Still I Rise (album)

Still I Rise

Studio album by 2Pac and Outlawz

Released

December 13, 1999

December 21, 1999

Recorded

October 19, 1995 – August 12, 1996
(2Pac's vocals)
1998–1999
(Production, guest vocals, and mixing)

Genre

West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap

Length

72:45

Label

Interscope Records

Producer

Tony Pizarro, Daz, Johnny "J", Kurupt, QDIII, Quimmy Quim, Soulshock, Damon Thomas, 2Pac, Mr Lee

2Pac chronology

Greatest Hits
(1998)

Still I Rise
(1999)

The Rose That Grew from Concrete
(2000)

Outlawz chronology

Still I Rise
(1999)

Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us
(2000)

Singles from Still I Rise

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
Released: October 28, 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Los Angeles Times	^[2]
RapReviews	(6/10) ^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Uncut	^[5]

Still I Rise is an album by 2Pac and the Outlawz which is released as the third posthumous studio album of 2Pac, and the first album by Outlawz as a group (not to be confused with their debut Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us). The album excludes some of the original line up of Outlawz and Hussein Fatal, who had left the group as he had refused to sign to Death Row.^[6] The album contains all previously unreleased, albeit remixed material. It was released on December 21, 1999, by Interscope Records.

The album features production from 2Pac's close producers Tony Pizarro, Johnny "J" and QDIII and appearances from Big Syke and Nate Dogg.

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya' Head Up II)" which features female group H.E.A.T. was the only single from the album.

The song "Letter to the President" is featured in the film Training Day (2001).

Commercial success

The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 408,000 in the first week.^[7] It was certified Platinum February 2, 2000.^[8] It eventually sold 1,692,316 by 2011, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[9]

By Feb 10, 2000 it had been certified for 50,000 units sold in Canada.^[10] On 14 March 2014 it was certified Gold by BPI for 100,000 units sold in the UK.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer	Performers	Time
1	"Letter to the President"	QD III	Intro: E.D.I. Mean First verse: 2Pac Chorus: 2Pac & C-Knight Second verse: E.D.I. Mean Chorus: E.D.I. Mean & C-Knight Third Verse: Kastro Fourth Verse: 2Pac Fifth verse: Big Syke Outro: 2Pac & C-Knight	6:03
2	"Still I Rise"	Johnny J	Intro: Kastro First verse: 2Pac Chorus: Ta'He Second verse: Yaki Kadafi Third verse: Napoleon Fourth verse: Young Noble Fifth verse: Yaki Kadafi	4:45
3	"Secretz of War"	Johnny J	Chorus: E.D.I. Mean First verse: E.D.I. Mean Second verse: 2Pac Third verse: Yaki Kadafi Fourth verse: Young Noble	4:15
4	"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"	2Pac, Soulshock & Karlin	Intro: 2Pac Chorus: 2Pac, H.E.A.T. (back) First verse: 2Pac Second verse: E.D.I. Mean Third verse: Young Noble	4:22
5	"As the World Turns"	Darryl "Big D" Harper	Intro: 2Pac First verse: 2Pac Chorus: Darryl "Big D" Harper, 2Pac (back) Second verse: Young Noble Third verse: Napoleon Fourth verse: E.D.I. Mean Fifth verse: Yaki Kadafi	5:08
6	"Black Jesuz"	2Pac, L Rock Ya, Mr Lee (producer)	Intro: 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi First verse: Yaki Kadafi Second verse: Storm Chorus: 2Pac, Val Young Third verse: Young Noble Fourth verse: 2Pac Fifth verse: Kastro Outro: Kastro	4:29
7	"Homeboyz"	Daz Dillinger	Intro: 2Pac First verse: 2Pac Second verse: Young Noble Chorus: 2Pac Third verse: 2Pac	3:38
8	"Hell 4 a Hustler"	Damon Thomas	First verse: 2Pac Chorus: Outlawz, J. Valentine (Back) Second verse: E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble Third verse: 2Pac Outro: 2Pac	4:56
9	"High Speed"	Darryl "Big D" Harper	Intro: Kastro, 2Pac First verse: 2Pac Fourth verse: 2Pac Second verse: Yaki Kadafi Third verse: E.D.I. Mean Outro: 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean	5:59
10	"The Good Die Young"	Darryl "Big D" Harper	Intro: 2Pac First verse: 2Pac Chorus: Val Young Second verse: Napoleon Third verse: Young Noble Fourth verse: Kastro Fifth verse: E.D.I. Mean Outro: 2Pac, Young Noble	5:42
11	"Killuminati"	Tony Pizarro	First verse: 2Pac Chorus: 2Pac, Kastro, Qierra Davis-Martin (harmony) Second verse: E.D.I. Mean Third Verse: Yaki Kadafi Outro: 2Pac	4:02
12	"Teardrops and Closed Caskets"	QD III	Intro: 2Pac First verse: Outlawz Chorus: Nate Dogg, Val Young Second verse: Outlawz Third verse: Outlawz	5:05
13	"Tattoo Tears"	Kurupt, E.D.I. Mean	Intro: 2Pac First verse: 2Pac Chorus: Outlawz Second verse: Young Noble Third verse: Napoleon Fourth verse: Yaki Kadafi Fifth verse: Kastro	5:02
14	"U Can Be Touched"	Johnny J	Intro: Napoleon First verse: Napoleon Chorus: 2Pac Second verse: E.D.I. Mean Third verse: Kastro Fourth Verse: Young Noble Fifth verse: Yaki Kadafi	4:23
15	"Y'all Don't Know Us"	Quimmy Quim & Reef	Intro: Young Noble First verse: Young Noble Chorus: Young Noble Second verse: Napoleon Third verse: E.D.I. Mean	4:55

Leftovers

"Secrets Of War" (Original Remake)
"Tattoo Tears" (Original Remake)
"U Can Be Touched" (Original Remake)

Samples

"As the World Turns"
- "Sounds Like a Love Song" by Bobby Glenn
"Still I rise"
- "Tenderness" by Walter Beasley
"Teardrops and Closed Caskets"
- "Love Ballad" by L.T.D.
"U Can Be Touched"
- "Piano in the Dark" by Brenda Russell
"High Speed"
- "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[12]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Album

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Austrian Charts (ARIA)	48^[14]
Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)	9^[15]
German Charts (Media Control Charts)	24^[16]
Dutch Charts^[17]	24
Irish Charts	50^[18]
New Zealand Charts (RMNZ)	49^[19]
Swedish Charts (Sverigetopplistan)	86^[20]
U.S. Billboard 200	6^[21]
U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard 200)	2^[21]
UK R&B Charts	14^[22]
UK Charts	75^[23]

Singles

Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
1999	"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"	72	36

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Tupac Shakur

Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Thug Life: Volume 1 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

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

Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle

Extended plays	Makaveli & Dillinger Don't Go 2 Sleep

Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "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 LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive" "Made Niggaz"

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 Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"

Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' (From tha Police)" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"

Featured singles	"Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"

Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete

Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me

Filmography	Nothing but Trouble Juice Poetic Justice Above the Rim Bullet Gridlock'd Gang Related

Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination

Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble

Related articles	Discography List of songs Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry Makaveli Branded Clothing Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Billy Garland Kadafi List of awards and nominations received by Tupac Shakur Murder of Tupac Shakur

Outlawz

2Pac Yaki Kadafi King Kastro Napoleon EDIDON Hussein Fatal Young Noble Big Syke Mopreme Shakur

Albums	Still I Rise Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us Novakane Neva Surrenda Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P. Against All Oddz We Want In: The Street LP Killuminati 2K10 Killuminati 2K11 Perfect Timing

Collaboration albums	Street Warz Can't Sell Dope Forever Thug Brothers Soldier 2 Soldier Ghetto Monopoly All Eyez on Us Doin' It Big Fast Life The Year of the Underdogz

Related albums	In the Line of Fire Thug Law: Chapter 1 Blood Brothers Fatal Noble Justice Street Commando Son Rize Vol.1 Thug in Thug Out The Lost Songs Vol. 1 The Lost Songs Vol. 2 The Lost Songs Vol. 3 The Stash Spot Noble Justice: The Lost Songs Born Legendary Outkasted Outlawz Outlaw Rydahz Vol. 1 Son of God The Interview: It's Not a Gimmik 2 Me O.G. Est. 1992

Singles	"Hit 'Em Up" "Made Niggaz" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"

Related articles	Discography Outlaw Recordz

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