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Encyclopedia > I Ain't Mad at Cha
"I Ain't Mad at Cha"
Single by 2Pac featuring Danny Boy
from the album All Eyez on Me
Released September 15, 1996
Format 12" single, CD single
Recorded January 14, 1996
Genre Rap
Length 4:53
Label Death Row/Interscope
Writer(s) T. Shakur
D. Stewart
D. Arnaud
E. Jordan
Producer(s) Dat Nigga Daz
Peak chart positions

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2Pac singles chronology
All Bout U
(1996)		 I Ain't Mad at Cha
(1996)		 Life Goes On
(1996)

I Ain't Mad at Cha is the name of a song by rapper 2Pac released as the fourth single from his album All Eyez on Me. The song is a heartfelt tribute to friends of old. The song features contemporary African American soul singer Danny Boy who provided the vocals for the song's hook. The song did well in the United Kingdom, reaching the top 15 on the UK Singles Chart. Although a popular song in the United States, it was never released as a single in the United States, and at the time such songs were unable to make the top 100 in the U.S. (Billboard changed the rules in December 1998 to allow such songs to chart). The track was produced by Dat Nigga Daz (who now goes by Daz Dillinger) and samples the song "A Dream" by DeBarge. The song was recorded the same day 2Pac was released from prison, and was the second song he recorded when he came out ("Ambitionz Az A Ridah" being the first).[1] The single was released two days after 2Pac's death. As so, by the time this single was released, 2Pac already finished recording his next album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.It has been labeled by many one of the best songs on "All Eyez on Me"[2] and one of the greatest in 2Pac's career. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... All Bout U is a single by the prolific rapper Tupac Shakur. ... Life Goes On is the fifth single on 2Pacs All Eyez on Me album. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... All Eyez on Me is a double album by rapper Tupac Shakur. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Danny Boy or DB is the stage name of Chicago native Danny Steward, a contemporary African-American soul singer. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... Daz Dillinger (born Delmar Arnaud on May 25, 1973 in Long Beach, California), is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his work with Death Row Records at the height of West Coast raps popularity. ... DeBarge was an American soul music, and funk group. ... Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory was the final album recorded before Tupac Shakurs death. ...


The song also appeared on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album and a remixed version appeared on Nu-Mixx Klazzics. Another song on the CD single proved to be popular among fans. "Heartz of Men" appeared on 4 of 2Pac's albums, compared to 3 for I Ain't Mad at Cha. These include: All Eyez on Me, 2Pac Live, 2Pac's Greatest Hits, and a remixed version on Nu-Mixx Klazzics. A remix was made of Rihanna's We Ride to include elements of I Ain't Mad at Cha. R&B group BLACKstreet also used the identical keyboard tune in "Don't Leave Me" off of their Another Level album. "American Dream," a track featured on deceased rapper Big L's cd In Memory of Big L, Vol.2 samples the I Ain't Mad at Cha track. Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for rapper Tupac Shakur, released by Death Row Records in 1998. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... Nu-Mixx Klazzics is a remix album by 2Pac, released in 2003 by Death Row Records. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... 2Pac Live is an album by rapper Tupac Shakur. ... Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for rapper Tupac Shakur, released by Death Row Records in 1998. ... Nu-Mixx Klazzics is a remix album by 2Pac, released in 2003 by Death Row Records. ... Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a Bajan singer with musical influences from R&B, pop, reggae, rock, dancehall and funk. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... BLACKstreet are an American R&B group founded in 1992 by Teddy Riley, a New Jack Swing pioneer known for his work as a member of Guy. ... Another Level was an album by American R&B group BLACKstreet. ...

Contents

The song

The song is a reminisce of how time has changed from when he was younger to when he became famous. He speaks of losing touch with people and how many people turned on him after his success. Yet he still maintains that he's got "nothing but love" for his old friends, with the hook repeating the line "I ain't mad at cha".


The first verse speaks about how he lost touch with his friend, who converted to Islam , and the difference in lifestyles they chose to live. The friend in question is Napoleon, an original member of the Outlawz rap group started by 2Pac.[3] For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tha Outlawz (also know as Tha Outlaw Immortalz) is an American rap group from New York and New Jersey founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after his release from prison. ...

"Now the whole shit's changed, and we don't even kick it
Got a big money scheme, and you ain't even with it
Hmm, knew in my heart you was the same motherfucker bad
Go toe to toe when it's time for roll you got a brother's back
And I can't even trip, cause I'm just laughin at cha
You tryin hard to maintain, then go head cause I ain't mad at cha"

The second verse speaks about 2Pac being sentenced to prison. He mentions his old girlfriend and tries to comfort his mother.

"And even though we separated, you said that you'd wait
Don't give nobody no coochie while I be locked up state
I kiss my Mama goodbye, and wipe the tears from her lonely eyes
Said I'll return but I gotta fight the fate's arrived
Don't shed a tear, cause Mama I ain't happy here
I'm through trial, no more smiles, for a couple years"

In the third verse, 2Pac raps about how his life has changed from being in the ghetto to being a celebrity. He talks about his connection to the hood and how his old associates think negatively of him now. For the English folk dance, see Rapper sword. ...

"So many questions, and they ask me if I'm still down
I moved up out of the ghetto, so I ain't real now?
They got so much to say, but I'm just laughin at cha
You niggaz just don't know, but I ain't mad at cha"

Composition and recording

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I Ain't Mad at Cha samples heavily from the song "A Dream" by DeBarge, written and performed by Bunny, taken from their 1983 album In a Special Way. This makes the instrumentals very identical. This is most apparent in the piano usage which is almost identical to the original song. The main difference is "A Dream" uses a keyboard for its notes, while I Ain't Mad at Cha uses more of a classical piano. Daz's main job as producer of the song was changing this piano instrument, as most other aspects of the song were the same. The tempo of the original song was also sped up, which matches with 2Pac's pace of rapping. Another minor difference is the accompanying beat uses different sounds to project the same repetition (sped up as previously noted). When 2Pac entered the studio the beat was already complete, and 2Pac wrote the lyrics and recorded the song all in a few hours. Image File history File links 2Pac_-_I_Ain't_Mad_at_Cha. ... DeBarge was an American soul music, and funk group. ... Ethelene Bunny Debarge, born March 15, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a female soprano who was a member of the 1980s Motown group DeBarge. ... Daz Dillinger (born Delmar Arnaud on May 25, 1973 in Long Beach, California), is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his work with Death Row Records at the height of West Coast raps popularity. ...


Technical info[4]

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is an industry-standard electronic communications protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other equipment to communicate, control and synchronize with each other in real time. ... In music, a quarter note (American) or crotchet (Commonwealth) is played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note. ... The first two measures of Mozarts Sonata XI, which indicates the tempo as Andante grazioso and a modern editors metronome marking: = 120. “Andante” redirects here. ... C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, B and C. Its key signature has no flats/sharps (see below: Diatonic Scales and Keys). ... The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and what note value constitutes one beat. ...

Music video

music video screenshots

Like many rap songs the single had many explicit lyrics and was too profane to be shown on TV. Rather than have them blanked out, most these lines carried alternative words. For example: Image File history File links I_Ain't_Mad_at_Cha_screenshot. ... Image File history File links I_Ain't_Mad_at_Cha_screenshot. ...


Original lyrics: And I can see us after school, we'd bomb / on the first motherfucker with the wrong shit on


Alternative lyrics: And I can see us after school, we'd bomb / on the first player haters with the wrong set on.


The music video begins with 2Pac and a friend of his (played by Bokeem Woodbine) leaving a hotel party at night time. While waiting for someone to arrive a hooded man comes up, pulls out a handgun, and starts shooting in their direction. As 2Pac pushes them out of the way, he gets hit by at least one bullet. In the ambulance his body gives in and he passes away. As an angel he goes back to Earth and watches his friend as he struggles through the next days away from his friend. While this is going on 2Pac is shown rapping to his friend, (who can't see or hear him) and at an elegant party in Heaven. Danny Boy is also present in Heaven as an angel. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American film and television actor. ... An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Danny Boy or DB is the stage name of Chicago native Danny Steward, a contemporary African-American soul singer. ...


In the music video version, the third verse of the song is completely replaced with new lyrics which talk about the struggles of living, God, and life after death. The video ends with the words "Dedicated to Mutulu Shakur and Geronimo Pratt" appearing on the screen. These individuals are 2Pac's stepfather and godfather, respectively. This was the last music video 2Pac ever filmed before his death. The music video was voted #33 on the "MTV Top 100 of 1996" ranking music videos.[5] The concept of the video (showing 2Pac's death and him being on Earth as an angel) was used as evidence by many who believed in the 7 Day Theory. The music video is available on the DVD edition of Tupac: Live at the House of Blues. Mutulu Shakur (born August 8, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland as Jeral Wayne Williams and is also known as Dr. Mutulu Shakur) was a member of the Republic of New Africa and a close friend of Geronimo Pratt . ... Geronimo Pratt (born 13 September 1947), also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party. ... A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...


Credits

Filming crew[6]

  • First aired: September 15, 1996
  • Filmed: May 1996
  • Production company: Been There
  • Director(s): Tupac Shakur & Kevin Swain
  • Producer(s): Taj Lewis
  • Photography: Patrick Loungeway (cinematographer)

Additional crew

  • 1st assistant director: Joe Oz

Quotes

“

We knew when that was done, it was over. Oh yeah, 'Pac heard the beat and flipped out. And basically he was just like, "Man, this is it. "We sat and we drank and then Daz was just operating on the record, and when 'Pac was in there working, he wasn't with the distractions. It was more or less all, "Let's knock this out, let's knock this out, let's knock this out." I mean, he'd get mad at the engineers for moving too slow. That was his thing. He'd be on top of them like that. You know, "Come on, man, what the fuck? This ain't too God damn hard. All you have to do is press fuckin'; 'Record.' Press fuckin' 'Record.' Now!"[1]

 ”

-Kurupt This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

“

The day he got out of jail, he didn't go to the clubs. He didn't go try to meet women. He went straight to the studio like he was on a mission, and he recorded "Ambitionz Az A Ridah" and "I Ain't Mad At Cha." Tupac came in, and he was fresh out of jail. I seen them give him his Death Row medallion that same night. And then he came right in. He was ready to go. He was very hyped, very focused, a lot of energy - mad energy. And you could tell he was really on a mission. He really had a real vision of what was going on, and he wanted to get a lot done in that short amount of time.[1]

 ”

-Dave Aron

Track listing

CD single

Cassette single

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  1. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" - Edit
  2. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" - LP Version
  3. "Skandalouz"
  4. "Heartz of Men"

12" maxi single

12 DRW5/854 843-1

  1. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" - Edit
  2. "I Ain't Mad at Cha" - LP Version
  3. "Skandalouz"
  4. "Heartz of Men"

Cassette single

DRWMC5/854 842-4

  1. "I Ain't Mad At Cha" (Edit)
  2. "Skandalouz"

Credits

  • 13. I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy)
  • Written by: T. Shakur, D. Arnaud
  • Produced by: Dat Nigga Daz
  • Mixed by: DJ Quik & Carlos Warlick
  • Engineered by: Dave Aron
  • Assistant Engineer: Alvin McGill

David Martin Blake (born January 18, 1970), better known as by his stage name DJ Quik, or as of 2007 simply Quik, is a West Coast rapper and record producer from Compton, California. ...

Chart Performance

UK Singles Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Position
13
16
25
39
38
30
37
46
67

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Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c http://www.hitemup.com/newsarchives/news-archive-9-2004.html URL accessed on September 27, 2006
  2. ^ All Eyez on Me review.
  3. ^ Famous Muslims - Napoleon (rapper). URL accessed on August 11, 2007
  4. ^ http://www.hamienet.com/midi2503.html URL accessed on September 27, 2006
  5. ^ http://emptyv.multimedia.cx/eMpTyV/1996/mtv7.htm URL accessed on September 27, 2006
  6. ^ http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=141 URL accessed on September 27, 2006
 v • d • e Tupac Shakur
Discography
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
Other albums: Poetic Justice (Original Soundtrack) · Above the Rim (Original Soundtrack) · Gridlock'd (Original Soundtrack) · Gang Related (Original Soundtrack) · Greatest Hits · The Rose that Grew from Concrete · The Prophet: The Best Of The Works · Nu-Mixx Klazzics · Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack) · 2Pac Live · The Rose, Vol. 2 · Tupac: Live at the House of Blues · A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle · Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991 · Evolution: Duets & Remixes · Best of 2Pac
Singles
Solo singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby" · "If My Homie Calls" · "Trapped" · "Keep Ya Head Up" · "Papa'z Song" · "Holla If Ya Hear Me" · "Dear Mama" · "Old School" · "So Many Tears" · "Temptations" · "Life Goes On" · "To Live & Die in LA" · "Hail Mary" · "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" · "Do For Love" · "Changes" · "Runnin'" · "Happy Home" · "Unconditional Love" · "Until the End of Time" · "Letter 2 My Unborn"
Filmography
Nothing but Trouble · Juice · Poetic Justice · Above the Rim · Bullet · Gridlock'd · Gang Related · Tupac: Resurrection · Live 2 Tell · Untitled Tupac Biopic
Documentaries
Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal · Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV) · Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · Welcome to Deathrow · Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw · Biggie & Tupac · Tha Westside · 2Pac 4 Ever · Tupac: Resurrection · Tupac vs. · Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV) · So Many Years, So Many Tears · Tupac Revelation · Notorious (TV)
Companies
Non-Stop Productions · Joshua's Dream Corporation · Thug Nation · 24/7 Productions · Out Da Gutta Records · Amaru Entertainment · Makaveli Branded Clothing


 

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