Notorious B.I.G., L.L. - Greatest Hits is a Columbia Records Club version. were famously enemies; many 2pac fans interpret this as a sign of Shakur’s psychic abilities (either that or really weird coincidences). Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac, released by Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, and Interscope Records on November 13, 1998. Suge knows of Tupac’s whereabouts. In Tupac’s “God Bless the Dead,” he says in the beginning of the song “rest in peace to my mother fucking Biggie Smalls.” Why would he say this if Tupac was supposedly … Stretch later became associated with Bad Boy and was murdered. 88. Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac, released by Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, and Interscope Records on November 13, 1998.. [2] On October 16, 2000 it was certified 9× platinum. Track descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. 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Some tracks have alternate mixes, while "California Love" makes its first proper album appearance after only being available as a single prior. 2pac: Rest in peace to my mothafucka Biggie Smalls That's right boy, it's goin on Right here, Thug Life God bless the dead. This is not, however, an intimidating mock funeral for Biggie, but rather an actual memorial of one of 2Pacs friends. There was another rapper (never really made it, so really just another nigga in the struggle) who went by the name Biggy Smallz: a Thug-Life-affiliated fellow named Drik who grew up in Queensbridge with Stretch and died in the early 90s. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Flava In Ya Ear Remix (feat. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. It actually pays homage to "Biggy Smallz". 3 tracks (13:05). Listen online to 2Pac - God Bless the Dead and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. 2Pac f/ Stretch "God Bless The Dead" (1998) Producer: Tupac Album: Greatest Hits Label: Amaru/Death Row/Interscope No, this is not Pac pre-emptively mourning Big. Listen free to 2Pac – God Bless The Dead (God Bless The Dead (Extra Clean Version), God Bless The Dead (Instrumental) and more). All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. "Changes" earned 2Pac the first, and so far only, posthumous Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. [6], Tupac Shakur's virtual appearance at the annual Coachella Festival on April 15, 2012 spurred a re-entry for the album on the Billboard 200 chart; it jumped in at No. In January 1999, the album reached its peak at number three on the chart. [1], Greatest Hits debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 268,000 copies in its first week. Differences from the other versions with the same catalog #: - Greatest Hits is pressed by DADC, doesn't have the manufacturer printed in the matrix area and has no numbers in the barcode area. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage). Thug Life, God bless the dead [Verse 3: 2Pac] God bless the dead and buried, nigga, don't worry If you see God first, tell him shit got worse I ain't mad, I know you representin' the crew View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of "Greatest Hits" on Discogs. The song was recorded sometime around 1993, since Stretch (who appeared on the song) was killed in 1995. The album's non-chronological sequence focuses on the highlights of 2Pac's career. 129 with 4,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan (a gain of 571% over the previous week). Producer – 2Pac, Johnny "J"* Written-By – B. Washington * , J. Jackson * , L. Blackmon * , T. Jenkins * , T. Shakur * , Y. Fula * Engineer – Rick Clifford The album's non-chronological sequence focuses on the highlights of 2Pac's career. The Tupac vs. Biggie (The Notorious BIG) beef started after Tupac was shot on November 30, 1994 in NYC. “Hold Ya Head” is another “keep your head up” type of message 2Pac delivers to his brothers on lockdown and those in the streets. four previously unreleased songs: the dead friends tribute "God Bless the Dead", the dedication song "Unconditional Love", the tough talk "Troublesome '96", and the album's single "Changes" also helped earn 2Pac the first and only posthumous Grammy Award nomination since for Best Rap Solo Performance. Released the next year, Greatest Hits has the cryptic "God Bless the Dead," dedicated to "Biggy Smallz," but not the famed Live Squad and onetime 2Pac associate Biggie Smalls who is otherwise called The Notorious B.I.G., and instead a Latino rapper who worked with one of 2Pac's main producers, Johnny J. The song has been misinterpreted as a clear and direct homage to Biggie. [7], The album was certified Platinum by the BPI on 16 August 2002, making it 2Pac's highest selling album in the UK.[8]. 2Pac Gear, Merch & More: https://amzn.to/2OYncfz2Pac - God Bless The Dead (feat. Nearly 11 years later, in June 2011, it was certified by the RIAA for shipments of over 10 million, the late rapper's first RIAA Diamond award. https://rollingout.com/2019/03/03/tupacs-producer-speaks-out Discover the album The Best Of Stretch Vol.1 by Stretch (CDr 2003 Grand Imperial Records) in New York City on The Good Ol'Dayz, a rap encyclopedia 21 of his tracks are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs: "God Bless the Dead", "Unconditional Love", "Troublesome '96", and "Changes". God bless the dead” [Chorus – 2pac:] God bless the dead God bless the dead God bless the dead [2pac:] Man, ain’t nobody promised me a thang I been caught up in this game Ever since I was a little motherfucka wantin to hang I can see ’em in my head, pow Memories of my nigga but he dead now Lookin back in my yearbook all the years took A legend of hip-hop culture tells that the lesser-known Biggy Smallz was the reason that the more famous Biggie Smalls changed his name to the Notorious BIG as a favor at the request of his then-friend 2pac, who was trying to keep his boy Drik from being upstaged, whereas the change to Notorious BIG was actually motivated by a law suit from the makers of the film Let’s Do It Again which featured a character named Biggie Smalls. Biggy Smallz (1979 - 1994) was a Los Angeles rapper and songwriter known for the few collaborations he had with famed hip-hop producer Johnny J. [3][4] With 5.33 million units sold which is 10.66 million in RIAA sales,[5] it remains the best-selling rap greatest hits compilation of all time and the twentieth best-selling rap album since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking record sales in 1991. Watch the video for God Bless the Dead from 2Pac's Makaveli 13: Retaliation for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. There has been much confusion about this song as 2pac and The Notorious B.I.G. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Some tracks have alternate mixes, while the original mix of "California Love" makes its first proper album appearance after initially only being available as a single. One more point that Tupac is actually alive. [Verse 3 – 2Pac] God bless the dead and buried, nigga, don’t worry If you see God first, tell him shit got worse I ain’t mad, I know you representin’ the crew And I can picture you in heaven with a blunt and a brew Fuck the world, pain was a part of the game If you a … 2Pac: God bless the deadAlbum: Greatest hits (1998)All rights to Universal Music Group (UMG) & Copyrights. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Greatest Hits" on Discogs. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of He is the subject of Tupac Shakur's controversial tribute song “God Bless the Dead”. He was Tupac's producer in the beginning of his career. God bless the dead [2Pac:] God bless the dead, and buried Nigga, don't worry if you see God first Tell him shit got worse, I ain't mad I know you representin the crew And I can picture you in heaven with a blunt and a brew Fuck the world, pain was a part of the game It has spent 319 weeks on the Billboard 200. 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