs
Coco Brothers
Buckshot
Kadafi
Napoleon
Mussamill
Big Syke

 
Compilation Appearances
Above The Rim (Explicit Version)
Tha Hall Of Game (Explicit Version)
In A Major Way (Explicit Version)
Show (Explicit Version)
Best Of Mc Breed (Explicit Version)
Death Row's Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
Gridlock'd (Explicit Version)
Art Of War (Explicit Version)
Gang Related (Explicit Version)
Retaliation Revenge & Get Back (Explicit Version)
Mtv Party To Go Platinum Mix
Vol. 2-Hip Hop Hits (Explicit Version)
Full Time Hustlin (Explicit Version)
Tunnel (Explicit Version)
Vol. 2-Collection (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
Vol. 2-Collection (Clean Version) (Bonus Tracks)
Old School Funkin Hip Hop 2
Chopped & Screwed (Explicit Version)
My Homies (Explicit Version)
Untouchable (Explicit Version)
World Of Black Tracks
Greatest Hits (Bonus Tracks) (Explicit Version)
Last Temptation (Explicit Version)
More Music From 8 Mile (Explicit Version)
God's Son (Explicit Version)
Thug Love-Swishahouse Mix (Explicit Version)
Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7
Against The Grain
Hip Hop Box (Explicit Version)
Untouchable (Explicit Version)
Best Of Yesterday Today & Tomorrow (Explicit Version)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack (Explicit Version)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (w/ Bonus DVD) (Explicit Version)
Black Music
Very Best Of Death Row
Very Best Of Death Row (Explicit Version)
Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
Duets:the Final Cha(clean
Very Best Of Death Row (DIG) (ENH)
Death Row's Greatest Hits: Chronicles(Explicit Version)
Death Row's Greatest Hits: Chronicles (Cln)
This Is Gangsta Rap (w/Bonus DVD)(w/ Bonus DVD)
Death Row's 15th Anniversary(w/ Bonus DVD)(Explicit Version)
Death Row's 15th Anniversary
Freedom Writers (Explicit Version)
Death Row Archives:soundtracks(Explicit Version)
Death Row Ghetto Mix / Various (Cln)
How A Thug Was Born (clean Version, C
Life Goes On(Explicit Version)
Mo Thugs Soldiers(Explicit Version)
Life Goes On (chopped Screwed)(Explicit Version)
Left Side Vol 1(Explicit Version)
I'm So Hood
Against Everything(Explicit Version)
Rap A Lot Greatest Hits
A Different Me
Thuggin Without A Cause(Explicit Version)
Cholo Skate
Ultimate Death Row Collection(Explicit Version)

 
Associated Artists and Works
Artists, Various
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [PA] ~ Don Killuminati
Don Killuminati
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [PA] ~ Don Killuminati
Don Killuminati
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory ~ Don Killuminati
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory [PA] [Digipa ~ Don Killuminati
Don Killuminati
Funky Aztecs
Tupac: Resurrection [Original Soundtrack] [PA] ~ Original Soundtrack
Tupac: Resurrection [Original Soundtrack] [Edited] ~ Original Soundtrack
Scarface
Sure!, Al B.
Sure!, Al B.
Trapp
Trapp
Trapp
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 11/26/2002
Original Release Date : 2002
Catalog ID : 497070
Label : Interscope Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 2
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00606949707026

  


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