I Get Around (2Pac song)

"I Get Around"

Single by 2Pac featuring Shock-G and Money-B

from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.

A-side

"Nothing but Love"

Released

June 10, 1993

Format

Recorded

1992

Genre

Hip hop

Length

4:19

Label

Interscope

Songwriter(s)

T. Shakur, G. Jacobs, L. Troutman, S. Murdock, R. Brooks

Producer(s)

Shock G

2Pac singles chronology

Audio sample
"Holler If Ya Hear Me" (1993)	"I Get Around" (1993)	"Keep Ya Head Up" (1993)
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Music video

"I Get Around" on YouTube

"I Get Around" is the second single from 2Pac's second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., and features Shock G and Money-B of Digital Underground, the group that introduced him to the world. It was produced by Shock G.Allmusic notes that in the song 2Pac "brags about his sexual conquests".

Some of the background vocals & additional drums on "I Get Around" are sampled from the 1985 Zapp song "Computer Love", while the other background vocals (the lyric "step up") is sampled from "Step in the Arena" by Gang Starr. The percussion is sampled from The Honey Drippers' 1973 track "Impeach the President."

In the 2009 book How to Rap, Shock G recalled that 2Pac wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat), and that 2Pac also ghostwrote Shock G's verse.

Brian McKnight sampled the song on "Hold Me" on Anytime (1997). Nicole Wray sampled the song on her single, "I Like It".

"I Get Around" peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent 25 weeks on the charts and peaked number 5 on the US R&B charts. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 700,000 copies.

The song was re-released on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album in 1998. The music video reached #1 on XXL's and MTV2's "25 Greatest West Coast Videos". The song is ranked #14 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

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