Thug Luv - Bizzy Bone, 2Pac, Sylk-E-Fyne (1996)
Date: 1996
Recorded for: The Art Of War
Producer: DJ U-Neek
"Thug Luv" is a song 2Pac recorded with Bizzy Bone and Sylk E. Fine in late June 1996 before going to Milan for the Versace shows. It was produced by DJ U-Neek. It appears on a One Nation tracklist from late June 1996. It's been said before that even though Death Row and Ruthless were still at odds because of the old beef, Pac approached them when they were at the same hotel, and he told them that he was a fan and listened to Crossroad (the original version, not the remix that ended up being the big single) while he was in prison while also kind of apologizing for the comments he made about them on the Box. Bizzy said it was Sylk-E. Fyne who connected them for the actual studio session. It would make sense because Pac had already recorded a song with Sylk by that time ("Breathin", which ironically was remixed for Bizzy's album in 1998).
Recorded @ Can-Am
Engineered: Unknown
Mixed: Unknown
Versions:
1. Original (Bizzy/Sylk/2Pac) <- later released on Lost Archives
2. "Version 2" <- let's call it that (Bizzy/Layzie/2Pac)
3. Retail Unedited (Test Press Single Vinyl & Test Press AOW CD) - "somebody's watching me" line
4. Retail (Art of War) [1997]
5. Radio Edit (drum hits instead of gunshots)
6. Unheard version with Bizzy's first verse over the retail beat
7. Unheard version that has Sylk E Fine, Layzie, and 2 Bizzy verses
8. Instrumental (DJ U-Neek Presents - Bone Instrumentals) [2003]
9. Possibly a different Radio Edit WITH gunshots
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