Better Dayz [PA]

Performer: 2Pac
Artist: Mya; Jazze Pha; Nas; The Outlawz; Ronald Isley; T.I.; Trick Daddy; Tyrese; Johnta Austin; E.D.I.; Kasbro; Kimmy Hill; Young Noble; Nutso; J Phoenix; Anthony Hamilton; Mr. Biggs; Coco Brothers; Buckshot; Kadafi; Napoleon; Mussamill; Big Syke
Engineer: Ian Boxill; Claudio Cueni; DJ Quik; Asif Ali; Keston Wright; Kevin Crouse; Leslie Brathwaite; Ian Blanch
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes; 2Pac, Mya, Jazze Pha, Nas, Outlawz, T.I., Trick Daddy, Tyrese, Anthony Hamilton, Ron Isley. Producers include: 7 Aurelius, Jazze Pha, KP, Darryl Harper, Briss. Contains an untitled hidden track following "They Don't Give A **** About Us". Personnel: 2Pac, Trick Daddy, Jazze Pha, T.I., The Outlawz, Nutso, Nas, J. Phoenix, Coco Brothers, Buckshot, Kadafi, Kastro, Napoleon, Young Noble (rap vocals); Johnta Austin, Anthony Hamilton, Tyrese, Ron Isley, Mya (vocals); 7 Special, BRISS (various instruments); Alex Siff, Shorty B (guitar, bass); Michael Herring, Tim Stewart, Ryan Stuber (guitar); Donavan Henry (organ); Frank Nitty Pimentel, Luis Pimentel (keyboards, programming); Ronnie King (keyboards); Courtney Copeland, Henry Fayson (background vocals). Producers include: 7 Aurelius, Frank Nitty Pimentel, BRISS, Jazze Pha, Go Twice. Personnel: R.J., Rob "Fonksta" Bacon, Alex Stiff, G Mack, Shorty B. (guitar); Frank Nitty Pimentel (keyboards, drum programming); Ronnie King (keyboards); Courtney Copeland, Jasmine Wilson, Ellis Taylor (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Ian Boxill; Claudio Cueni; Dexter Simmons; E.D.I.; Johnny J; Leslie Brathwaite. Audio Remixer: E.D.I. Recording information: Beats By KP Studios, Pasadena; Can Am, Tarzana, CA; Circle Sound International, Miami, FL; Experimental Studios; Marvin's Room, Hollywood, CA; Patch Werk Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; QD3 Soundlab, Los Angeles, CA; Skip Saylor, Los Angeles, CA; Stankonia, Atlanta, GA; Studio Center, Miami, FL; Teal's Spot, Modesto; The Enterprise II, Burbank, CA; Unique Recording Studios, New York, NY. Photographers: A. Gobi; Chicu Modu. Arranger: Johnny J. This exercise in rap-from-the-dead is brought to you courtesy of 2Pac's Mom Afeni and label boss and material witness Suge Knight. Hewing to the laws of fame intensified by early death, the pair have ensured that the late and legendary rapper's martyrdom in the East-West Coast rap wars doesn't cramp his style. The resurrected raps on the double CD BETTER DAYZ, just one in a plethora of posthumous 2Pac releases, come rattling out of the speakers in the form of remixes by such rising lights as Jazze Pha and lesser-known talents like 7 Aurelius. All participants make passable efforts at injecting some posthumous pizazz into the proceedings, notably the coruscating "Never a Peace" and the sweet-and sour Spanish guitar-accompanied "Mama's Just a Little Girl." So just sit back and enjoy the artistry, and most of all the essential humanity of 2Pac's particular flavor--and the artful smoke and mirrors of the remixers as they reassemble these fragments and sketches into listenable tracks.

Beginning his career in the early 1990s as a member of the Oakland rap-funksters Digital Underground, 2Pac rose to become perhaps the single most controversial figure in rap music, easily equal in popularity and notoriety to Snoop Dogg on the West Coast and sometime rival Notorious B.I.G. out East. Taking his moniker from a South American revolutionary, 2Pac managed to embrace themes of black self-determination and social conscience without dulling the edge of his thug image. Achieving almost unrivalled popularity while alive, 2Pac had a penchant for religious and iconic motifs, ensuring his status as a rap martyr after his murder in 1996.

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