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 Intro (unpublished)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 Holler If You Hear Me (unpublished; rewritten for Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ)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 Don’t Call Me, Bitch (unpublished)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 What Goes On (unpublished)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 Crooked Nigga Too (unpublished; remixed in 2004 for Loyal to the Game)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 Still Don’t Give a Fuck (unpublished)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 (Holler If Ya 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, California, 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 (2Pac, 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 (2Pac, US rapper)
writer:
Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp) and Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
composer:
Daryl Anderson
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., 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 (Money B, of Digital Underground) and Shockalock
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
arranger:
The Piano Man
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States, Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, California, United States and Unique Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, 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 (2Pac, US rapper)
writer:
Shirley Murdock, Ronald Brooks (Money B, 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 (2Pac, 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 (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States, Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, California, United States and Unique Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, 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 (2Pac, 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 (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1993)
samples:
Eveready Man by Lakeside (US funk band)
recording of:
Nothin’ but Love
writer:
Marvin Craig, Daryl Anderson, Tupac Shakur (2Pac, 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 (ASCAP) and Spectrum VII
is based on:
Eveready Man
5:07