2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted

"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" is a West Coast hip hop song written by 2Pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Daz Dillinger for 2Pac's 1996 double album All Eyez on Me. The song is a duet performed by 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" was released as promotional single and was the album's second single, after "California Love". The song peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.^[1] The song contains an interpolation of The Message by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.

"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" was later included on 2Pac's Greatest Hits in 1998. A remix of the song was also featured on the album Nu-Mixx Klazzics in 2003.

Music video

The video was directed by one of 2Pac's production partners, Gobi M. Rahimi and was filmed four months prior to September 1996 shooting. The prelude for the song shows a parody of Biggie Smalls ("Piggie") and Puff Daddy ("Buff Daddy") in discussion with Shakur about the November 1994 shooting. The beginning of the scene where Tupac is speaking to Biggie is in reference to the movie Scarface where Tony speaks to his alleged killer before shooting him.

Facts

Snoop's first line in the song, "I keep my hand on my gun, 'cause they got me on the run" is a reference to "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash.

It was the final song performed live by both Snoop Dogg & 2Pac (in his last recorded performance) at the House of Blues on July 4, 1996. The concert was released on the Live at the House of Blues album in 2005.

This song was played by Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg as tribute to 2Pac on the 2000 Up In Smoke Tour. The performance included a sample of the 2Pac verse.

On April 15, 2012, the song was played at the Coachella Festival with Snoop Dogg performing with a virtual version of 2Pac.

The song featured in the first episode of the TV series Gang Related

Personnel

Engineer: Dave Aron
Engineer: Rick Clifford
Assistant engineer: Alvin McGill
Mixing: David Blake
Featuring (Rap): Snoop Doggy Dogg

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak Position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)^[2]	46

References

↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay – Issue Date: 1996-06-08" (requires registration). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
↑ "2Pac – Chart history" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for 2Pac. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

Tupac Shakur

Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Thug Life: Volume 1 Me Against the World All Eyez on Me The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Posthumous albums	R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life

Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Prophet: The Best of the Works Nu-Mixx Klazzics Tupac: Resurrection The Rose, Vol. 2 The Prophet Returns Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 Best of 2Pac

Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle

Extended plays	Makaveli & Dillinger Don't Go 2 Sleep

Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "All Bout U" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Life Goes On" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" * "Wanted Dead or Alive" "Made Niggaz"

Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Who Do U Believe In" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"

Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' (From tha Police)" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"

Featured singles	"Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"

Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete

Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me

Filmography	Nothing but Trouble Juice Poetic Justice Above the Rim Bullet Gridlock'd Gang Related

Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination

Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble

Related articles	Discography List of songs Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry Makaveli Branded Clothing Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Billy Garland Kadafi List of awards and nominations received by Tupac Shakur Murder of Tupac Shakur

Snoop Dogg

Discography Awards and nominations Videography Filmography

Studio albums	Doggystyle Tha Doggfather Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told No Limit Top Dogg Tha Last Meal Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Ego Trippin' Malice n Wonderland (More Malice) Doggumentary Reincarnated Bush

Compilations	Smokefest Underground Dead Man Walkin' Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album Snoop Dogg Presents: Unreleased Heatrocks Snoop Dogg Presents The Big Squeeze Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas In Tha Dogg House Death Row: The Lost Sessions Vol. 1

EPs	Stoner's EP

Soundtracks	Murder Was the Case Bones Mac & Devin Go to High School (with Wiz Khalifa)

Collaborations	Tha Eastsidaz (with Tha Eastsidaz) Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way (with Tha Eastsidaz) The Hard Way (with 213) 7 Days of Funk (with Dâm-Funk) Cuzznz (with Daz Dillinger)

Concert tours	Up in Smoke Tour Blazed & Confused Tour Rock the Bells

Related articles	213 DPGC Tha Eastsidaz Doggystyle Records Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Reincarnated (film) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Over the Counter Dispicable EP

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