Better Dayz

Better Dayz
Studio album by Tupac Shakur
Publication (s)	November 26, 2002
Label (s)	Death Row Records , Interscope , Amaru Entertainment
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	CD1: 13 + CD2: 14
running time	112: 40
production	Suge Knight ( Executive Producer ) Afeni Shakur (Executive Producer) Johnny "J" Jazze Pha DJ Quik among others
chronology Until the End of Time (2001) Better Dayz Loyal to the Game (2004)
Single releases October 17, 2002 Thugz Mansion March 29, 2003 Still ballin

Better Dayz ( English for: better days ) is the eighth studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur . It is the artist's third posthumously released album and was released on November 26, 2002 via the Death Row Records , Interscope and Amaru Entertainment labels .

Production and samples

Suge Knight and Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur were executive producers on the album . The music producer Johnny "J" produced eight tracks on the sound carrier, while three instrumentals each came from Nitty, Jazze Pha and EDI Mean. Two pieces each were produced by 7 Aurelius and BRISS. In addition, DJ Quik , Hurt-M-Badd, KP, GO Twice, Pitboss, Emcee NICE, Claudio Cueni and Troy Johnson were involved in the production of individual songs.

Five songs on the album contain samples from tracks by other artists. This is the title song is sampling Better Dayz the play Let's Fall in Love (Parts 1 & 2) of The Isley Brothers , while Catchin feelins elements of the title Peter Piper by Run-DMC includes. Late Night includes samples of the songs Have Your Ass Home by 11:00 by Richard Pryor , Wind Parade by Donald Byrd and Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball) by Esther Williams . This Life I Lead also samples the song Naturally Mine by Al B. Sure! and Who Do U Believe In contains elements of the title Manifest Destiny by Jamiroquai .

Cover design

The album cover is in black and white and shows Tupac Shakur with a bare chest. He is smoking a cigarette, has closed his eyes and is using his hands to tie his bandana on his head. On the right of the picture, the words Better Dayz are written in white from bottom to top, and 2Pac in brown.

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In addition to Tupac Shakur, other artists appear on 22 of the 27 titles. His rap group Outlawz can be heard on eight songs ( Fuck Em All , Whatcha Gonna Do , Late Night , Fame , Catchin Feelins , There U Go , This Life I Lead , They Don't Give a Fuck About Us ). The rapper Jazze Pha has three guest appearances in the songs Fair Xchange , U Can Call and There U Go . The track Changed Man is a collaboration with rapper TI and singer Johntá Austin , while Tupac works with rappers EDI Mean and Kastro on Never B Peace . Tupac is supported by Nas and J. Phoenix on Thugz Mansion (Acoustic) , and rap group Cocoa Brovaz and rapper Buckshot are on Military Minds . Other guest contributions are from Trick Daddy ( Still Ballin ), Kimma Hill ( Mama's Just a Little Girl ), DJ Quik ( Late Night ), Nutt-So ( Ghetto Star ), Anthony Hamilton ( Thugz Mansion ), Tyrese ( Never Call U Bitch Again ), Ron Isley ( Better Dayz ), Bad Azz ( Fame ), Mýa ( Fair Xchange ) and Yaki Kadafi ( Who Do U Believe In ).

Track list

CD 1

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Intro		7 Aurelius	0:55
2	Still Ballin (Remix)	Trick daddy	Nitty	2:49
3	When We Ride on Our Enemies (Remix)		BRISS	2:54
4th	Changed Man (Remix)	TI and Johntá Austin	Jazze Pha	3:52
5	Fuck em all	Outlawz	Johnny "J"	4:25
6th	Never B Peace (Remix)	EDI Mean and Kastro	Nitty	4:59
7th	Mama's Just a Little Girl (Remix)	Kimma Hill	KP	4:58
8th	Street Fame (Remix)		BRISS	4:30
9	Whatcha gonna do	Outlawz	EDI mean	3:38
10	Fair Xchange (Remix)	Jazze Pha	Jazze Pha	3:52
11	Late night	DJ Quik and Outlawz	DJ Quik	4:17
12	Ghetto star	Nutt-So	GO Twice	4:14
13	Thugz Mansion (Acoustic)	Nas and J. Phoenix	Pitboss, Emcee NICE, Claudio Cueni	4:12

CD 2

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	My Block (Remix)		Nitty	5:22
2	Thugz Mansion (Remix)	Anthony Hamilton	7 Aurelius	4:07
3	Never Call U Bitch Again	Tyrese	Johnny "J"	4:38
4th	Better Dayz	Ron Isley	Johnny "J"	4:17
5	U Can Call (Remix)	Jazze Pha	Jazze Pha	3:50
6th	Military Minds	Cocoa Brovaz and Buckshot	EDI mean	5:29
7th	Fame	Bad Azz and Outlawz	Hurt-M-Badd	4:50
8th	Fair Xchange (Remix)	Mýa	Troy Johnson	3:56
9	Catchin Feelins	Outlawz	EDI mean	4:54
10	There U Go	Outlawz and Jazze Pha	Johnny "J"	5:30
11	This Life I Lead	Outlawz	Johnny "J"	5:21
12	Who Do U Believe In	Yaki Kadafi	Johnny "J"	5:30
13	They Don't Give a Fuck About Us	Outlawz	Johnny "J"	5:08
14th	Outro		Johnny "J"	0:13

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Better Dayz   DE 45 12/16/2002 (9 weeks)   CH 60 12/15/2002 (10 weeks)   UK 68 12/14/2002 (8 weeks)   US 5 12/14/2002 (25 weeks)

Singles

Thugz Mansion   DE 74 03/03/2003 (6 weeks)   UK 24 02/22/2003 (7 weeks)   US 19th 12/28/2002 (20 weeks) Still ballin   US 69 04/12/2003 (20 weeks)

On December 16, 2002, Better Dayz entered the German charts at number 45 and in the following weeks occupied positions 67, 82 and 69. Overall, the album was able to stay in the top 100 for nine weeks. In the United States, the album debuted at number 5 and stayed in the top 200 for 25 weeks.

As singles , the songs were Thugz Mansion (DE # 74, 6 wk.) And Still Ballin decoupled.

Sales figures and awards

For more than 1.7 million copies sold, Better Dayz was awarded three times platinum in the United States , as double albums are rated twice there. The album also received a gold record in the UK for over 100,000 units sold.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	1,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 6 × platinum	1,900,000

Main article: Tupac Shakur / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
3. ↑ Rating: RapReviews
4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ Chart tracking Better Dayz on officialcharts.de
6. ↑ US: 1.7 million sales
7. ↑ US: 3x platinum
8. ↑ UK: Gold