2Pac, Snoop Dogg - 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted

"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted (sometimes confused with Gangsta Party) is a hip hop song written by 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger for 2Pac's 1996 double album All Eyez on Me. The song is a duet performed by 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" was released as promotional recording and was the album's second single, after "California Love". The song peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.[1]

"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" was later included on 2Pac's Greatest Hits in 1998. A remix of the song was also featured on the album Nu-Mixx Klazzics in 2003.

The original music video director dropped out of the project because he didn't want to share directing credit with Tupac (since Tupac had written the concept) .[citation needed] It was up to Gobi M. Rahimi to step in as a director and his production company to deliver a hit video for Tupac.

The video was filmed four months prior to Tupac's September 1996 shooting. The prelude for the song shows a parody of Biggie Smalls ("Piggie") and Puff Daddy ("Buff Daddy") in discussion with Shakur while abasing themselves of the November 1994 shooting. Many rap fans consider this an outrageous moment that had been followed by the "Hit 'em up" video. Although Pac says "I ain't gonna kill you, Pig" and "Once we're homeboys, we're always homeboys", because of the ironic manner in which he says this, came through as an offense, and remained one of his diss songs. However an uncut (probably uncensored) version of the video shows 2Pac and his guards pulling out pistols from their jackets ready to shoot, while the intro suddenly ends, reminiscent of a scene from the movie Scarface. Apart from that, the song is about Snoop and 2Pac's arraignment, while 2Pac was just released from jail, Snoop's trial was about to come to a head. There is also a guest appearance by Tha Dogg Pound and Nate Dogg.

Snoop's first line in the song, "I keep my hand on my gun, 'cos they got me on the run" is a reference to "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash.

Another lyric reference: Verse 2 -"It's like cuz, blood, gangbangin Everybody in the party doin dope slangin You got to have papers in this world You might get your purse snatch, before your eyes swerl Ya doing ya job, every day And then you work so hard til ya hair turn gray" is a reference to "RadioActivity Rapp" by Mc Fosty & Lovin' C, which was influenced by "Radio Activity" by Cashflow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrdAIyWIqI -

RadioActivity Rapp; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4V5oiBd-Q&feature=related - Original Radio Activity song by Cashflow

This song was played as tribute to 2Pac on the Up In Smoke Tour, in 2000, by Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg. They played this, along with 2 other songs, as tribute to 2Pac. The sample of 2Pac verse, is played with the crowd waving their hands, with their twos' in the air. On Snoop Dogg's verse, he raps it. On the chrous, Snoop Dogg has the crowd sing, "Say, 2Pac. Say we love you. We miss you."

Personnel

Engineer: Dave Aron
Assistant engineer: Alvin McGill
Mixing: David Blake
Featuring (Rap): Snoop Dogg"

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Up for auction is an extreamly rare signed items from Tupac. Straight from Death Row Records is a signed cigar (signed '2Pac') and Champagned Glass (signed 'Nuttin' But A Gansta' Party- 2Pac').

These are the original itmes held by Pac that appear in the 2Pac's full length music video for '2 of Americaz Most Wanted- Featuring Snoop Dogg'. The cigar and Champagne glass appear in the hand of 2Pac, mid way throught he video, whilst seated at a dining table next to Snoop Dogg.

The items have been signed by Tupac Shakur on the set of his music video, Feb 13th, 1996, and donated by Death Row Records for charity auction.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tupac-2PAC-Music-Video-Props-Signed-Cigar-and-Cham...

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[realklein]

ATTENTION ALL 2PAC FANS

On june 16 (before if you can't make it) we will all watch HIT EM UP in honor of the greatest rapper ever's birthday. Let's give him the best birthday present ever: the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give him what he deserves and what Justin Beiber does not deserve to have!

Copy and paste to all 2pac videos and all music videos let's get this noticed quickly!

THUMBS THIS UP

LETS GET NOTICED

Lets help 2pac with this

[iiKaMiiKaZee]

ididnt make this but its tru

ok i'm seriously getting sick of these "attention all 2pac fans" comments. do you honestly think that having the most views on youtube would be a good birthday present for someone like 2pac? he's doesn't give a shit about that. you wanna giv pac a REAL birthday present? then "start to see each other as brother's instead of two different strangers", and "let's change the way we eat, live, and treat each other". that's a real birthday present that he will appreciate

[jlee562]

haha tupac would throw a crumpled up piece of paper at a DA wrongfully accusing him

[13jjo]

they wonder how i live with 5 shots, niggas is hard to kill on my block

[krakemful]

@realklein What up? If you love rap like old times, I have a deep rap music video to you!

Beautiful music, powerful lyrics

If you listen all the first part, you will wanna listen to the second too

Look for: Smyllidon - Warrior (Official)

Check it out, trust me, I bet you gon like it, this is hot

[2jeremyable]

you ain't no tupac

[Music1sThaLife]

Pac , please dont kill me , it was puffs idea! im just a rapper man , please dont take me out of game!

makes me laugh everytime :D

[JenkemYahooJiggaboo]

@Qlihax at the very beginning its 2pac's song "How do you want it" however if you meant what song is playing during the B.I.G and Puff Daddy parody its Biggy's song "Big Papa".

[MrNasiem]

there was 2 cribs he liked snoop dogg and big N.O.T.O.R.I.U.S