Troublesome 21

~ Release by 2Pac (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The length of track 8 was corrected based on a digital rip of the DAT.

Official publishing history:

01. Intro (unpublished)
02. Holler If You Hear Me (unpublished; rewritten for Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
03. Representin’ (published with an extra verse in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
04. Troublesome (published in 1997 on How to Be a Player soundtrack)
05. Strictly fo’ My Niggas (published with minor changes in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
06. Keep Ya Head Up (published with minor changes in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
07. I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto (published in 1993 on Keep Ya Head Up single)
08. Don’t Call Me, Bitch (unpublished)
09. What Goes On (unpublished)
10. I Get Around (published in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
11. Papa’s Song (published with minor changes in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
12. Crooked Nigga Too (unpublished; remixed in 2004 for Loyal to the Game)
13. Still Don’t Give a Fuck (unpublished)
14. Streets R Death Row (published in 1993 on Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)
15. Nothing but Love (published in 1993 on I Get Around single)

Annotation last modified on 2023-03-09 12:18 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ DAT 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Intro
spoken vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
Intro
0:49
2Holler If You Hear Me
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper), Majesty (of Live Squad) and Stretch (US rapper Randy Walker)
recording of:
Holler If You Hear Me (original version)
5:11
3Representin’
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
Representin’
2:39
4Troublesome
recording engineer and mixer:
Deon “Big D” Evans
producer:
J.Z. (producer)
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recorded at and mixed at:
Starlight Studios (San Francisco) in Richmond, United States
recording of:
Troublesome
writer:
Johnny Jackson (US rap/hip-hop) and Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity)
3:51
5Strictly fo’ My Niggas
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…
lyricist:
T. Shakur (US rapper)
composer:
Laylaw (hip-hop producer and songwriter)
publisher:
Ghetto Gospel Music, GLG Two Music and Lawhouse Music
5:49
6Keep Ya Head Up
lead vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
other vocals:
The Black Angel
recording of:
Keep Ya Head Up
lyricist:
Tupac Shakur (US rapper)
writer:
Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp) and Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
composer:
Daryl Anderson
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Ghetto Gospel Music, GLG Two Music, Joshua’s Dream, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Rubberband Music, Rubberband Music, Inc., Saja Music Co. (publisher), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated) and Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
is based on:
Be Alright
4:24
7I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto
producer:
Laylaw (hip-hop producer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
other vocals:
Ice Cube and Spice 1
samples:
Do It Roger by Roger (funk musician in Zapp), The Nigga Ya Love to Hate (explicit) by Ice Cube and Welcome to the Ghetto by Spice 1
recording of:
I Wonda If Heaven’s Got a Ghetto (original version)
lyricist:
O’Shea Jackson and Spice 1
writer:
Larry Goodman (hip-hop producer and songwriter), Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity), Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp)
is based on:
Do It Roger (song by Roger Troutman)
is based on:
The Nigga Ya Love to Hate
is based on:
Welcome to the Ghetto
4:42
8Don’t Call Me, Bitch
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
Don’t Call Me, Bitch
writer:
Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity)
5:43
9What Goes On
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper), Mouse Man (rapper Dana Smith) and Wycked
recording of:
What Goes On
4:22
10I Get Around
recording engineer:
Bob Morse (engineer), Darrin Harris (engineer) and Mike Calderon
drum machine programming:
D.J. Fuze (US hip-hop DJ/producer David Elliot)
executive producer:
Suge Knight (aka Simon)
producer:
The D-Flow Production Squad
mixer:
Bob Morse (engineer)
keyboard [keyboards]:
The Piano Man
additional vocals:
Money‐B (of Digital Underground) and Shockalock
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
arranger:
The Piano Man
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (in 1993)
recorded at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, United States, Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, United States and Unique Recording Studios in Manhattan, United States
mixed at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, United States
samples:
Computer Love by Zapp (US funk band) and Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond)
music videos:
I Get Around by 2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
I Get Around
lyricist:
Tupac Shakur (US rapper)
writer:
Shirley Murdock, Ronald Brooks (of Digital Underground), Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp)
composer:
Shock-G (of Digital Underground)
publisher:
Ghetto Gospel Music, GLG Two Music, Joshua’s Dream, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Pubhowyalike, Pubhowyalike Publishing, Saja Music Co. (publisher), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), Styleetron Music, Troutman’s Music and Zomba Songs Inc.
is based on:
Computer Love
4.354:19
11Papa’s Song
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper) and Mopreme Shakur
recording of:
Papa’z Song
lyricist:
Tupac Shakur (US rapper)
writer:
Joe Sample and Will Jennings
composer:
Deon Evans
publisher:
Blue Skywriter, Four Knights Music, Ghetto Gospel Music, GLG Two Music, Irving Music, Inc. and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
5:25
12Crooked Nigga Too
producer:
Big D Evans
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper) and Stretch (US rapper Randy Walker)
recording of:
Crooked Nigga Too (original version)
writer:
Deon Evans, Randy Walker (US rapper Randy Walker) and Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity)
4:20
13Still Don’t Give a Fuck
lead vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
recording of:
Still Don’t Give a Fuck
3:40
14Streets R Death Row
recording engineer:
Bob Morse (engineer), Darrin Harris (engineer) and Mike Calderon
producer:
Stretch of Live Squad (US rapper Randy Walker)
mixer:
Bob Morse (engineer)
lead vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
other vocals:
Ice Cube
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (in 1993)
recorded at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, United States, Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, United States and Unique Recording Studios in Manhattan, United States
mixed at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, United States
samples:
Us by Ice Cube and You’re the One I Need by Barry White
recording of:
The Streetz R Deathrow
lyricist:
T. Shakur (US rapper)
writer:
B. White and S. Hudman (American songwriter)
composer:
Live Squad (US rapper Randy Walker)
publisher:
Ba-Oaks Music, Inc., Ghetto Gospel Music, GLG Two Music, Grand Imperial Thug Music and Supersongs Unlimited
43:27
15Nothing but Love
producer:
DJ Daryl
lead vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
other vocals:
The Black Angel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (in 1993)
samples:
Eveready Man by Lakeside (US funk band)
recording of:
Nothin’ but Love
writer:
Marvin Craig, Daryl Anderson, Tupac Shakur (US rapper) and Mark Adam Wood, Jr.
publisher:
Circle L Publishing, Circle Music (publisher), Joshua’s Dream, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), New Lake City Music, Portrait/Solar Songs, Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Spectrum VII
is based on:
Eveready Man
5:07