Thug Life: Volume 1

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Thug Life: Volume 1
Thug Life: Volume 1 cover
Studio album by Tupac Shakur
Released September 26, 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Rap
Length 42:28
Label Out Da Gutta/Interscope
Producer(s) Thug Life
Tupac Shakur chronology
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
(1993)
Thug Life Volume 1
(1994)
Me Against the World
(1995)

Thug Life: Volume 1 was the first release by the group Thug Life, started by rapper 2Pac, and was released on September 26, 1994. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records. Many tracks were cut from the original release by Interscope, due to all the criticism on Gangsta rap. The group featured Big Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme, The Rated R and 2Pac. Among the notable tracks on the album are "Bury Me a G", "Pour Out a Little Liquor", "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" and "Str8 Ballin". In 1996 Big Syke and Shakur planned to create a Thug Life: Vol. 2 which would have been released on Makaveli Records[1]. Although the album was originally released on Shakur's label Out Da Gutta, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the mother of Tupac Shakur, has since gained the rights to it.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Performer(s) Producer(s)
1 "Bury Me A G" 2Pac, Mopreme, Rated R, Big

Syke, Macadoshis & Natasha Walker

Thug Music
2 "Don't Get It Twisted" Mopreme, Macadoshis & Rated R Jay & Mopreme
3 "Shit Don't Stop" 2Pac, Macadoshis, Rated R,

Mopreme, Big Syke & Y.N.V.

Thug Music
4 "Pour Out A Little Liquor" 2Pac Johnny "J"
5 "Stay True" 2Pac, Stretch & Mopreme Thug Music
6 "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" 2Pac, Nate Dogg, Big

Syke, Rated R & Macadoshis

Nate Dogg & Warren G
7 "Under Pressure" 2Pac & Stretch Thug Music
8 "Street Fame" Mopreme, Big Syke & Rated R Stretch
9 "Cradle to the Grave" 2Pac, Mopreme, Rated R,

Macadoshis & Big Syke

Jay & Big Syke
10 "Str8 Ballin'" 2Pac Easy Mo Bee

[edit] Samples

Pour Out a Little Liquor

  • "Welcome to the Ghetto" by Spice 1


[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1994 Thug Life Vol. 1 #42 #6

[edit] Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
The Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
1995 "Cradle To The Grave" - #91 #25