Greatest Hits (2Pac album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by 2Pac
Released	November 24, 1998
Recorded	1990 - 1996
Genre	Rap
Length	114:43
Label	Amaru/Death Row
2Pac chronology
R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997)	Greatest Hits (1998)	Still I Rise (1999)

Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for the late rapper 2Pac, released by Death Row Records in 1998. The album's nonchronological sequence highlights 2Pac's music; the 21 popular hits, some slightly re-edited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs: "God Bless the Dead" (Dedicated to a "Biggie Smalls", thought by many to be about the late Notorious B.I.G.), "Unconditional Love", "Troublesome '96," and "Changes" which has since become one of Shakur's best known songs.

[edit] Chart performance

The album peaked at #1 for the Billboard 200 chart ^[1]. However, like other greatest hits albums, many of the singles were chart-toppers of their own.

According to Billboard Soundscan it has sold 9 million copies in the United States, making it one of the highest selling of its genre.

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1:

1. "Keep Ya Head Up" – 4:23
2. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (Featuring Snoop Dogg) – 4:07
3. "Temptations" – 5:02
4. "God Bless the Dead [#]" (Featuring Stretch) – 4:22
5. "Hail Mary" – 5:12
6. "Me Against the World" – 4:39
7. "How Do U Want It" (Featuring K-Ci and Jojo) – 4:48
8. "So Many Tears" – 3:58
9. "Unconditional Love [#]" – 3:59
10. "Trapped" – 4:45
11. "Life Goes On" – 5:02
12. "Hit 'Em Up" (Featuring Outlawz) – 5:12

Disc 2:

1. "Troublesome 96'" – 4:36
2. "Brenda's Got a Baby" (Featuring Dave Hollister) – 3:55
3. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" (Featuring Danny Boy) – 4:19
4. "I Get Around" (Featuring Digital Underground) – 3:54
5. "Changes [#]" – 4:29
6. "California Love [Original Version]" (Featuring Dr. Dre) – 4:45
7. "Picture Me Rollin" (Featuring Danny Boy & Big Syke) – 5:15
8. "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" – 3:52
9. "Toss It Up" (Featuring K-Ci and Jojo & Danny Boy) – 4:43
10. "Dear Mama" – 4:40
11. "All Bout U" (Featuring Dru Down, Nate Dogg & Outlawz) – 4:33
12. "To Live & Die in LA" – 4:33
13. "Heartz of Men" – 4:41

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ All Music Guide's page on Greatest Hits

2Pac

Discography

Studio albums: 2Pacalypse Now – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. – Thug Life Vol. 1 – Me Against the World – All Eyez on Me – The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Posthumously released studio albums: R U Still Down? (Remember Me) – Still I Rise - Until the End of Time – Better Dayz – Loyal to the Game – Pac's Life

Other albums: 2Pac's Greatest Hits – The Rose that Grew from Concrete- Nu-Mixx Klazzics – Tupac: Resurrection (OST)- 2Pac Live – The Rose, Vol. 2 – Tupac: Live at the House of Blues

Singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" - "Trapped" – "I Get Around" – "Keep Ya Head Up"- "Papa'z Song – "Holla If Ya Hear Me" – "Cradle to the Grave" – "Pour Out A Little Liquor" – "Dear Mama"- "Old School" – "So Many Tears" – "Temptations – "California Love" – "Hit 'Em Up" – "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"- "How Do U Want It" – "I Ain't Mad at Cha" – "Life Goes On – "Toss It Up" – "To Live & Die in LA" – "Hail Mary" – "Wanted Dead or Alive" – "Made Niggaz"- "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" – "Do For Love" – "Changes – "Happy Home" – "Unconditional Love" – "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" – "Until the End of Time" – "Letter 2 My Unborn" – "Thugz Mansion (7 Remix)" – "Still Ballin (Nitty Remix)" – "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" – "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" – "Thugs Get Lonely Too"- "Ghetto Gospel"- "Untouchable" - "Pac's Life"