Thug Life: Volume 1
Studio album by Thug Life
Released	September 26, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	42:28
Label	Interscope/Atlantic Records (first pressing) Amaru/Jive/BMG Records (second pressing)
Producer	Thug Life
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Thug Life chronology
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (1993) Thug Life (1994) Me Against the World (1995)

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] A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Jive Records is an American record label, owned by Sony BMG, and operates as a quarter of the Zomba Label Group. ... BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Back cover Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. is a 1993 album released by rapper Tupac Shakur. ... Me Against the World is a hip hop album by Tupac Shakur, released on March 14, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... 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. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ... Macadoshis is an American rapper who was a friend of Tupac Shakur. ... Mopreme, (born 1969 in New York as Maurice Harding) originally known as Wycked, is a West Coast rapper. ... Tyruss Big Syke Himes was born and raised in Inglewood, California. ... Amaru Entertainment was founded by Tupac Shakurs mother, Afeni Shakur, in early 1997 to handle the release of the unreleased material Tupac Shakur had created before his death on September 13th, 1996. ...

Track listing

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Samples

Bury Me a G

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

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• "Aqua Boogie" by Parliament

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

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

Str8 Ballin' Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly. ...

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

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Album Chart Positions

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Singles Chart Positions

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Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory was the final album recorded before Tupac Shakurs death. ... R U Still Down? (Remember Me) was the first posthumous album by Tupac Shakur, released in 1997. ... Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for rapper Tupac Shakur, released by Death Row Records in 1998. ... Still I Rise is an album by Tupac Shakur and his group The Outlawz excluding member Hussein Fatal for undisclosed reasons. ... The Rose that Grew from Concrete is an album based on the poetry of Tupac Shakur, released in 2000. ... Better Dayz is the fourth posthumous album by Tupac Shakur. ... Loyal to the Game is an album containing previously unreleased music recorded by Tupac Shakur before his death in 1996. ... Pacs Life is the sixth posthumously released studio album from the late hip hop icon Tupac Shakur, commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the death of the late poet, activist, actor, and hip-hop icon. ... Brendas Got a Baby is the tenth track on, and the first single from, Tupac Shakurs first studio album, 2Pacalypse Now. ... If My Homies Call is a song by Tupac. ... I Dont Give a Fuck is a song by Tupac and in the fourth track from his first album: 2pacalypse Now, that came out in 1991. ... Trapped is a song by Tupac Shakur that deals with police brutality. ... I Get Around was the second single from Tupac Shakurs second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.. In contrast to Keep Ya Head Up, I Get Around is a no-holds barred attack to women he had dealt with since his rise to fame: It... Keep Ya Head Up is a song by Tupac Shakur, who rapped about the most critical situations of the ghetto and conveyed the times of burden to the public. ... Papaz Song is a song on the 2Pacs second solo album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. A Video was made for the single. ... Holla If Ya Hear Me is a song on the 2Pacs second solo album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.. A Video was made for the single. ... 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