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Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Studio album by 2Pac

Released

16 February 1993

Recorded

June 1992 - January 1993 at Starlight Sound Studio (Richmond, California), Echo Sound Studio (Los Angeles, California) and Unique Recording Studios (New York City, New York)

Genre

Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, conscious hip hop

Length

63:55

Label

Interscope, Atlantic Records

Producer

2Pac, Akshun, Big D the Impossible, The D-Flow Production Squad, DJ Daryl, Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin, Atron Gregory (exec.), Truman Jefferson, Laylaw, Live Squad, Special Ed, Stretch

2Pac chronology

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2Pacalypse Now (1991)

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Thug Life: Volume 1 (1994)

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... is the second studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur, released in 1993 by Interscope Records. The rights of the album now belong to Amaru Entertainment. The original title for the album was Troublesome 21; the 21 referring to Shakur's age at the time. Similar to his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, the album contains many tracks emphasising Shakur's political and social views.

Debuting at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, the album achieved more commercial success than its predecessor, and is noted as his "breakout" album. It spawned the hits "Keep Ya Head Up" and "I Get Around", and it has since reached double platinum status. The album has sold 2,600,000 units worldwide as of 2019.

Track listing[]

No. Title Performer(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Holler If Ya Hear Me" 2Pac Shakur, Strong, Walker, Whitfield Stretch 4:38
2. "Pac's Theme" (Interlude) 2Pac - The Underground Railroad 1:56
3. "Point the Finga" 2Pac Evans, Shakur Big D the Impossible 4:25
4. "Something 2 Die 4" (Interlude) 2Pac - Big D the Impossible, 2Pac 2:43
5. "Last Wordz" 2Pac, Ice Cube, Ice-T Ervin, Jackson, Marrow, Shakur Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin 3:36
6. "Souljah's Revenge" 2Pac Ervin, Shakur Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin 3:16
7. "Peep Game" 2Pac, Deadly Threat Ervin, Lloyd, Shakur Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin 4:28
8. "Strugglin'" 2Pac, Live Squad Shakur, Walker, Walker Live Squad 3:33
9. "Guess Who's Back" 2Pac Archer, Shakur, Williams Special Ed, Akshun 3:06
10. "Representin' 93" 2Pac Brown, Byrd, Carter, Jefferson, Lenhoff, Sayles, Scott, Shakur, Wyatt Truman Jefferson 3:34
11. "Keep Ya Head Up" 2Pac Anderson, Shakur, Troutman DJ Daryl 4:22
12. "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z." 2Pac Goodman, Shakur Laylaw 5:55
13. "The Streetz R Deathrow" 2Pac Hudman, Shakur, Walker, White Stretch 3:26
14. "I Get Around" 2Pac, Digital Underground Brooks, Jacobs, Murdock, Shakur, Troutman, Troutman The D-Flow Production Squad 4:19
15. "Papa'z Song" 2Pac, Wycked Evans, Jennings, Sample, Shakur Big D the Impossible 5:13
16. "5 Deadly Venomz" 2Pac, Treach, Apache, Live Squad Criss, Peaks, Shakur, Walker, Walker Stretch 5:13

Notes

  • Track 1 features guest vocals performed by Live Squad.
  • Track 11 features vocals performed by The Black Angel.
  • Track 12 features background vocals performed by Pacific Heights.
  • Track 14 features additional vocals performed by Shockalock and Money-B, keyboard and rhythm arrangements by The Piano Man, and drum sounds tailored by DJ Fuze.
  • Track 15 features vocals performed by Poppi, and guitar performed by Stan Franks.

Credits[]

  • Engineer (recording): Darrin Harris, Mike Calderon, Bob Morse
  • A&R Direction: Tom Whalley
  • Project Coordinator: Leslie Gerard-Smith
  • TNT Album Coordinator: Lisa Smith-Putnam
  • Photography: Jeffery Newbury
  • Art Direction + Design: Eric Altenburger

Album liner notes[]

Thank yous: Thanx 2 all the true motherfukaz - Thanx 4 being down 4 my come up no namez needed - I got nothing but love 4 u - Fuck uz all the crooked niggaz copz and bitchez! - It ain't over 2 Dan Quayle, that punk nigga that pull a gun on me, that 4 eyed bitch Batty, 5150, and any other jealous 2nd hand bitch ass snitch breeding rapper from my past crewz. Fuck u! Officers Boyavich and Rogers and any other black motherfucka who would dare 2 tear down any young nigga living legit! - Peace 2 all the crewz of hip hop from New York 2 Oakland from L.A. 2 China. Keep it real - Fuck the media! Fuck Quayle! Thank the lord! I finally made it out of the ghetto, who's next! Thanx 2 Interscope 4 having the nutz 2 stick with me.

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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