Changes (2Pac song)
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| Single by Tupac Shakur from the album Greatest Hits |
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| Released | 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:31 | ||||
| Label | Interscope/Amaru/Death Row | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tupac Shakur/Bruce Hornsby | ||||
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"Changes" is a rap song by Tupac Shakur recorded during his tenure at Interscope records, and is one of his most notable and popular songs. Released initially posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song addresses issues close to 2Pac's era of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. In addition, the song heavily samples the 1986 hit The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos JB released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures. Upon release, the song went straight to #1 in many countries in Europe and around the world, and gained JB a broader audience. It was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing in 1999.
"Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000, it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. One verse in Changes was first featured in his previous release I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto. There is also a notable remix of the song mashed up with Nelly Furtado's "All Good Things (Come to an End)". The "Huey" that JB mentions in the song is Black Panther Party activist Huey P. Newton.
The song "Black President" by Nas samples a line from this song.
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