Pac's Life | ||||
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Studio album by 2Pac | ||||
Released | November 21, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 1991 (Scared Straight) 1995–1996 (2Pac and Kadafi's vocals) 2005–2006 (Production, guest vocals, and mixing) |
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Genre | West coast hip hop, gangsta rap, R&B | |||
Length | 55:06 | |||
Label | Amaru, Interscope | |||
Producer | Afeni Shakur (exec.), Canei Finch, E.D.I., Karma Productions, L.T. Hutton, QDIII, Salih, Sha Money XL, Tom Whalley, Swizz Beatz (exec.) | |||
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Singles from Pac's Life | ||||
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About.com | link |
AllMusic | |
DJBooth.net | link at the Wayback Machine (archived October 19, 2009) |
HipHopDX | link |
RapReviews | (6.5/10) link |
Rolling Stone | link |
The Source |
Pac's Life is the tenth studio album and sixth album by the late rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment. Its 2006 release date was designed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his murder.
A broad range of artists contributed to the album, including Outlawz, Krayzie Bone, Snoop Dogg, Chamillionaire, Ludacris, A-3, Big Syke, Papoose, Keyshia Cole, Jay Rock, Young Buck, Ashanti, T.I., Lil' Scrappy, three posthumous appearances by Kadafi, and Jamal Woolard, who became famous for portraying The Notorious B.I.G. in the 2009 biopic Notorious.
The album features guest appearances from Ashanti and T.I., who appear on the title track "Pac's Life." They also participated in the release of the single version of the song, which was filmed at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. The World Premiere of "Pac's Life" was on at 7:30 PM on BET's Access Granted on Wednesday, November 22. The video featured on BET's behind the scenes of the filming of "Pac's Life". Krayzie Bone, appears on the album's first single, "Untouchable".