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Still I Rise
Still I Rise
Studio album by 2Pac + Outlawz

Released

21 December 1999

Recorded

1995-1996 (2Pac's vocals), 1998-1999 (Production, guest vocals and mixing)

Genre

Hip hop, West Coast hip hop

Length

72:45

Label

Amaru, Death Row, Interscope

Producer

2Pac, Big D, Damon Thomas, Daz Dillinger, E.D.I. Mean, Hurt-M-Badd, Johnny "J", Kurupt, L Rock Ya, QDIII, Quimmy Quim, Soulshock & Karlin

Still I Rise is an album by 2Pac and the Outlawz, released in 1999 on Death Row Records and Interscope Records. It is 2Pac's third posthumous album, and the first album by Outlawz as a group. The album excludes some members of the Outlawz, such as Hussein Fatal, who left the group as he refused to sign to Death Row. The album contains all previously unreleased, albeit remixed material. It features production work from 2Pac's close collaborators Tony Pizarro, Johnny "J" and QDIII, as well as a guest appearance by Nate Dogg.

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" was the only single released from the album. Still I Rise debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 408,000 copies in its first week. It was certified platinum in 2000, and has since sold 1,692,316 copies.

Track listing[]

No. Title Performer(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Time
1. "Letter to the President" 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Big Syke Cox, Greenidge, Himes, Jones, Shakur QDIII 5:59
2. "Still I Rise" Kastro, 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi, Napoleon, Young Noble Beale, Cooper, Cox, Fula, Jackson, Shakur, Washington Johnny "J" 4:13
3. "Secretz of War" E.D.I Mean, 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi, Young Noble Beale, Cooper, Fula, Greenidge, Jackson, Shakur, Washington Johnny "J" 4:12
4. "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble Cooper, Greenidge, Karlin, Schack, Shakur 2Pac, Soulshock & Karlin 4:19
5. "As the World Turns" 2Pac, Young Noble, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Yaki Kadafi Beale, Cooper, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Harper, Shakur, Washington Darryl "Big D" Harper 5:06
6. "Black Jesuz" 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi, Storm, Young Noble, Kastro, Val Young Cooper, Cox, Fula, Hunter, Shakur, Washington, Williams, Wrice, Young 2Pac, L Rock Ya, Hurt-M-Badd 4:24
7. "Homeboyz" 2Pac, Young Noble Arnaud, Cooper, Shakur Daz Dillinger 3:38
8. "Hell 4 a Hustler" 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble Beale, Cooper, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Shakur, Thomas Damon Thomas 5:52
9. "High Speed" 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi, E.D.I. Mean Fula, Greenidge, Harper, Shakur Darryl "Big D" Harper 5:59
10. "The Good Die Young" 2Pac, Napoleon, Young Noble, Kastro, E.D.I. Mean, Val Young Cooper, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Harper, Shakur Darryl "Big D" Harper 5:42
11. "Killuminati" 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Yaki Kadafi Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Pizarro, Shakur Tony Pizarro 4:02
12. "Teardrops and Closed Caskets" 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Napoleon, Yaki Kadafi, Nate Dogg, Val Young Beale, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Hale, Jones, Shakur, Young QDIII 5:05
13. "Tattoo Tears" 2Pac, Young Noble, Napoleon, Yaki Kadafi, Kastro Beale, Brown, Cooper, Cox, Fula, Shakur E.D.I. Mean, Kurupt 5:07
14. "U Can Be Touched" Napoleon, 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Young Noble, Yaki Kadafi Beale, Cooper, Cox, Fula, Greenidge, Jackson, Shakur, Washington Johnny "J" 5:59
15. "Y'all Don't Know Us" Young Noble, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean Beale, Cooper, Greenidge, Quim Quimmy Quim, Reef 4:53
Tupac Shakur
Studio albums 2Pacalypse NowStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...Me Against the WorldAll Eyez on MeThe Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Posthumous albums R U Still Down? (Remember Me)Still I RiseUntil the End of TimeBetter DayzLoyal to the GamePac's Life
Collaborative albums Thug Life: Volume 1
Live albums 2Pac LiveLive at the House of Blues
Compilation albums Greatest HitsThe Rose That Grew from ConcreteThe Prophet: The Best of the WorksNu-Mixx KlazzicsTupac: ResurrectionThe Rose, Vol. 2The Prophet ReturnsBeginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2Best 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 & TupacTupac: ResurrectionTupac: Assassination
Related articles Death of Tupac ShakurDigital UndergroundDiscographyEast Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalryOutlawzThug Life
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