California Love

"California Love" is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single upon his release from prison in 1995. A popular remix version of the song appeared on his 1996 double album All Eyez on Me. This is perhaps 2Pac's best-known song and his most successful, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (as a Double-A side single with "How Do U Want It"). The song was nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award as a Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (with Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) in 1997.

The original version of the track was not available on any of Shakur's studio albums due to it being intended for Dr. Dre's shelved album The Chronic II: A New World Odor (Poppa's Got A Brand New Funk). But it can now be found on Shakur's compilation of Greatest Hits and on the United Kingdom version of All Eyez on Me.

The tune was taken from Joe Cocker's song "Woman to Woman". The line, "California knows how to party", and mention of Los Angeles, the neighborhood of Watts and the city of Compton are sung by Roger Troutman, which in turn are taken from Ronnie Hudson and the Street People's "West Coast Poplock". Ronnie Hudson and The Street People released a song entitled West Coast Poplock that is set to be re-released as a remix from Ronnie Hudson (Executive Producer Dj Flash) featuring Snoop Lion, E-40, as well as Too Short. Chad Richards and Coach Ray Lilley are producing the DVD documentary of Ronnie Hudson's story and those closely related to the era and those influenced in music and culture with Ronnie Hudson called California Love Movie® (The Making Of California Dreamers/ Studio City's very RedEye Animation, etal) as a promotion for the Dj Flash Ronnie Hudson West Coast Poplock release set for April 1, 2013. Director Jay Segura from RedEye Animation with Shabba Doo Entertainment, and Executive Producer Alexis Nelson with HOAX Film’s Animation Department are currently in production on the CG animated film, "California Dreamers," for which “West Coast Poplock” is the theme.

Street dancer, and founders of the dance style commonly known as locking, original Soul Train member and star of "Breakin'", Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quinones), is assembling a dance team for this animated feature film (California Dreamers) that will be narrated by Ronnie Hudson. With street dance as a driving force, motion capture technology will record dance moves from Shabba Doo, Timothy “Popin' Pete” Solomon of the Electric Boogaloos and Richard "Crazy Legs" Colón of Rock Steady Crew, which will be translated into animation data for CG characters.

Hip-hop legends Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, King Tee, DJ Joe Cooley, and Chris "The Glove" Taylor, The Force MD's, and J.J. Fad have been enlisted to represent the roots of hip-hop for voiceovers and soundtrack material in California Dreamers.

The remix features sample from the song "Intimate Connection" by Kleeer written by Norman Durham and Woody Cunningham. Pac and Dre mention the following other California cities in their verses and the outro: San Diego, Bay Area (includes San Francisco and Oakland), Long Beach, Sacramento, Pasadena, Inglewood and Hollywood.

"California Love" was Shakur's only entry on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, ranked #346, and #51 on VH1's countdown of the 100 Greatest songs of the 90s. The song has sold over 5,800,000 digital copies despite being released almost a decade before the digital era.

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