Still I Rise (album)

Still I Rise
Studio album by 2Pac + Outlawz
Released December 21, 1999
Recorded 1995-1996
(2Pac vocals)
1999
(added guest vocals and reproduction)
Genre West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap
Length 72:45
Label Amaru/Death Row/Interscope Records
Producer Daz, Johnny "J", Kurupt, Tony Pizarro, QDIII, Quimmy Quim, Soulshock, Damon Thomas, 2Pac
2Pac chronology
Greatest Hits
(1998)		 Still I Rise
(1999)		 The Rose That Grew from Concrete
(2000)
Outlawz chronology
Still I Rise
(1999)		 Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us
(2000)
Singles from Still I Rise
  1. "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
    Released: March 28, 2000
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Still I Rise is an album by 2Pac + Outlawz which is released as the third posthumous studio album of 2Pac, and the first album by the Outlawz as a group (not to be confused with their debut Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us). The album excludes some of the original line up of the Outlawz and Hussein Fatal, who had left the group as he had refused to sign to Death Row[1] The album contains all previously unreleased, albeit remixed material. It was released on December 21, 1999, by Interscope Records, under the Death Row label. It was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.[2] And eventually sold 1,617,000 by 2006, according to Nielsen Soundscan. [3] The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 408,000 on the first week. [4]

The album features production from 2Pac's close producers Johnny J and QD III and appearances from Big Syke and Nate Dogg.

The song "Letter to the President" featured in the film "Training Day" (2001). The album includes the single "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)".

Contents

Track listing

# Title Producer Performers Time
1 "Letter to the President" QD III
  • Intro: E.D.I. Mean
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: 2Pac & C-Knight
  • Second verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Chorus: E.D.I. Mean & C-Knight
  • Third Verse: Kastro
  • Fourth Verse: 2Pac
  • Fifth verse: Big Syke
  • Outro: 2Pac & C-Knight
 6:03
2 "Still I Rise" Johnny J 4:45
3 "Secretz of War" Johnny J
  • Chorus: E.D.I. Mean
  • First verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Second verse: 2Pac
  • Third verse: Yaki Kadafi
  • Fourth verse: Young Noble
 4:15
4 "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" 2Pac, Soulshock & Karlin
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • Chorus: 2Pac, H.E.A.T. (back)
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Second verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Third verse: Young Noble
 4:22
5 "As the World Turns" Darryl "Big D" Harper
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: Darryl "Big D" Harper, 2Pac (back)
  • Second verse: Young Noble
  • Third verse: Napoleon
  • Fourth verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Fifth verse: Yaki Kadafi
 5:08
6 "Black Jesuz" 2Pac & L Rock Ya
  • Intro: 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi
  • First verse: Yaki Kadafi
  • Second verse: Storm
  • Chorus: 2Pac, Val Young
  • Third verse: Young Noble
  • Fourth verse: 2Pac
  • Fifth verse: Kastro
  • Outro: Kastro
 4:29
7 "Homeboyz" Daz Dillinger
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Second verse: Young Noble
  • Chorus: 2Pac
  • Third verse: 2Pac
 3:38
8 "Hell 4 a Hustler" Damon Thomas
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: Outlawz
  • Second verse: E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble
  • Third verse: 2Pac
  • Outro: 2Pac
 4:56
9 "High Speed" Darryl "Big D" Harper
  • Intro: Kastro, 2Pac
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Fourth verse: 2Pac
  • Second verse: Yaki Kadafi
  • Third verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Outro: 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean
 5:59
10 "The Good Die Young" Darryl "Big D" Harper
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: Val Young
  • Second verse: Napoleon
  • Third verse: Young Noble
  • Fourth verse: Kastro
  • Fifth verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Outro: 2Pac, Young Noble
 5:42
11 "Killuminati" Tony Pizarro
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: 2Pac, Kastro, Qierra Davis-Martin (harmony)
  • Second verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Third Verse: Yaki Kadafi
  • Outro: 2Pac
 4:02
12 "Teardrops and Closed Caskets" QD III
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • First verse: Outlawz
  • Chorus: Nate Dogg, Val Young
  • Second verse: Outlawz
  • Third verse: Outlawz
 5:05
13 "Tattoo Tears" Kurupt, E.D.I. Mean
  • Intro: 2Pac
  • First verse: 2Pac
  • Chorus: Outlawz
  • Second verse: Young Noble
  • Third verse: Napoleon
  • Fourth verse: Yaki Kadafi
  • Fifth verse: Kastro
 5:02
14 "U Can Be Touched" Johnny J
  • Intro: Napoleon
  • First verse: Napoleon
  • Chorus: 2Pac
  • Second verse: E.D.I. Mean
  • Third verse: Kastro
  • Fourth verse: Yaki Kadafi
 4:23
15 "Y'all Don't Know Us" Quimmy Quim & Reef
  • Intro: Young Noble
  • First verse: Young Noble
  • Chorus: Young Noble
  • Second verse: Napoleon
  • Third verse: E.D.I. Mean
 4:55

Leftovers

Samples

Chart history

Album
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Austrian Charts 48[5]
Canadian RPM Albums Chart 9[6]
Deutsch Charts 24[7]
Dutch Charts 24[8]
Irish Charts 50[9]
New Zealand Charts 49[10]
Swedish Charts 86[11]
U.S. Billboard 200 7[12]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 2[13]
UK Charts 75[14]
Singles
Year Song Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
1999 "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" 72 36

References

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  2. ^ RIAA certification database
  3. ^ //www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=69370
  4. ^ //homepage3.nifty.com/fwka2062/usaalbum_firstweektop20.htm
  5. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac+%26+Outlawz&titel=Still+I+Rise&cat=a
  6. ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 70, No. 10, January 10, 2000". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.10020&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-02-21. 
  7. ^ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/2Pac+%26+Outlawz/Still+I+Rise/longplay
  8. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac+%26+Outlawz&titel=Still+I+Rise&cat=a
  9. ^ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2000&year=2000&week=3
  10. ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac+%26+Outlawz&titel=Still+I+Rise&cat=a
  11. ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Pac+%26+Outlawz&titel=Still+I+Rise&cat=a
  12. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p50051/charts-awards
  13. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p50051/charts-awards
  14. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/2pac/
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