![]() Sure, the thug still hangs around, remorseless and defiant. But I used that metallic texture of ‘That Girl. Most of the songs on Me Against the World, 2Pac’s third and best album, demonstrate that underneath his hardened postures is a method. I didn’t jack the bassline…I wrote my own chords. ![]() You can hear Stevie’s texture on ‘So Many Tears. Stevie Wonder’s ‘That Girl’ was one of my favorite songs, so I knew at some point I was going to sample it. We later changed the line to ‘They try to say that I don’t care…’ ‘So Many Tears’ is another one that wasn’t made with Pac in mind. The original line was: ‘Something Minneapolis said…’ Pac let us keep some of those background vocals on there. But we ended up not doing it because nobody felt the beat but me. He’s like, ‘This one, nigga!’ It was that ‘Fuck The World’ beat, which was really a Prince remake. Album: Me Against the WorldTrack: 03Artists: 2Pac, DramacydalProducer: Soulshock and KarlinSample: 'Walk on By' by Isaac Hayes and 'Inside My Love' by Minni. I’m like, ‘There is no fourth beat…I searched and searched.’ He played the tape for me and when the third beat ran out some old, dusty shit that I had taped over and didn’t want no one to hear came on. I flew up to LA to meet with Pac about the songs. So Pac calls me back in Oakland and he’s like, ‘I like the first one and the fourth one.’ And I’m puzzled because I only sent three tracks. The first one was what turned out to be Digital Underground’s ‘Oregano Flow,’ the second was ‘So Many Tears’ and the third one was a beat I can’t remember. Atlantic ( Warner Music imprint), Interscope Records, Out da Gutta Records. ![]() “I sent three good songs to Pac for the Me Against The World album. recording cover versions of hits like 'United We Stand' and 'My Baby Loves. The album presents 2Pac as a man with myriad conflicting personas, each one needed to create the mythos that surrounded the MC up until his death: the gangster, but with his. 'Me Against The World' is 2Pac's first album release since his conviction of. Me Against The World Sessions– 2Pac (‘So Many Tears,’ ‘Fuck The World,’ 1995) Me Against the World was recorded before ‘Pac was shot five times outside of Quad Recording Studios, and before his prison sentence related to his sexual assault case. ![]()
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