2Pac - The Rose That Grew From Concrete Vol. 2

[doubletrouble™]

On September 20th, a number of Hip Hop and R&B’s top artists will take a brand new approach to using Tupac Shakur’s poetry in song, paying tribute to the late rapper in his own words on The Rose, Vol. 2 – Music Inspired by Tupac’s Poetry.

Unlike its predecessor, The Rose, Vol. 2 is not a spoken word album – instead, each musical artist has taken inspiration from one of the poems in Tupac’s The Rose that Grew from Concrete book and used portions of the poems to build their own original songs, with Tupac’s poetry serving as their muse.

Released by Amaru Entertainment, The Rose, Vol. 2 features 15 fresh tracks from an array of genres, including rap, hip-hop, soul and R&B offerings.

The guest artists on The Rose, Vol. 2 include Ludacris, Lyfe Jennings, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, The Outlawz, Memphis Bleek, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, and Shock G, among others.


Perhaps the most unexpected appearance comes from Digital Underground’s Shock G (AKA Humpty Hump), the man most responsible for launching 2Pac’s solo career, by giving him his first prominent introduction and then allowing him the chance to perform his own verse on the Underground’s smash hit single, “Same Song.”


The track listing for The Rose Vol. 2 is as follows:

01. Intro feat. Black Ice
02. Power of a Smile feat. Bone Thugs N Harmony
03. The Eternal Lament feat. Celina
04. Fallen Star feat. Talib Kweli
05. In The Depths of Solitude feat. Ludacris
06. Movin On feat. Lyfe Jennings
07. Life Through My Eyes feat. Memphis Bleek & Tupac
08. When Ure Heart Turns Cold feat. The Outlawz
09. Black Woman feta. Jamal Joseph & Che Davis
10. Only 4 The Righteous feat. Yoyo
11. Where There is a Will… feat. Boot Camp Clik
12. When Ur Hero Falls feat. Impact Kids
13. And 2morrow feat. Shock G
14. If I Fail feat. Dead Prez
15. Poetry by Amber & Morgan of Pacskids


The timing of the CD’s release corresponds with the 9th anniversary of Tupac’s untimely death (September 13th, 1996), and with the unveiling of the new bronze Tupac Memorial Statue in Atlanta on September 13. The statue will be located in the 6-acre Peace Garden at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. The Center just recently opened Phase 1 of its 3-stage construction in Atlanta.

Proceeds from sales of The Rose, Vol. 2 will go to benefit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which – along with fan and corporate donations – is raising the $3 million needed for the completion of the Center, which will serve as Tupac’s ultimate legacy: providing a safe place where youths from all backgrounds are free to express themselves creatively through the arts.


Source: West Coast Aftershock

[G funker]

Looks nice.

[conscious thug]

yeah, I was really feeling the first one that came out...that was spoken word, though...

[mauzip]

Cool

[GangstaBoogy]

Memphis Bleek & 2pac 

[conscious thug]

I never liked putting dead rappers with people who they never woulda worked with.  I mean, none of us can sit here and say for 100% certainty that he would never want to work with Bleek (even if he is down with Jay Z), but doing shit like Thugs Mansion with NAS???

My god, that's just ...wrong. lol...

What next?  2pac featuring Jr. Mafia & Mobb Deep (with "uhh huhh" and "yeah" by Puffy)?

[f0n|{sta]

looks better than vol. 1. i wish i never bought it. wasted money, just good as a collector item

[CRAFTY]

Proceeds from sales of The Rose, Vol. 2 will go to benefit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which – along with fan and corporate donations – is raising the $3 million needed for the completion of the Center, which will serve as Tupac’s ultimate legacy: providing a safe place where youths from all backgrounds are free to express themselves creatively through the arts.

^^^^That's a nice thing to do of course, and I like the idea of the artists using Pac's poem as an inspiration for the song. But still...I don't like the way that Afeni has treated Pac's music over the past years. Putting famous/trendy producers on his album & famous guest-appearances on his album just to get attention & to (hopefully) increase album sales. Is that keeping the legacy alive? Fuck no...that's keeping Pac's voice alive mixed with industry politics. And nothing else.

[Elevz]

I never liked putting dead rappers with people who they never woulda worked with.  I mean, none of us can sit here and say for 100% certainty that he would never want to work with Bleek (even if he is down with Jay Z), but doing shit like Thugs Mansion with NAS???

My god, that's just ...wrong. lol...

Uhh, well, do you really think two of the industry's biggest, Pac and Nas, would have beefed for 10 years if Pac hadn't died? I don't even think making that song was disrespectful or whatever. It turned into a really nice song, so what's the problem in that? I may not agree with putting Pac along side BTNH and Bleek, but still... That list of artists for this compilation seems pretty acceptable to me.

I don't like the way that Afeni has treated Pac's music over the past years. Putting famous/trendy producers on his album & famous guest-appearances on his album just to get attention & to (hopefully) increase album sales. Is that keeping the legacy alive? Fuck no...that's keeping Pac's voice alive mixed with industry politics. And nothing else.

So damn true.

[TobyTizzle]

I may not agree with putting Pac along side BTNH and Bleek, but still... That list of artists for this compilation seems pretty acceptable to me.

Just like to remind you of "Thug Luv" BTNH ft. Pac 

[mauzip]

I may not agree with putting Pac along side BTNH and Bleek, but still... That list of artists for this compilation seems pretty acceptable to me.

Just like to remind you of "Thug Luv" BTNH ft. Pac 

Bizzy Bone did a track together with Pac as well.

[doubletrouble™]

Memphis Bleek & 2pac 

[makaveli11]

I never liked putting dead rappers with people who they never woulda worked with.  I mean, none of us can sit here and say for 100% certainty that he would never want to work with Bleek (even if he is down with Jay Z), but doing shit like Thugs Mansion with NAS???

My god, that's just ...wrong. lol...

What next?  2pac featuring Jr. Mafia & Mobb Deep (with "uhh huhh" and "yeah" by Puffy)?

Regarding the thug mansion song I thought the outlawz said pac and nas squashed their beef three days before pac was shot.

[KURUPTION-81]

I never liked putting dead rappers with people who they never woulda worked with.  I mean, none of us can sit here and say for 100% certainty that he would never want to work with Bleek (even if he is down with Jay Z), but doing shit like Thugs Mansion with NAS???

My god, that's just ...wrong. lol...

What next?  2pac featuring Jr. Mafia & Mobb Deep (with "uhh huhh" and "yeah" by Puffy)?

Regarding the thug mansion song I thought the outlawz said pac and nas squashed their beef three days before pac was shot.

didnt snoop say that wernt true in an interview with allhiphop.com

[conscious thug]

oh, don't get me wrong...I was feeling Thug's Mansion.  If he squashed the beef that's awesome, I just think that no one knows if they woulda squashed it after 10 years or whatever, and I'd like to think they would.

It just seems kinda strange to hear him on a track with Nas, you now?  Like a Pac & Jay song. lol.