Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.

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Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. cover
Studio album by Tupac Shakur
Released February 16, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre Rap
Length 64:25
Label Interscope
Producer Live Squad
Professional reviews
Tupac Shakur chronology
2Pacalypse Now
(1991)		 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
(1993)		 Thug Life
(1994)
Back cover
Back cover

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. is the sophomore album released by rapper Tupac Shakur. Similar to his debut, the album contains many tracks emphasizing 2Pac's political and social views.

Debuting at #24 on the Billboard 200, this album saw more commercial success than 2Pacalypse Now, and there are many noticeable differences in production. It spawned the hits "Keep Ya Head Up" and "I Get Around" and reached platinum status. Although the album was originally released on Interscope, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the mother of Tupac Shakur, has since gained the rights to it.

The original vinyl names:

Side A (tracks 1-8) the "Black Side" and Side B (tracks 9-16) the "Dark Side".

Contents

[edit] Reception

The Source (4/93, pp.69-70) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...a combination of '60s black political thought and '90s urban reality, 2Pac is not afraid to speak his mind....balances the gangsta tendencies of street life with insightful revelations..."

Melody Maker (5/1/93, p.34) - "...[on Strictly] 2Pac drops rhymes that drip with the sweat of hardcore funk....this is an adventure into life on the streets of America..."

[edit] Track listing

# Title Producer Featured Guest(s) Time
1 "Holla If Ya Hear Me" Stretch 4:38
2 "Pac's Theme (Interlude)" The Underground Railroad 1:56
3 "Point the Finga" Big D The Impossible 4:25
4 "Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude)" 2Pac; Big D The Impossible" 2:43
5 "Last Wordz" Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin Ice Cube, Ice-T 3:36
6 "Souljah's Revenge" Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin 3:16
7 "Peep Game" Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin Deadly Threat 4:28
8 "Strugglin'" Live Squad Live Squad 3:33
9 "Guess Who's Back" Hobitch; Special Ed 3:06
10 "Representin' 93" Truman Jefferson 3:34
11 "Keep Ya Head Up" DJ Daryl Dave Hollister 4:22
12 "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..." Blinky Billz 5:55
13 "The Streetz R Death Row" Sniper Tipper 3:26
14 "I Get Around" Chocolate Clown Digital Underground 4:18
15 "Papa'z Song" Big D The Impossible Wycked, Poppi 5:26
16 "5 Deadly Venomz" Stretch Treach, Apache & Live Squad 5:13

[edit] Samples

Holla If Ya Hear Me

Point The Finga

Pac's Theme

Last Wordz

Souljahs Revenge

Peep Game

Keep Ya Head Up

  • "Ooh Child" by Five Stairsteps
  • "How Do We Keep The Music Playing" by James Ingram
  • "Be Alright" by Zapp

The Streetz R Death Row

  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "You're The One I Need" by Barry White
  • "Us" by Ice Cube

I Get Around

  • "The Ladder" by Prince
  • Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder & Lightning
  • "I Can Make You Dance" by Zapp
  • "Computer Love" by Zapp

Papa'z Song

Guess Who's back

[edit] Album singles

Single information
"Holla If Ya Hear Me"
"I Get Around"
"Keep Ya Head Up"
"Papa'z Song"
  • The A-Side of "I Get Around" features the song "Nothing But Love".

[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1993 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. #24 #4

[edit] Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
The Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1993 "I Get Around" #11 #5 #8 #7 #2
1993 "Keep Ya Head Up" #12 #7 #2 #3 #2
1994 "Papa'z Song" #87 #82 #24 - -

[edit] See also

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Tupac Shakur
Studio albums
Posthumous albums
Singles
Posthumous Singles
Featured Singles
"Smile" · "Thug Luv"
Films
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