The Rose That Grew from Concrete
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| Poetry Album by Tupac Shakur | |||||
| Released | October 17, 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Poetry, spoken word | ||||
| Length | 70:46 | ||||
| Label | Amaru/Interscope | ||||
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The Rose That Grew from Concrete is an album based on the poetry of Tupac Shakur, released in 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album.
The Rose that Grew from Concrete
Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.
Tupac Shakur
[edit] Track listing
- "Tupac Interlude"
- "Wake Me When I'm Free" (feat. Babatunde Olatunji & Sikiru Adepoju)
- "Can U C the Pride in the Panther" (Male version feat. Mos Def)
- "When Ure Heart Turns Cold" (feat. Sonia Sanchez)
- "U R Ripping Us Apart" (feat. Dead Prez)
- "Tears of a Teenage Mother" (feat. Jasmine Guy)
- "God" (feat. Reverend Run)
- "And Still I Love You" (Feat. Red Rat)
- "Can U C the Pride in the Panther" (Female version feat. Mos Def)
- "If There Be Pain" (feat. Providence & RasDaveed El Harar)
- "A River That Flows Forever" (feat. Danny Glover, Afeni Shakur & The Cast of The Lion King)
- "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" (feat. Nikki Giovanni)
- "In The Event of My Demise" (feat. The Outlawz & Geronimo Ji Jaga)
- "What of a Love Unspoken" (feat. Tre)
- "Sometimes I Cry" (feat. Dan Rockett)
- "The Fear in the Heart of Man" (feat. Q-Tip)
- "Starry Night" (feat. Quincy Jones, Mac Mall & Rashida Jones)
- "What of Fame" (feat. Russell Simmons)
- "Only 4 the Righteous" (feat. Rha Goddess)
- "Why Must You Be Unfaithful" (feat. Sarah Jones)
- "Wife 4 Life" (feat. 4th Avenue Jones' & KCI)
- "Lady Liberty Needs Glasses" (feat. Malcolm Jamal Warner)
- "Family Tree" (feat. Lamar Antwon Roninson & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group)
- "Thug Blues" (feat. Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre)
- "The Sun and the Moon" (feat. Chief Okena Littlehawk)
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Mingioni- Bass
- Mike Mingioni- Engineer
- Mike Mingioni- Cover Photo
- Mike Mingioni - Liner Notes, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
- Mike Mingioni - Executive Producer
- Mike Mingioni - Liner Notes
- Mike Mingioni- Executive Producer
- Molly Monjauze - Executive Producer
- Herbert Leonard - Percussion
- Gloria Cox - Executive Producer
- Russell Simmons - Performer
- Atiba Wilson - Flute
- Mos Def - Performer
- Tim Izo Orindgreff - Flute
- Dead Prez - Performer
- Royal Bayyan - Keyboards
- Jasmine Guy - Performer
- Sonia Sanchez - Liner Notes
- QD3 - Performer
- Brian Gardner - Mastering
- Danny Glover - Performer
- Taavi Mote - Mixing
- Red Rat - Producer
- Skip Saylor - Mixing
- 2Pac - Vocals
- Chris Puram - Mixing
- Nefertiti - Vocals (Background)
- Claudio Cueni - Mixing
- Val Young - Vocals (Background)
- Atiba Wilson - Percussion
- Tom Whalley - A&R
- Sikiru Adepoju - Performer
- Juan Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
- Sarah Jones - Performer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Bass
- Jeffery Newbury - Photography
- Claudio Cueni - Engineer
- Voza Rivers - Producer
- Brian Springer - Engineer
- Royal Bayyan - Producer
- Thomas R. Yezzi - Engineer
- Khalis Bayyan - Saxophone
- Tyson Leeper - Engineer
- Charles Mack - Vocals (Background)
- Duncan Aldrich - Engineer
- Nikki Giovanni - Vocals
- Noelle Scaggs- Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
