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Thug Life

Thug Life: Volume 1 was the first release by the group Thug Life, started by rapper Tupac Shakur, and was released on September 26, 1994. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records. Due to heavy criticism on gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut. The group featured Big Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme, The Rated R and Tupac Shakur. Among the notable tracks on the album are "Bury Me a G", "Pour Out a Little Liquor", "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" and "Str8 Ballin". In 1996 Big Syke and Shakur planned to create a Thug Life: Vol. 2 which would have been released on Makaveli Records^[1]. Although the album was originally released on Shakur's label Out Da Gutta, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the mother of Tupac Shakur, has since gained the rights to it.This album has went Gold^[2]

Track listing

Samples

Bury Me a G

• "For The Love Of You" by The Isley Brothers

Shit Don't Stop

• "Aqua Boogie" by Parliament

Pour Out a Little Liquor

• "Welcome to the Ghetto" by Spice 1
• "Cry Together" by The O'Jays

Stay True

• "Just Want To Be With You" by Curtis Mayfield

Str8 Ballin'

• "What's A Telephone Bill" by Bootsy Collins

Album Chart Positions

Singles Chart Positions

References