And the anger that tends to fuel rap here has been replaced with love and a contemplative, even defeated, concern. In 2010, the song was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress, who deemed it a work that is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." In a press release, the organization called the song "a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference. song has none of the pounding, percussionistic beat typical of so much Tupac music and rap in general. "Dear Mama" has been consistently ranked among the best of its genre, appearing on numerous "greatest" lists. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 13, 1995. The song topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for five weeks and also peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Eminem stated that the song played constantly in his car in the year following its release.
#TUPAC SONGS DEAR MAMA CRACK#
In the song, Shakur details his childhood poverty and his mother's addiction to crack cocaine, but argues that his love and deep respect for his mother supersede bad memories. Tupac recognized our struggle, and he is still our hero.
#TUPAC SONGS DEAR MAMA FULL#
The song is a tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur. One stand out song was Dear Mama whose lyrics were full of what Tupac went through in his life, his mother and father separation and the role women play. A woman who said and believed:Īrts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes."Dear Mama" is a song by American hip hop recording artist 2Pac, released on Februas the lead single from his third studio album, Me Against the World (1995). Among the album’s 15 tracks was a song destined to become his best known: Dear Mama. In verse one of the song, Tupac Shakur states that 'I reminice on the stress I caused, it was hell, Huggin on my mama from a jail cell. This allows for easier understanding of the song and its meaning. It’s cool to hear this gem of a recording while remembering Afeni. Me Against the World was rap artist Tupac (sometimes spelled 2Pac) Shakur’s third studio album and his first to go double platinum. Asides from the overall explanation of the song, 'Dear Mama' can be broken down into seperate verses for interpretation. when Tupac comes in the studio very upset and proceeds to explain to us that we had to take out Yo-Yo’s part because a person by the name of Pat Charbonet would not give us the clearance to use that part in the song, so we had no choice but to take it out and that’s where even the Richard Pryor excerpt, which you will hear, is completely off the released version of the song.” The day after we had finished up on everything we were in Echo Sound in L.A. The sample was ‘Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman,’ which was taken from the original song from Ice Cube’s ‘This Is A Man’s World,’ with the scratching done, of course, by yours truly DJ King Assassin. Tupac knows that despite his mother’s shortcomings her activist involvement shaped his life. From these sociological origins his work grows and is built on a foundation of these roots. Originally, the hook was a sample of a song from the legendary rapper and friend of both of ours named Yo-Yo, from Ice Cube’s Lench Mob. Tupac Shakur was born to a single parent household in a rough neighbor hood. The original version of ‘Dear Mama’ was far different than the version that was released, as far as the hook was constructed. King Assasin explains the politics of why the woman’s vocal was removed from the record and replaced with the chorus that we all know today. The lyric taken from Yo Yo’s verse on Ice Cube’s “This Is A Man’s World”. Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman. Yo Yo, a fellow MC and close friend of Tupac at the time, can be heard rapping a powerful womanist statement in the hook: Yo Yo) ĭJ King Assassin, who was around for a lot of the recordings of Tupac’s “Me Against The World” album shared the version of the song this week in a mixtape tribute to Afeni. Afeni Shakur was not only Tupac’s mother, but a strong political activist, businesswoman, and the inspiration for Tupac’s persona in rap – a true icon. The song was originally a tribute and a gift to Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur who passed away earlier this week. Here’s an original version of Tupac’s “Dear Mama”, a single that dropped in 1995 and originally featured a sample from woman emcee, and Ice Cube protege, Yo Yo.
There’s nothing like finding a demo version to one of your favorite songs.
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