"Thugz Mansion" is a song by 2Pac, released as a posthumous single with two known popular versions both released on the 2002 album Better Dayz.
The original acoustic version was rapped over two acoustic guitars and features singer J. Phoenix, it can found on the Life part of the greatest hits compilation album "Best of 2Pac". The other acoustic version features fellow rapper Nas as well as singer J. Phoenix. Thugz Mansion is the second-to-last track in Disc 1 of Better Dayz. The official remix to the acoustic version, the "Outlawz Remix", features Young Noble of the Outlawz, Nas, & J. Phoenix.
The 7" Remix version, featuring singer Anthony Hamilton, included as track 2 on disc 2 of Better Dayz, is the only song from the album to feature a music video. It charted at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original acoustic version is also found on Nas' God's Son under the name "Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)", with Tupac's second verse and Nas's verse switching places and Tupac's first verse replaced with an original Nas verse.
Thugz Mansion was 2Pac's depiction of heaven. One of the most introspective and spiritual songs by 2Pac, this song talks about how he would rest in peace, and that he would eventually find happiness when he is in a place where all the troubles and pains of his life come to an end, and that he would want to end up in that place of peace after he dies; he also name-drops various figures of African American cultural history (namely: Marvin Gaye, Billie Holliday, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Miles Davis) and recent political events (i.e., Latasha Harlins[1]), all of whom he believed to be in heaven.
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- "Thugz Mansion" - 7" Remix (Explicit)
- "Thugz Mansion" - Nas Acoustic (Explicit)
- "*ck Em All" (Explicit)
- "Thugz Mansion" - CD-ROM video
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[edit] References
- ^ Little Latasha shown grown, tell the lady in the liquor store that she's forgiven, so come home
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- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Pac feat. Nas – Thugz Mansion" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
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- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rap Songs for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
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