2Pac Live [Clean]

• Artist: 2Pac
• Rating:
• Release Date: August 10, 2004
• Type: Live
• Genre: Rap

Review

The 2Pac Live album released in 2004 by the once-mighty, thereafter-farcical Death Row label may not be imaginatively titled, but it's packaged slickly and is indeed comprised of live recordings. The 40-minute album splices together a number of audience recordings from various club performances by 2Pac. The dates and locations of these recordings aren't documented, though it's safe to say they're from the All Eyez on Me era, circa 1996. The spliced-together nature of the album might be a thorn in the side of some listeners, as might the poorly mixed audience recordings and sloppy performances at hand, but there are some curious moments here that 2Pac fanatics might value. In particular, there's a performance of "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" featuring Snoop Dogg, and 2Pac rants about his East Coast archrivals Nas and Mobb Deep in the run-up to a rough reading of "Hit Em Up." 2Pac Live doesn't have too much else of value going for it, but it does fill a gap in the rapper's mostly gapless catalog and thus serves, for better or worse, as the primary showpiece to date of Pac's performance ability. [Death Row also released a clean edition that censors instances of profanity.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Live Medley: California Love/So Many Tears	R.W. Hudson, Larry Troutman, Stevie Wonder, E. Baker, R. Troutman, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(3:03)
Intro		2Pac	(0:13)
Ambitionz Az a Ridah	Delmar Arnaud, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(2:49)
So Many Tears	Stevie Wonder, E. Baker, Greg Jacobs, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(1:27)
Troublesome	J.J. Jackson, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(3:04)
Hit Em Up	J.J. Jackson, Bruce Washington, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(4:16)
Tattoo Tears	Roy Ayers, Kenn Cox, R. Brown, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(2:39)
Heartz of Men	Prince, G. Clinton, Jr., C. Haskins, D. Blake, Tupac Shakur, W.O. Collins	2Pac	(0:06)
All About You	J.J. Jackson, Larry Blackmon, Bruce Washington, N. Hale, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(3:42)
Never Call You ***** Again	Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(2:25)
How Do You Want It	J.J. Jackson, Bruce Fisher, Leon Ware, Q. Jones, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(8:01)
2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted	Calvin Broadus, Delmar Arnaud, Tupac Shakur	2Pac	(6:07)
California Love	Joe Cocker, R.W. Hudson, Larry Troutman, R. Troutman	2Pac	(5:34)

Credits

2Pac (Main Performer), Suge Knight (Executive Producer), Rhonda Baraka (Liner Notes)