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Still I Rise (1999)

Where the lyrics of Still I Rise take you, and where it was really made.

Hussein Fatal left the Outlawz after refusing to sign with Death Row Records, so he is missing from an album made by the group he had belonged to.

Key places

Recorded at Pacifique Recording Studios (1999)

Recording site Pacifique Recording Studios — The source names Pacifique Recording Studios in Los Angeles as one of the studios where this album was recorded, alongside Can-Am and Track Record. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Track Record Studios (1999)

Recording site Track Record Studios — The source names Track Record Studios in Los Angeles as one of the studios where this album was recorded, alongside Can-Am and Pacifique. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Can-Am (1999)

Recording site Can-Am Studios — The source names Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles as a recording location for this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Still I Rise: a collaboration album by 2Pac and Outlawz
• Released December 21, 1999 via Interscope Records
• Contains only previously unreleased material, though remixed
• Mostly tracks recorded by Shakur while he was on Death Row Records

Background

• Some of the original Outlawz lineup is not on the album, including Hussein Fatal
• Hussein Fatal had left the group after refusing to sign with Death Row Records
• Production from 2Pac's close producers Tony Pizarro, Johnny "J" and QDIII
• Appearances by Big Syke and Nate Dogg
• "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya' Head Up II)" with the female group H.E.A.T. was the only single

Recording

• Recording studios named in the source: Can-Am Studios in Tarzana
• Also named: Pacifique and Track Record in North Hollywood
• Both areas are in Los Angeles

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York City, to Black Panther Party members Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland.
• Raised by his mother; moved to Baltimore in 1984 and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts.
• Moved to Marin City, California in 1988.

Career

• Debuted as 2Pac on Digital Underground's 1991 single "Same Song" under Interscope Records.
• Debut album 2Pacalypse Now (1991) established him as a central figure in West Coast hip-hop.
• Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993) and Me Against the World (1995) brought critical and commercial success.
• All Eyez on Me (1996), the first hip-hop double album, produced two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, "California Love" and "How Do U Want It".
• Also acted in films including Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), and Above the Rim (1994).
• Died September 13, 1996, after a drive-by shooting in Paradise, Nevada; the 2026 trial convicted Duane Davis of orchestrating the murder.

Legacy

• Record sales exceed 75 million worldwide.
• Inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame (2002) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2017).
• Awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart
• Sold 408,000 copies in the first week in the United States

Records

• RIAA certified Platinum on February 2, 2000, for sales of over one million copies
• Music Canada certified Gold on February 10, 2000, for sales of over 50,000 units in Canada
• Nielsen SoundScan counted 1,692,316 copies sold in the United States as of September 2011
• BPI certified Gold on March 14, 2014, for 100,000 units sold in the United Kingdom
• The album shipped and sold over a million copies in America, which earned the Platinum certification

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The only single, "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya' Head Up II)", features the female group H.E.A.T.
• "Letter to the President" is featured in the film Training Day (2001)
• Hussein Fatal is excluded from the album because he refused to sign with Death Row Records
• The album features production from 2Pac's close producers Tony Pizarro, Johnny "J" and QDIII
• The album's sales figure of 408,000 in the first week is listed as its debut performance

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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