| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [2] |
| NME | (8/10) [3][4] |
| Q | [4] |
| RapReviews.com | (7/10) [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a posthumous album based on the poetry/writings of Tupac Amaru Shakur, released on November 21, 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album. 2Pac is featured on the song "The Rose That Grew from Concrete". These vocals were remixed onto the track from the 2Pac song entitled "Mama's Just a Little Girl" that was recorded in 1996 and released in 2002 on the album "Better Dayz".[6]
It has sold 262,672 copies in the United States as of 2011.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 and 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 and Geronimo Ji Jaga) | 4:41 |
| 14. | "What of a Love Unspoken" (featuring Tre' from 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' and K-Ci) | 4:06 |
| 22. | "Lady Liberty Needs Glasses" (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner) | 2:23 |
| 23. | "Family Tree" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) | 3:21 |
| 24. | "Thug Blues" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre Group) | 4:46 |
| 25. | "The Sun and the Moon" (featuring Chief Okena Littlehawk) | 1:56 |
Chart history
- Album
| Chart Positions | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 89 [8] |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 28 [8] |
Personnel
- Jamal Joseph — Producer
- Tevin Thomas — Co-Producer, Keyboards on "God", " Only 4 the Righteous"
- Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
- 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 — Guitar & Keyboards
- Jasmine Guy - Performer
- Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes
- QD3 - Performer
- Brian Gardner — Mastering
- Danny Glover - Performer
- Taavi Mote — Mixing
- Red Rat — Producer
- Skip Saylor — Mixing
- TuPac — 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
- Nikki Giovanni — Vocals
- Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
- Q-Tip — Performer
- Tre Hardson — Performer
- Erik Rico — Producer
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ NME review
- ^ a b c Album Reviews at CD Universe
- ^ RapReviews review
- ^ Shakur, Tupac. "Mama's Just a Little Girl (KP Remix)". YouTube. Universal Music Group. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Tupac Month: 2Pac's Discography". Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ a b "2Pac". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-07.