2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted

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"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "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.

Music video

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 about the November 1994 shooting.

Facts

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.

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."

On April 15, 2012, the song was played at the Coachella Festival with Snoop Dogg performing with a virtual version of 2Pac.

Personnel

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

	"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" The song features the interaction between performers 2Pac and Snoop Dogg.
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