XXL Mag's "The Making Of All Eyes On Me"
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"No More Pain"
Produced by DeVante Swing
Dave Aron: I was at the studio at 8 late-10, 11 p.m. At 3 a.m. DeVante showed up by himself. He wanted to lay a few more parts before they mixed it. It was a very sparse track. But the keyboard parts he put in were very eerie and weird sounding. He was very quiet that night. Very focused. It was interesting to watch him work. He finished about five or six in the morning and said, "I want to mix this now." We mixed it that same night. It was a long night.
"I Ain't Mad At Cha"
Featuring Danny Boy
Produced by Dat Nigga Daz
Kurupt: 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 goddamn hard. All you have to do is press fuckin;' 'record.' Press fuckin' 'record. 'NOW!"
"Tradin' War Stories"
Featuring Outlawz, CPO and Storm
Produced by Mike Morsley and Rick Rock for steady Mobbin' Productions
Rick Rock: I don't know where the fuck I got the sample from. Dionne Warwick or something. When I ended up doing it with 'Pac, I told him it was "It's A Man's World," And it got cleared under that, but I don't know who it was. I know I didn't get it from James Brown. I got it from somewhere else, but it sounds like, "A Man's World." I couldn't remember, 'cause I used to do beats and i didn't keep my samples. I just had all my shit on a disk. And when I came to California from Alabama, I used to carry a bag full of disks.
Napoleon: That song was personal for me. When I was three years old, i witnessed my mother and father get murdered in front of me. I got shot in the foot. So on that song, I kinda touched up on that. I was saying, "Brothers wanna talk about war stories, I seen my first war story at the age of three." 'Pac already knew what happened to my parents, so he was excited that I touched on it. He knew that it was real. When 'Pac came and got me from the hood, he seen that I was going through it at an early age. I think that was one of the reasons he embraced me-not that he felt sorry for me-but 'Pac had a good heart. He saw this brother lost his parents and said, "I feel it's obligatory to help him out."
"Only God Can Judge Me"
Featuring Rappin' 4Tay
Produced by Doug Rasheed for Mad Castle Productionz and Harold Scrap Freddie
Dave Aron: I thought that was pretty introspective. Pretty Straightforward. [Doug Rasheed's] beats weren't that complex. They usually were comprised of a few loops and some percussion and a good solid drumbeat. I recorded Rappin'-Tay's vocals for that. He's a fun guy. He had his little pimp status going on. He really fit the Oakland mold.
"Ratha Be Ya Nigga"
Featuring Richie Rich
Produced by Doug Rasheed for Mad Castle Productionz
Richie Rich: 2pac called me and told me to bring some bay area niggas to put on the album. As many people from the bay. Everybody was in this one big studio. 2pac comes at me like, "I want us to do a song about bitches. When you want to be down for them, but not be there....man you know." He finished his verse in six minutes. He came over to me, and i was still writing. He laid his verse then wrote his second verse. When I spit the verse, he said "That's why i fuck with you. You know exactly what the fuck I'm talking about."
"All Eyez On Me"
Featuring Big Syke
Produced by Johnny J
Johnny J: That was the very first track I laid when we got together at death row. When he just got out of jail, just got released, two days later he's like "J get to the studio, i'm with Death Row now." I assumed it was a joke, somebody perpetrating 2pac. I'm like "Hell no-'Pac is locked up!" He's like "J, i'm out" I walk in, 15 minutes into the session, the first beat i put in the drum machine is "All Eyez On Me" I wasn't going to show him the track, honestly. I was like, "This track? Nah, it's not finished. It's imcomplete." My wife says, "Hey, it's a dope beat!" So I just pop it in, Titles just come right off his fuckin' head.
Big Syke: 'Pac was going on the pac of, "If you don't have no lyrics by the time I finish doing this first verse, your ass ain't on the song." He'd finish it. It was a test anytime he picked up the pen. It was like, "Nigga, on your mark, get set, go. And you better have some cutting shit."
"Run Tha Streetz"
Featuring Michel'le, Mutah and Storm
Produced by Johnny J and 2pac
Dave Aron: That's what was great about working on the album. You got to work with so many people. Who didn't grow up listening to that "No more lies" song? And then you work with Michel'le and you hear the little voice, and it's true. The little voice is little, and then she sings, and it's just so big, and she's such a little girl. And she's so sweet.
Produced by DeVante Swing
Dave Aron: I was at the studio at 8 late-10, 11 p.m. At 3 a.m. DeVante showed up by himself. He wanted to lay a few more parts before they mixed it. It was a very sparse track. But the keyboard parts he put in were very eerie and weird sounding. He was very quiet that night. Very focused. It was interesting to watch him work. He finished about five or six in the morning and said, "I want to mix this now." We mixed it that same night. It was a long night.
"I Ain't Mad At Cha"
Featuring Danny Boy
Produced by Dat Nigga Daz
Kurupt: 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 goddamn hard. All you have to do is press fuckin;' 'record.' Press fuckin' 'record. 'NOW!"
"Tradin' War Stories"
Featuring Outlawz, CPO and Storm
Produced by Mike Morsley and Rick Rock for steady Mobbin' Productions
Rick Rock: I don't know where the fuck I got the sample from. Dionne Warwick or something. When I ended up doing it with 'Pac, I told him it was "It's A Man's World," And it got cleared under that, but I don't know who it was. I know I didn't get it from James Brown. I got it from somewhere else, but it sounds like, "A Man's World." I couldn't remember, 'cause I used to do beats and i didn't keep my samples. I just had all my shit on a disk. And when I came to California from Alabama, I used to carry a bag full of disks.
Napoleon: That song was personal for me. When I was three years old, i witnessed my mother and father get murdered in front of me. I got shot in the foot. So on that song, I kinda touched up on that. I was saying, "Brothers wanna talk about war stories, I seen my first war story at the age of three." 'Pac already knew what happened to my parents, so he was excited that I touched on it. He knew that it was real. When 'Pac came and got me from the hood, he seen that I was going through it at an early age. I think that was one of the reasons he embraced me-not that he felt sorry for me-but 'Pac had a good heart. He saw this brother lost his parents and said, "I feel it's obligatory to help him out."
"Only God Can Judge Me"
Featuring Rappin' 4Tay
Produced by Doug Rasheed for Mad Castle Productionz and Harold Scrap Freddie
Dave Aron: I thought that was pretty introspective. Pretty Straightforward. [Doug Rasheed's] beats weren't that complex. They usually were comprised of a few loops and some percussion and a good solid drumbeat. I recorded Rappin'-Tay's vocals for that. He's a fun guy. He had his little pimp status going on. He really fit the Oakland mold.
"Ratha Be Ya Nigga"
Featuring Richie Rich
Produced by Doug Rasheed for Mad Castle Productionz
Richie Rich: 2pac called me and told me to bring some bay area niggas to put on the album. As many people from the bay. Everybody was in this one big studio. 2pac comes at me like, "I want us to do a song about bitches. When you want to be down for them, but not be there....man you know." He finished his verse in six minutes. He came over to me, and i was still writing. He laid his verse then wrote his second verse. When I spit the verse, he said "That's why i fuck with you. You know exactly what the fuck I'm talking about."
"All Eyez On Me"
Featuring Big Syke
Produced by Johnny J
Johnny J: That was the very first track I laid when we got together at death row. When he just got out of jail, just got released, two days later he's like "J get to the studio, i'm with Death Row now." I assumed it was a joke, somebody perpetrating 2pac. I'm like "Hell no-'Pac is locked up!" He's like "J, i'm out" I walk in, 15 minutes into the session, the first beat i put in the drum machine is "All Eyez On Me" I wasn't going to show him the track, honestly. I was like, "This track? Nah, it's not finished. It's imcomplete." My wife says, "Hey, it's a dope beat!" So I just pop it in, Titles just come right off his fuckin' head.
Big Syke: 'Pac was going on the pac of, "If you don't have no lyrics by the time I finish doing this first verse, your ass ain't on the song." He'd finish it. It was a test anytime he picked up the pen. It was like, "Nigga, on your mark, get set, go. And you better have some cutting shit."
"Run Tha Streetz"
Featuring Michel'le, Mutah and Storm
Produced by Johnny J and 2pac
Dave Aron: That's what was great about working on the album. You got to work with so many people. Who didn't grow up listening to that "No more lies" song? And then you work with Michel'le and you hear the little voice, and it's true. The little voice is little, and then she sings, and it's just so big, and she's such a little girl. And she's so sweet.
Dre got ALL the credit for "The Chronic" too.i remember an old ass Rap City w/ above The Law sayin someshit how they did some music.i dont remember exactly what they said but i took it that they did some music on the album.and of course if your familiar with old A.T.L. albums maybe you can see that happening.they created G-Funk....
yeah, i saw that one^^^ they were about to release the time will reveal album. There are a couple of other people who said they did work on that album and didn't get credit. Daz was the main one, if you know his production style, you know what he did for that album!!!!!! I don't doubt one bit that ATL got shafted on their credit too. Cold187um is a dope ass producer too
I personally think it's bullshit. Daz has been SO FULL OF SHIT since he left Death Row. Why wasn't Dre making beats? Why don't you read or watch his interviews and soak it up. He didn't like working @ Death Row, there were too many unnecessary cats in the studio all the time, talkin and doin' stupid shit. If DAZ was the one behind the beats, his shit would be all over the place, but he went from the top to the underground.
I've read the ALL EYEZ ON ME insert, and Dre DID NOT get all the credit on that album, I think he got credit for 2 songs on it. CALIFORNIA LOVE was one of them, which we know Dre produced because it was his fuckin song. What else? Did he produce CAN'T C ME?? All of the producers got their credit for that album, I barely saw Dre's name all over it. The reason Dre got so much credit with that album, is because HE produced the HIT SINGLE. Who else got a lot of credit? Johnny J, because HE produced the OTHER HIT SINGLE.
If Daz is so sick why isn't he the one producing platinum tracks all the time right now? Probably because he didn't do as much shit as he says he did. He's been flappin them gums since he left Tha Row.
Any of you ever wonder why Dr. Dre hasn't had Daz on anything since the Chronic??
I've read the ALL EYEZ ON ME insert, and Dre DID NOT get all the credit on that album, I think he got credit for 2 songs on it. CALIFORNIA LOVE was one of them, which we know Dre produced because it was his fuckin song. What else? Did he produce CAN'T C ME?? All of the producers got their credit for that album, I barely saw Dre's name all over it. The reason Dre got so much credit with that album, is because HE produced the HIT SINGLE. Who else got a lot of credit? Johnny J, because HE produced the OTHER HIT SINGLE.
If Daz is so sick why isn't he the one producing platinum tracks all the time right now? Probably because he didn't do as much shit as he says he did. He's been flappin them gums since he left Tha Row.
Any of you ever wonder why Dr. Dre hasn't had Daz on anything since the Chronic??