The Best of 2Pac - Pt. 1: Thug

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The seperately packaged two-part Best of 2Pac series released in 2007 features four less songs than the fairly definitive double-disc Greatest Hits collection previously released in 1998, and of the 21 songs spread across two packages (less than an hour of music per disc), about a quarter are posthumous productions or remixes. For every classic like “California Love,” there’s a latter-day remix such as the newly produced version of “Dear Mama” on the Thug release or the “previously unreleased” song “Dopefiend’s Diner” on the Life release. – Jason Birchmeier

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