I. EARLY YEARS
1986 – 1990: early stuff with Born Busy, TC, One Nation Emcees, Strictly Dope
II. 2PACALYPSE NOW (SEPTEMBER 1990 – OCTOBER 1991)
Late 1990 (September-December):
Trapped [Pee Wee]
Violent [DJ Fuze]
I Thought U Knew [DJ Fuze]
All in the Daze of a Criminal [DJ Klark Gable]
Do 4 Love/Live in the Lobby [Shock G]
Resist the Temptation [Big D]
Dopefiend’s Diner [Big D] [Pee Wee plays piano]
Tears of a Clown [Big D]
Words of Wisdom [Shock G]
Rebel of the Underground [Big D]
Revenge of tha Lunatic [Big D]
Tha’ Lunatic [Shock G]
Scared Straight [DJ Fuze]
Early 1991:
Brenda’s Got a Baby [Big D]
Don’t You Trust Me [Big D]
Crooked Ass Nigga [Stretch]
Fade Away [Big D]
Young Black Male [Big D] – could’ve been earlier, Pac said it was one of the first songs he recorded
Mid-1991:
I Don’t Give a Fuck [Pee Wee]
Something Wicked [Jayzee]
If My Homie Calls [Big D]
Soulja’s Story [Big D]
Part Time Mutha [Big D] – last song done for 2Pacalypse Now
III. 2PACALYPSE NOW II/TROUBLESOME (OCTOBER 1991 – SEPTEMBER 1992)
Late 1991 – Early 1992:
N.I.G.G.A [Big D]
Ghetto Gospel [Big D] – one of the versions recorded August 14, 1992
Papa’z Song [Big D] – various versions recorded between late 1991 and late 1993
Revenge of tha Soulja aka Soldier Like Me [Big D & Stretch]
Crooked Nigga Too [Big D and perhaps Stretch?]
No Parts of Dis [Digital D]
Changes/That’s Just the Way It Is/Gotta Make a Change [Big D] (December 25, 1991, according to Deon)
Troublesome [Jayzee]
Early 1992 (pre-LA riots):
Nothing But Love [DJ Daryl]
16 on Death Row [DJ Daryl]
Black Starry Night [DJ Daryl]
Still Don’t Give a Fuck [DJ Daryl]
When I Get Free (Souljah II) [Laylaw]
Keep Ya Head Up [DJ Daryl]
Let Them Thangs Go [DJ Daryl]
Po’ Nigga Blues [DJ Daryl] (Gov recorded his in 95)
Trapped ’92 Remix [???]
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… [Laylaw] (April 29, 1992 – the day the riot began, according to Laylaw)
May – June 10 1992:
Don’t Call Me Bitch [Laylaw] (both takes i suppose)
I Wonda If Heaven’s Got a Ghetto [Laylaw]
I Get Around [Shock G] (both i suppose)
What Goes On [Big D]
Summer 1992:
Holler If Ya Hear Me (Original) [Stretch]
The Streetz R Deathrow [Stretch]
Love Ya Future [Shock G]
Representin’ [Big Tru] (August-September 1992, third verse Fall 1992)
Black Cotton [Big D] (August 23, 1992, according to Mouse Man)
Troublesome Intro [Big D?]
September 26-27, 1992:
Broken Branches [Laylaw] (could’ve been May 1992 and just being replayed in that Truman video)
Wycked and the Mouse Man [Big D] (could’ve been recorded earlier too)
Brothers in the Pen [Big Tru] (September 27, 1992)
IV. STRICTLY 4 MY NIGGAZ (OCTOBER – MID-DECEMBER 1992)
October 1992:
Point the Finga [Big D]
Pac’s Theme (Skit) [Big D]
Strugglin’ [Stretch]
Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude) [Big D]
Flex [Big D & Stretch] (Thoroheads recorded their verses later)
The Hell Raiser [Stretch]
November – Mid-December 1992:
5 Deadly Venomz [Stretch] (possibly an early demo recorded around 2PN era)
Holler If Ya Hear Me (Retail) [Stretch]
Guess Who’s Back [Akshun]
Souljah’s Revenge [Bobcat]
Peep Game [Bobcat]
Last Wordz [Bobcat]
V. THUG LIFE/MR. MIDDLE FINGER/VOLUME I (MID-DECEMBER 1992 – MAY 1994)
Mid-December 1992 – January 1993:
Niggas in the Pen [Big Tru]
Fake Ass Bitches [Johnny J] (outro and YNV female recorded late 93-early 94)
Thug Life [Johnny J]
Pour Out a Little Liquor [Johnny J] (radio recorded in ’94)
High ‘Til I Die (Thug Life) [Johnny J]
Time 2 Get My Drank On [Johnny J?] (perhaps a different version and perhaps with verses and perhaps the interlude done later)
ERASED UNHEARD WITH COOLIO [DJ Wino]
February – April 5, 1993:
Definition of a Thug Nigga [Warren G]
I’m Gettin’ Money [Johnny J?]
Is It Cool to Fuck [Johnny J? and Stretch?]
Faded Shootouts (Interlude) [Stretch]
Death Around EACH Corner (Original) [Johnny J]
Losin’ It [Johnny J]
Ready 4 Whatever [Johnny J]
April 16 – May 1993:
How Long Will They Mourn Me (radio recorded in ’94) [Warren G]
Animosity (May 1, 1993) [Warren G]
Lie to Kick It [Warren G]
June – September 1993:
St. Ides Commercial #1 [DJ Pooh]
Ghost [DJ Pooh]
Thug 4 Life [Stretch? or Johnny J?]
Bury Me a G [Stretch] (both Solo and Thug Life around the same time July-Sept ’93)
Nothing to Lose [Stretch] (Mr. Middlefinger & Clean, retail recorded a month or two later)
Thugs Get Lonely Too [Stretch] (both takes i suppose)
Lord Knows [Brian G, Revisited by Tony Pizarro, Remixed by Moe-Z] (BGs revisited July 31, 1994 and again BGs and beat revisited August ’94)
It Ain’t Easy (Unheard) [Stretch? Brian G?]
Here We Go [Stretch]
Hopeless (Interlude) [Stretch]
Mr. Middle Finger [Stretch]
The Uppercut [Stretch]
Open Fire [Akshun]
Death Around the Corner (Retail) [Johnny J]
Wonda Why They Call U Bytch [Stretch]
Who Do You Love [Stretch] (both takes i suppose)
Only Fear of Death [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
various skits
October – November 1993:
Temptations [Easy Mo Bee] (October 26, 1993, beat revisited June 30, 1994)
Dear Mama [Master Tee, Remixed by Tony Pizarro] (October 26, 1993, beat revisited in ’94, not sure about the vocals)
Str8 Ballin’ [Easy Mo Bee] (take 2 – early 94, take 3 – august 94)
Runnin’ from the Police [Easy Mo Bee] (different verse – august 94)
Introduced to the Game [Easy Mo Bee?]
Pain [Stretch] (early November, radio later)
Out on Bail [LG] (November 18-20)
December 1993 – February 1994
Judgement Day [Stretch]
Cradle to the Grave [Professor Jay and Big Syke, Remixed by Moe-Z] (radio recorded in August ’94)
Shit Don’t Stop [Stretch]
Another Jack [Professor Jay? and Mopreme?]
Out the Gutta [Professor Jay? and Mopreme?]
Thug Bitch [Professor Jay?]
Don’t Get It Twisted [Professor Jay and Mopreme]
Hellrazor [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey] (female added August ’94)
Can’t Turn Back [Black Jack]
R U Still Down [Shock G]
Fuck the World [Shock G]
Peep Game 2 [Stretch]
Thugs Theme [Stretch]
Where Do We Go From Here [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Hard on a Nigga LZ [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Wonda Why They Call U Bytch LZ [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Freestyle LZ [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Hennessey [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Street Fame [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Loyal to the Game [Reginald Heard] (February 4, 1994, radio later)
February – April 1994:
Hold On Be Strong [Stretch? Choo? Duane Nettlesbey?]
High ‘Til i Die (Solo) [Tony Pizarro]
R U Still Down (Raise ’em Up) [Tony Pizarro]
God Bless the Dead [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Under Pressure [Stretch, possibly with Duane Nettlesbey]
Stay True [Stretch]
VI. STAY TRUE (MAY – AUGUST 1994)
May 1994:
Fuck All Y’all [Duane Nettlesbey?] (beat revisited June 30, 1994)
AmeriKKKa Eats Its Young [Khayree]
Summer 1994:
When I Get Free [Bread & Water] (June 16, 1994, vocals revised August 18, 1994)
Thug Style [Bread & Water] (June 16, 1994)
It Ain’t Easy [Tony Pizarro] (July 1994)
Hard on a Nigga [Dat Nigga Daz] (August 8, 1994)
various Pizarro skits for Stay True
Killing Fields [Bread & Water] (August 18, 1994)
Where Will I Be [Bread & Water] (August 18, 1994, remix recorded later)
If I Die 2Nite [Easy Mo Bee] (August 30, 1994)
My Block [Easy Mo Bee] (August 30, 1994)
Outlaw [Moe-Z] (August 31, 1994)
VII. FUCK THE WORLD/ME AGAINST THE WORLD
September 1994:
Old School [Soulshock & Karlin]
Throw Your Hands Up [Moe-Z]
Heavy in the Game [Mike Mosley]
Can U Get Away [Mike Mosley]
So Many Tears [Shock G]
Me Against the World [Soulshock & Karlin]
Young Niggaz [Moe-Z] (possibly a clean version recorded a bit later, unheard)
Suka 4 Love [Moe-Z]
VIII. YOUNG THUGS/DRAMACYDAL LP
September – November 1994:
Thug Life (Young Thugs) [Moe-Z]
Bury Me a G (Young Thugs) [Stretch, Paul Arnold]
Late November 1994:
Addicted to the Streets [Stretch]
Enemies with Me [Stretch]
Late Night [Stretch]
December 1994 – February 1995:
Thug Mansion [Soulshock & Karlin]
The Other Side [Soulshock & Karln]
Blinded [Funky Drummer]
Interview with a Problem Child [Moe-Z]
Late Night (Remix) [Moe-Z]
MATW Intro [Tony Pizarro] (January 15, 1995)
February – October 12, 1995
Dramacyde [Mike Mosley]
Make No Mistakes [Moe-Z]
No Further [Mike Mosley]
Hard to Imagine [Soulshock & Karlin]
Just Like Daddy [Mike Mosley]
Sittin’ on Top of the World [Mopreme]
It Don’t Stop (Radio) [Mike Mosley]
Undated:
Do 4 Love (Unheard) [Shock G] (1990-1992)
