I will be delving into my favorite musicians' catalogs, ranking songs album by album. I also will be ranking my favorite non-album appearances of theirs. Only officially-released songs will be considered.
Here are the categories and their breakdowns:
ALBUMS: For every single-disc album of nine or more tracks, my top five (in sequential tracklist order) will be selected; for an album of eight or fewer tracks, four will be chosen; and for a double-disc, ten. Only songs on the original official tracklist are eligible. Hidden tracks and tracks labeled as bonuses will be eligible for inclusion in the miscellaneous section, as will songs included on re-releases.
GUEST APPEARANCES: Depending on the size of the artist's catalog, there will be either ten or twenty selections from songs on other artists' albums or singles. This includes that other artist's remixes.
COMPILATION APPEARANCES: Once again ten or twenty depending on catalog, songs that are exclusively on compilations, such as greatest hits albums, soundtracks, etc. Even if they are billed as a feature on another artist's song, any compilation appearances will appear here.
MISCELLANEOUS: Essentially non-album tracks--IE, bonus/hidden tracks, b-sides, remixes, and non-album singles. Up to ten will be selected.
ALBUMS
2Pacalypse Now (1991)
Trapped featuring Shock G
If My Homie Calls
Brenda's Got a Baby featuring Dave Hollister & Roniece Levias
Rebel of the Underground
Part Time Mutha featuring Angelique & Poppi
Strictly 4 My N.*.*.*.*.Z... (1993)
Holler If Ya Hear Me
Representin'
Keep Ya Head Up featuring Dave Hollister
Streetz R Deathrow
Papa'z Song featuring Mopreme & Poppi
Thug Life: Volume 1 (with Thug Life) (1994)
Bury Me a G featuring Natasha Walker of Y.N.V.
Pour Out a Little Liquor
Stay True featuring Stretch
How Long Will They Mourn Me? featuring Nate Dogg
Under Pressure featuring Stretch
Me Against the World (1995)
NOTE: This being one of my all-time favorite albums, almost every track on here is a classic in my book, so it was extremely difficult to choose just five.
Lord Knows featuring G-Money, Kenyatta Foreman, & Killa
Dear Mama featuring Sweet Franklin & Reggie Green
Can U Get Away featuring Anya Pinto
It Ain't Easy
Old School
All Eyez on Me (1996) (10)
Ambitionz az a Ridah
Got My Mind Made Up featuring Tha Dogg Pound, Method Man, & Redman
Life Goes On
Only God Can Judge Me featuring Rappin' 4-Tay
Tradin' War Stories featuring Outlawz & CPO
I Ain't Mad at Cha featuring Danny Boy
Can't C Me featuring George Clinton
Shorty Wanna Be a Thug
Thug Passion featuring Outlawz & Jewell
All Eyez on Me featuring Syke
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (as Makaveli) (1996)
To Live & Die in L.A. featuring Val Young
Blasphemy
Krazy featuring Bad Azz
White Man'z World featuring Big D
Hold Ya Head featuring Tyrone Wrice
NOTE: From this point forward, with the exception of "The Lost Tapes", all album songs (unless otherwise noted with *) have been posthumously remixed as opposed to being in their original form.
R U Still Down? [Remember Me] (1997) (10)
R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
Hellrazor featuring Stretch & Val Young
I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto
Nothing to Lose featuring Y?N-Vee
Lie to Kick It featuring Richie Rich
Fuck All Y'All
Do for Love featuring Eric Williams of BLACKstreet
I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto (Hip Hop Version)
When I Get Free II
Only Fear of Death
Still I Rise (with Outlawz) (1999)
Still I Rise featuring Ta'He
As the World Turns featuring Big D
The Good Die Young featuring Val Young
Teardrops and Closed Caskets* featuring Nate Dogg & Val Young
U Can Be Touched
The Lost Tapes--Circa 1989 (with Strictly Dope) (2000)
Panther Power
The Case of the Misplaced Mic
Never Be Beat
My Burning Heart
Static
Until the End of Time (2001) (10)
Ballad of a Dead Soulja featuring 6 Feet Deep
Lil' Homies
Letter 2 My Unborn featuring Anthem & Tena Jones
Breathin' featuring Outlawz
Happy Home featuring Yusef Sharid, Barbara Wilson, & Tracy Hardin
Until the End of Time featuring RL/Richard Page
N****z Nature (Remix) featuring Lil' Mo
When Thugz Cry featuring Nanci Fletcher
This Ain't Livin' featuring Vanessa
When I Get Free featuring J. Valentine
Better Dayz (2002) (10)
Fuck 'Em All featuring Outlawz
Never B Peace featuring Outlawz
Mama's Just a Little Girl featuring Kimmy Hill
Thugz Mansion (Acoustic) featuring Nas & J. Phoenix
My Block (Remix) featuring Jessica Santos
Thugz Mansion featuring Anthony Hamilton
Better Dayz featuring Ronald Isley
Fame featuring Outlawz
Who Do U Believe In* featuring Kadafi, Val Young, & Big Pimpin'
They Don't Give a Fuck About Us* featuring Outlawz
Loyal to the Game (2004)
The Uppercut featuring Outlawz
Out on Bail featuring Thug Life
Ghetto Gospel
Black Cotton featuring Outlawz & Eminem
Don't You Trust Me
Pac's Life (2006)
Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix) featuring Krayzie Bone
Dumpin' featuring Hussein Fatal, Papoose, & Carl Thomas
Sleep featuring Young Buck & Chamillionaire
Soon As I Get Home* featuring Kadafi
Don't Stop featuring Outlawz & Stormy
GUEST APPEARANCES (10)
Are U Still Down
Jon B featuring 2Pac (Cool Relax, 1997)
Confessions
Bizzy Bone featuring 2Pac (1998)
Deadly Combination
Big L featuring 2Pac (The Big Picture, 2000)
Gotta Get Mine
MC Breed featuring 2Pac (The New Breed, 1993)
House of Pain (Bad Boy Remix)
The Notorious B.I.G. featuring 2Pac, Stretch, & Joe Hooker (Born Again promo, 1999)
Living in Pain
The Notorious B.I.G. featuring 2Pac, Nas, & Mary J. Blige (Duets: The Final Chapter, 2005)
Same Song
Digital Underground featuring 2Pac (This Is an EP Release, 1991)
Smile
Scarface featuring 2Pac & Johnny P (The Untouchable, 1997)
U Gotta Take It (One Day at a Time)
Spice 1 featuring 2Pac, LP, & Headstrong (The Ridah, 2004)
Wussup wit the Luv?
Digital Underground featuring 2Pac (The Body-Hat Syndrome, 1993)
COMPILATION APPEARANCES (10)
Changes
featuring Talent (Greatest Hits, 1998)
Loyal to the Game
featuring Treach, Riddler, & Nanci Fletcher (Above the Rim soundtrack, 1994)
Made N****z
featuring Outlawz (Gang Related soundtrack, 1997)
One Day at a Time (Em's Version)
featuring Eminem & Outlawz (Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack, 2003)
Pain
featuring Stretch & Nanci Fletcher (Above the Rim soundtrack, 1994)
Runnin' (From tha Police)
with The Notorious B.I.G., Stretch, Outlawz, & Buju Banton (One Million Strong, 1995)
Runnin' (Dying to Live)
featuring The Notorious B.I.G. (Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack, 2003)
Smile for Me Now
with Scarface & 816 (Death Row Greatest Hits, 1996)
Staring Through My Rearview
featuring Outlawz (Gang Related soundtrack, 1997)
Unconditional Love
featuring Nanci Fletcher (Greatest Hits, 1998)
MISCELLANEOUS
California Love
featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman (1995)
Cradle to the Grave (Professor Jay & Syke Version)
Thug Life ("Cradle to the Grave", 1994)
Dear Mama (Nitty Remix)
featuring Anthony Hamilton (Pac's Life, 2006)
Flex
featuring Outlawz ("Holler If Ya Hear Me", 1993)
I Get Around (Remix)
featuring Digital Underground ("I Get Around", 1993)
I Wonda If Heaven's Got a Ghetto
("Keep Ya Head Up", 1993)
Po N***a Blues (Scott Storch Remix)
featuring Ronald Isley (Loyal to the Game, 2004)
So Many Tears (Key of Z Remix)
featuring Killa & Baby Doll ("So Many Tears", 1995)
