Tupac Shakur

Rating

Album: Tupac Shakur: The Rose That Grew from Concrete, Vol. 1
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tupac Interlude Album Version	More Info...	0:57
2)	Wake Me When I'm Free Album Version	More Info...	5:52
3)	Can U C The Pride In The Panther? Album Version (Male)	More Info...	2:57
4)	When Ure Heart Turns Cold Album Version	More Info...	1:38
5)	U R Ripping Us Apart Album Version	More Info...	3:04
6)	Tears Of A Teenage Mother Album Version	More Info...	0:36
7)	God Album Version	More Info...	0:48
8)	And Still I Love You Album Version	More Info...	3:02
9)	Can U C The Pride In The Panther? Album Version (Female)	More Info...	4:54
10)	If There Be Pain Album Version	More Info...	4:32
11)	A River That Flows Forever Album Version	More Info...	2:20
12)	The Rose That Grew From Concrete Album Version	More Info...	2:35
13)	In The Event Of My Demise Album Version	More Info...	4:41
14)	What Of A Love Unspoken Album Version	More Info...	3:16
15)	Sometimes I Cry Album Version	More Info...	3:10
16)	The Fear In The Heart Of A Man Album Version	More Info...	4:16
17)	Starry Night Album Version	More Info...	4:33
18)	What Of Fame? Album Version	More Info...	0:21
19)	Only 4 The Righteous Album Version	More Info...	2:29
20)	Why Must U Be Unfaithful Album Version	More Info...	1:12
21)	Wife 4 Life Album Version	More Info...	4:06
22)	Lady Liberty Needs Glasses Album Version	More Info...	2:23
23)	Family Tree Album Version	More Info...	3:21
24)	Thug Blues Album Version	More Info...	4:46
25)	The Sun And The Moon Album Version	More Info...	1:56

Album: Tupac Shakur: The Rose That Grew from Concrete, Vol. 1
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tupac Interlude Album Version	More Info...	0:57
2)	Wake Me When I'm Free Album Version	More Info...	5:52
3)	Can U C The Pride In The Panther? Album Version (Male)	More Info...	2:57
4)	When Ure Heart Turns Cold Album Version	More Info...	1:38
5)	U R Ripping Us Apart Album Version	More Info...	3:04
6)	Tears Of A Teenage Mother Album Version	More Info...	0:36
7)	God Album Version	More Info...	0:48
8)	And Still I Love You Album Version	More Info...	3:02
9)	Can U C The Pride In The Panther? Album Version (Female)	More Info...	4:54
10)	If There Be Pain Album Version	More Info...	4:32
11)	A River That Flows Forever Album Version	More Info...	2:20
12)	The Rose That Grew From Concrete Album Version	More Info...	2:35
13)	In The Event Of My Demise Album Version	More Info...	4:41
14)	What Of A Love Unspoken Album Version	More Info...	3:16
15)	Sometimes I Cry Album Version	More Info...	3:10
16)	The Fear In The Heart Of A Man Album Version	More Info...	4:16
17)	Starry Night Album Version	More Info...	4:33
18)	What Of Fame? Album Version	More Info...	0:21
19)	Only 4 The Righteous Album Version	More Info...	2:29
20)	Why Must U Be Unfaithful Album Version	More Info...	1:12
21)	Wife 4 Life Album Version	More Info...	4:06
22)	Lady Liberty Needs Glasses Album Version	More Info...	2:23
23)	Family Tree Album Version	More Info...	3:21
24)	Thug Blues Album Version	More Info...	4:46
25)	The Sun And The Moon Album Version	More Info...	1:56

Tracks

1. Tupac Interlude

2. Can U C The Pride In The Panther

3. When Ure Heart Turns Cold

4. U R Ripping Us Apart!!!

5. Tears Of A Teenage Mother

6. God

7. And Still I Love You

8. Can U C The Pride In The Panther?

9. If There Be Pain

10. A River That Flows Forever

11. The Rose That Grew From Concrete

12. In The Event Of My Demise

13. What Of A Love Unspoken

14. Sometimes I Cry

15. The Fear In The Heart Of A Man

16. Starry Night

17. What Of Fame?

18. Only 4 The Righteous

19. Why Must U Be Unfaithful?

20. Wife 4 Life

21. Lady Liberty Needs Glasses

22. Family Tree

23. Thug Blues

24. The Sun And The Moon

Performer Notes

Full Title: The Rose That Grew From Concrete Vol. 1.
Personnel includes: 2Pac, Q Tip, Mos Def, Outlawz, Geronimo Pratt, Dead Prez, Tre, K-Ci & Jo Jo, 4th Avenue Jones, Babatunde Olatunge, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons, Nikki Giovanni, Sarah Jones, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Sonya Sanchez, Lamar Antwon Robinson, Rha Goddess, Dan Rockett, Mac Mall.
Producers include: Jamal Joseph, QD3, Eric Rico, Voza Rivers, Mos Def.
Engineers include: Tyson Leeper, Michael Dunston, Denis Degher.
Includes liner notes by Afeni Shakur.
Tributee: 2Pac.
Tributee: 2Pac.
Personnel: 2Pac (vocals); Eric Rico (guitar, piano, percussion); Atiba Wilson (flute, percussion); Tim Izo Orindgreff (flute); Khalis Bayyan (saxophone); Royal Bayyan, Tevin Thomas (keyboards); Herbert Lonard (percussion); Tarik Bayyan (programming, drum programming); Charles Mack, Nefertiti, Val Young (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Claudio Cueni; Taavi Mote; Chris Puram; Skip Saylor.
Liner Note Authors: Nikki Giovanni; Sonia Sanchez; Babatunde Olatunji.
Recording information: Exyle Recording; Hip Hop City Entertainment.
Photographer: Jeffery Newbury.
Tupac Shakur's work and iconic importance have attracted an even greater degree of respect and attention after his death than they did during his lifetime. Unparalleled in the hip-hop world, Tupac's posthumous fame finds its precedents in rockers like Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, bad boys whose message was deeper than their hedonistic image suggested. The Tupac legacy continues apace with THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE. Essentially a various artists collection, it finds a wide variety of artists contributing spoken word performances of Shakur's poetry. Dashes of jazz, reggae, funk, and hip-hop accompany rapper Mos Def, poet Nikki Giovanni, actor Danny Glover, and others as they interpret the prose of the late rapper. Despite Shakur's gangsta image, most of his poems reflect a belief in positive social change through the efforts of an enlightened community that he sought to encourage.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/21/00, p.172) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Shows a more sensitive Tupac....shining light on a side of [him] that often gets forgotten."

Entertainment Weekly (11/24/00, p.82) - "...The rapper's poetry as spoken-word performances, hip-hop rhymes, reggae grooves, and country ditties....leaving listeners assured of [his] poetic gifts and saddened by his death..." - Rating: A-

Q (1/01, p.121) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...The music covers a broad spectrum from hip hop to country rock and theatrical readings with jazz and African backgrounds....Thoughtful but unpretentious."

Melody Maker (12/5/00, p.57) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A homely, organic collection with plentiful standout tracks..."

NME (Magazine) (11/18/00, p.43) - 8 out of 10 - "...A bravura effort..."