The Rose that Grew from Concrete

The Rose that Grew from Concrete
album in studio
ArtistaTupac Shakur
Pubblicazione17 dicembre 2000
Durata70:46
Dischi1
Tracce25
GenereSpoken word
EtichettaAmaru Entertainment, Interscope Records
Tupac Shakur - cronologia
Album precedente
(1999)
Album successivo
(2001)

The Rose that Grew from Concrete è un album postumo del rapper statunitense Tupac Shakur, pubblicato nel 2000, costituito da un cast di celebrità che leggono poesie e scritti di Tupac, molte delle quali con lo spirito di una tradizionale spoken word album.

Recensioni professionali
RecensioneGiudizio
AllMusic[1]
RapReviews[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Q[3]
NME[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]

Tracce

  1. Interlude – 0:57
  2. Wake Me When I'm Free (featuring Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:52
  3. Can U C the Pride in the Panther? (Male Version) (featuring Mos Def) – 2:57
  4. When URE Heart Turns Cold (featuring Sonia Sanchez) – 1:38
  5. U R Ripping Us Apart!!! (featuring dead prez) – 3:04
  6. Tears of a Teenage Mother (featuring Jasmine Guy) – 0:39
  7. God (featuring Reverend Run) – 0:47
  8. And Still I Love You (featuring Red Rat) – 3:03
  9. Can U C the Pride in the Panther? (Female Version) (featuring Mos Def) – 4:54
  10. If There Be Pain (featuring Providence & RasDaveed El Harar) – 4:32
  11. A River That Flows Forever (featuring Danny Glover, Afeni Shakur & The Cast of The Lion King) – 2:20
  12. The Rose That Grew from Concrete (featuring Nikki Giovanni) – 2:35
  13. In The Event of My Demise (featuring Outlawz & Geronimo Ji Jaga) – 4:41
  14. What of a Love Unspoken (featuring Tre' from The Pharcyde) – 3:16
  15. Sometimes I Cry (featuring Dan Rockett) – 3:10
  16. The Fear in the Heart of a Man (featuring Q-Tip) – 4:16
  17. Starry Night (featuring Quincy Jones & Mac Mall) – 4:33
  18. What of Fame? (featuring Russell Simmons) – 0:21
  19. Only 4 the Righteous (featuring Rha Goddess) – 2:29
  20. Why Must You Be Unfaithful? (featuring Sarah Jones) – 1:12
  21. Wife 4 Life (featuring 4th Avenue Jones' & K-Ci) – 4:06
  22. Lady Liberty Needs Glasses (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner) – 2:23
  23. Family Tree (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) – 3:21
  24. Thug Blues (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) – 4:46
  25. The Sun and the Moon (featuring Chief Okena Littlehawk) – 1:56

Formazione

  • Mike Mingioni- Bass, Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free", Executive Producer, Main Performer
  • Molly Monjauze - Executive Producer
  • Herbert Leonard - Percussion
  • Gloria Cox - Executive Producer
  • Russell Simmons - Performer
  • Atiba Wilson - Flute
  • Mos Def - Performer
  • Tim Izo Orindgreff - Flute
  • Dead Prez - Performer
  • Royal Bayyan - Keyboards
  • Jasmine Guy - Performer
  • Sonia Sanchez - Liner Notes
  • Quincy Jones - Performer
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Danny Glover - Performer
  • Taavi Mote - Mixing
  • Red Rat - Producer
  • Skip Saylor - Mixing
  • 2Pac - Vocals
  • Chris Puram - Mixing
  • Nefertiti - Vocals (Background)
  • Claudio Cueni - Mixing
  • Val Young - Vocals (Background)
  • Atiba Wilson - Percussion
  • Tom Whalley - A&R
  • Sikiru Adepoju - Performer
  • Juan Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
  • Sarah Jones - Performer
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Bass
  • Jeffery Newbury - Photography
  • Claudio Cueni - Engineer
  • Voza Rivers - Producer
  • Brian Springer - Engineer
  • Royal Bayyan - Producer
  • Thomas R. Yezzi - Engineer
  • Khalis Bayyan - Saxophone
  • Tyson Leeper - Engineer
  • Charles Mack - Vocals (Background)
  • Duncan Aldrich - Engineer

Note

  1. ^ (EN) Allmusic review
  2. ^ (EN) RapReviews review
  3. ^ a b c (EN) Album Reviews at CD Universe
  4. ^ (EN) Greg Tate, 2Pac/Tupac Shakur, in Nathan Brackett e Christian Hoard (a cura di), The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th, Simon & Schuster, 2004, pp. 830–32, ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ (EN) Entertainment Weekly review Archiviato l'8 agosto 2014 in Internet Archive.

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