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2000 studio album by 2Pac
The Rose That Grew from Concrete Released November 21, 2000 Recorded 1994-1995 Genre Length 1 :10 :46 Label
The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a posthumous album based on the poetry/writings of Tupac Shakur , released on November 21, 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album. 2Pac is featured on the song "The Rose That Grew from Concrete". These vocals were remixed onto the track from the 2Pac song entitled "Mama's Just a Little Girl" that was recorded in 1996 and released in 2002 on the album "Better Dayz".[6]
It has sold 262,672 copies in the United States as of 2011.[7]
Track listing [ ]
1. "Interlude" 0:57 2. "Wake Me When I'm Free" (featuring Babatunde Olatunji ) 5:52 3. "Can U C the Pride in the Panther? (Male Version)" (featuring Mos Def ) 2:57 4. "When URE Heart Turns Cold" (featuring Sonia Sanchez ) 1:38 5. "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" (featuring dead prez ) 3:04 6. "Tears of a Teenage Mother" (featuring Jasmine Guy ) 0:39 7. "God" (featuring Reverend Run ) 0:47 8. "And Still I Love You" (featuring Red Rat) 3:03 9. "Can U C the Pride in the Panther? (Female Version)" (featuring Mos Def ) 4:54 10. "If There Be Pain" (featuring Providence & RasDaveed El Harar) 4:32 11. "A River That Flows Forever" (featuring Danny Glover , Afeni Shakur and The Cast of The Lion King) 2:20 12. "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" (featuring Nikki Giovanni ) 2:35 13. "In The Event of My Demise" (featuring Outlawz and Geronimo Ji Jaga) 4:41 14. "What of a Love Unspoken" (featuring Tre' from Pharcyde ) 3:16 15. "Sometimes I Cry" (featuring Dan Rockett) 3:10 16. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" (featuring Q-Tip ) 4:16 17. "Starry Night" (featuring Quincy Jones & Mac Mall ) 4:33 18. "What of Fame?" (featuring Russell Simmons ) 0:21 19. "Only 4 the Righteous" (featuring ) 2:29 20. "Why Must You Be Unfaithful?" (featuring Sarah Jones) 1:12 21. "Wife 4 Life" (featuring 4th Avenue Jones' and K-Ci ) 4:06 22. "Lady Liberty Needs Glasses" (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner ) 2:23 23. "Family Tree" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) 3:21 24. "Thug Blues" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) 4:46 25. "The Sun and the Moon" (featuring Chief Okena Littlehawk) 1:56
Chart history [ ]
Album
Personnel [ ]
Jamal Joseph — Producer
Tevin Thomas — Co-Producer, Keyboards on "God", " Only 4 the Righteous"
Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
Molly Monjauze — Executive Producer
Herbert Leonard — Percussion
Gloria Cox — Executive Producer
Russell Simmons — Performer
Atiba Wilson — Flute
Mos Def - Performer
Tim Izo Orindgreff — Flute
Dead Prez - Performer
Royal Bayyan — Guitar & Keyboards
Jasmine Guy - Performer
Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes
QD3 - Performer
Brian Gardner — Mastering
Danny Glover - Performer
Taavi Mote — Mixing
Red Rat — Producer
Skip Saylor — Mixing
TuPac — Vocals
Chris Puram — Mixing
Nefertiti — Vocals (Background)
Claudio Cueni — Mixing
Val Young — Vocals (Background)
Atiba Wilson — Percussion
Tom Whalley — A&R
Sikiru Adepoju — Performer
Juan Ramirez — Assistant Engineer
Sarah Jones — Performer
Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Bass
Jeffery Newbury — Photography
Claudio Cueni — Engineer
Voza Rivers — Producer
Brian Springer — Engineer
Royal Bayyan — Producer
Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer
Khalis Bayyan — Saxophone
Tyson Leeper — Engineer
Charles Mack — Vocals (Background)
Duncan Aldrich — Engineer
Nikki Giovanni — Vocals
Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
Q-Tip — Performer
Tre Hardson — Performer
Erik Rico — Producer
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