The emotional track found Tupac describing heaven from a gangster’s perspective. Phoenix, the other with Anthony Hamilton - floated to No. Released as a posthumous single, “Thugz Mansion” - which arrived in two versions: one with Nas and J. In less than a month from its debut on June 21, 1997, “Smile,” featuring the later rapper and Johnny P, peaked at No. Scarface chose a collaboration with Tupac for the lead single off his fourth album The Untouchable similar to Keyshia Cole with “Playa Cardz Right.” Scarface’s decision earned him his highest charting single to date. ‘Pac teamed with the group that introduced him to the hip-hop game, Digital Underground for the second single from his Strictly 4 My N.I.-.-.A.Z LP. The West Coast classic may have offended a few with its explicit lyrics when it debuted in 1993 but hip-hop heads can’t deny “I Get Around” gets everyone up from their seats to this day. 6 on the Hot Rap Songs chart with its B-side “If My Homie Calls” in 1995, the rapper painted an unpretty picture of a 12-year-old girl impregnated by her cousin and the harsh realities of being raised in a corrupt home in the ghetto. Tupac’s 1991 debut 2Pacalypse Now hosted the emotional track “Brenda’s Got A Baby.” Reaching No. “Do For Love” was featured on Tupac’s sixth studio album R U Still Down? Remember Me, released in 1997.ħ. 8 in August 1993, finds ‘Pac waxing poetic about looking for commitment with a girl he didn’t expect to fall for while his ex claims that she is pregnant with his baby as he finds her cheating. With death as a recurring theme on the LP, ‘Pac rhymes about his inner demons and the violent circumstances of his environment, eerily rapping a year before his death, “And f–k the world cause I’m cursed, I’m having visions/Of leaving here in a hearse, God can you feel me?”Įver the master storyteller, Tupac offers three different tales in each verse on “Do For Love” featuring singer Eric Williams. “So Many Tears” appeared on Tupac’s third studio effort, 1995’s Me Against The World. Biggie was then killed in a drive-by shooting the following March. Tupac was shot on his way to a boxing match in Las Vegas and died six days later (Sept. appeared on the 1997 Trapp cut “Stop The Gunfight,” the album’s title track that peaked at No.
Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.ĭuring the highly publicized East Coast versus West Coast rap beef, Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. Roll through his catalog and both his own tracks (“Dear Mama,” “Keep Ya Head Up,” “Brenda’s Got A Baby”) as well as songs he featured on ( Scarface‘s “Smile”) entered the Top 10 of the Hot Rap Songs chart. Beloved Tupac cuts “Hail Mary,” “Changes” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” are omitted from this list because the songs had to be commercially available as a single to qualify for the chart.ĢPac’s top 10 Hot Rap Songs hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, through the Sept. Tupac‘s fearlessness and resilience is what kept the late rapper atop the Billboard charts from the beginning of his career in 1992 until long after his death in 1996 at 25.
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