Greatest Hits (2Pac album)

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Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for the late rapper 2Pac, released by Death Row Records in 1998. The album's nonchronological sequence highlights 2Pac's music; the 21 popular hits, some slightly reedited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs. According to Billboard Soundscan it has sold 9 million copies in the United States, making it one of the highest selling of its genre.

The album consists of four previously unreleased songs: God Bless the Dead (Dedicated to a "Biggy Smalls", mistakenly thought by many to be about the late Notorious BIG, but actually a different rapper connected to 2Pac and the Live Squad), Unconditional Love (A recovered version), Troublesome '96, and Changes which has since become one of Tupac's best known songs.

Contents

1 Chart performance
2 Sales
3 Track listing
4 Notes and references

Chart performance

The album peaked at #1 for Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on its overall Billboard 200 chart All Music Guide's [page on Greatest Hits]. However, like other greatest hits albums, many of the singles were chart-toppers of their own.

Sales

United States: #3 (9x Platinum) (Sales:9,000,000) [link]

Track listing

Disc 1:

"Keep Ya Head Up" - 4:23
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (Featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:07
"Temptations" - 5:02
"God Bless the Dead [#]" (Featuring Stretch) - 4:22
"Hail Mary" - 5:12
"Me Against the World" - 4:39
"How Do U Want It" (Featuring K-Ci and Jojo) - 4:48
"So Many Tears" - 3:58
"Unconditional Love [#]" - 3:59
"Trapped" - 4:45
"Life Goes On" - 5:02
"Hit 'Em Up" (Featuring Outlawz) - 5:12

Disc 2:

"Troublesome 96'" - 4:36
"Brenda's Got a Baby" - 4:54
"I Ain't Mad at Cha" (Featuring Danny Boy) - 4:19
"I Get Around"(Featuring Digital Underground) - 3:54
"Changes [#]" - 4:29
"California Love [Original Version]" (Featuring Dr. Dre) - 4:45
"Picture Me Rollin'" (Featuring Danny Boy & Big Syke) - 5:15
"How Long Will They Mourn Me?" - 3:52
"Toss It Up" (Featuring K-Ci and Jojo & Danny Boy) - 4:43
"Dear Mama" - 4:40
"All Bout U" (Featuring Dru Down, Nate Dogg & Outlawz) - 4:33
"To Live & Die in L.A." - 4:33
"Heartz of Men" - 4:41/4:42

Notes and references

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