The Best of 2Pac - Pt. 1: Thug

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 51:19

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They Say All Music Guide

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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  • 05.23.12 You can spend months over-analyzing; trying to put the pieces together, or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on
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  • 05.22.12 RT @zee_bosso: @2pac Look to my future cause my past, is all behind me Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
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  • 05.22.12 RT @stan4eminem: @2pac is an inspiration for me since I was so little, so im getting a tupac amaru shakur tattoo on my wrist for my birthday