Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur Album)

Greatest hits
Compilation album by Tupac Shakur
Publication (s)	November 23, 1998
Label (s)	Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records , Interscope Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	25th
running time	114: 43
production	Afeni Shakur ( Executive Producer ) Suge Knight (Executive Producer) Dr. Dre Daz Dillinger DJ Quik Johnny "J" Nate Dogg Warren G Shock G / Digital Underground Tupac Shakur QDIII among others
chronology RU Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997) Greatest hits Still I Rise (1999)
Single releases October 13, 1998 Changes January 26, 1999 Unconditional love

Greatest Hits ( English for: "Greatest Hits") is a best-of album by the American rapper Tupac Shakur . It was released on November 23, 1998, two years after his death, on the labels Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records and Interscope Records .

content

Most of the songs on the album are previously released singles from the five studio albums 2Pacalypse Now (two songs), Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ (two tracks), Me Against the World (four pieces), All Eyez on Me, which were released up to this point (eight tracks) and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (three songs). How Long Will They Mourn Me? is a track from the album Thug Life: Volume 1 , which Tupac recorded with his rap group Thug Life. Also, Hit 'Em Up is a song that was previously on the B-side of the single How Do U Want It? found included. The tracks God Bless the Dead , Unconditional Love , Troublesome '96 and Changes are new releases.

production

Many different producers were involved in the production of the album. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, and Suge Knight , the co-founder of Death Row Records , served as executive producers . Most of the beats come from music producer Johnny "J" , who produced seven songs. Daz Dillinger and The Underground Railroad each contributed two instrumentals to the album. Dr. Dre produced the track California Love . There is also one production each by Easy Mo Bee , DJ Quik , QDIII as well as Warren G and Nate Dogg .

Many songs contain samples of songs by other artists.

Cover design

The album cover shows Tupac Shakur's face. He looks at the viewer and wears a black bandana on his head and a Nostril piercing . At the bottom right of the picture are the 2Pac lettering in white and Greatest Hits in red.

Guest Posts

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Most of the songs (17 out of 25) feature other artists besides Tupac. The most famous guest appearances come from the rapper Snoop Dogg on 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted , the rapper and producer Dr. Dre on California Love and Tupac's rap group Outlawz , who appear on the songs Hail Mary , Me Against the World and Hit 'Em Up . Other guests include the R & B -Gesangsduo K-Ci & JoJo ( How Do U Want It? , Toss It Up ), the rapper and singer Nate Dogg ( How Long Will They Mourn Me? , All Bout U ) and the singer Roger Troutman ( California Love ).

Track list

CD 1

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	album
1	Keep Ya Head Up		DJ Daryl	4:24	Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ
2	2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted	Snoop Dogg	Daz Dillinger	4:07	All Eyez on Me
3	Temptations		Easy Mo Bee	5:02	Me Against the World
4th	God Bless the Dead	Stretch	Stretch	4:22	previously unpublished
5	Hail Mary	Outlawz and Prince Ital Joe	Hurt-M-Badd	5:12	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
6th	Me Against the World	Dramacydal	SoulShock & Karlin	4:39	Me Against the World
7th	How Do U Want It?	K-Ci & JoJo	Johnny "J"	4:48	All Eyez on Me
8th	So many tears		D-Flizno	3:58	Me Against the World
9	Unconditional love		Johnny "J"	3:59	previously unpublished
10	Trapped		The Underground Railroad	4:45	2 Pacalypse Now
11	Life Goes On	Stacey Smallie	Johnny "J"	5:02	All Eyez on Me
12	Hit 'Em Up	Outlawz	Johnny "J" and Tupac	5:12	B-side on How Do You Want It?

CD 2

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	album
1	Troublesome '96		Johnny "J"	4:36	previously unpublished
2	Brenda's Got a Baby	Dave Hollister	The Underground Railroad	3:54	2 Pacalypse Now
3	I ain't Mad at Cha	Danny Boy	Daz Dillinger	4:56	All Eyez on Me
4th	I get around	Digital underground	The D-Flow Production Squad	4:19	Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ
5	Changes	talent	Deon Evans	4:29	previously unpublished
6th	California Love (Original Version)	Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman	Dr. Dre	4:45	All Eyez on Me
7th	Picture me rollin '	Danny Boy, Big Syke and CPO	Johnny "J"	5:15	All Eyez on Me
8th	How Long Will They Mourn Me?	Thug Life and Nate Dogg	Warren G and Nate Dogg	3:52	Thug Life: Volume 1
9	Toss It Up	K-Ci & JoJo, Danny Boy and Aaron Hall	Reggie Moore	4:43	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
10	Dear mom		Tony Pizarro, DF Master Tee (Co) and Moses (Co)	4:40	Me Against the World
11	All Bout U	Top Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Dru Down	Johnny "J" and Tupac	4:33	All Eyez on Me
12	To Live & Die in LA	Val Young	QDIII	4:33	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
13	Heartz of Men		DJ Quik	4:41	All Eyez on Me

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Greatest hits   DE 9 07/12/1998 (32 weeks)   AT 15th 03/28/1999 (11 weeks)   CH 13 03/28/1999 (16 weeks)   UK 17th 12/12/1998 (49 weeks)   US 3 01/23/1999 (234 weeks)

Singles

Changes   DE 2 02/20/1999 (20 weeks)   AT 6th 03/21/1999 (12 weeks)   CH 2 03/07/1999 (19 weeks)   UK 3 02/20/1999 (14 weeks)   US 32 05.12.1998 (19 weeks)

The best-of album reached number 9 in the German charts and stayed in the top 100 for a total of 34 weeks. In the USA, the album was number 3. In the German annual charts in 1999, the record was number 41.

The song Changes was released as a single in advance . The song reached number 2 in Germany, stayed in the Top 100 for 20 weeks and was awarded a gold record for more than 250,000 units sold in this country. The track Unconditional Love was also released as a single, but could not be placed in the charts.

Sales figures and awards

For more than 250,000 copies sold, Greatest Hits in Germany received a gold record in 2002. The commercial success was particularly great in the United States, where the sound carrier was awarded a diamond record in 2011 for over five million units sold , since double albums are valued twice there. This makes it one of the world's best-selling rap albums of all time.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	5 × gold 7 × platinum 1 × diamond	6,405,000

Main article: Tupac Shakur / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sample search by entering the song title
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
4. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US 
6. ↑ Albums at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Tupac Shakur at billboard.com
8. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 41
9. ↑ Changes DE: # 2
10. ↑ Changes DE: 19 wks.
11. ^ Changes DE: Gold
12. ↑ Greatest Hits DE: Gold
13. ↑ US: Diamond