I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)
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| Single by 2Pac featuring Shock-G and Money-B | ||||||||||
| from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. | ||||||||||
| A-side | Nothing but Love | |||||||||
| Released | June 10, 1993 | |||||||||
| Format | CD | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||||||||
| Length | 4:19 | |||||||||
| Label | Interscope | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | T. Shakur, G. Jacobs, L. Troutman, S. Murdock, R. Brooks | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Shock G | |||||||||
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"I Get Around" is the second single from 2Pac's second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., and features Shock G and Money-B of Digital Underground, the group that introduced him to the world. It was produced by Shock G.[1] Allmusic notes that in the song 2Pac "brags about his sexual conquests".[2]
Composition & Writing
Some of the background vocals & additional drums on "I Get Around" are sampled from the 1985 Zapp song "Computer Love", while the other background vocals (the lyric "step up") is sampled from "Step in the Arena" by Gang Starr. The percussion is sampled from The Honey Drippers' 1973 track "Impeach the President."
In the 2009 book How to Rap, Shock G recalled that 2Pac wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat),[3] and that 2Pac also ghostwrote Shock G's verse.[4]
Brian McKnight sampled the song on "Hold Me" on Anytime (1997). Nicole Wray sampled the song on her single, "I Like It".
Commercial success
"I Get Around" peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent 25 weeks on the charts and peaked number 5 on the US R&B charts. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 700,000 copies.[5][6]
Live Performance
- He performed the song on The Arsenio Hall Show with Shock G and Money B.
Accolades
The song was re-released on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album in 1998. The music video reached #1 on XXL's and MTV2's "25 Greatest West Coast Videos". The song is ranked #14 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. It was also selected as one of many songs you must hear & download in the musical reference book, 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die: And 10,001 You Must Download.
The information regarding accolades attributed to I Get Around is adapted from Acclaimedmusic.net:[7]
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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| The Source | USA | The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time | 1998 | * |
| Ego Trip | Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 | 1999 | 6 | |
| Blender | Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s | 2005 | 307 | |
| Bruce Pollock | The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 | 2005 | * | |
| Pitchfork | The Pitchfork 500 | 2008 | * | |
| Pitchfork | Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s | 2010 | 107 | |
Track listing
- 12"
- «I Get Around» (LP version) – 4:19
- «I Get Around» (vocal version) – 6:07
- «Nothing but Love» – 5:04
- «I Get Around» (remix) – 6:06
- «I Get Around» (remix instrumental) – 6:04
- «I Get Around» (7" remix) – 3:36
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Charts
| End of year chart (1993) | Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 11 |
References
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r168663
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r168663
- ↑ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 169.
- ↑ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 230-231.
- ↑ "American certifications – 2 Pac – I Get Around". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard (BPI Communications) 106 (3): 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/S3126.htm
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.