R U Still Down? (Remember Me) | |
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Studio album by 2Pac | |
Released |
25 November 1997 |
Recorded |
1992-1994 (2Pac's vocals) |
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Length |
102:40 |
Label |
Amaru, Interscope |
Producer |
2Pac, Akshun, Choo, Def Jef, DJ Daryl, Johnny "J", Live Squad, Levant Marcus, Mike Mosley, Natures Fynest Productions, Tony Pizarro, QDIII, Quimmy Quim, Chris Rosser, Conrad Rosser, Ricky Rouse, Afeni Shakur (exec.), Lisa Smith-Putnam (exec.), Soulshock & Karlin, Warren G, We Got Kidz Productions (also exec.) |
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R U Still Down? (Remember Me) is the seventh album and second posthumous album by American rapper 2Pac, released in 1997 on Amaru Entertainment, Jive and Interscope Records. It is the first album by 2Pac to be finished without his creative input, and was overseen by his mother Afeni Shakur. This was the first release from Afeni's imprint Amaru Entertainment, a label that was set up to control 2Pac's posthumous releases.
Shortly after 2Pac was murdered in 1996, there were rumours that hundreds of unreleased songs remained in the vaults. After the release of his first posthumous album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory in late 1996, Afeni Shakur gained the rights to all of his unreleased recordings from both the Interscope and Death Row labels. This album contains previously unreleased material from the time period of his albums Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..., Thug Life: Volume 1 and Me Against the World. The album airs his views on life from a time before he became involved in the controversial East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry.
The album sold 549,000 copies in its first week, and reached multi-platinum status under a month. It topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for three weeks in the United States. The album spawned two hits: "Do for Love" and "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto".
Track listing[]
Disc one[]
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Time |
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1. | "Redemption" | - | Rouse | We Got Kidz Productions, Ricky Rouse (co.) | 1:48 |
2. | "Open Fire" | 2Pac | Shakur, Williams | Akshun | 2:52 |
3. | "R U Still Down? (Remember Me)" | 2Pac | Mayfield, Pizarro, Shakur | Tony Pizarro | 4:07 |
4. | "Hellrazor" | 2Pac, Val Young | Jones, Shakur, Walker, Young | QDIII | 4:15 |
5. | "Thug Style" | 2Pac | Cox, Greenidge, Rosser, Rosser, Shakur | We Got Kidz Productions | 4:16 |
6. | "Where Do We Go From Here (Interlude)" | - | Clinton, Collins, Cooper, Pizarro, Shakur | Tony Pizarro, 2Pac | 4:31 |
7. | "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" | 2Pac | Goodman, McDowell, Shakur, Troutman, Troutman | Soulshock & Karlin | 4:21 |
8. | "Nothing to Lose" | 2Pac | Clinton, Collins, Curry, Jackson, Patterson, Shakur, Walker, Wheaton, Worrell | 2Pac, Live Squad | 3:39 |
9. | "I'm Gettin Money" | 2Pac | Mosley, Natures Fynest, Shakur | Mike Mosley, Natures Fynest Productions (co.) | 3:32 |
10. | "Lie to Kick It" | 2Pac, Richie Rich | Blackman, Griffin, Serrell, Shakur | Warren G | 3:39 |
11. | "Fuck All Y'all" | 2Pac | Cox, Greenidge, Shakur | We Got Kidz Productions | 4:32 |
12. | "Let Them Thangs Go" | 2Pac | Clinton, Collins, Cox, Greenidge, Shakur, Worrell | We Got Kidz Productions, Quimmy Quim (co.), DJ Daryl (add.) | 3:33 |
13. | "Definition of a Thug N#gga" | 2Pac | Griffin, Mizell, Shakur | 2Pac, Warren G | 4:09 |
Disc two[]
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Time |
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1. | "Ready 4 Whatever" | 2Pac, Big Syke | Heron, Himes, Jackson, Shakur | Johnny "J" | 4:05 |
2. | "When I Get Free" | 2Pac | Cox, Greenidge, Rouse, Shakur | We Got Kidz Productions, Ricky Rouse (co.) | 4:46 |
3. | "Hold On Be Strong" | 2Pac | Bailey, Beckmeier, Choo, McKay, Shakur | Choo | 4:11 |
4. | "I'm Losin It" | 2Pac, Big Syke, Spice 1 | Green, Hardy, Himes, Pizarro, Shakur | Tony Pizarro, Def Jef (co.), Levant Marcus (co.) | 3:55 |
5. | "Fake Ass Bitches" | 2Pac | Jackson, Shakur | Johnny "J" | 3:10 |
6. | "Do for Love" | 2Pac, Eric Williams | Caldwell, Karlin, Kettner, Shack, Shakur | Soulshock & Karlin | 4:42 |
7. | "Enemies With Me" | 2Pac, Dramacydal | Arrington, Beale, Carter, Clinton, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Parker, Shakur, Shider, Spradley, Walker, Walker | We Got Kidz Productions | 4:15 |
8. | "Nothin but Love" | 2Pac | Anderson, Craig, Shakur, Wood | DJ Daryl, 2Pac | 4:28 |
9. | "16 on Death Row" | 2Pac | Shakur | 2Pac | 5:42 |
10. | "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto (Hip-Hop Version)" | 2Pac, Maxee | Blackmon, Goodman, McDowell, Shakur, Troutman, Troutman | Soulshock & Karlin | 4:40 |
11. | "When I Get Free II" | 2Pac | Clarke, Rosser, Rosser, Shakur | Chris Rosser, Conrad Rosser | 3:22 |
12. | "Black Starry Night (Interlude)" | - | Anderson, Shakur, Troutman, Troutman | DJ Daryl | 0:48 |
13. | "Only Fear of Death" | 2Pac | Burns, Clinton, Collins, Harding, Himes, Rivers, Shakur Walker, Worrell | Live Squad | 5:09 |
Tupac Shakur | |
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Studio albums | 2Pacalypse Now • Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... • Me Against the World • All Eyez on Me • The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory |
Posthumous albums | R U Still Down? (Remember Me) • Still I Rise • Until the End of Time • Better Dayz • Loyal to the Game • Pac's Life |
Collaborative albums | Thug Life: Volume 1 |
Live albums | 2Pac Live • Live at the House of Blues |
Compilation albums | Greatest Hits • The Rose That Grew from Concrete • The Prophet: The Best of the Works • Nu-Mixx Klazzics • Tupac: Resurrection • The Rose, Vol. 2 • The Prophet Returns • Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991 • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 • Best of 2Pac |
Singles | "Trapped" • "Brenda's Got a Baby" • "If My Homie Calls" • "Holler If Ya Hear Me" • "I Get Around" • "Keep Ya Head Up" • "Papa'z Song" • "Dear Mama" • "So Many Tears" • "Temptations" • "California Love" • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" • "How Do U Want It" • "All Bout U" • "I Ain't Mad at Cha" • "Life Goes On" • "Toss It Up" • "To Live & Die in L.A." • "Hail Mary" • "Wanted Dead or Alive" • "Made N*ggaz" |
Posthumous singles | "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" • "Do for Love" • "Changes" • "Unconditional Love" • "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" • "Who Do U Believe In" • "Until the End of Time" • "Letter 2 My Unborn" • "Thugz Mansion" • "Still Ballin'" • "Runnin' (Dying to Love)" • "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" • "Thugs Get Lonely Too" • "Ghetto Gospel" • "Untouchable" • "Pac's Life" • "Playa Cardz Right" |
Featured singles | "Call It What U Want" • "Gotta Get Mine" • "Slippin' Into Darkness" • "Be the Realist" • "Smile" • "World Don't Take Me Personally" |
Other songs | "Same Song" • "I Don't Give a Fuck" • "Cradle to the Grave" • "Pour Out a Little Liquor" • "Runnin' (From tha Police)" • "Hit 'Em Up" |
Books | The Rose That Grew from Concrete |
Stage | Holler If Ya Hear Me |
Documentaries | Biggie & Tupac • Tupac: Resurrection • Tupac: Assassination |
Related articles | Death of Tupac Shakur • Digital Underground • Discography • East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry • Outlawz • Thug Life |